Chico State Alumni Association

More than a homecoming, the three-day event brings the community together in a time-honored celebration.

Geography graduate student Bobby Gordon wrote an award-winning paper that explored how the great outdoors can serve as classrooms.

The global 2026 Sustainable Campus Index recognizes Chico State for returning more than 160 acres to Indigenous stewardship and ranks the University No. 4 worldwide for Wellbeing & Work.

At one of California’s few native seed farms, Mason Shorts (Agriculture, ’20) is drawing on his Chico State education to grow the plants and flowers that help restore landscapes across the state. 

The first-ever event will help support the next generation of agriculture leaders.

Plant and soil science major Lauren Weller believes the hands-on work she's done at the University Farm will help her family's rice, almond, and walnut crops after she graduates.

The University saw its standing climb in several key categories, including Top Public Schools in the West.

Ge Yang turned the challenges he faced growing up into opportunities for the next generation—work now recognized with one of the CSU’s highest student honors.

Angela Zivo Gapa is taking her scholarship to the screen, with a debut feature film on the international festival circuit and a new documentary exploring Botswana’s diamond-driven development.