FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2010 Joe Wills CSU, Chico Public Affairs (530) 898-4143 Melissa McGowan CSU, Chico Regional & Continuing Education 530-898-6105 CSU, Chico Awarded $1 Million Endowment for Osher Reentry Scholarship Program The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded a $1 million endowment to CSU, Chico Regional & Continuing Education to provide scholarships for reentry students whose studies were interrupted for at least five years by circumstances beyond their control, and who now want to resume their studies at CSU, Chico. These students enter a wide range of degree programs in fields such as engineering, nursing, social work and communications.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Jim Postma Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 530-898-5159 Collaboration Between Olive Grower and Chemist Finds Solution Seven years ago, third-generation olive and almond grower Merritt Erickson approached Jim Postma, a chemist at California State University, Chico, with a question about olive preservation. That question, “How could olives be kept fresh for shipping to individuals who wanted to cure their own?” led them to an answer that has ramifications for not just olives, but many food products

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Collaboration Between Olive Grower and Chemist Finds Solution

Today, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement in response to the Israeli security cabinet’s decision regarding the Gaza blockade: J Street welcomes today’s Israeli cabinet decision to “liberalize the system by which civilian goods enter Gaza.” For some time, we have called for a re-examination of the Israeli policy toward Gaza. We have believed that the closure as implemented was not serving Israel’s best interests, was strengthening Hamas’ capabilities and hold on the Strip, and was imposing an unacceptable level of hardship on the civilian population. We have maintained that it should be possible to prevent the transfer of weapons through security checkpoints, while allowing humanitarian goods, basic necessities and construction materials into Gaza under proper supervision.

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Statement on Israeli Cabinet Decision Regarding Gaza Blockade

How did the World Zionist Congress vote to support a settlement freeze, endorse a two-state solution, and call for the Israeli government to repair relations with the American government — sparking right-wing protests that effectively ended the Congress’ deliberation? How is it that a body that has been marred by relative obscurity in recent years appears to have been the site of the vital conversation over the future of Israel as a Jewish, democratic home in all its rambunctious glory? And how did it come that I, Vice President of Policy and Strategy at J Street and a veteran of the Israeli army, found myself chairing the Settlement Committee at the World Zionist Congress?

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World Zionist Congress votes to support settlement freeze and two-state solution; far right storms stage and shuts down Congress

J Street sent a letter to House and Senate offices today, expressing concern that the “Dear Colleague” letters currently circulating regarding the Gaza flotilla incident “have been drafted primarily for domestic political consumption rather than to advance the U.S. interest in peace and security in the Middle East.” Instead of signing the Dear Colleague letters as they currently read, J Street is urging members of Congress to seek changes to the letters or to write their own. In the letter, the organization’s president, Jeremy Ben-Ami encourages members of Congress to express more nuanced views of the situation that emphasize the urgency of American leadership to end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through two states

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J Street Letter to Congress Regarding Gaza Flotilla “Dear Colleagues”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Summer Orientation Begins Today For New Students California State University, Chico’s award-winning Summer Orientation program begins today for the first of 20 sessions for new students enrolling this fall. As of this week, 2,020 new students and 1,419 accompanying family members had signed up for one of the sessions taking place in June or July. Changes this summer include more sessions and information geared for transfer students, who constitute a higher percentage of sign-ups than in prior years, Orientation Coordinator Rebecca Berner said.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 Joe Wills CSU, Chico Public Affairs (530) 898-4143 Melissa McGowan CSU, Chico Regional & Continuing Education 530-898-6105 Program for California Teachers Offers High-Quality, Low-Cost Professional Development Credit A new partnership between the National Humanities Center (NHC) and the Center for Regional & Continuing Education at California State University, Chico provides California K-12 teachers the opportunity to earn university credits for completing online professional development seminars from the NHC. The National Humanities Center is the only major independent American institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities. It is distinctive in its commitment to linking scholarship to improved teaching and providing teachers with new materials and instructional strategies to make them more effective in the classroom and rekindle their enthusiasm for the subjects they teach.

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Program for California Teachers Offers High-Quality, Low-Cost Professional Development Credit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Clinical Simulation Center Receives Accreditation The Society for Simulation in Healthcare announced the accreditation of the Rural Northern California Clinical Simulation Center, a center established by the California State University, Chico School of Nursing in partnership with Enloe Medical Center and Feather River Hospital. The “Rural SimCenter,” as it is known, was accredited in the area of education and teaching. The accreditation process for simulation centers is new.

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Clinical Simulation Center Receives Accreditation

The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team performed spectacular aerial demonstrations and landed at the Globe University campus in Middleton on Thursday, June 3. All of the businesses surrounding the campus watched from their parking lots, and the children at the day care across the street also came out to enjoy the show.

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U.S. Army Parachute Team Jumps at Globe University in Middleton

As summer heats up students across the country are not slowing down. Once again, this summer, hundreds of youth activists are creating “solutions” in their communities as a part of localized “Summer of Solutions” projects. Summer of Solutions was started in early 2008 by a group of students in the Twin Cities as an answer to the “summer gap” between semesters that seemed to slow momentum on campus and community sustainability projects.

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Summer of Solutions

Globe University’s Dr. Michele Ernst Makes Career College Central Magazine’s List of Influential People in Education Dr.

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Today, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement upon the UN Security Council’s passage of new Iran sanctions: J Street welcomes the passage of enhanced multilateral and broad-based sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council today.

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J Street Welcomes UN Security Council Passage of Iran Sanctions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 Joe Wills, University Public Affairs Director (530) 898-4143 Kelly Servis, Museum Public Relations Intern (530) 524-5486 Dr. Rachel Teasdale, Acting Museum Executive Director (530) 898-4121 Gateway Science Museum Launches New Exhibits Museum to Debut Summer Science Exhibit Gateway Science Museum will debut its new Summer Science Exhibit beginning Monday, June 14, 2010, when it reopens with new summer hours as well as its first kids’ summer camps, Gateway Discovery Camps.

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Gateway Science Museum Launches New Exhibits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Student Services Center Plaza Project Will Beautify Campus’s Western Edge Construction of the Student Services Center Plaza and adjacent First Street renovation this summer will give a new look to the western end of California State University, Chico’s central campus area. New trees and other landscaping, outdoor seating and additional amenities will connect the plaza to pedestrian-only First Street as well as the busy Bell Memorial Union and Meriam Library buildings that are in close proximity. The approximately $1.1 million for design and construction of the plaza and surrounding area is the completion of the $46.8 million Student Services Center project

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More than 850 staff and faculty from Globe University/Minnesota School of Business and Broadview University demonstrated “we care” as they volunteered for 2,865 hours in communities throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Utah on Friday, May 21, 2010. The day was the schools’ dedicated Community Service Day in which employees from 23 locations volunteered with organizations that ranged from the Yellow Ribbon Network, Habitat for Humanity and Ronald McDonald House, to elementary schools, community food shelves and local parks and trails, among many others. MSB-Elk River staff and faculty clean up Meadowvale Heights Park In Sioux Falls, for example, all full-time Globe University faculty and staff and some students volunteered at the State Special Olympic Games to help with a variety of events, including power lifting, soccer skills, team soccer, and team volleyball

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 CSU, Chico Political Scientist Has High Profile as Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Australia California State University, Chico political science professor Diana Dwyre has given a number of prestigious lectures and presentations in Australia this spring in her role as 2009-2010 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Political Science at Australia National University. The Distinguished Chair position is intended to increase the awareness of the study of American politics and government in Australia and promote comparative and collaborative research in political science between Australia and the United States. Australia National University is located in Canberra, Australia’s capital

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CSU, Chico Political Scientist Has High Profile as Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Australia

[See correction below.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Recreation Center Exercise Machines Retrofitted to Produce Electricity California State University, Chico’s Wildcat Recreation Center (WREC) will be retrofitting 25 exercise machines this month so that users will generate electricity for the facility’s power grid during their workouts. The project, dubbed “ReCardio our WREC,” will involve 25 of the 29 current Precor elliptical machines that are in the WREC

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Recreation Center Exercise Machines Retrofitted to Produce Electricity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Native Bees as Pollinators Workshop Scheduled for July 22 The Friends of the Herbarium, California State University, Chico, is offering an all-day workshop, “Introduction to Native Bees as Pollinators,” on Thursday, July 22, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Rob Schlising, retired biologist at CSU, Chico, and Robert Irwin from the Sacramento River Conservation Area Forum will teach the workshop.

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Breast Cancer Benefit Concert has Many Connections to Globe Education Network Globe Music Business Students Plan Concert, Employees to Perform this Saturday Victoria Stromme, High School Admissions Representative at MSB-Lakeville, is participating in the Susan G. Komen Twin Cities 3-Day for the Cure, a 60-mile walk to raise awareness and funds to end breast cancer. The walk takes place August 20-22, and Victoria is actively raising funds-with some help from several Globe Education Network (GEN) students and employees.

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Today, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement upon reports of an IDF clash with the Gaza Flotilla: J Street is deeply shocked and saddened by reports that at least 10 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded (including Israeli soldiers) this morning as Israel intercepted a naval convoy bringing humanitarian supplies and construction materials to the Gaza Strip. We express our condolences to the families of those killed and we wish the injured a full and speedy recovery

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In Wake of Flotilla Tragedy, J Street Urges Stronger US Leadership to End Conflict Now