Become a CHEMCAT
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Let us convince you that CHEM is the right place to earn your chemistry or biochemistry undergraduate degree. Email us at chem@csuchico.edu or call 530-898-5259.
Top 10 Reasons to Join CHEM
- Stellar Learning Environment
- Now located in the new Science Building(opens in new window)—one of the most visionary facilities for higher learning in California!
- State-of-the-art instrumentation(opens in new window) and equipment
- Hands-on experiences in a modern laboratory setting from the start!
- Faculty and Stockroom Staff in Their Elements
- Faculty specialists in each chemical discipline and various chemistry fields make the perfect mixture of diverse expertise
- Two Stockrooms full of professional chemicals, equipment, and enough knowledge to fill every beaker on campus
- Small student to professor ratio and accessible one-on-one faculty/staff support
- A Proton-Like Office Staff—Always Positive!
- Provides enrollment and schedule assistance regularly
- Offers extensive academic advising
- Helps students navigate their paths to graduation and beyond
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- The Chico State Summer Research Institute (CSRI)(opens in new window) Fellowship pairs students and CHEM faculty to collaborate on innovative research projects for 10 weeks and includes a $5,000 stipend!
- Students assist faculty with grant-funded research, gaining priceless skills to add to their résumés/CVs.
- Students can present their work at local seminars and the American Chemical Society (ACS)(opens in new window) Expos.
- Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards—Oh My!
- College of Natural Sciences Floyd English Scholarship ($2,500–$5,000)
- Chemistry Legacy Scholarship ($250–$500)
- Marshall Ginter Summer Research Fellowship ($3,500)
- Eugene Reid Summer Research Fellowship ($3,500)
- CSRI Fellowship (up to $5,000)
- Grover Willis Award ($250)
- . . . and more!
- $tudent Employment Opportunities
- Stockroom student assistants ($16.00/hour)
- In-lab assistants for faculty ($17.01/hour)
- Grading assistants for faculty ($17.01/hour)
- Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS)
- A national award-winning undergraduate chemistry club
- Provides free tutoring for students in all chemistry classes
- Participates in professional networking and peer advising
- Three Comprehensive Degree Paths
- Bright Futures Happen with Chemistry
- Medical
- Dental
- Pharmaceutical
- Academic
- Research
- Chemical engineering
- Chemical analysis
- Material science
- . . . and so much more!
- CHEM <3 Fun!
- Throws annual department awards and graduation celebrations—with food!
- Gives out swag
- Uses chemistry puns, but only periodically
Student Success Is the No. 1 Goal
But Don't Just Take Our Word for It . . .
“I was able to partner with the biology department on how a certain enzyme associated with Alzheimer’s Disease works. . . . It could help treat or potentially cure the disease someday.” — Kendall Block (BS, Biochemistry, ’21)
“Every professor and every person I’ve met as a result of choosing this major has formed me into the person I am today. I’m more motivated and confident than ever to keep pursuing medical school, and I am eternally grateful for that.” — Carlos Melchor (BS, Biochemistry, ’22)
