RCE News and Updates

We have some great news!

Thanks to the generous support from the Bernard Osher Foundation, we will be offering Osher Reentry Scholarships beginning in the Fall.

These scholarships are intended for students whose studies at a four-year campus were interrupted at least five years ago by circumstances beyond their control and who plan to resume and complete their university studies.

The deadline is 5PM, May 16, 2007. For eligibility information and an application, please visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/osherscholarships/ or call CSU, Chico Continuing Education, 530-898-6105.

Help us spread the work. Please let your students, family, friends and associates know about this opportunity. Thanks!

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William Dantona, our Director for the American Language and Culture Institute, is currently visiting friends in Asia. He is with the Shanghai Shangshi Education Group, affiliated with Shanghai Normal University, at the PRC-Sponsored Shanghai International Education Expo (Shanghai, China, April 14-15, 2007).

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In collaboration with Butte Office of Education, Region 2 Learning Support, and the Sacramento County Office of Education we are proud to announce:

Leading the Frontier - After School Program Professional Development Institute

We invite K-8 after school staff, school site coordinators, teachers, and those interested in improving their after school programs to attend this important conference.

Discover innovative, practical strategies to enhance your after school program.

Save the dates:
July 30 - August 3, 2007 on the California State University, Chico campus

Registration starts April 23, 2007.

For more information please visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/afterschool and http://www.learningsupport.org

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The Bernard Osher Foundation recently awarded CSU, Chico Center for Regional and Continuing Education a $100,000 grant to fund the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Chico State. This grant marks the third year of successful funding.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), offers adults aged 60 and older, or retired, an opportunity to take peer-led classes, and participate in the University community. The OLLI program currently has 530 active members and features over 30 classes each semester.

CSU Chico is among a network of over 90 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

In addition to the program grant, The Bernard Osher Foundation approved a recent proposal for scholarship support for reentry students. The Foundation will grant $50,000 for scholarships for future Chico State students whose studies at a four-year campus were interrupted at least five years ago by circumstances beyond their control and who now want to resume their university studies.

This funding follows an OLLI-member fundraising effort that currently supports three scholarships for reentry students at the University.

The Bernard Osher Foundation was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through the support of post-secondary scholarships, lifelong learning institutes and integrative medicine programs.

For more information about the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Chico State please visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/osher, or call, 530-898-6679. Student scholarship information is posted at http://rce.csuchico.edu/osherscholarships .

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In partnership with Butte County Family Court Services, Butte County Behavioral Health, Butte County Bar Association, Enloe Medical Center, and the Chico Police Department, we provide professional continuing education opportunities for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, mediators and custody evaluators, nurses, physicians, educators, law enforcement, attorneys, and those who work with children and families in need.

Please save the dates for these upcoming In Service conferences:

June 22, 2007
Domestic Violence DV Update
& Spousal Abuse Seminar
Emberly Cross, J.D., MSW, Coordinating Attorney
San Francisco Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic
Marjorie Cusick, LMFT
Group Clinical Supervisor for Family and Children’s Services, Contra Costa County
8am-4pm
Chico Masonic Family Center
Continental breakfast and lunch included

September 14, 2007
Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Professor John Preston, PsyD, ABPP, California School of Professional Psychology
8:30am-4:30pm
Chico Masonic Family Center
Continental breakfast and lunch included

January 11-12, 2008
6th Annual Children in Trauma Conference
Bell Memorial Union Auditorium
California State University, Chico
8:30am-4:30pm

Please join our professional community.

Visit http://rce.csuchico.edu/inservice and add your email address to our mailing list so we can keep you up-to-date.

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