As a Fulbright Senior Scholar, Religious Studies Professor Joel Zimbelman helped the Hong Kong Baptist College establish a Centre for Applied Ethics. CSU, Chico's Pacific Wellness Institute and the community-based board of Healthy Chico Kids 2000 received the 1994 Special Healthy People 2000 Award of the Health Information Resource Center for producing the nation's best booklet or brochure related to Healthy People 2000, the health initiative of the U.S. Public Health Service. Physics professor Louis Buchholtz used a Fulbright grant this year to continue his theoretical research on Fermi superfluids, the fluid equivalent of electrical currents in semiconductors. Geography students placed third at the National Geography Bowl. For several years, faculty, staff, and students have generously donated thousands of dollars and gifts for needy families at Christmas through a staff-organized Needy Children's Christmas Project.
Great teachers create living bridges between their disciplines and the fresh minds of students.
Baldy is the first Californian to receive a USDA honor since Congress established the program in 1990. Ralph Meuter, dean of Regional and Continuing Education, received the 1994 Pioneer's Award of the Alliance for Distance Education in California for his efforts in making this campus a leader for many years in distance education that includes microwave and satellite delivery of courses. From among 1400 nominations, Associated Students President Oscar de la Torre was chosen by USA Today for its twenty member 1995 All Academic First Team. Last year it became the first college newspaper to deliver an entire edition with color graphics and news stories on Internet. The forensic team has ranked among the top ten in the U.S. in three of the last five years.