CSU, Chico News

Mr. Jim O’Neal, district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced the award of approximately $1.5 million in grant funds to the California State University, Chico Research Foundation’s Center for Economic Development (CED) at a meeting of economic development professionals in Chico yesterday. Full Story

The Scripps Howard Foundation has named California State University, Chico journalism student Melody Gutierrez as one of its Top Ten scholarship winners. Each year $100,000 in scholarships is awarded to 10 college journalism students from across the United States as part of the Top Ten Scholars program. Full Story

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Scott McNall will assume the post of interim president of California State University, Chico on July 1. Full Story

New technologies in treating wastewater can preserve Central Valley agricultural land by permitting residential development on once-unusable land, according to a new California State University, Chico report. Full Story

Wittmeier Ford and Ford Motor Company's Business Preferred Network recently donated $7,500 toward the CSU, Chico College of Agriculture's annual golf tournament fundraiser. This is the second year that Wittmeier has committed to be the tournament's major sponsor. Full Story

A senior psychology major at California State University, Chico has received the prestigious 2003 William R. Hearst/CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement. Full Story

The California Arts Council recently selected two local artists as recipients of the 2002-03 Artist Fellowship Award for the Visual Arts. Michael Bishop and Sheri Simons, professors in the Department of Art and Art History at California State University, Chico, are part of a diverse group of 26 honored California artists. Full Story

Antoinette Martinez, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico, has received a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2003-04. Full Story

Health concerns facing Mexican Americans is the topic of the June 2003 issue of The Californian Journal of Health Promotion, the new online journal by the Department of Health and Community Services, California State University, Chico. Full Story

A California State University, Chico design student has won a competition among fellow design students to create a new logo for the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG). Full Story