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Our top images of 2023

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(Jason Halley / University Photographer)

(Jason Halley/University Photographer/Chico State)

University photographers Jason Halley and Matt Bates have had a busy year, including 633 assignments as of November 1. Jason, who won the CSU Photo of the Year award, put together a collection of his favorites from the more than 28,000 photos he and Matt have taken in 2023.

Wildcats Zhane Duckett (left) and Brandy Huffhines embrace after winning their basketball game.
Chico State’s Zhane Duckett (left) and Brandy Huffhines embrace after the Wildcats’ victory over Cal State East Bay on January 7. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
Wildcats basketball player Jojo Murphy drives to the basketball hoop during a game.
Chico State’s men’s basketball player Jojo Murphy drives to the hoop during the Wildcats’ matchup against Sonoma State on February 2. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
A winter storm brought snow to the eastern foothills just above Peregrine Point.
A winter storm brought snow to the eastern foothills just above Peregrine Point on February 24 in Chico, California. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
A group of students is photographed scuba diving at a pool on the Chico State campus.
Susanna Jones, Alen Stark, Trevor Folden, Jeremy West (left to right) and students develop safe scuba diving practices through a pool session in their Beginning Scuba Diving class. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
A kangaroo stands on a desk at the front of a crowded college class.
A kangaroo hops around as students were treated to a wildlife education presentation by Conservation Ambassadors’ Wild Things in their Biology of Sex class. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
Andre Fatehi is photographed while he test drives a red Formula SAE vehicle at Thunderhill Raceway.
Andre Fatehi test drives the Formula SAE vehicle at Thunderhill Raceway on April 8 in Chico, California. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
Students explore the universe in the Roth Planetarium at the Chico State campus.
Students explore the universe in the Roth Planetarium during their Concepts in Earth and Space Science class. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
Dozens of students drop low the ground during the International Prom held at Chico State.
The Global Student Society Team hosted the International Prom, an unforgettable event that blends the traditional American Prom experience with a diverse mix of students from around the world. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
Dancer Susana Correa-Avila Robb wears a white top and purple skirts as she performs and poses on campus.
Chico State dancer Susana Correa-Avila Robb performs and poses on campus. (Jason Halley / University Photographer
A graphic of a building is underlaid on a portrait of Assistant Professor Robert Griffin-Nolan.
Biological Sciences Department Assistant Professor Robert Griffin-Nolan is photographed as part of the 2023-24 new faculty cohort themed photoshoot. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
Student Josiah Youngblood holds a bubble gun while shooting out bubbles and laughing.
Josiah Youngblood (center) works a booth during the Sunset Social event on August 18. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
Marifren Francisco, wearing a white suit, sits on a stool with one leg down in front of a neutral background during a photoshoot.
Marifren Francisco, one of the 2023-2024 recipients of the Lieutenant Robert Merton Rawlins Merit Award, is photographed as part of a photoshoot.
(Jason Halley / University Photographer)
Men’s basketball player Evan Oliver stares at the camera mid-jump in the air with his legs in a near split and a basketball in between his legs.
Men’s basketball player Trae Taylor photographed as part of a promotional photoshoot. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
The annular phase of a solar eclipse was observed as a partial solar eclipse.
The annular phase of a solar eclipse was observed as a partial solar eclipse on October 14 in Chico, California. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
Adil Syed works with a PerkinElmer NexION 2000 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) that is maintained by Geochemistry Research Group. (Jason Halley / University Photographer)
A student rehearsing a play stands at the front with her arms extended and looking up, while other cast members are in the background.
Students rehearse Blithe Spirit, a smash comedy hit classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. (Matt Bates / University Photographer)
Otters eat lunch in Big Chico Creek on a sunny afternoon on campus.
Otters eat lunch in Big Chico Creek on a sunny afternoon on campus in November (Matt Bates / University Photographer)

Chico State
Chico State

Founded in 1887, California State University, Chico is the second-oldest CSU campus and one of the highest-ranked master’s-level public universities in the West.