CSU, Chico News

Representatives from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, will visit California State University, Chico on March 9 and 10 to recruit engineering students. On March 9, they will deliver a public lecture on the Mars Exploration Rover Project at 7:30 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Full Story

The Bidwell Environmental Institute Field Studies Program at California State University, Chico presents the first in a series of outdoor education classes on Saturday, Feb. 21. The community is invited to participate. Full Story

Sixty-five Elk Grove School District teachers will participate in the first training for university credit offered this week through the State Center for Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance located at California State University, Chico. Full Story

California State University, Chico Housing and Food Service hosted a banquet this week in the Bell Memorial Auditorium honoring university housing students for their high academic achievements for the fall 2003 semester. Full Story

The Department of Education and the Liberal Studies Program at California State University, Chico will be hosting their 8th annual Celebrate Teaching Conference on Wednesday, March 3, in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Full Story

More than 400 high school students, some from as far away as Virginia, will come to the California State University, Chico campus on Saturday, Feb. 28, to compete for $132,000 in scholarships. This is the highest number of students competing since the program began nine years ago. Full Story

Richard Narad, Department of Health and Community Services, California State University, Chico, has been selected as Outstanding Adviser for 2003-2004. Full Story

Paul Spear, chair of the Department of Psychology, California State University, Chico, has received the Outstanding Faculty Service Award for 2003-2004. Full Story

The Museum of Anthropology at California State University, Chico is hosting a lecture series on the first Sunday of each month during the spring 2004 semester, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Ayers 102. Full Story

Continuing Education and the Education Services Center of California State University, Chico were recently awarded a three-year, $998,946 California Postsecondary Education Commission grant to improve the quality of K-12 teacher education in the region. Full Story