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CHICO CaliforniaStateUni- versity, Chico's Regional & ContinuingEducation(RCE) program has received the Association of Continuing Higher Education's (ACHE) 2015 Creative Use of Tech- nologyawardforitsprogram Connect-Learn-Engage. ACHE represents higher education professionals from 300 institutions in the United States and Canada and promotes professional, continuing and online ed- ucation. The awards were presented at ACHE's 77th annual Conference & Meet- ing on Nov. 10 in St. Louis, Missouri. The Creative Use of Tech- nology award recognizes in- novativeusesofinstructional and distance learning tech- nologies in lifelong learn- ing. The winning program or project is determined to be innovative, have a proven success record, demonstrate excellence, and be adaptive to other settings. Started in 2010, Connect- Learn-Engage is a free on- line library capturing the wealthofresources,informa- tion and inspiration shared through presentations and panel discussions across campus each academic year. It currently features more than 500 recordings, includ- ing presentations from cam- pus groups and events, aca- demic departments and stu- dent support units, which are otherwise unavailable to the broader community, distance students and those whocannottraveltocampus to participate. RCE developed the Con- nect-Learn-Engageprogram to extend campus resources and connect faculty, staff, students and the commu- nity; provide opportunities to learn from experts from around the globe; and en- courage people to engage in the content using webinars, recorded academic forums and student services pre- sentations, said Jeff Layne, director of Distance Educa- tion, who oversees the Con- nect-Learn-Engageprogram. "I'm honored our efforts to serve online students and reach out to the North State have been recognized by a national association," Layne said."Wehavecreatedstrong partnerships within the in- stitutionbyworkingtogether tocapturepresentationsthat would have only existed for a short time and make them available to a broader audi- ence for years to come." RCEutilizedmodestfund- ing and minimal staff time to develop a program which has enhanced partnerships with departments on cam- pus and allows RCE to con- tinually connect with new audiences, learn new ways to enhance and expand in- formation sharing and en- gage more meaningfully with others and the commu- nity, he added. Social work professor Ce- leste Jones serves as direc- tor of Interdisciplinary Cen- ter on Aging (ICOA). The center now offers recorded trainings through Connect- Learn-Engage, providing valuable information on the nation's older-growing adult population. "Making education and training accessible is critical for our rural region, and the Connect-Learn- Engage pro- gram allows ICOA to share these video resources with students and communities beyond our physical cam- pus," Jones said. "We hear from stakeholders about the valueofthesevideosastrain- ingandprofessionaldevelop- ment opportunities for their community agency employ- ees, as well as from univer- sity instructors on how they use these videos in class for discussions, in their online courses for discussion blogs and for assignments." Presentations available through Connect-Learn- Engage can be browsed by topic or found by searching at http://rce.csuchico.edu/ connect-learn-engage. As the anchor institution in Northern California, CSU, Chico serves a 12-county ser- vice area, the largest in the 23-campus California State University system. The mis- sion of Regional & Continu- ing Education at CSU, Chico is to strengthen and expand the resources of the Univer- sity to respond to lifelong learning needs through dis- tance and online education, special session programs, teacher professional devel- opment, accredited certifi- catesanddegreesandawide variety of personal enrich- ment and professional de- velopment courses and con- ferences. To learn more, visit http://rce.csuchico.edu. CHICO STATE Continuingeducation program receives national award REDDING Turtle Bay Explo- ration Park, in collaboration with Red Bluff-based Future Development Group, LLC, is launchingNorthStateMaker Educator Meetups — a new forum for educators to learn about the maker movement. Maker Educator Meetups are opportunities to meet with like-minded educators who can learn from one an- other. The goals of the meet- ups are support, network- ing and equity — bring- ing design and making to all youth. During these bi- monthly meetups, educators will share with each other, provide support, network and do a little making. "What's great about this is that we're able to high- lightTurtleBayasaresource for teachers, as well as sup- port the growth of collabor- ative opportunities for them outside the classroom," said Laurinda Willard, educa- tion and programs manager. "The idea came to us via Mi- chelle Carlson who has been attending a similar event in San Francisco at the Explor- atorium." Carlson being regional experience to the local pro- gram. "Over the past year, I've been attending the Bay Area Maker Educator Meetups and have found them to be an invaluable resource for learning and inspiration re- lated to making in the class- room," Carlson said. "It was easy to see how a similar op- portunitycouldreallybenefit teachers in the north state." Themeetupswillbeinfor- malinnatureandfreefored- ucators interested in learn- ing about the maker edu- cation movement and how they can incorporate hands onlearningactivitiesintheir classroom. Each event will focus on a particular type of activity and promises to be fun and engaging. The first North State meetup will be held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 18 in the classroom at Turtle Bay. Those interested inlearningmoreareencour- aged to visit futuredevelop- mentgroup.com/north-state- mem/. TEACHERS Turtle Bay offers opportunities for educators DILLON, MONTANA The University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana named a student from Cot- tonwood to the 2015 Fall Se- mester Dean's List. Kayla Papesh received Dean's Lists honors. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a mini- mum 3.33 grade point av- erage. MONTANA WESTERN Cottonwood student named to dean's list CHICO California State University, Chico's section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) took home two awards from SWE's international con- ference in Nashville, Ten- nessee, earlier this fall. The engineering stu- dents earned the Out- standing Collegiate Section Award (OCS) Gold Level and the Outreach Award at the WE15 conference held Oct. 22-24, 2015. The OCS award is based on a collegiate section's ability to meet SWE's stra- tegic goals and is assessed on the section's self-evalua- tion and activity documen- tation, among other fac- tors. The gold level is the highest honor. The Outreach Award was presented in recogni- tion of the section's annual education event, Imagi- neer Day. Attracting close to 150 elementary school students each year, the event engages children in the fields of science, tech- nology, engineering and math through hands-on experiments. CSU, Chico's SWE section raises donor support to hold the event, in its third year. "It is extremely hum- bling and heartwarming to see that all of our hard work, dedication and per- sistence have paid off with the presentation of not only one award, but two," said Salam Ali, public relations chair for the section. The SWE is a not-for- profit educational and ser- vice organization that em- powers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering and be rec- ognized for their contri- butions as engineers and leaders. Its 2015 confer- ence attracted more than 8,000 women from around the world in professional and collegiate engineering fields. CSU, Chico's SWE aims to promote the study of engineering in local youth through outreach work; create a network of per- sonal support to promote the value of diversity and collaboration; and pro- vide academic and career development for its colle- giate members that will help them become leaders and ease their transition into the workplace. Learn more about the CSU, Chico SWE, including Imagineer Day, at http:// csuchico.swe.org/. CHICO STATE Student engineers win awards at international conference REDDING Nearly 20 pho- tos by Simpson University photojournalism students— capturing portraits, sports action, and slices of cam- pus life—are on display in the first-floor hallway of the OwenStudentServicesCen- ter. Communitymembersare welcometostopbytoseethe gallery. "I am very proud of these students and the body of work they photographed for this class," said Brad Gar- rison, adjunct instructor of photojournalism. "Each weekthestudentsreceiveda differentassignmenttopho- tograph and had two weeks to complete the task." The first assignment was to make a fine art photo of something on campus that spoke to the student. The goal was to help students starttoseetheworldaround them in a new way and be- comefamiliarwithelements of light and composition, as well as their cameras, Gar- rison said. One of the most challeng- ingassignmentswastotake a feature photo. "A feature photo is a captured timeless moment that is most often found by chance, thus mak- ingtheassignmentchalleng- ing," Garrison said. "These types of photos are usually published in the newspaper with just a caption and de- pictasliceoflifethatwecan all relate to." The final course project was to do a photo story de- picting an aspect of student life. Students submitted at least three images along with an introductory para- graph and captions for each photo. Thephotostoriesthatare on display depict Simpson student workers and a be- hind-the-sceneslookatavo- cal performance major pre- paring for her junior recital. Gallery photos were taken by the following stu- dents: Kendra Kaiserman, Paige Mattson-Boze, Kath- ryn Miller, Megan Simpson, Amanda Sturdevant, and Christina Vanotterloo. Simpson University's photojournalism course is offered through its Com- munication and Modern Foreign Language Depart- ment. Simpson University is at 2211 College View Drive in Red Bluff. The Owen Center is most easily accessed from the Shasta View Drive en- trance. The Bean Scene cof- fee shop is also located on the first floor, as is a cloth- ing drop-off donation bar- rel for the Good News Res- cue Mission. SIMPSON COURTESYPHOTO Pictured, from le , are Chico State SWE members Salam Ali, public relations chairwoman; Erin Baumgartner, administrative officer; Angelina Teel-Jonson, president and Kylee Davis, vice president. 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