Extraordinary things happen and

wonderful journeys occur at CSU,

Chico. The successes described in

this brochure are a result of the

student-centered and high-quality learning environments

we have created. The dedication

of our faculty and staff ensures

that student success is the

most important measure of the

University’s performance.

—Paul J. Zingg, President

California State University, Chico

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Student Team Successes

Overall University Excellence

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Chico Quick Facts

Colleges

Agriculture

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Business

Communication and Education

Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management (ECC)

Humanities and Fine Arts

Natural Sciences

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Cover:Kevin Albert, 2009

graduate, Concrete Industry Management (CIM);

Stephen Mendoza, 2008 graduate, Construction

Management; and Alexx McAvoy, junior,

CIM. Concrete Industry Management, in the

College of Engineering, Computer Science, and

Construction Management, is one of only five such pro-grams in the United States.

Photographer: Jeff Teeter

Overall University excellence

• CSU, Chico offers more than 100 undergraduate

majors and options, and maintains one of the

highest graduation rates in the CSU system.

• The CSU, Chico campus is described as being

one of the most beautiful in the CSU system.

Its arboretum is home to 225 species of trees,

shrubs, and vines.

• CSU, Chico is one of 23 CSU campuses

named as Publisher’s Picks by Hispanic Outlook

in Higher Education, an annual national list of

colleges and universities that the publisher sees

as having solid records in recruiting, supporting,

and graduating Hispanic students.

• Ninety-nine percent of the 2008 spring bacca-

laureate graduates responded to a graduating

senior survey that they were satisfied with CSU,

Chico as a whole.

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honor roll FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Chico has once again been designated as a mem-

ber of the President’s Higher Education Community

Service Honor Roll. This honor, the third in a row

for CSU, Chico, highlights the University’s civic

engagement activities during 2008.

continuEd rEcognition as ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST COLLEGES

CSU, Chico is ranked sixth among master’s level

public universities in the western United States in

the 2010 America’s Best Colleges from U.S. News

& World Report magazine.

A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

For the second year in a row, CSU, Chico is

listed in the top 10 in two categories in the

Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges

to Work For survey.

FORBES TOP 100

CSU, Chico is included in Forbes’ list of the top

100 public colleges and universities in the U.S.

on Forbes’ 2009 list of America’s Best Colleges.

RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT

CSU, Chico maintains one of the strongest and

most respected on-campus corporate recruiting

programs on the West Coast. In a 2008–2009

survey of employers, recruiters rated 81 percent of

Chico students outstanding or above average com-

pared to other universities. Some of the prestigious

corporations that have hired CSU, Chico graduates are

Over 250 employers and school districts attended on-

campus recruiting events in the 2008–2009 school year.

Graduates of several programs, including special

education, speech pathology, nursing, accounting, and

construction management, enjoy a near 100 percent

employment rate.

CONTINUING AND REGIONAL EDUCATION

The American Language and Culture Institute at Chico

State is celebrating 30 years of international friendships,

having provided intensive English language instruction

for more than 3,700 students representing 91 countries.

INFORMATION RESOURCES

• The campus portal provides single sign-on access to

registration, online courses, Web-based e-mail, grades,

and campus information 24 hours a day.

• Secure wireless networking is a free service to stu-

dents, available in many areas of campus, including

the library, student union, residence hall common

areas, and Selvester’s Cafe.

• The student computing labs and student help desk

in the library are open and staffed 24 hours a day.

• Small groups of students can use NetStudy rooms in

the library for working on collaborative projects and

sharing computers and large-screen displays.

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overall university excellence sustainability

• Blue Shield of California• Chevron • Gallo • PG&E • Foster Farms• SAP

• Golden State Warriors • Enterprise Rent-A-Car • Hyatt Hotels• KPMG • Pepsi Bottling Group

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SEEING GREEN

Environmental sustainability is one of CSU, Chico’s six

strategic priorities. Green initiatives are supported by

the Institute for Sustainable Development, the Rawlins

Chair of Environmental Literacy, and the Associated

Students Sustainability Program, among others. Below

are highlights of Chico’s environmental dedication:

• The new Student Services Center was designed for

LEED gold, and the new Wildcat Recreation Center

was designed for LEED silver certification by the U.S.

Green Building Council.

• Associated Students has committed to becoming a

Zero Waste organization by 2015, and has expanded

its Compost Display Area, which composted 176,000

pounds of waste during the 2008–2009 academic year.

• In its ninth year, Diversion Excursion diverted 18,837

pounds of recyclable and reusable goods from campus

residence halls.

• Professor Mark Stemen, Geography and Planning, was

named Sustainability Champion at the seventh annual

UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference in San Luis

Obispo in August 2008.

• Five public relations students received the fall 2008

$6,000 Jack Rawlins Environmental Prize for their Energy

Conservation Awareness Campaign.

• CSU, Chico’s Marketplace Cafe was named one of the

12 greenest college cafeterias in the nation by The Daily

Green Web site in August 2009.

For information, go to “Our Sustainable Future” at

http://www.csuchico.edu/sustainablefuture.

LEADING GREENIN

student team successes

TOP AWARD FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW for manufacturing EnginEErs

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers team

won the Grand Prize for the fifth year in

a row in the Western Tool Exposition and

Conference Manufacturing Challenge held

in March 2009 in Los Angeles. The winning

project was the production of a hardwood

machinist’s tool chest based on a 100-year-old

design. Presenters at WESTEC pictured left:

Tony Arena, lower left; Michael Rincon, lower

right; back from left: Grant Douglas, Wesley

Brandon, Oliver Hayes, Hobie Stevens, and

Scott Vanni.

hEalth and community sErvicEs STUDENTS WIN ‘COLLEGE BOWL’

A team of four CSU, Chico undergraduates beat

a team of graduate students from host school

University of San Francisco in the inaugural

Health Services Administration College Bowl

sponsored by the California Association of

Healthcare Leaders in April 2009.

BIG WINS for thE food marKEting tEam

The College of Agriculture’s domestic and

international food marketing teams won

first places at the Western Collegiate Food

Marketing Competition held in April 2009. The

Domestic Team—Haley Hunt, Jillian Kehoe,

and Natalie Schallberger—outshone the com-

petition with their idea for organic ice cream.

The International Team—Sam Cooley, Kevin

Donnelly, and Rebecca Hein—won for market-

ing organic rice to China.

Chico students know how to work together as a

winning team.

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marKEting and dEsign studEnts PRODUCE

WINNING CAMPAIGN

Marketing and graphic design students put together

a marketing strategy to encourage healthy drinking

behavior that garnered second place at the district

level of the American Advertising Federation—

National Student Advertising Competition for

District 14 in April 2009. Bill McGowan, Finance

and Marketing, and Alan Rellaford, Communication

Design, coached the teams.

construction managEmEnt STUDENTS ARE

CHAMPIONS

Department of Construction Management students

brought home three national championship hon-

ors from the 22nd Annual Associated Schools of

Construction Student Competition in February 2009.

From among 34 universities, Chico’s teams took two

second places in the Marine Construction Division

and Pre-Construction Division and a third place in

Building Information Modeling.

modEl un dElEgation in TOP FOUR PERCENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Students participating in the Model United Nations

course, taught by Dr. John Crosby, won the two

top awards at the national Model United Nations

Conference held in New York in April 2009. The

Chico delegation, representing the Republic of Korea,

was named an Outstanding Delegation for the third

year in a row. The team also won the award for

Outstanding Position Papers.

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STUDY ABROAD

In November 2008, CSU, Chico

was ranked third in the

nation among master’s

granting institutions

for sending the most

students on year-

long study abroad

programs, accord-

ing to the Institute

of International

Education’s annual “Open

Doors Report.”

intErnEt Brings MAPUCHE POET TO CLASSROOM

Dr. Pilar Alvarez-Rubio, Foreign Languages and

Literatures, connected her classroom of advanced

Spanish students live via Skype with Graciela Huinao,

a Mapuche poet, directly from the University Diego

Portales in Santiago, Chile. Ms. Huinao, who has

offered recitals throughout the world, read her work

and spoke of the Mapuche people and culture.

WORLD SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING

Dr. Robert Cottrell, History, was awarded a Fulbright

Scholarship to teach in Russia during spring 2009.

He served as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in

U.S. History and American Studies at Moscow State

University, where he taught 20th-century American

radicalism.

Dr. Tony Waters, Sociology, taught graduate courses

in communications and cultural management at

Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in

2007–2008. Zeppelin University is a partner university

with CSU, Chico.

Dr. Bruce Grelle, Religious Studies, presented

“Worldview Education and the Competition of Global

Ethics” at the biannual meeting of the International

Seminar on Religious Education and Values, Ankara,

Turkey, July 2008.

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Agriculture

Behavioral &

Social Sciences

Business

Communication &

Education

Engineering,

Computer Science,

& Construction

Management

(ECC)

Humanities &

Fine Arts

Natural Sciences

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Skip Guadagnolo and Juan Gomez harvest produce at the Organic Vegetable Project located at the University Farm.

ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN THRIVES

The Organic Vegetable Project was started nearly two

years ago with grants from the Foor Foundation and

the Agriculture Research Initiative. Since the first five let-

tuce rows were planted, the garden has grown from an

eighth of an acre to one and a half acres. The garden

produces heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons,

peppers, flowers, and corn. Crops are planned with the

student union and residence halls cafeterias in mind,

and both have been customers for two semesters so far.

funds to study ORGANIC PASTURE MANAGEMENT

Dr. Cindy Daley, Animal Science, was awarded a

$40,000 grant from Organic Valley Family of Farms

through its Farmer’s Advocating for Organics grant

program. Daley will study the effects on net profit of

improving pasture management at the University Farm’s

organic dairy.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE RECOGNIzED

The Chico Economic Planning Corporation honored

the CSU, Chico College of Agriculture with the 2008

Excellence in Agribusiness Award, given each year for

entrepreneurial spirit and contribution to the economic

development of Chico and Butte County.

AGRICULTURE

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GOOD JUDGES of livEstocK

The 2009 Livestock Judging Team placed second

overall at the Arizona National Livestock Show,

10th at the National Western Stock Show in

Denver, seventh at the San Antonio Stock Show,

and seventh at the Houston Livestock Show and

Rodeo. The team, coached by Clay Carlson, con-

sists of students Janell Rice, Haley Hunt, Sarah

Hanks, Simmie Stayer, Rex Mendonza, Matt Reed,

and Brendan Close.

community PartnErshiP rEsults in $88,000 DONATION

A donation from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. will

provide funding for a smokehouse oven and sau-

sage-making equipment for the Meats Laboratory

at the University Farm. The $88,000 will enhance

hands-on learning opportunities and allow the farm

to further develop its line of smoked sausages,

which are sold at the Sierra Nevada Restaurant and

Taproom and at the University Farm.

contriButions to BEEF INDUSTRY

The Beef Improvement Federation honored ani-

mal science professor Dr. David A. Daley with a

Continuing Service Award for his major contributions

to the beef industry. Daley founded an international

group focused on the use of composite and hybrid

seed stock in the beef industry; coordinated

research projects with Harris Ranch

Beef Company and Lacey Livestock

on DNA fingerprinting; and

coordinated a national academy

on the implementation of the

National Animal Identification

System.

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The College of Agriculture is a learning community where students become

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Anthropologist Brian Brazeal rests with priestess Maria Souza de Jesus at the conclusion of a mortuary ceremony called the Axexé that she per-formed in honor of a mutual friend.

KINSHIP, HEALING, AND WITCHCRAFT

Dr. Brian Brazeal’s research focuses on kinship, heal-

ing, and witchcraft in the Afro-Brazilian religion of

Candomblé. (See photo above.) He has published

“Dona Preta’s Trek to Cachoeira” in Africas in the

Americas: Beyond the Search for Origins (Brill Press

2008), edited by Stephan Palmié, and “A Goat’s Tale:

Diabolical Economies of the Bahian Interior,” accepted

for publication in Activating the Past: History and

Memory in the Black Atlantic (Cambridge Scholars

Press, 2009).

Political sciEntist is FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR IN AUSTRALIA

Dr. Diana Dwyre, Political Science, was named the 2009–

2010 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Political

Science at Australia National University in Canberra. She

will be in residence in Australia’s capital, Canberra, dur-

ing spring 2010.

ECONOMIST IN CHINA

Dr. Michael Perelman, Economics, traveled to China

in June 2009 to deliver “An Ecological Future: Marx

and Wu-Wei” at the International Symposium on

Economical Civilization, Globalization, and Human

Development.

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BEHAVIORAL& SOCIAL SCIENCES

Colleges behavioral & social sciences

NEW BOOK: “THE BRACEROS”

Dr. Paul Lopez’s book The Braceros: Guest Workers,

Settlers and Family Legacies was published in 2009 by

Kendall Hunt Publishing.

SCHOLAR IS INTERNATIONAL ExPERT on cults

Dr. Janja Lalich, Sociology, is the author of Bounded

Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults and Take

Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive

Relationships. CNN aired an interview with her about

the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping on Aug. 30, 2009. She

also was quoted in an Aug. 27 article in the Reno-

Gazette Journal about the Dugard case and in the

March 2009 Salt Lake Tribune about polygamy and the

Warren Jeffs criminal case.

PROFESSOR GIVES ExPERT HELP on BonEs

Forensic anthropologist Dr. P. Willey consulted with the

Napa County Sheriff ’s Office on the case of an unidenti-

fied female found in May 2009. Willey also received the

G.A. Custer Award in February 2009 from the University

of South Dakota. He is the co-author of They Died

with Custer: Soldiers’ Bones from the Battle of the Little

Bighorn (Red River Books edition, 2002).

GRANT FUNDS EFFORT to rEducE sExual assaults in camPus communitiEs

Dr. Lori Beth Way, Political Science, won the 2009

Lantis award for her direction of a three-year

$471,529 grant-funded project to reduce

and respond to crimes of sexual

assault, domestic violence, and

stalking on campus. CSU, Chico

is collaborating with Butte

College in this U.S. Department

of Justice-funded program.

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” Service-learning connects students

to community and prepares them to meet society’s urgent needs. “

Angelica Nahe, Danielle Stack, and Brandon Muth took top honors as part of the American Marketing Association team at the annual Student Showcase Competition.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS NAMED TO BEST BusinEss

schools list By PrincEton rEviEw

Included in the 2009 edition of the Princeton

Review’s Annual Best Business Schools, the College

of Business was cited as providing students with “a

unique combination of excellent and caring profes-

sors, a well-run program, and a great environment.”

BusinEss administration studEnt EARNS

PRESTIGIOUS MCGOWAN SCHOLARSHIP

Shawn Wilson, a business administration major, will

receive a full tuition scholarship from the William

G. McGowan Charitable Fund for the 2009–2010

academic year. The scholarship is awarded to stu-

dents enrolled in accredited U.S. business schools for

academic excellence, demonstrated leadership skills,

excellence of character, and a commitment to com-

munity service.

BusinEss studEnts attEnd U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

Dean Willie Hopkins and four student fellows,

Kristin Bittikofer, Derek Minettiv, Amber McConnell,

and Andrew Rapattoni, traveled to the U.S. Air

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BUSINESS

Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, in

February 2009 to attend the 16th Annual National

Character and Leadership Symposium. More than

4,000 U.S. Air Force cadets and 200 visiting college

students attended the three-day symposium.

MARKETING STUDENTS ExCEL in worldwidE googlE challEngE

In 2008, students taking the College of Business

E-Marketing class made a strong showing in the

Google On-line Marketing Challenge, a worldwide

competition sponsored by Google that included

more than 1,600 teams from 47 countries. Chico

State placed three teams in the Americas Top 50,

which included strong competitors from California

schools UC Berkeley, USC, and UCLA.

ExPErt on nEgotiation INVITED TO INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE

Bonnie Persons, JD, Management, was invited to

a conference on Mediation Pedagogy by Harvard

School of Law’s Negotiation Pedagogy. This global

event, with educators and trainers from 18 coun-

tries, included Persons, who recently developed a

set of unique collective bargaining and negotia-

tion exercises. Persons is also the president of the

Western Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

BusinEss maJor will SPEND YEAR IN FRANCE

Maira Rios, a third-year student majoring in business

and entrepreneurship and minoring in marketing and

managing for sustainability, received a teaching assis-

tantship through the French Embassy and MICEFA, a

consortium of Parisian universities. Rios will attend

one of the MICEFA universities for the 2009–2010

academic year. She will study entre-

preneurship and French and tutor

French students in English.

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SEMESTER BREAKS FOR SERVICE

Dr. Emilyn Sheffield, Recreation and Parks

Management, took 30 students to volunteer at the

Golden Gate National Parks during the March 2009

spring break as part of a service-learning class. (See

photo above.)

Dr. Rebecca Lytle, Kinesiology, led Adapted

Physical Education students and faculty on a service-

learning trip to lo de Marcos, Mexico, during the

January 2009 winter break. The group worked with

students in the schools and in an after-school program

at Casa de los Niños, providing equipment, training,

and curriculum for the teachers and students.

PROFESSOR WINS guggEnhEim fEllowshiP

Professor Byron Wolfe, Communication Design, was

awarded a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship for his

project to re-photograph historical images made in

Central America by Eadweard Muybridge. Wolfe was

also selected for the Lantis University Professorship at

Chico State. He will be on leave the 2009–2010 aca-

demic year to pursue his research on re-photography,

supported by these two awards.

FACULTY WIN sErvicE-lEarning award

The Special Education Teacher Preparation Program

was selected to receive the 2009 State Farm Award

COMMUNICATION& EDUCATION

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Colleges communication & education

for Service-Learning Excellence in Teacher Education.

The award was presented to special education faculty

Dr. Terri Davis, Dr. Michelle Cepello, and Laurel Hill-

Ward at the 20th Annual National Service-Learning

Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

CME DEAN APPOINTED to accrEditation Board

Dr. Phyllis Fernlund has been appointed to the

NCATE Executive Board, the major accrediting body

for the preparation of educators. The board will be

active in changing the existing accreditation process

for schools and colleges of education.

ProfEssor’s BooK gEts NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Dr. Kathleen Gabriel, Professional Studies in Educa- tion,

was invited to present at the Western Association of

Schools and Colleges (WASC) Academic Conference

and the Teaching Professor Conference. Her presenta-

tions were based on her book, Teaching Unprepared

Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention

in Higher Education (Stylus Publishing, 2008).

The orion again SWEEPS TOP AWARDS

The Orion student newspaper took first place in the

Best of Show general excellence competition and

best interactive multimedia content for four-year

school newspapers at the Associated Collegiate Press’

National College Journalism Convention in March

2009. The paper also won first place for best overall

design and for general excellence at the

California College Media Association

Awards in February, and the advi-

sor, Dr. Dave Waddell, Journalism,

was named 2009 Instructor of

the Year, Four-Year Division,

by the California Journalism

Education Coalition.

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COMMUNICATION

” We prepare teachers to

improve quality of life through education. “

HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE PlacEs third in comPEtition

Eight mechanical engineering students designed, built,

and tested a human powered vehicle (HPV) in collabo-

ration with the Center for Entrepreneurship. The team,

advised by Dr. Greg Watkins, raced their prototype at

the American Society of Mechanical Engineers HPV

Competition in Portland, Oregon, in April 2009, placing

in the top three in design.

INVESTMENT IN CONCRETE PROGRAM rEachEs $1 million

The Concrete Industry Management Program (CIM)

has reached the $1 million mark in private support

just three years after coming into existence. The CIM

program is one of only five in the country and offers

students a BS in concrete industry management.

GRANTS TO ENGINEERS

Dr. Stewart Oakley, Civil Engineering, received $218,840

from the California Department of Conservation to

study beverage container recovery in construction and

demolition debris waste.

Dr. Joe Greene, Mechanical Engineering,

Mechatronic Engineering, and Manufacturing

Technology, received grants totaling $46,500 from the

Agricultural Research Initiative and the Rice Research

Board for “Rice Waste Conversion to Biodegradable

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ENGINEERING,COMPUTER SCIENCE, & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Plastics via Bacterial Transformation,” a $90,000

California Coastal Commission grant for “Plastics

Flow for Recycled Plastic Containers and Bioplastics

in Marine Environment,” and a $13,764 UC Berkeley

Sustainability Grant for “Plastics Sustainability with UC

Berkeley.” He successfully patented an interlocking

modular tubular pallet in January 2008.

mEchatronics cEntEr dEvEloPs ROBOTIC SCOUTS

The California Mechatronics Center, directed by Nick

Repanich, has developed a small, robotic off-highway

vehicle to scout the road before a military convoy,

funded by a grant from Lawrence Livermore Labs. The

center is also working on a smaller robot that can be

used for detecting radiation in nuclear facilities.

ExTREME ENGINEERING

Derick Johnson, ’09, Computer Engineering and

Computer Science, was a member of the winning

“Extreme Engineering Challenge” at the national

Society of Professional Engineers Conference in

November 2008. Johnson, a student in the Mathematics

and Engineering Program, is currently working on his

PhD at UC San Diego.

thirtEEn shEds for firE victims: BUILD FOR CONCOW

After three Rebuild New Orleans projects beginning

in 2006, Construction Management students and other

volunteers across campus chose to construct sheds for

victims of the devastating fires in nearby

Concow. Professors Jim O’Bannon

and David Shirah advised 50 vol-

unteers in the construction of

13 8' x 10' sheds in one week

in January 2009.

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Scene from the spring 2009 musical “Crazy About You”

PhilosoPhy ProfEssor’s PoEm gEts NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Dr. Troy Jollimore had a short essay about his poem

“The Solipsist” published with the poem in the

Washington Post’s “Poet’s Choice” column, Aug. 2,

2009. He also had the poem “At Lake Scugog” pub-

lished in the New Yorker, July 27, 2009.

duchamP ExPErt CURATES AT SMITHSONIAN

Dr. James McManus, professor emeritus, Art and Art

History, co-curated Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The

Dynamics of Portraiture, an exhibition that ran at the

National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution

March 27–Aug. 2, 2009.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Geoff Baker published Realism’s Empire:

Empiricism and Enchantment in the 19th Century

Novel (Ohio State University Press, 2009).

Dr. Lawrence Bryant had his History, Ritual,

Ceremony, and the Changing Monarchy in France,

1350–1789 chosen as part of the Variorum Collected

Studies Series published by Ashgate Publishing in

London.

Dr. Jason Nice published Sacred History and

National Identity: Comparisons between Early Modern

Wales and Brittany (Pickering and Chatto, 2009).

Colleges Humanities & fine arts

HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS

Dr. Paul Eggers’ collection of stories, The Departure

Lounge: Stories and a Novella (Ohio State University

Press, 2009) won the 2008 Ohio State University Prize

in Short Fiction.

PROFESSOR RECEIVES GRANT for mEdiEval maPs

Dr. Asa Mittman, Art History, received a $50,000

Digital Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment

for the Humanities, Digital Humanities Initiative, for

the Digital Mappaemundi: A Resource for the Study of

Medieval Maps and Geographic Texts. His new book,

Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East in the

Beowulf Manuscript, will be released in winter 2009

by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance

Studies.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARD

Dr. Sara Cooper, Foreign Languages and Literatures,

won the Modern Languages Association Florence

Howe Essay Award for her 2008 article on Cuban

graphic novels.

CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAM ExPANDS

Dean Joel Zimbelman, working with professors Frank

Li, English, and Duke Sun, Math, received $75,000

from the Chinese Ministry of Education to expand the

college’s Chinese language and culture community

outreach program.

ON TO THE STAGE

Whitney Krause left CSU, Chico with a

BA in Theatre in 2009 and two stage

managing internships: Summer

Repertory Theatre at Santa Rosa

Junior College in summer 2009

and The Western Stage in Salinas

in the fall.

Colleges Humanities & fine arts

” In the College of Humanities and

Fine Arts, we try to lure students into a world where beauty

is its own excuse for being.

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Colleges Natural Sciences

Kevin Parsons, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Paul Morris, and Dr. Joe Greene

in Washington, D.C., for “Posters on the Hill.”

STUDENT RESEARCHERS PRESENT PostErs on thE hill

Microbiology graduate student Kevin Parsons and 2008

graduate Paul Morris traveled to Washington, D.C., in

May 2009 for the 13th annual undergraduate poster

session on Capitol Hill. Parsons and Morris presented

“Use of Brewery Waste for the Microbial Conversion of

Carbohydrates to Lactic Acid” to senators and congress-

members. Their research took first place in the CSU

Student Research Competition in May 2008.

gEologist studiEs high-altitudE wind as RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE

Dr. Cristina Archer, Geological and Environmental

Sciences, collaborated with Ken Caldeira of the

Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology

on the first global survey of wind energy at high alti-

tudes. Archer is a world expert in wind power. Her

research was reported in June 2009 in publications

including the New York Times, USA Today, and the

online journal ScienceDaily.

NURSING EDUCATOR CERTIFIED in simulation Education

Dr. Becky Damazo, Nursing, coordinator of the rural

SimCenter Project, is one of six nursing professionals

in the state to be selected for an advanced training

program in clinical simulation. She will be trained at

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Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Pediatric and

Perinatal Education.

SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES draw toP mathEmaticians

Under the direction of Dr. Sergei Fomin (math mod-

eling), Dr. Kathy Gray (statistics), and Dr. Ben Levitt

(number theory), undergraduate math students from

around the country collaborate in research during

the summer through the National Science Foundation

funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates

and Teachers.

STUDENTS USE MATH MUSCLES in mathlEtics comPEtition

Undergraduates Erdem Bahcivan, Cory Zaro, Jonathan

Roy, Anthony Noblet, Doug Carroll, and Chelsea Lindsay

competed in the 41st annual Mathletics competition in

May 2009. Under the guidance of Dr. Chris Pavone, the

team placed third in the team college calculus competi-

tion.

cEntEr for nutrition and activity Promotion RECEIVES AWARD FOR ExCELLENCE

The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, direct-

ed by Dr. Cindy Wolff, received the 2009 Korten Award

for Excellence for its efforts to promote healthy eating

and activity patterns.

OUTSTANDING STUDENT MENTOR

Molly Thompson, Biological Sciences, who studied at

the University of Ghana in fall of 2007,

devotes time to advising students

who plan to study in African

countries. She was selected as

the Outstanding Student in the

College of Natural Sciences

in 2009.

” The basic and applied sciences serve as a beacon of hope for a

better tomorrow.“

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FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES rEcEivE local and rEgional honors

Chico State Greek organizations received honors from

the City of Chico for a work day in Bidwell Park in

spring 2009 and from a regional Greek leadership group

for their community service and philanthropy. For the

second year in a row, they won the Community In-

volvement Award from the Western Region Greek Assoc.

ENHANCEMENT OF MULTICULTURAL

UNDERSTANDING AWARD

Maribel DeLaCerda, a senior majoring in Social Sciences

and Multicultural and Gender Studies, received the

Enhancement of Multicultural Understanding Award.

She is a paraprofessional for the Cross-Cultural

Leadership Center and is the Associated Students’

Commissioner of Multicultural Affairs for the 2009–2010

academic year.

CSU, CHICO WINS MAJOR AWARDS for st. JudE

fund-raising

CSU, Chico swept the major awards at St. Jude Children’s

Hospital August 2009 award event in Memphis, Tenn.

Chico won awards for outstanding fund-raising event,

overall program, program advisors, and fund-raising total.

The campus raised approximately $204,000 with its fall

2008 event and has raised more than $880,000 for St.

Jude’s over the past decade.

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ATHLETICS IN NATION’S

TOP 25 for sixth yEar

The Chico State Athletic

Department stands in 22nd

place in the Learfield Directors’

Cup standings, 2008–09. For

the sixth year in a row, the

Wildcats finished among the

top 25 schools in the nation.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

QualifiEs for nationals

Led by seniors Erica Brick,

Megan Cape, Amy Jones,

Lindsay Macias, Abbey Ranzau, and Kelly Smiland, the

volleyball team earned its third straight berth in the

NCAA Championship Tournament.

wEst rEgion’s tracK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Michael Wickman, who finished third in the 1,500-and

800-meter events at the NCAA Championships, was

the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches

Association’s West Region Track Athlete of the Year.

first BasEman RECEIVES GOLD GLOVE

Opposing coaches selected Kevin Seaver as the

Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association

National Gold Glove recipient. The junior from Hilo,

Hawaii, committed only one error in 335 chances this

season and batted .442.

WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM has grEat sEason

The Chico State women’s golf team qualified for the

NCAA Championship Tournament by finishing third in the

West Regional. They finished 12th in the nationals.

scott Bauhs NO.1-RANKED DISTANCE RUNNER

Scott Bauhs won all four events he entered in 2008,

culminating in victory at the National Championships,

and propelling Chico State to a third-place finish.

Bauhs, who graduated in fall 2008, is currently the no.

21-ranked distance runner in the United States.

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From the halls of Congress to

corporate boardrooms, from

exploring outer space to taking on

Hollywood, Chico alums have made

outstanding contributions

in their fields. We are proud of

their accomplishments and grateful

for the way many mentor the

graduates who follow.

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Joseph Hilbe (1968, BA Philosophy) is a solar system ambas-

sador who helps the public get excited about space for the

NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of

Technology. He is emeritus professor of philosophy at the

University of Hawaii and adjunct professor of statistics at

Arizona State University. Hilbe has written for philosophy and

statistics publications and books, and serves on the editorial

boards of five academic journals.

Rola Dashti (1984, BS Agricultural Business) serves in the

Kuwait Parliament. She was one of four women elected on

May 17, 2009—the first women ever to win seats in the assem-

bly. She is an economist with a doctorate in population eco-

nomics from Johns Hopkins University and has long been an

advocate for gender equality and democratic reform in Kuwait.

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (1981, BS Computer Science) is minis-

ter of foreign trade for the United Arab Emirates. She was one

of the first women in the U.A.E. to obtain a tech-

nology degree. Sheikha Lubna was nominated

for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 and named

one the 100 most influential women in the

world by Forbes magazine in 2007.

Amy Zelson Mundorff (1999, MA Anthropology) spent five years

as a forensic anthropologist in the office of the New York City

Medical Examiner. She was a 9/11 survivor who

worked on the World Trade Center Identification

Team. She identified victims of American Airlines

flight 587 crash and the 2004 tsunami in Thailand.

Charles Scibetta (1991, BA Information and

Communication Studies) is the senior director of corporate

communication at Nintendo. He drives com-

pany communication strategies, oversees the

internal communications team, serves as a

Nintendo spokesman, and spearheads media

message creation.

Andre Levingston (attended 1987–1989) is director of business

development for the Premier Basketball League in Canada. He

heads franchise expansion and team development. Levingston

is also the president and CEO of the Halifax Rainmen, a team

that made its debut in November 2007.

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California State University, Chico Public Affairs and Publications Office

Chico, CA 95929-0040

■ California State University, Chico (popularly called “Chico State”)

■ Founded 1887

■ President: Paul J. zingg

■ School Colors: Cardinal and White Mascot: Wildcat

■ Student/Faculty Ratio: 22/1 Average Class Size: 28

■ Location: 90 miles north of Sacramento, 174 miles northeast of San Francisco

■ Campus Acreage: 119

■ Alumni/ae: 105,000

■ Full-time Equivalent Students (fall 2008): 15,963. Number of Students: 17,132.

■ Female: 53% Male: 47%

■ Freshman Profile (fall 2008 admitted freshmen)–Average High School GPA: 3.23; Mean SAT Scores (composite): 1034

■ Students come from 42 nations, 42 states, and 2 U.S. territories

■ 96% of the total population comes from California; 4% are out-of-state or international students

■ Student Newspaper: The Orion

■ Ten Largest Majors:

1. Business Administration

2. Liberal Studies (elementary teaching)

3. Psychology

4. Construction Management

5. Prenursing/Nursing

6. Recreation Administration

7. Art and Art History

8. Kinesiology

9. Civil Engineering

10. Criminal Justice

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