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Worth Sharing: School of Nursing Shines

Sean Murphy
A brick pillar with a University seal stands out amongst trees and leaves changing colors.
Jason Halley / University Photographer

Fall colors begin to change the campus on Sunday, November 8, 2020 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU, Chico)

The following is a listing of professional achievements by Chico State faculty, staff, and students. Submit your professional achievements to ucomm@csuchico.edu.

Awards and Activities

Carol Huston, Chico State alumna, Professor Emerita, and former Director of the School of Nursing, received the 2020–21 Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

In its 2020 Nursing School Rankings, Nursing Schools Almanac listed Chico State’s School of Nursing at No. 29 in the state and No. 59 in the West Region. Nursing Schools Almanac collected data on more than 3,000 institutions, and just 20 percent made the list of best nursing schools in each geographic region.

Chico State was recognized in the 2020 California University and College Ballot Bowl as the campus with the largest percentage of its student body registered in the CSU system.

Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy (English, ’97) is the Media Relations Coordinator at Chico State. When he's not writing press releases and pitching story ideas to the media or fielding media inquiries, he's writing about human interest stories, sports, the outdoors and the remarkable students, staff and faculty at Chico State.