CSU, Chico News

California State University, Chico will now host two Educational Talent Search (ETS) grants totaling $2.3 million to help area junior high and high school students go to college during the next four years. Full Story

California State University, Chico has entered into an unprecedented partnership with newspaper giant MediaNews Group to enroll and train journalism students from historically underrepresented populations. 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 from Nov. 2 through 5. The conference, hosted by CSU, Chico, Butte Community College, the Associated Students of CSU, Chico and the Associated Students of Butte College is free and open to the public. Full Story

Senior Anna Sorensen, a sociology major at California State University, Chico, has received the prestigious 2006 William R. Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. Full Story

Forty-five economically disadvantaged high school seniors from San Jose, Oakland and Stockton will pursue an opportunity for a postsecondary education through attending the College Summit's Chico State Workshop from August 3 to August 6. Oscar Haro, Business Resource Center, and Bertha Curial, Admissions, California State University, Chico, are coordinating the program with College Summit. Full Story

California State University, Chico was recognized for its sustainable operations in the Sutter block demolition and the "Diversion Excursion" program and for its Associated Students Sustainability program at UC Santa Barbara's sustainability conference at the end of June. Full Story

Craig Buschner, Ed.D., professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Chico, was recently elected president-elect of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), at its national convention in Salt Lake City. Full Story

Young entrepreneurs ages 12-20 across the United States will be eligible in December for seed capital grants of up to $1,000 in a new partnership between Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) -- based at California State University, Chico's College of Business -- and Youth Venture, a national nonprofit organization based in Arlington, Va. Full Story

Robert Jackson has been named interim dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at California State University, Chico for the fall 2006 semester. His first day in the position is Aug. 1. Full Story

William Loker has been named dean of undergraduate education at California State University, Chico. He served as interim dean during the 2005-06 academic year. His appointment begins July 1. Full Story