CSU, Chico News

California State University, Chico is one of 12 CSU campuses to offer the new Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree and the only one to have a program inenvironmental sciences. Full Story

Students participating in the Model United Nations (MUN) course at California State University, Chico won 10 awards (out of 50 total awards) at the American West Model United Nations Conference Nov. 18-21 in Las Vegas. Full Story

The Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) at California State University, Chico will present its Winter Museum Without Walls series beginning in January. The 13-week series is being presented in conjunction with the Kiwanis Chico Community Observatory (KCCO) and is titled “A Cosmic Hike: The Historyand Environment of Our Universe.” Full Story

Sandra Flake, provost of the University of West Florida, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Chico. Full Story

California State University, Chico has been selected among the first group of colleges and universities to receive the new Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Full Story

Golfers and non-golfers alike are invited to  join a tour of Ireland next summer, July 21-31, with California State University, Chico President Paul Zingg. Full Story

California State University, Chico Continuing Education, with Butte County Family Court Services, Superior Court of California, presents Children in Trauma 2007: Recent Advances in Neuroscience, Attachment Theory, and Traumatology: Implications for Psychotherapists and Related Professions. The two-day professional development conference will be held Jan. 12-13 at the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium on the CSU, Chico campus. Full Story

An English department pilot program focused on promoting civic engagement culminates Saturday, Dec. 2, in a town hall meeting for members of the California State University, Chico campus and Chico area communities. Full Story

The Concrete Industry Management Program (CIM) is up and running for its first semester at California State University, Chico. The program recently received a $50,000 check from the National Steering Committee for Concrete Industry Management. The steering committee has pledged an additional $50,000 for the spring semester. It is part of a $5 million pledge that the industry has made to the program, with half of that coming from local industry leaders and the other half from the national steering committee. Full Story

Students from Rick Vertolli's advanced animation class, California State University, Chico, brought home the top four Best Animation awards from the CSU Media Arts Festival, held at CSU Channel Islands Nov. 3. There were 56 entries from the 23 CSU campuses. Full Story