Chico State Philanthropy
Chico State Terrific Titles of 2018
With the end of the 2017-2018 year rapidly approaching, and the swirl of the spring semester struggle muddying your memory, it seems only right to recap what our Wildcats accomplished this year.
Chico Steps Up to Show Students We Care: “Chico Cares” About Solving Student Hunger, Homelessness
The Chico Cares Campaign works to alleviate students' food insecurity with the help of the Hungry Wildcat Food Pantry and several Chico State philanthropy programs.
Twelve Students Honored With Rawlins Merit Awards
Students with major achievements in the classroom and in the community receive scholarship honors.
Pavement Partnership
Concrete Industry Management students complete new elementary school courtyard as service project.
‘Cats Give Back
Student and Wildcats across the country are coming together to build a culture of giving back at Chico State.
Power in Numbers
Alumna honors her daughter's memory by supporting education programs that teach students to look out for one another on the social scene.
Sowing the Seeds of Philanthropy
To honor the generosity of his second family, one donor established a $2 million scholarship fund to attract and support the brightest agriculture students at Chico State.
Feeding Ambition
Scholarship shows nutrition and food science senior Maifeng Yang that someone believes in her.
Breaking Barriers
Students help more than 16,000 people every year through the Community Legal Information Center (CLIC). Most clients are low-income, with no access to legal resources. A legal studies scholarship supports students who gain one-of-a-kind legal training at the undergraduate level.
A Winning Partnership
Alum recruits students to Hewlett-Packard (HP) and drives the company's support of Chico State's computer science and computer engineering programs. He says Wildcats graduate ready to solve real problems and mentors interns and young professionals like Naomi Miller ('14).
Global Connections
Chico State's Resource for International Studies in Education (RISE) Library brings world cultures to the North State's K-12 classrooms. The collection has been donated by faculty, including Professor Emeritus Tom Johnson, who travel the globe for their research.
Alumni Back Today’s Scholars
As recipients of the California Iota Sigma Phi Epsilon President’s Scholarship, freshman Brian Harris and junior Daniel Phelan each carry not one, but two Wildcat legacies: their family’s and that of Chico State’s earliest and proudest Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni.
Past, Present, Future
Alumni can connect all the good in their lives back to Chico State, including their successful careers and most important relationships. Their son is also a proud Wildcat. To honor their family's Chico Experience, they established the first faculty fellowship in the College of Business to attract top accounting professors.
A Wise Investment
Education, at any age, has the power to uplift and transform. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Chico State provides a community of exploration to more than 1,000 North State residents who are 50 years and older. Because of its impact, OLLI was awarded a second $1 million grant by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
Wildcat Family Supports Player’s Dream
Before becoming the first Wildcat to receive the NCAA Degree Completion Award, a family's scholarship helped star softball player Emily McEnaney overcome the financial obstacles she faced after mom passed away suddenly during her first semester at Chico State.
Soccer Heroes—On and Off the Field
Mike and Robyn Prime say their lives would have been "totally different" without the Chico State men’s soccer team, whose players have, for more than 25 years, befriended and helped care for their son David, who has autism.