CSU, Chico News

Two California State University, Chico linguists, Frank Li and Graham Thurgood, have received a two-year, $188,300 grant from the National Science Foundation to document three seriously endangered languages of China. Full Story

The semi-annual California State University, Chico Spring Career Fair will be held on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the BMU Auditorium. Full Story

The Office of International Programs at California State University, Chico, will provide an intensive 10-day study tour, March 8 to March 17, in Northern California for 13 Ukrainian agriculture professionals. The program is designed to educate the participants in the theory and practice of marketing agricultural products in the United States, and to help them generate ideas and processes for improving the marketing system in Ukraine. This program emphasizes mobilizing the private sector to help itself through industry associations, farmer groups and other private sector organizations. Full Story

Peter S. Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, will give a public lecture at California State University, Chico on Tuesday, March 9. Full Story

David Berliner, Ph. D., Regents Professor of Psychology in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Arizona State University, will deliver a free lecture on Thursday, Feb. 12, 4:15-6:00 p.m., in Harlen Adams Theatre (PAC 144), California State University, Chico. Full Story

Paul J. Zingg begins his tenure today, Feb. 2, as the 14th president in the 117-year history of California State University, Chico. Full Story

The Overweight Prevention and Treatment (OPT) for Kids program has received an award of $1,500 to support participation in the Sumner Symposium III. Project director Cindy Wolff, Nutrition Sciences, and student interns Kelley Marty, Melinda Garcia, and Fany Gomez will represent the OPT team. Full Story

The Department of Geosciences and the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, California State University, Chico, will begin presentations at the Roth Planetarium on February 15. The presentations are for elementary, junior high and high school students, grades 3 and above. Full Story

The Italian Studies program at California State University, Chico will host Italia Romantica, Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on campus. Full Story

The U.S. Department of Education has funded a summer 2004 study tour of South Africa through which 16 educators from Northern California will become trainers in diversity and socioeconomic issues. The $62,900 grant to support the June 21 to July 25 trip is under the auspices of International Studies, the Department of History, and Multicultural and Gender Studies, California State University, Chico. Full Story