FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2010 Joe Wills Public Affairs 530-898-4143 Joe Picard Continuing Education 530-898-6105 16th Annual CSU, Chico Conference on Excellence in Learning and Teaching October 6-8 California State University, Chico Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching will present the 16th Annual CELT Conference, Oct. 6-8, on the CSU, Chico campus.
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16th Annual CSU, Chico Conference on Excellence in Learning and Teaching October 6-8
Globe University-Madison East Students Support Local Food Pantries, Learn about Food Issues through Service-Learning Project Students at Globe University’s Madison East campus have been actively contributing to an “eat local, give local” effort in the Madison area. Working with Community Action Coalition, a nonprofit agency that supplies food pantries and administers community gardens in Dane County as part of its anti-poverty programs, and several other volunteers, our students have helped grow and donate 46 tons of fresh produce to local food pantries this growing season
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement regarding the planned Quran burning in Gainesville, Florida on September 11th: J Street condemns plans by the Dove World Outreach Center to burn Qurans on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Acts of hate like these desecrate the values of tolerance and religious freedom on which this country was founded and provide fodder for extremism around the world. This anti-Muslim act is the latest in a deeply disturbing series of events in recent weeks, some which have involved physical violence
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J Street Condemns Quran Burning Planned in Florida
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Gateway Science Museum To Launch New Fall Exhibits Gateway Science Museum will launch its fall 2010 exhibits, A Forest Journey and Nature’s Numbers, with a weekend of museum events starting Friday, Sept. 10, when it reopens with its fall and winter hours
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Gateway Science Museum To Launch New Fall Exhibits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Fraternity Organizes 9/11 Memorial Event California State University, Chico’s Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, which recently won awards for service at a national meeting, is organizing a memorial event at California State University, Chico Tuesday, Sept. 7, to commemorate the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001
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Fraternity Organizes 9/11 Memorial Event
Senator Mark Miller Visits Globe University–Madison East From left: Senator Mark Miller, Campus Director Rocky Klitzke, Director of Campus & Program Promotion Bob Trewartha, and Regional Director Shana Weiss On September 1, 2010, the Madison East campus of Globe University hosted Senator Mark Miller (D-16 th District), who represents the campus and surrounding communities. Senator Miller asked many questions about Globe University’s approach to education, competitive advantages, student body and the for-profit education sector. Campus Director Rocky Klitzke said, “We make our students’ success our top priority and direct all our efforts in helping the students find the career they are passionate about.” The Senator was impressed with the campus facilities and the strategies Globe University uses behind the scenes to assist students. He also spoke to a medical class and wished the students well in their endeavors to find career employment.
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Senator Mark Miller Visits Globe University-Madison East
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Brooks Thorlaksson College of Humanities and Fine Arts 530-898-5351 A Book in Common and a Look at Africa This year’s Book in Common for Butte County is “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba.
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A Book in Common and a Look at Africa
Signatories Include 9 Former CCAR Presidents & Prominent Rabbis from Across Denominational Spectrum, Call for Open Dialogue on Israel WASHINGTON – Nine former presidents of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), eight rabbis honored on The Forward’s Sisterhood 50 list, and major rabbinic leaders from across the denominational spectrum have joined together to sign a letter in support of J Street, the pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy organization, and its mission.
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement, unequivocally condemning today’s terror attack in the West Bank that killed 4 Israelis: J Street is deeply saddened to learn of the recent attack at the Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron in the West Bank that has left four Israelis dead. We unequivocally condemn this brutal attack and hope that Israeli and Palestinian security forces swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice.
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J Street Condemns West Bank Terror Attack
July 30 through August 1, three members of Globe Education Network’s (GEN) research and development team participated in the Indo-US Summit on Higher Education in Mumbai, India. The Indo-American Society created this summit to raise awareness of the current education status within India, ignite reform, and help build relationships between American and Indian education institutions. More than 500 delegates from around the globe attended this interactive forum, including vice chancellors, deans, professors, principals, directors, chairmen, and many others in the fields of education and business. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) and Education, Kapil Sibal, led the summit inauguration and presented staggering facts on the eminent need for more higher education opportunities within India
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Globe Education Network Participates in Indo-US Summit on Higher Education
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the following statement ahead of this week’s launch of direct talks between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority: J Street welcomes the arrival of the respective delegations and leaders – including those of Israel and the Palestinian Authority – to Washington for the opening of direct negotiations to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We warmly support the dedication and effort of President Obama and his administration to achieving the goal of a two-state solution that ends the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the context of a regional, comprehensive peace. This has been the core objective of J Street since its founding, and we remain as dedicated as ever to its achievement today
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J Street Urges All Sides to Refrain from Unilateral Actions, Renounce Incitement as Direct Talks Begin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Priest and Scholar Yves Voltaire to Give a Talk Sept. 9 About Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti The devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and the destruction of a large portion of Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city in Haiti.
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Priest and Scholar Yves Voltaire to Give a Talk Sept. 9 About Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti
Today, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement regarding the Emergency Committee for Israel: Bill Kristol and Gary Bauer’s Emergency Committee for Israel represents all that is wrong with the way right-wing ideologues play politics with Israel’s future. Critical peace talks are about to start this week – with Israel’s Prime Minister participating – and the Emergency Committee chooses this moment to smear a member of Congress who has been an outspoken supporter of efforts to achieve peace and security in the Middle East in an attack ad featuring lies and deception.
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J Street Calls on “Emergency Committee for Israel” to Clarify Position on Two States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Steve Dubey AS Bookstore 530-898-4498 Associated Students Bookstore Partners with Online Textbook Rental Company The Associated Students Bookstore, California State University, Chico, is adding a new service for students by partnering with Chegg®, an online textbook rental company that has become the number one source for college textbook rentals. CSU, Chico’s Associated Students Bookstore is one of only eight college bookstores in the nation to have been selected by Chegg to participate in this test pilot program
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Associated Students Bookstore Partners with Online Textbook Rental Company
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Bob Pentzer Retired Faculty Association 530-893-0507 Chico Performances Heads Retired Faculty Agenda The inaugural 2010-2011 meeting of the California State University, Chico Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association will be Thursday, Sept. 9 and will include an overview of this year’s campus visiting performing artists by Dan DeWayne, director of Chico Performances.
Globe University Celebrates 125 Years of Providing Career-Focused Education Congressman John Kline congratulates university for its distinguished community involvement in students’ education Woodbury, Minn.
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Globe University Celebrates 125 Years of Providing Career-Focused Education
This week, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement: J Street applauds the decision by John Hagee Ministries to discontinue its support and funding for the Israeli non-profit Im Tirtzu. John Hagee Ministries and J Street may disagree on a number of issues, but we see eye-to-eye when it comes to Im Tirtzu’s mission and tactics, including its attack on Naomi Chazan and the New Israel Fund and its recent call for a boycott of Ben-Gurion University
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J Street Applauds John Hagee Ministries’ Decision to Discontinue Support for Im Tirtzu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 CSU, Chico Composer Russ Burnham and Poet Troy Jollimore Present Music and Poetry Performance Russ Burnham, Department of Music, an accomplished composer and clarinetist, has long been interested in the music of poetry. He has previously written songs based on poems by well-known American poets, as well as local poets George Keithley and Sally McNall. He heard Troy Jollimore, Department of Philosophy, read from his prize-winning book, “Tom Thomson in Purgatory,” and was inspired to team with Jollimore in a music/poetry event.
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CSU, Chico Composer Russ Burnham and Poet Troy Jollimore Present Music and Poetry Performance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Margaret DuFon English Department 530-898-6151 Visiting Artist to Speak on Art, Social Psychology and Contemplative Practice The Faculty Initiative for Transformative Learning (FITL), a faculty learning community at California State University, Chico, is bringing artist and professor Anne Beffel to Chico on Monday, Sept.
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Visiting Artist to Speak on Art, Social Psychology and Contemplative Practice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Larry Langwell Coordinator, Office of Veterans’ Affairs 530-898-5911 CSU, Chico Named Military Friendly School for 2011 California State University, Chico has been named a Military Friendly School for 2011 by G.I. Jobs magazine, the premier publication for people making the transition from the military to civilian work, training or education.
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CSU, Chico Named Military Friendly School for 2011