Fantastic #retrogaming event hosted at #ChicoState by the amazing Non-Profit Tech Toss.

About 20+ retro consoles were available free to play including: #atari2600 #nes #wii and more.

We desperately need these third spaces to let ourselves play, be kids again, and remind us there is still joy to be found.

https://theorion.com/104803/arts/good-ol-game-night-brings-digital-and-tabletop-fun-to-chico/

#chicoca #chicostateuniversity #csuchico #retrocomputing #retrogames #retro_gaming #retrotech #retrogame #retrocomputer

My #ChicoState colleagues have argued in Inside Higher Ed that #assessment of student learning is broken, largely due to #AI. And the response to this existential crisis ought to be the responsibility of #universities and #colleges, not individual #academic departments and especially not individual #faculty.

#sociology #HigherEducation

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/03/28/assessment-student-learning-broken-opinion

#ChicoState's campus was mostly dead today due to #CFA_united #strike across the #CalState system during first day of Spring semester. Here's my office tower, where no classes took place!

#CFAonStrike #union

When the #ChicoState chapter of the California Faculty Association (#CFA_United) goes on #strike this coming week (Jan 22-26), we'll be holding daily, noon-time "encuentros" (rallies), with open-mics to talk about #issues. A march/action will follow!

(Please post #CaliforniaFacultyAssociation plans at other campuses during the strike)

#CalState #union #ChicoWildcatStrike

Members of #ChicoState's #CFA union & others mourned the Death of Higher Education, complete with bagpipes playing a funeral dirge.

When death comes it may be sudden. But often it's approach is seen years ahead: the diagnosis of a deadly illness, compounded injuries, decline, atrophy, & neglect. At some point we must look down at the near-lifeless body, covered in bruises & lacerations, and a make a choice: Death by a thousand cuts? Or fight back?

The #union votes to authorize a strike Oct 21.

My employer, #ChicoState has released a report based on its "campus climate" survey. There's quite a few telling items in it, representative of widespread frustration across the #CaliforniaStateUniversity system, which has culminated in the collective bargaining stalemate with the #CaliforniaFacultyAssociation and administrators.

[Thread & graphs follows]

The survey was collected from April 27 through May 15, 2023, which resulted in a 41% response rate for faculty.

https://www.csuchico.edu/ir/_assets/documents/campus-climate-survey-2023-report.pdf

Think pink! Perfect for Valentine's day for your favorite Wildcats

(we have other mascots in pink too)

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildcat-cares-pink-college-mascot-designs.html

#AYearForArt #BuyArtNotCandy #ValentinesDay #pink #wildcats #UniversityofArizona #Arizona #Kentucky #IndianaWesleyan #Davidson #CentralWashington #LinfieldCollege #ChicoState #UniversityofKentucky #Villanova #UNH #Daemon #SUNYIT #WesternNevada #FVSU #Cazenovia #NorthernMichigan #WheelockCollege #BayPath #BethuneCookman

we have a lot of our mascots (just the heads actually) inside hearts in order to show some school spirit and love. This is one of the rare ones where we only have the wildcat head (and not a full blown wildcat). So, for all you wild cats out there, here is our red wildcat cares design!

#AYearForArt #BuyArtNotCandy #Wildcats #GoCats #Arizona #BearDown #IWU #Davidson #UndianaWesleyan #CentralWashington #ChicoState #BayPath #BethuneCookman #AZCats #UniversityofArizona

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildcat-cares-red-college-mascot-designs.html