Worth Sharing: Chico State Awarded Grant From Rural Schools Collaborative

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

The partnership between Chico State and North State Together was one of five organizations across the country selected by the Rural Schools Collaborative, a national nonprofit launched in 2015 to build sustainable rural communities, as a partner to create regional policy recommendations from rural teachers. Chico State and North State Together were selected for Northern California, one of five rural regions which received awards. Each partner organization selected receives $10,000 in funding to convene and support rural teacher-leaders in the development of a Policy Playbook.

Chico State earned recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation as a 2020 Tree Campus Higher Education institution. As one of eight CSU campuses to be honored, Chico State was also one of only 14 California campuses on the list.

Publications, Presentations, and Exhibits

Greg Cootsona (Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities) co-wrote a piece in The Better Samaritan titled, “Really Seeking Good? Or Just Seeking Attention?” Co-written with his wife, Laura Cootsona, the piece explores the question of whether philanthropic gestures are done for the sake of being good or for garnering attention.