Do you ever wish all your hard work on midterm papers was worth more than a good grade? Well here’s an opportunity for you. Colorado State University-Pueblo has two upcoming opportunities for students to submit their writing to win up to $150 cash for their college papers.

For advising and challenging student government associations, Zavareh Dadabhoy, dean of Student Life and Development at Colorado State University-Pueblo, has been named the Frank Harris Outstanding Student Government Adviser award recipient by the National Association for Campus Activities. Dadabhoy provides direction and guidance to CSU-Pueblo’s Associated Students’ Government, and inspires students to hone their leadership skills through involvement with issues affecting the campus.

The importance of taking time to complete the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is to help build student awareness on campus. “If only a few students respond then the report is not accurate,” said Erin Frew, interim assistant provost for assessment and student learning on the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus.

Renowned fiction writer and poet, Steven Wingate, read some of his work during the third Southern Colorado Reading Series event on March 9 at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Wingate, a self-proclaimed “genre hopper,” shared both old and new poetry, as well as some excerpts from his award-winning book, “Wifeshopping,” in the Cottonwood Room, in the Occhiato University Center. More than 25 people attended the event.

Getting a health check up now can help students who are hoping to stay healthy during the spring season. Student Health Services, which is located on the campus of Colorado State University-Pueblo, is open to assist students’ health needs in a variety of ways.

The Colorado State University-Pueblo Annual Student Art Show was held on March 5, 2010 at the Fine Art Gallery on campus at 7 to 9 p.m. Videographer/Photographer Monique Garcia captured the art work on display. The event was sponsored by the Art Club and the Associated Students' Government.

The 2010 Associated Students’ Government election campaigns kick off today, March 15. Write-in packets are available at Student Life in the Occhiato University Center Suite 003. The online polls open Monday, April 5, at 8 a.m. and close Wednesday, April 7, at 4 p.m. The winning candidate’s names will be posted Thursday, April 8.

The YWCA 15th annual Chocolate Indulgence Festival was held on Febraury 12, 2010 at the Pueblo Convention Center. The event began at 7 p.m and ended at 10 p.m on Friday evening.

Maria Meléndez, editor and publisher for the literary magazine Pilgrimage, read from her newest publication “Flexible Bones,” on Feb. 11 in the Cottonwood Room of the Occhiato University Center at CSU-Pueblo. Southern Colorado Reading Series Coordinator, Juan Morales announced that the shipment of Meléndez’s book was received Feb. 10, just in time for Meléndez’s reading.

A blood drive, which invited students, faculty and staff to donate blood for use in Colorado hospitals, was held in the Occhiato University Center’s Heartwell Lounge at Colorado State University-Pueblo on Thursday, Jan. 28. The Bonfils Blood Center blood drive was from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and had three beds that remained filled throughout the day, as 30 donors gave blood. Each donor gave 470 milliliters of blood for a total of about 30 pints donated, according to Rudy Sosa, regional manager of Bonfils.

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Good things come in three’s. Well at least that is the case for the Colorado State University-Pueblo women’s basketball team. For the third consecutive year the CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves claimed the RMAC Shootout title by defeating number one seeded Fort Lewis College, 61-60.