The forums are facilitated by Trisha Seastrom, the Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center's program director, and two student peer educators who are in recovery.
Rachel Middleman will spend the spring semester researching for her book project "Radical Eroticism: Women, Art, and the Transformation of Sexual Aesthetics in the 1960s."
A Chico State lecturer was recently hired for the state Department of Health Care Services, and will be responsible for developing and implementing health care delivery systems to people enrolled in the Medi-Cal program.
iFriend is a new monthly hosting program that will will pair Chico State faculty and their families with international students. The program will start in the spring 2015 semester. Some current international students are saying it will be a great opportunity for cultural exchange.
International students facing racism is not uncommon. Students and members of the community have a responsibility to educate themselves on shared similarities between cultures in order to end racism said Frank Li, director of the International Education office.
The Moonlight Safety Walk participants' monitor inadequate lighting and overgrown hedges on campus. The walk aims to improve campus safety since its start in 2004.
Adjustments to the Jeanne Clery Act include additional requirements, including providing students with information, better protecting of victims of sexual assault and clarifying the process for collecting crime statistics.
After criticisms surfaced about a plan to build a bronze wildcat statue on campus, the Associated Students Board Of Directors postponed a vote to approve $40,000 to fund the project.
A major lack in reporting sexual assault results was revealed in the Butte County Sexual Assault Response Team's annual report released Oct. 1. New technology will give faster DNA test results from rape kits.
The Associated Students is collecting money from various organizations on campus to build a wildcat statue which is expected to be installed during the summer of 2015.
The state governor signed into legislation the Affirmative Consent Standard which defines if and when consent was given when investigating a sexual assault crime.
The Chico State administration supports academic freedom, but has not decided on requiring professors to give warnings to students about sensitive topics and materials shown in class.
The university received high scores in several areas this year, including peer assessment, acceptance rate and retention rate in an annual ranking done by the U.S. News & World Report magazine.
A developing program will allow those with alcohol-related offenses to take diversion courses and community service to drop their fines. The program may extend to Chico State students in the future.
Some community groups are pushing for an alternative to strict shelters with drug and alcohol policies that prevent many homeless from seeking housing there.
A Chico State student talks about his experience with sexual assault years ago. Male sexual assault happens almost as often as female sexual assault, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
University Village staff held an outdoor event Sunday to celebrate spring season. The event was filled with live music, a rock wall, a raffle and free food.
Additional sections of upper-division general education classes are needed to satisfy high demand for certain pathway courses. One sociology class had over 50 wait-listed students at the beginning of the semester.
