Ashley Gebb

A proud alumna, Ashley Gebb (Journalism, '08; MA, Interdisciplinary Studies, '23) is the executive director of University Communications. She leads its exceptional communications team, manages the Chico State brand, and directs marketing, storytelling, and crisis communications.

Contact Ashley Gebb at agebb@csuchico.edu

Amy Magnus leans on a pedestrian bridge in a lush, green envirnonment

Office Hours with Criminal Justice Faculty and Rural Issues Researcher Amy Magnus

A passion for justice and activism has always been part of criminal justice professor Amy Magnus' identity. Now, she's sharing it with the next generation of changemakers.

Fond Farewell: Communication Sciences and Disorders Major Dani Senico

Loving her first semester at Chico State, Dani Senico was passionate about her family, music, and animals.

Cindy Wolff is backlit by the sun as she stands outside the front of her newly rebuilt home

Camp Fire Survivor Returns to Rebuilt Home and Hope in Butte Creek Canyon

Four years after the Camp Fire, Cindy Wolff is back living in Butte Creek Canyon, in a new home designed with fire in mind.

Ahart Herbarium Rooted in Goal to Study Plants Over Time

Boasting more than 125,000 dried and mounted specimens, the University’s Ahart Herbarium is the most complete repository of plant specimens from northeastern California and its collection is now available to naturalists around the globe.

Lance Lew holds out a baking sheet filled with freshly made potstickers

‘Cats Get Cookin’ with Retired NBC Marketing Director Lance Lew

After more than 30 years working in broadcast journalism, Lance Lew is embracing a longtime passion in retirement—cooking, with the release of his first cookbook this month.

Hands adjust the positioning of a roof on a small wooden model of a home, with the view cast toward the front entrance with a covered porch flanked by large windows.

Interior Architecture Students Design Free Floor Plans for Wildfire Survivors

Under the guidance of interior architecture professor Rouben Mohiuddin, 30 design students have worked on floor plans that have now been used to build more than a dozen homes in the Camp Fire footprint.

Farhan Rehman and Esteban Teran adjust the lasers that work to cool the atoms.

Ultracold Atom Lab Attempting to Cross ‘Unreachable’ Threshold

With the ultra-high vacuum chamber up and running, the University's ultracold atom chamber is ready to cool atoms to near absolute zero so they display their true quantum nature.

Nicholas Esparza looks through the high vacuum chamber in the ultracold lab.

Student Researchers Share Insight into Summer Projects

CSC² has supported nearly 300 students in undergraduate research projects across the three colleges.

A grid of diamond-shaped images shows students engaging in various kinds of research, from looking through a vaccum chamber to attaching wildlife cams to trees to working with mushrooms, to looking through a container filled with zebrafish.

Multimillion-Dollar Grants Provide Undergraduate Research Opportunities to Underserved Students in STEM

Since 2016, the Chico STEM Connections Collaborative has provided academic and other support services to historically underserved students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and agriculture.

Don Miller examines a tree during the watershed tour.

How To: Be a Backyard Biologist

Biological sciences professor Don Miller shares a few of his favorite tips for novice naturalists.

Allison Messner leans against a porch railing with a landscaped yard behind her.

Five Questions with Yardzen CEO Allison Messner

After a devastating megafire destroyed her yard, Allison Messner cofounded an online landscaping design platform that is gaining national attention.

Students with headphones on play video games in the new gaming lobby.

Wildcat Gaming Lobby Opens to All Students

Open to all students, the new Gaming Lobby features PC gaming, console gaming, arcade games, board games, and more.

Fond Farewell: Political Science Professor Emeritus Jon Ebeling

Jon Ebeling's career at Chico State spanned more than 40 years and inspired countless students to pursue careers in public administration.

Fond Farewell: Retired ASC Michelle Berglund-Smith

Known for her candy dish and birthday cakes, Michelle Berglund-Smith was considered the backbone of the Computer Science Department for her expertise and passion.

Fond Farewell: Agricultural Science and Education Major Holly Mahnke

With a love of animals and passion for education, senior Holly Mahnke was excited to follow her dream of becoming an agriculture teacher.

Fond Farewell: Retired Nursing Professor Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins taught nursing on campus for 22 years and was known for her compassion for and empathy to students.

Fond Farewell: Professor Emeritus and Athletics Coach Larry Burleson

During a teaching and coaching career that spanned nearly 40 years, Larry Burleson instilled in his students and student-athletes a dedication for technique and appreciation of play.

Julia Moriarty smiles and poses in a hallway

5 Questions with Alumna and Geotechnical Consultant Julia Moriarty

Geotechnical engineer Julia Moriarty ('94) loves watching the details of how things are built—from roads to bridges to fire stations.

Trinity Hall and its bell tower are pictured with trees on a spring morning.

Fond Farewell: Kinesiology Professor Emeritus George David Swanson

A world-class expert in pulmonary physiology, George David Swanson helped create a mass spectrometer that was used on the Mir Space Station.

A tall brick building glows in the late afternoon sunshine with trees in the foreground.

Fond Farewell: Retired Staff Member Eunice Toussaint

The University's first Outstanding Employee of the Year, Eunice Toussaint was known for her dedication to her work and warm, welcoming personality.

Dancers illuminated in pink and purple light dance at a rave.

Office Hours: Sociology Professor and Dance Music Culture Researcher Danielle Hidalgo

Danielle Hidalgo spent four years physically and digitally following three women DJs in an immersive research experience into dance culture.

Swimming and Diving Team’s Legacy Lives On

As national champions, record-setters, and outstanding competitors, members of Chico State’s decorated swimming and diving team set a lasting impression during its three-decade run—and they continue to make headlines today.

Fond Farewell: Online Master of Business Administration Student Delaney Marchant

Delaney Marchant was pursuing her MBA to broaden her passion for entertainment with business acumen. She had recently accepted her dream job.

Jaime Lopez pops up from underwater wearing a snorkel mask and holding a bag of sea specimens

Coral Connections Lead Student-Researcher Toward His Dream

Jaime Lopez has impressed his faculty with an endless passion for sea anemones and corals, with a dream of using research to save them from the effects of climate change.

Ed Bronson stands with a group of legal students in the CLIC law library.

Fond Farewell: Political Science Professor Emeritus and CLIC Founder Ed Bronson

As the founder of the Community Legal Information Center and a national expert in change-of-venue and death-qualified juries, Ed Bronson's legacy among students and the justice system cannot be understated.

Fond Farewell: Financial Accounting and Reporting Staff Member Lenora Goni

With a kind spirit and quick wit, staff member Lenora Goni will also be remembered for her supportive attitude and desire to help.

Aubrey Miller holds a handful of tootbrush fibers in her hand in the concrete lab.

Students Set the Future in Concrete

Just one of five programs of its kind in the United States, our Concrete Industry Management Program is creating the workforce for a $200 billion industry. With a 100 percent job-placement rate and a cross-disciplinary approach that ensures our graduates can lead in the boardroom and at the job site, CIM students are solving some of the industry’s greatest challenges.