CSU, Chico News

Fifteen students from California State University, Chico are in Belfast, Ireland, investigating the causes of conflict and prospects for peace. They could not be there at a more propitious time, as today the Irish Republican Army announced that their armed campaign is over, according to BBC News, UK edition online. Full Story

The California State University Board of Trustees unanimously approved California State University, Chico's 2005 Master Plan yesterday, July 20, during its regular meeting at CSU headquarters in Long Beach. Each university in the CSU system is required to write and periodically update a master plan. The CSU Trustees last approved a CSU, Chico master plan in 1990. Full Story

A new scholarship has been established for students in California State University, Chico's four-year-old Master's in Social Work (MSW) program. Full Story

The Orion has been named the best university newspaper in California for 2004 by the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA), continuing an outstanding run of honors for California State University, Chico's student newspaper. Full Story

Two hundred and twenty students from throughout the state-many of them the first in their families to attend college-will spend five days on the California State University, Chico campus next week as part of the University's long-standing EOP Summer Bridge program. Full Story