August marked not only the start of a new school year for Chico State students, but also the first day of class for 33 new faculty members, who are eager to begin mentoring and motivating Wildcats to hit the books.

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Amanda Rhine (English, '15; MA, English, '18) is a freelance writer and editor. Formerly, she worked as a campus editor and writer for CSU, Chico University Communications and served as an editor for Watershed Review and assistant editor for The Orion.