February 3, 2023 - Invitation: Groundbreaking Ceremony February 8 for the New College of BSS Building

Dear Campus Community,

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Building will be held on Wednesday, February 8, at 2 p.m. in the footprint of the old Physical Sciences Building.

This state-of-art building will be the first net-zero building at Chico State and the third in the CSU! The 94,000-square-foot building will revitalize the eastern edge of campus and be home to nine departments. It will feature 22 classrooms, one large lecture hall, and five hands-on labs for conducting research, as well as conference and breakout rooms.

This structure will have rooftop solar panels and an efficient water system to reduce its carbon footprint. It will also have an interior garden, which extends the natural beauty of our tree-filled campus into the building.

When it opens in fall 2024, it will help the College of BSS advance innovative and high-quality teaching and research to expand our understanding of behavioral, social, cultural, and environmental aspects of the human condition.

I hope you’ll join us as we put ceremonial shovels to ground and begin construction.

Sincerely,
Gayle E. Hutchinson
President