CSU, Chico News

The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center (CCLC) invites the campus and community to participate in a Kwanzaa celebration on Monday, Dec. 3, from 7-9 p.m. in the BMU Auditorium. Kwanzaa is a non-religious African American holiday that celebrates family, community and culture. Full Story

Students participating in the Model United Nations (MUN) course at California State University, Chico made a stunning showing at the American West Model United Nations Conference Nov. 17-20 in Las Vegas. They brought home both the Distinguished Delegation award and the Outstanding Delegation award (the top awards given at the conference) and 10 out of 19 possible awards for position papers. Full Story

Events sponsored by the Butte County World AIDS Day Planning Committee and California State University, Chico on Thursday, Nov. 29, and Friday, Nov. 30, will bring attention to the devastating global and local impacts of AIDS. All activities are free to the public. Donations will benefit the local HIV Emergency Food Closet as well as future HIV/AIDS awareness programs and activities. Full Story

As part of an ongoing effort to increase students’ civic engagement and connection with the community, approximately 500 California State University, Chico students and an additional 100 community and campus members will be taking part in a town hall meeting Friday, Nov. 30. Full Story

California State University, Chico and Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park are jointly offering tours of their extensive collection of native and exotic trees and shrubs on November 20 and 27. The easy and informative walks will begin at the gazebo in front of Bidwell Mansion Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and last until 11:30 a.m. Full Story

California State University, Chico will host the Northern California Botanists Symposium—Northern California Plant Life: Celebrating What We Have With an Eye to the Future, Jan. 14-16, 2008, on the CSU, Chico campus. Full Story

The California State University Board of Trustees Nov. 14 approved the building plan of the Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) at CSU, Chico during their regular November meeting in Long Beach. Full Story

California State University, Chico’s Department of Civil Engineering hosted a small wood structure design competition with University of Pacific Nov. 10 to test student groups’ abilities to design, test and construct wood truss structures. Full Story

Three student teams of California State University, Chico computer programmers joined 73 other teams from 34 Western U.S. and Canadian universities last weekend for the regional competition of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. Full Story

California State University, Chico graduate student Skye “The P.E. Guy” Dunn is in New York City as he concludes a six-month, coast-to-coast walk/bike/skate trek advocating healthy and high-quality physical education as an answer to the nation’s obesity problem. Full Story