CSU, Chico News

The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics (CAPE), California State University, Chico has announced its fall 2005 series of five forums. The first event in the series, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, brings Rutgers University professor Don McCabe to campus to discuss the culture of integrity in both academia and the corporate world. Full Story

The College of Business and its new dean, Willie Hopkins, are sponsoring a fall barbecue in Alumni Glen on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. This first-time event will give freshmen and transfer students an opportunity to meet each other and COB administrators, faculty, student organization representatives and corporate sponsors. Full Story

California State University, Chico has set records for the number of freshman applications and the size and ethnic diversity of its fall 2005 freshman class. Full Story

Academic Technologies at California State University, Chico has been given the New Media Consortium (NMC) 2005 Center for Excellence Award for outstanding achievement in the application of technology to learning and creative expression. Full Story

High school students from the business class at Specialized Secondary School #117 in Odessa, Ukraine, took first place in the third annual entrepreneurship competition of the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE). Full Story

Oceanographer Melanie Holland will deliver two lectures at California State University, Chico as part of a National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series titled "From Mantle to Microbe: Exploring the Links between Planetary Renewal and Life in the Deep Ocean." Full Story

California State University, Chico, in coordination with the city of Chico and other entities, is stepping up efforts to combat high-risk drinking by students in the places it is most likely to occur. Full Story

All first-time freshmen at California State University, Chico will be required this fall to complete an online alcohol abuse prevention course. Full Story

The California State University, Chico Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a peer-led, learning-in-retirement organization, has recently been awarded second-year funding from the Bernard Osher Foundation. The $100,000 grant follows last year's grant in the same amount supporting the establishment of an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on the Chico campus. Full Story

The Northern California Natural History Museum at California State University, Chico is bringing science and adventure together with Family Safari at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER). The program includes a series of natural science activities suitable for both children and adults. Participants may choose either Aug. 20 or Aug. 27. The program is from 8:30 am until 2:30 pm. Full Story