CSU, Chico News

Sharon Yep, managing editor for California State University, Chico's student newspaper The Orion, has been selected as one of the Scripps Howard Foundation's Top Ten Scholars for 2006. Full Story

The tragic death of a World War II hero has provided California State University, Chico with one of its most enduring and prestigious scholarship awards. Full Story

California State University, Chico College of Business will offer a Professional Master of Business Administration in the Yuba-Sutter County area starting August 2007. Full Story

Carol Channing, one of Broadway’s greatest living legends, will visit CSU, Chico September 10th for a performance with a purpose. Channing is donating all proceeds from the 2 p.m. performance in Laxson Auditorium, as well as making a significant personal contribution, to establish the Carol Channing Musical Theatre Performing Arts Scholarship Endowment at Chico State. Full Story

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts Travel Program is offering three different trips during 2007, each customized with the help of a faculty-in-residence: "Americans in Paris" with Tracy Butts, English department; "Garden Tour of Southern England" with Jeanne Lawrence, history department and humanities program; and "Enchanting Sicily" with Brunella Windsor, foreign languages and literatures department. A tax-deductible portion of the cost goes to college scholarships and programs. Full Story

Chico State alum and world-renowned artist John Pugh has created more than 200 large-scale murals across the United States, New Zealand, and Taiwan and is considered to be the leading trompe l'oeil muralist in the world. The Murals of John Pugh, the first-ever collection of Pugh's work, showcases 35 of his most famous pieces, discusses how he revitalized the trompe l'oeil ("trick of the eye") genre into a vital mode of artistic expression, and illuminates the artist's creative process from sketch to finished mural. Full Story

Two California State University, Chico students have won a national design competition hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) regarding electromagnetic interference and compatibility. Full Story

This Way to Sustainability II, the second annual sustainability conference, will be held in the Bell Memorial Union at California State University, Chico on Nov. 2 through 5, 2006. CSU, Chico, Butte Community College, the Associated Students of CSU, Chico and the Associated Students of Butte Community College will host the conference. Full Story

California State University, Chico remains ranked number four among master's level public universities in the western United States, based in the 2007 edition of "America's Best Colleges" from U.S. News & World Report magazine. Full Story

California State University, Chico remains ranked number four among master's level public universities in the western United States, based in the 2007 edition of "America's Best Colleges" from U.S. News & World Report magazine. Full Story