May 2010, Issue 8

By Kathleen McPartland

The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team from California State University, Chico traveled to San Francisco last week and came away as regional champions in the SIFE USA Regional Competition on April 6. They won first place in the Environmental Sustainability Individual Competition along the way.

By Kathleen McPartland

Twenty-seven California State University, Chico Model United Nations students, with nine co-team members from the Japanese Model United Nations program, participated in the National Model United Nations Conference in New York, March 28-April 2. The delegation brought home an Outstanding Position Papers award and two Distinguished Delegation awards.

On Saturday, April 10, Chico State hosted the inaugural Admitted Students Spring Preview Day. Admissions received 2,800 reservations from newly admitted students and their families. New students were welcomed by University President Paul Zingg, were invited on campus walking tours, housing tours, Wildcat Recreation Center tours, trolley tours of downtown Chico, and a myriad of department tours.

The University has an enrollment target of 2,100 new first year students and 1,900 transfer students for fall 2010. The Preview Event gives admitted students the opportunity to view this wonderful campus of ours, and provides departments and colleges from campus the opportunity to showcase some of the incredible students and programs here at the University.