The ASI office will have fluctuating hours over the next couple of weeks and I just wanted to keep you all in the loop.  Today, Dec. 21, and tomorrow, Dec. 22, we will be open as usual until 5 p.m.  On Wednesday, Dec. 23, we are only open until noon.

 After that, the office will be closed from Dec. 24 - Jan. 4.  Our normal hours of 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. will resume on Jan. 5.

From all of us in the ASI offices, have a fabulous holiday season and we will see you when we return!!

Textbook affordability has remained a top priority for Associated Students, Inc. and we would like to give kudos to the Kennel Bookstore for an exciting partnership with Chegg, the premier textbook rental company.  Beginning January 5, when Kennel puts their textbooks on sale, Fresno State students will also be able to rent many of their textbooks, possibly saving them hundreds of dollars.   Students will now be able to shop for new textbooks, the largest selection of used textbook books (saving them 25% off new price), digital books (savings of 20-50% off new price), and rentals (savings up to 70% off new price).  Chegg is positioning itself to be the leader in textbook rentals, and Kennel Bookstore is excited to partner with them to save students money.  Visit www.kennelbookstore.com beginning January 5 to order your textbooks.  Kennel Bookstore – offering textbooks the way you want them.

The Lively Arts Foundation presents “The Nutcracker” downtown at the Saroyan Theatre.  The show is being performed twice; once on Saturday Dec. 19 at 2:30 p.m. and again on Sunday Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12 - $50, so get the seat thats perfect for you!

The last chance to watch your Bulldog football team in 2009 is this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. as Fresno State meets Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl.  You can watch it live on ESPN. It’s not too late to make the road trip!  Call 559-278-3647 for ticket information.

Emma Andrews, Jaleesa Ross and your Bulldog women’s basketball team will be home for the holidays with four home games Dec. 26 to Jan. 6.  The marquee game is on Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Save Mart Center against nationally ranked Stanford.  We need every Bulldog and their friends and family to come out to this big game!  Tickets are free for students.

If you want to celebrate the end of finals in style, make sure to check out the Fresno State men’s basketball team this Thursday and Saturday night as they play UC Davis and North Dakota State.  Both games start at 7 p.m. in the Save Mart Center. Tickets are free for students.  Bring your student ID.

USU Productions presents Finals Cram Jam from Dec. 14 - 17.  Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. until supplies run out, there will be people on the free speech platform giving away free coffee, tea, fresh fruit, scantrons and pencils.  On Monday-Wednesday evenings from 7 p.m. to Midnight there will be free food, a stress-free zone, study tips and more in the USU lounge! 

Fall 2009 grades will be available to students via their Student Center on a rolling basis beginning Monday, December 14.  Deadline for faculty to enter fall grades is Monday, January 4, 2010.

Open Registration for Spring 2010 begins on Monday, December 14.  Students who have already participated in Early /Priority registration can continue with Add/Drop/Wait List and students who still have not registered for their spring classes are encouraged to enroll.  Students who are registering during Open Registration must pay their fees by the deadline of Thursday, January 14. 

The California State University Board of Trustees today approved a $3.2 billion budget proposal for 2010-11 that includes an $884 million state General Fund increase aimed at “recovering and reinvesting” funding in the CSU. The budget would increase the system’s General Fund support to $3.2 billion from its current reduced level of $2.3 billion.  This amount also includes an estimated $111 million needed to “buy out” a 10 percent student fee increase (after one-third is set aside for financial aid). Click here to read more.

A free H1N1 vaccination clinic for students, faculty and staff will be held Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the University Student Union Pavilion.

The Student Health Center has received both the injectable and nasal spray forms of the H1N1 vaccine so all age groups are eligible to receive the vaccine. Participants must show Fresno State ID cards.

There is no cost to be vaccinated.

Staff from the Student Health Center and and students from the Department of Nursing will do the screening and administer the vaccine.

For more information, call the Health Center at 278.2734.

So I just heard about an awesome oppourtunity for an undergrads (like myself) doing research.  Here is what I know:

Undergraduate research grants provide up to $1,000 in financial support to undergraduate students who work closely with a faculty member to conduct research, engage in field studies, create projects in their discipline, or participate in similar scholarly/creative activities.  Students may either design their own project or work on a professor’s project. Either way, students must work closely with a faculty mentor.

Completed Applications are due by 5:00pm on December 22, 2009 to the Office of Undergraduate Studies M/S ML 54 (Room 4160) or emailed to dennisn@csufresno.edu.More information about the program including application forms is available online at http://www.csufresno.edu/academics/offices/undergraduate/research.shtml

Attention Campus Community!

ASI is excited to start its 2010-2011 Budget Process. Please check our home page (www.asi.csufresno.edu) for documents related to the budget process if your program or service is requesting funds.

Some programs that ASI has sponsored through its annual budgets are:

• CSU Summer Arts
• Intramurals
• Center for Women and Culture
• Bulldog Pantry
• University Lecture Series
• OrgSync

Please email the VP of Finance, Lauren Johnson, if you have any questions regarding this process at laurenj@csufresno.edu

Here are the links that will also be posted on the home page:

memorandum.pdf

budget-call-process.pdf

budget-guidelines.pdf

2010-2011-budget-request.pdf

mission-statement.pdf

title-v.pdf