CSU, Chico News

A leading sports educator, Dr. Pat Griffen, will present a lecture "Games We Play: A Conversation About Homophobia in Athletics," tonight, May 6, at 7 p.m. in Holt 170 on the California State University, Chico campus. The event is free and open to the public. Full Story

Mark Tomita, Department of Health and Community Services, teaches students to meet the technological challenges in public health education through the development of hardcopy books. Tomita, who teaches Computer Applications in Health Education (HCSV 260), has the editing help of colleague Vic Sbarbaro. Full Story

Kevin Parsons, now a microbiology graduate student, will travel with Joe Greene, professor in Manufacturing Technology, to Washington, D.C., this week to take part in the 13th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill. Former student Paul Morris, who graduated last spring, is now attending the Uniformed Services University of Health Services, in Bethesda, Maryland, and will fly in to meet Parsons and Greene. Full Story

California State University, Chico students from the Department of Health and Community Services won a first-of-its-kind “College Bowl” competition April 25 sponsored by The California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL), a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Full Story

California State University, Chico’s Book in Common for the 2009-2010 academic year will be “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music” by Steve Lopez. Full Story

The California State University, Chico College of Agriculture’s Food Marketing Team competed at the Western Collegiate Food Marketing Competition in Anaheim, Calif., April 18-19. This year both the international and domestic teams placed first with their products. The teams also had first-place finishes for best PowerPoint presentation. Full Story

Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident, human rights activist, Israeli politician and author, will give a talk at California State University, Chico on Monday, May 4. Full Story

Professor Tim Heinze, Department of Finance and Marketing, and four students traveled to the Western States Collegiate Sales Competition at Arizona State University in Phoenix and brought back several awards, $2,500 in prize money and a second-place award that was only a hair’s width behind the winning team. Full Story

Diana Dwyre, professor of political science in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at California State University, Chico, has been named the 2009-2010 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Political Science at Australia National University (ANU) in Canberra. She will be in residence in Australia’s capital, Canberra, during spring 2010. Full Story

The third Chico on $10 a Day event will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 1 to 3 p.m., in Selvester’s event room on the California State University, Chico campus. The public is invited to taste delicious dishes using local ingredients purchased at the local farmers’ market. Full Story