College of Natural Science
Advisory Board
Fall Meeting 2009-10
Welcome
• Introduction of new staff and faculty
• College Review
• Questions
Before paper
and scissors
Executive Team:
New Team Members
From the book
“Guide to Western Stuff”
Chair, Department of
Science Education
• Dave Kagan
– Physics of Javelin
Catching
“Bummer of a birthmark, Dave.”
Chair, Department of Geological and
Environmental Sciences
• Dave Brown
– Ground water
“So what’s this? I asked for a hammer!
This is a crescent wrench! …
Well, maybe it’s a hammer. …
Damn these stone tools.”
Acting Executive Director
Gateway Science Museum
• Rachel
Teasdale
– Volcanology
OK! Now don’t move, Rachel!
Here comes Mom!”
New Faces
Shameless Bragging
Leonidas Elias Houpis
Faculty and Student
News
Recent Honors
Carol Huston
Nursing
University's Outstanding Professor Award
Dave Ball
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University's Outstanding Research Mentor Award
2009 Distinguished Emeriti Award
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Professor Gwin Richter
– Professor of Nursing at Chico State for 35
years, from 1971 to 2006
– 1991, founded and has served as director of
Better Babies Inc.
• Prenatal center which is part of the
California Comprehensive Prenatal
Services Program (CPSP).
• Service Learning Center
– Learning opportunities for students
– Community service to low-income
pregnant and postpartum women
and their babies.
– Over 1,000 nursing students have
worked with over 5,000 women in
during the past 18 years.
– Many students are now OB nurses, and
certified nurse midwives. Several students
have gone to medical school.
Recent Student Honor
• Molly Thompson
– University Advisory
Board
Review of College Units
“I told you guys to
slow down and take
it easy or something
like this would
happen.”
Department of Biological
Sciences
Fall 2009
Special Events
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200th birthday for
Charles Darwin
February 12, 2009
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Departments across
the University joined
together to celebrate
and educate the public
about Darwin
More than 100 BIOL
152 students
participated in the
Riparian Weed Pull on
Earth Day 2009
NSF Funding for Aligning
Coursework
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CSU, Chico & Butte College
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Research-based curriculum
for 1st year BIOL majors at
both campuses
Upper division Chico courses
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3 years, $202K
continue investigations
create peer mentors for BIOL
151
Funding supported purchase
of confocal microscope for
student investigations
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
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Student highlights
 2008 Graduates
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Dr. Craig Lindsley (1992)
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Graduate school
 Stanford
 UC Berkeley
 UC Santa Barbara
 UC San Diego
Pharmacy school
 UC San Francisco
Industry
 Makel Engineering, Chico
Recently named editor of new
ACS journal
SAACS
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National Award winning
chapter
Annual High School Chemistry
Day
St. Jude Fundraising
Departmental Highlights
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California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing
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A student who completes the new
BA in Chemistry, plus 4 breadth
courses in biology and
geosciences, is now eligible for a
subject matter competency
waiver.
Only 4 California schools have
such an program approved under
the CCTC's new standards.
Dr. Lisa Ott
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Started Fall 08
Analytical Chemistry
Preparation and characterization
of biodiesel
> $25k in grants during 1st year
You can make biodiesel from just about anything! Just ask Tim and Sam
CSRI: Chemistry Summer
Research Institute 2009
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14 students
10 faculty
Supported by
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Granting agencies
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Token microbiologist
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Research
Corporation
CSUPERB
Alumni
 Marshall Ginter
 Eugene Reid
Business
 Bell Carter
Foods
 Bayliss Ranch
Geological and
Environmental
Sciences
Growth in Majors
• Environmental Science
– 230% increase in new majors
• Geology
– 220% increase in new majors
• Graduate programs
– 200% increase in new students
Scholarship
• Volcanic Lakes Research
– GEOS, BIOL, CHEM (via CER)
• LIDAR Research
– PHYS, GEOS
• Biofuels Research
– CHEM, GEOS (via CER)
• Wind Energy Research
– Cristina Archer
College of Natural Sciences
Fall 2009 Convocation
Mathematics & Statistics
Dept Highlights
New Faculty Highlights

Colette Calmelet
– 3 presentations: Shanks Lecture at Vanderbilt Univ,
BioComplexity Institute at Univ of Indiana, Intl Conf
on Mathematic Biology at Univ of British Columbia
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Kathy Gray
– 2 presentations: US-IALE annual conference.at
Snowbird, UT and Joint Statistical Meetings at
Washington, DC
Serving the North State
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Over $2 million in grants providing professional
development for North State teachers & school districts!
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NSMP (Berglund) 1st year program for grades 3 – algebra teachers
MEG (Ciancetta) 2nd year for K-2 teachers
NSTIR (Yakes) 3rd yr for secondary teachers
MPLC (de Silva) 2nd yr supported a summer institute for 30 grade 3 – 7
teachers
– Week-long Algebraic Thinking workshop in June
– Teacher Leadership workshop on “Coaching” in August
Other Highlights
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LS AMP (Holcombe): sponsored 11 students to attend conferences &
mentored 6 undergraduate research projects; usual “x” courses supporting
Math, Physics, & CSCI; summer Calc & Precalc Boot Camps
REU/T Summer Site: Mentoring student & teacher research in 3 themes,
Applied Math (Fomin), Number Theory (Levitt), Statistics (Gray).
School of Nursing Update
Fall 2009
Simulation Center
 Thriving, with new
grant funding; new
wireless mannikins
 Outstanding Team
Collaboration
Award—Simulation
Center Partners
(Advance for Nurses)
Grants
 Over $1 million in grants over the next two
years to support:
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LVN to BSN program
Simulation Center
Re Refresher course
Collaboration with Sonoma FNP program
The Department
of
Nutrition and
Food Sciences
Outstanding Faculty
2009 American Dietetic Association
(ADA) Outstanding Dietetic
Educator Award for a Didactic
Program in Dietetics for Area 1
Faye Johnson
Keiko Goto
$5,000 CSUC Research
Grant for “Promoting
sustainable and healthy
eating by effectively utilizing
locally grown ethnic food
products”
Stephanie Bianco-Simeral
$5,000 CELT Grant for “Students
Assisting Local Farmers to Market and
Sell Their Products”
Dawn Clifford
2009 Outstanding Project
Director Award for “Mission
Nutrition “
AND
$5,000 Faculty Development
Grant for “Development of a
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Counseling Program at CSUC”
Outstanding Students
11 Student/Faculty Research
Posters presented at 2009 Annual
Meeting of the California Dietetic
Association in Riverside
CSU, Chico
Students Place
4th! at College
Nutrition Bowl at
CSU, Northridge
Amy Harris
2009 $1500 American Dietetic
Association Scholarship
Active Student Organization
Nutrition and Food Science
Association (NFSA)
•Speed Mentoring for current students
•Up 'til Dawn
•Canned Food Drive for the Jesus Center
•Adopt-A-Child holiday program
•National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
•Bidwell Classic Booth
•Body Composition Analysis
•California Dietetic Association Conference
•Progressive Dinner
Members at “Relay for Life”
Dept of Physics – 08/09 Snapshot
Faculty Professional Development
in Student Learning
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Seven articles published or accepted dealing with
improving student learning
Six presentations or workshops on physics
education presented at the biannual national AAPT
meeting
Eric Ayars elected as vice-chair of the AAPT
national committee on upper division labs.
Xueli Zou moves inquiry-based methodology into
Quantum Physics
Dr. Shane Mayor and REAL – a one
professor interdisciplinary center
Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosal LIDAR
(Light Detection and Ranging Radar)
Accomplishments 2008-2009
• Awarded $1.3 million in grants.
• 11 peer review publications.
• 8 papers presented at national
and international conferences.
• 70 elementary school classes
visited the Hands-On Science Lab.
• 8 professional development
programs for teachers.
Goals for 2009-2010
• Complete the revitalization of the
Liberal Studies Science classes.
• Increase enrollment in the Master’s in
Science Teaching by building
connections with other CSU’s.
• Complete the BA in Natural Science for
Intermediate School Science Teachers.
• Continue our outstanding record of
academic success publishing papers,
presenting at conferences, and
advancing grant activity.
Center for Ecosystem Research (CER)
•Rachel Teasdale is the new Science Director for CER.
•Chris Ivey and Don Miller are collaborating with faculty at
University of Virginia to examine the effects of drought on the
evolution of plant reproductive strategies as mediated by animals.
•Don Miller, Colleen Hatfield and Chris Ivey are collaborating to
study the effects of non-trophic interactions and population
structure on host race formation in a galling aphid system.
Beetles mating
and eating earlyflowering
Mimulus
guttatus. (Photo:
Chris Ivey)
First-instar
inquiline gall
aphids trapped in
Tanglefoot after
apparently exiting
a gall.
(Photo: Don Miller)
CER ACTIVITIES continued
• Lisa Ott and John Nishio are developing a laboratory
supercritical reaction vessel to test production of fatty
acids, methyl esters, and glycerol from nonconventional sources.
• Tag Engstrom and Michael Marchetti are studying
endangered turtle species introduced to Kauai that
potentially threaten the survival of native species and
the integrity of native ecosystems.
• Rachel Teasdale, Dave Brown, Jim Pushnik, and Jim
Houpis are collaborating to characterize vegetation
degradation at Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica.
• CER funded 5 research opportunities for students to
assist the faculty collaborators.
Undergraduate
chemistry major, Travis
Mitchell, holding a plant
lipid sample that he
isolated to begin testing
biodiesel production
methods.
CER ACTIVITIES continued
• Rachel Teasdale, Dave Brown, and students from Chemistry,
Geological & Environmental Sciences monitor crater lakes with
water temperature data loggers at Lassen Volcanic Center and
Costa Rican volcanoes.
Undergraduate students, Jamie
Wenham & Stephanie Mendes collect
volcanic gases at Volcán Poas with
Costa Rican OVSICORI colleague, Dr.
Rodrigo Potro.
Temperature data- Volcán Poas, Costa
Rica- in lake with pH -0.75. Data loggers
were installed June 2009
CMSE Summer 2009
• Professional Development Programs
Serving Northern California Teachers
– CA Science Project – Inland Northern
• 5 institutes
• serving over 120 teachers
– Chico Math Project
• 6 institutes
• serving over 200 teachers
Leaf litter activity – CSP K-3 Program
Monet/Atkins Facilitators
CMSE Programs
• Noyce Scholarship Program (math/science teaching)
Fall 2009 Awards totaling $55,000
Spring 2010 Awards totaling $50,000
Creating excitement for math & science
• CSUC students at work
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Hands-On Lab facilitators
CHAMP Mentor Program/Chico High
MathLinks elementary tutoring
K-3 Science & Academic Literacy
CNAP supports 150 paid
and unpaid student
positions yearly with a
student payroll of $250,000.
CNAP provides 25,000
tastings of locally
grown fruits and
vegetables per month.
CHLD
CNAP promotes multidisciplinary research and grants
EDUC
CNAP provides services to
more than 100,000 low
income north state residents
in 7 counties per year.
Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
received the Network for a Healthy California’s...
2009 Korten Champion
for Children Award of
Programmatic Excellence
In recognition of
outstanding work to
improve nutrition and
physical activity for low
income Californians
http://www.gatewayscience.org
AJoin
Quick
Tour: The Discovery Lab
The Fun!
Activities Fall 2009:
Riparian Zone, Anthony Dunn
• Scientists in the Demonstration Lab
• Lead Nature Walks through GSM Eco-regions
• Saturdays at the Gateway
• Friday fieldtrips
http://www.gatewayscience.org
Discovery Plaza (plants from early
time, adjacent to the geologic time
wall)
Images courtesy Anthony Dunn
Northern, lower montaine forest
Images courtesy Anthony Dunn
Images courtesy Anthony Dunn
College News
“Anthropologists!
Anthropologists!”
NS Advancement
FY 08-09
• Facilitated awarding of over $100,000 in
scholarships and awards to NS students.
• Raised $1.1 million in private funding for
NS projects.
• $900,000 in outright and in-kind gifts
• $200,000 in documented bequests
• Partnered with 20 faculty members
on fund raising projects to benefit
our college and students.
College Majors
2500
Total Number of All
Students
Number of NonWhite Students
Number of Students
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2002
2003
2004
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
College Growth
900
800
Number of Students
700
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Biology
Nutrition
Chemistry
Geology and
Environmental
Sciences
Mathematics
Department / School
Nursing
Physics
Growth in Grants and Contracts
$9,000,000
Gateway Science Museum
Total Grant Funding
$8,000,000
Total indirect
$7,000,000
Total Expenditures (less
$6,000,000
indirect)
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
Research Centers
• Centers account for:
– $4M of $5M in grants and contract expenditures (less
indirect)
– $503K of the $614K in indirect
• Center for Ecosystem Research
– Over $1 Million in grants and contracts
• Center for Math and Science Education
– Over $1 Million in grants and contracts
• Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
– $2 Million in grants and contracts
Budget
Budget
Base Budget Allocations
14,000,000.00
2007-08
Base Allocation
12,000,000.00
2008-09
Base Allocation
2009-10
10,000,000.00
Base Allocation
8,000,000.00
6,000,000.00
4,000,000.00
2,000,000.00
0.00
AGRI
BSS
BUS
CME
ECT
GIIS
HFA
NS
UED
Funding Per FTES
9,000.00
2007-08
$ Per FTES
8,000.00
2008-09
$ Per FTES
7,000.00
2009-10
$ Per FTES
6,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
AGRI
BSS
BUS
CME
ECT
GIIS
HFA
NS
UED
Percent Decrease Per FTES
$ Per FTES for 2009-10
-18.00%
as % from 2007-08 $ Per
FTES
-16.00%
$ Per FTES for 2009-10
-14.00%
as % from 2008-09 $ Per
FTES
-12.00%
-10.00%
-8.00%
-6.00%
-4.00%
-2.00%
0.00%
AGRI
BSS
BUS
CME
ECT
HFA
NS
UED
Questions