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Our Office

Vice President for Student Affairs
Kendall Hall, Room 110
530-898-6131
studentaffairs@csuchico.edu

Regular Hours
8 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Monday–Friday

Mailing Address
Vice President for Student Affairs
400 W. First Street
Chico, CA 95929–0125

Student Life Programs and Resources

Accessibility resource center group photo.
Accessibility Resource Center
Works with staff, faculty, students, administrators, and community members to ensure that all aspects of campus life are universally accessible.
Students stacking canned foods.
Basic Needs Project
Assists students with emergency grants, quality meal access, and short term housing.
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Career Center
Provides various services that assist students and alumni with their career plans.
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Cross-Cultural Leadership Center
Aims to create an environment in which all students, regardless of their ethnicity, culture, or differences, feel respected, connected, and affirmed.
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Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Commits to providing educational tools, examining institutional practices, and honoring the distinct values, beliefs, identities, and cultures of our campus community.
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Dream Center
Supports our community members who are undocumented or come from mixed-status families. Provides financial aid resources, health and wellness assistance, and academic guidance.
Members of various early outreach programs gathered in the BMU.
Early Outreach and Support Programs
Strives to provide educational and career resources to all students on campus through various programs.
EOP students celebrating the program's 50 year anniversary.
Educational Opportunity Program
Designed to improve the access and retention of low-income and first-generation college students at CSU, Chico.
Greek students painting a playground.
Fraternity and Sorority Life
From recruitment to graduation, we strive to instill the philosophy that high expectations are the standard. Our office focuses on five Pillars of Distinction: Leadership, Scholarship, Service, Community, and Integrity.
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Housing
Provides a setting for students and staff to actively learn, pursue new opportunities, intentionally connect, personally develop, and advance toward lifelong success.
A men's basketball game.
Intercollegiate Athletics
Information regarding athletics at California State University, Chico.
Student walking through Downtown Chico near campus.
Off-Campus Student Services
Assists in providing an effective bridge between Chico State and the City of Chico.
The summer orientation team.
Orientation and New Student Programs
The orientation team is here to support your transition to campus by helping you learn about many valuable resources, make connections with other incoming students, and register for courses.
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PATH Scholars
Scholars in conjunction with the campus Foster Youth Committee is dedicated to the higher educational needs of former foster youth and unaccompanied homeless youth.
Big Chico Creek
Project Rebound

We are a student success program that supports current and future Chico State students who have been incarcerated.

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Recreational Sports
Moves the campus community through play, wellness, and adventure. We value inclusion, fun, excellence, student development, sustainability, and leadership.
Willie the Wildcat giving high fives to students.
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Supports the mission of the University by promoting a fair and positive learning environment for all students, faculty, and staff.
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Student Learning Center
Empowers students by providing skill development through cross-divisional campus partnerships, commitment to expertise in the field, and integration of diverse student voices.
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Student Life and Leadership
Focuses on creating an environment in which all students and student organizations are encouraged and aided in the development of positive social, cultural, intellectual, recreational, and leadership programs and activities.
Native American graduates.
Office of Tribal Relations
Serves as the connection point for the Chico State campus to provide access, social, emotional, and academic support for our Native American students.
The TRIO Educational Talent Search team.
TRIO Educational Talent Search
Committed to preparing and motivating low-income, first generation junior high and high school students for success in postsecondary education.
TRIO Student Support Services team and members.
TRIO Student Support Services
Helps first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds tap into their own strengths and grit to overcome social, financial, and cultural barriers to higher education.
A woman helping two younger students.
TRIO Upward Bound
Provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. Aims to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
The Wildcat Welcome team.
Wildcat Welcome
A celebration of your new membership in the campus community. Various events and receptions take place to introduce incoming Wildcats to our community.