The South Dakota National Guard Conference was held April 22-24 in Rapid City. Mike Blumberg, military liaison for Globe Education Network, returned from the conference with several success stories, the most notable of which involved a presentation to the Acting Commander of the United States Army National Guard.

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Globe Military Services Team at Rapid City National Guard Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Biology Event Offers Student Research and Photo Competition Results The public is invited to attend the 14th Annual Department of Biological Sciences Student Poster Symposium and the second annual photo competition by the Chico State Herbarium on May 14, 1–4 p.m., in Holt 225, 227 and 235 on the California State University, Chico campus. An awards seminar will follow in Holt 170 at 4 p.m

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Biology Event Offers Student Research and Photo Competition Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Jeff Mott Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve 530-898-5010 Join in the Annual Butterfly Survey on June 4 The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (BCCER) and the Butte Creek Ecological Preserve (BCEP) are offering an opportunity to join the third annual butterfly survey on Friday, June 4. This event is part of the North American Butterfly Association’s national efforts to collect population trend data. Local expert entomologist Don Miller will lead the trip on the BCCER, and Don Hankins, geological sciences, will coordinate the trip on the BCEP.

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Join in the Annual Butterfly Survey on June 4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Formal Event Brings Business Community and Students Together California State University, Chico’s Collegiate Entrepreneurial Association (CEA) will host Chico Spotlight in the Student Services Center Plaza on Friday, May 7, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. This formal event invites local entrepreneurs and CEOs to meet like-minded students and alumni and focuses on bringing together the business community with the campus community

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Formal Event Brings Business Community and Students Together

J Street is proud to join with Jewish Americans all over the United States in celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. This month is a celebration of the history and vibrancy of our community, as well as the strong tradition of tikkun olam , repairing the world, that is such a critical part of this legacy. You can read President Obama’s official proclamation in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month below the fold.

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Jewish American Heritage Month 2010

The campus teams from Globe-Madison East and Globe-Madison West took the Madison Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo by storm.  Several members of both campus teams worked together to generate some PDL’s and business contacts. “The Expo was a great way for our two campuses to work together,” says Brock Vander Velden, Madison West campus director. “Both campuses did a great job of creating a team approach to presenting Globe in a unified way.” April Papst, the Career Services Director at the Madison West campus, used her incredible networking skills to introduce our schools to dozens of businesses.  Most of the attendees at the Expo already knew April and by the end of the Expo everyone knew Globe University as well.

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Globe University Madison Campuses use Teamwork at Business Expo to Create a Buzz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Lecture on Human Trafficking this Thursday S.T.O.P. (Stop Trafficking of Persons) is presenting a lecture by historian Kate Transchel, California State University, Chico, who is researching the issue

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Lecture on Human Trafficking this Thursday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Special Luncheon Pays Tribute to Outstanding Emeritus and Retired Faculty In tribute to their tremendous contributions to the University and community, former faculty members at California State University, Chico will be honored at a special luncheon Thursday, May 13, at 11 a.m.

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Special Luncheon Pays Tribute to Outstanding Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Many Globe University/Minnesota School of Business (GU/MSB) campuses held special activities on April 22 in honor of the 40 th anniversary of Earth Day. For example, students and staff at Globe University-Eau Claire, Globe University-Madison East, and Minnesota School of Business-St

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 A Masquerade Ball at Ballroom Dance Night Spring 2010 Ballroom Dance Night has been a tradition at California State University, Chico for more than 60 years. This year’s dance event will be held on Wednesday, May 5, 7–10 p.m.

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A Masquerade Ball at Ballroom Dance Night Spring 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Kathy Fernandes, director Academic Technologies 530-898-6294 CSU, Chico Chosen for Hall of Fame for Excellence in Collaboration Wimba Inc., a leading provider of collaborative solutions for educators around the world, inducted California State University, Chico into its inaugural Hall of Fame for Excellence in Collaboration at the company’s third annual user conference in March—Wimba Connect 2010. CSU, Chico was one of five universities and high schools chosen as 2010 inductees. Wimba’s Hall of Fame for Excellence in Collaboration aims to acknowledge and celebrate educators around the world who have shown exemplary innovation and creativity in their use of the Wimba Collaboration Suite.

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CSU, Chico Chosen for Hall of Fame for Excellence in Collaboration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-6132 Timely Topics to be Discussed at Spring 2010 Town Hall Meeting California State University, Chico students will lead discussions on issues ranging from health care and environmental reform to California’s budget at a town hall meeting Wednesday, May 5, from 5:30 p.m.

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Timely Topics to be Discussed at Spring 2010 Town Hall Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Sociologist Receives Mayor’s Award During Volunteer Appreciation Week Cynthia Siemsen, chair of the Department of Sociology, California State University, Chico, was among those presented a City of Chico Mayor’s Award on April 20 during National Volunteer Appreciation Week.

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Sociologist Receives Mayor’s Award During Volunteer Appreciation Week

Following Alan Dershowitz’s attacks on J Street, Jeremy Ben-Ami responded in an open letter that sparked a lengthy debate on The Huffington Post between the two Jewish leaders. You can read the series of posts here: “J Street Can No Longer Claim to be Pro-Israel,” by Alan Dershowitz.

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Ben-Ami & Dershowitz debate US interest in resolving conflict

Today, the J Street Education Fund announced the placement of a full-page ad in seven Jewish weekly newspapers around the country, underscoring the need to address the demographic realities of Jerusalem as an integral part of any peace negotiations and aiming to spark a broad, robust and civil conversation in the Jewish community on this complex issue. The ad features excerpts from an op-ed by former Israeli Minister of Education and Minister of the Environment and prominent Israeli political commentator Yossi Sarid, written in response to Elie Wiesel’s open letter that called on the United States to halt diplomatic action around Jerusalem. The op-ed originally ran in Haaretz on April 14th.

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J Street Education Fund Places Full-Page Ad on Jerusalem

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2010 Joe Wills 530-898-4143 Campus Community Rallies For Unity in Wake of Assault on AS President Approximately 900 students, faculty, staff and community members gathered today, April 23, in California State University, Chico’s Student Services Center plaza for a unity rally in support of Associated Students President Joseph Igbineweka, who was assaulted April 18 in what Chico Police are calling a hate crime. The rally was organized by the CSU, Chico student organization Black Leaders on Campus (BLOC). The purpose of the rally was to unite the Chico campus community and show support for AS President Joseph Igbineweka in a time of need

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Campus Community Rallies For Unity in Wake of Assault on AS President

Delegation To Meet with Peres, Livni, Fayyad, Abdullah JERUSALEM — This weekend, a delegation of J Street Education Fund leaders will embark on a week-long visit to the Middle East with the pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy organization, aimed at providing a more complex and nuanced understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The visit takes place on the heels of a productive and wide-ranging meeting between J Street founder and executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren

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J Street Leadership Mission Leaves for Mideast

On Tuesday, April 20, 66 students, administrators and faculty gathered in Madison for the Wisconsin Council for Independent Education’s (WCIE) first Hill Day.  The group was comprised of seven different Wisconsin universities, Career College Association representatives and the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board (EAB).  A total of 23 Globe University representatives from all six Wisconsin campuses attended.  Representatives from Wisconsin career colleges on the Capitol steps in Madison, WI.

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Globe University Students, Staff & Faculty Meet with Wisconsin Legislators at the Capitol

Today, The New York Times ran a letter to the editor by J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami, highlighting the support in the American Jewish community for resolving the conflict – for both Israeli and American interests. To the Editor: President Obama’s understanding of the link between resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and America’s own national security interests finds broad support among American Jews

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Jeremy in NY Times: Resolving Conflict in Israeli and US Interests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Kelly Servis, Gateway Museum Intern 530-524-5486 Rachel Teasdale, Gateway Science Museum 530-898-4121 Museum Without Walls Lecture Wednesday: Patrick Schlemmer of the San Francisco Zoo The Gateway Science Museum and the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico present “Top 20 Questions I Get at the Insect Zoo,” a lecture by Patrick Schlemmer of the San Francisco Zoo on Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

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Museum Without Walls Lecture Wednesday: Patrick Schlemmer of the San Francisco Zoo