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Guest Speaker for the Women’s Leadership Institute gives her advice on how to become a woman of leadership
About 100 female students and women from the Pueblo community spent the morning of Feb. 19, listening to a speech by a woman known as a leader in Congress at Colorado State University-Pueblo’s Women’s Leadership Institute.
Sarah Weddington, who has received much recognition for her work, including the 2006 International Athena Award, was the keynote speaker at the institute.
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YWCA Chocolate Indulgence
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.
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CSU-Pueblo remembers Watson
Barbara Watson, a former administrative assistant with the Residence Life and Housing Office in Belmont Residence Hall at Colorado State University-Pueblo, died Friday following complications from heart surgery.
CSU-Pueblo President Joseph Garcia said Watson was well known and liked by students who lived in the residence halls. Watson was like a surrogate mom to students, he said, and was always there to help them however she could.
“She (Watson) may have been the most familiar face on campus to many of our students,” Garcia said. “She will be remembered fondly by all of us for years to come.”
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Diawara helps CSU-Pueblo students to “Re-think Diversity”
“If you are afraid of diversity,” Moussa Diawara said, “then you are losing.”
Diawara, a professor of biology at Colorado State University-Pueblo, gave his speech, “Contributions of African-Americans,” in the Diversity Resource Center on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Diawara’s speech was the first in the series “Re-Thinking Diversity,” sponsored by the Diversity Resource Center. The series will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday during February in the Diversity Resource Center at CSU-Pueblo. Each week the series will feature a different professor from CSU-Pueblo discussing black history, within their field of study.
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Blood drive today at CSU-Pueblo
Bonfils Blood Center will be on the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, in the Occhiato University Center.
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Fundraiser, blood-drive at CSU-Pueblo for Haiti
The start of many events designed to raise money to help the earthquake-ravaged island nation of Haiti gets underway this weekend at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
The CSU-Pueblo Automotive Booster Club will hold a car tune-up clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23 outside the Technology building.
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CSU-Pueblo wants ideas for Hatian relief effort
Holding a benefit concert and blood drive were among the possible Haiti fund-raising efforts discussed during a Monday meeting in the Associated Student Government Chambers at the Occhiato University Center at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Anyone interested in missionary work can learn more by visiting http://dex.cidi.org/. The next meeting will be held today at noon and at 5 p.m. in the ASG Chambers.
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Humanitarian aid trip to Africa shows reality of poverty to CSU-Pueblo student
Helping unfortunate people in Africa and Indonesia are not the first thoughts on many college students’ minds, but for one Colorado State University-Pueblo student, it’s all she anticipates doing.
Jennifer Joyce, a nontraditional student at CSU-Pueblo who began in the fall 2009, said she plans on using her anthropology degree to continue her humanity work in Africa and Indonesia.
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Dia De Los Muertos event at CSU-Pueblo to honor ancestors
Colorado State University-Pueblo will host Day of the Dead, Dia de Los Muertos, giving students, faculty and staff and opportunity to honor those who have passed on.
The event, being held Nov. 2,will have a prayer vigil, dances, informational video about the holiday and altar competition. Altars will be available for viewing from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Occhiato University Center Ballroom and Great Hall. The vigil will be held 6-7:30 p.m. in the OUC Ballroom and attendees will be able tohonor loved ones that passed on There will alsobe performances by the Toch.tli Aztec Dancers during the day and evening. -
ThunderWolves trounce competition at Homecoming game
The ThunderWolves were definitely crowd-pleasers, Saturday, for the Homecoming game against the Western State Mountaineers as they took the victory 38-27, with Western Sate trailing the entire game.
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