The students returned to classes on the first day of the Spring semester on Monday, January 23, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students for Quality Education lead a protest of tuition hikes through campus on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students for Quality Education lead a protest of tuition hikes to the steps of Kendall Hall on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Environmental science major Anthony Dewey, 23, plays his guitar in the Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden, located on the north side of Big Chico Creek, near Holt Hall, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students walk across one of the bridges over Big Chico Creek that runs full of water after recent wet weather on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Child Development sophomore Kelly Hosley, 20, reviews classwork during a break on campus on Monday, February 13, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students study in the Meriam Library on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
The student run organization justUS, dedicated to empowering Black women, celebrated Black Spirit Week with a Headwrap Wednesday group photo in front of Kendall Hall on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students walk past the BMU Marketplace down the First Street Promenade on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Student walk past "Old Hutch" Plaza through campus on Thursday, April 13, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students walk through the south gauntlet as a thunderstorm brought in a lot of hail, rain and small flooding on campus on Thursday, April 13, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Monica Zack (left) and Oliver Wong (right) study in an alcove on the third floor of Holt Hall on Friday, April 21, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Engineering students Brianna Murphy (left) and Angie Hodskins (right) race concrete canoes at Black Butte Lake during the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Mid Pacific Regional Conference on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Orland, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
The non-partisan March for Science - Chico marched from campus through downtown on Saturday, April 22, 2017 in Chico, Calif. Information tables from student science-based clubs and other organizations highlighted the important role that scientific research plays in the North State, and sound a call to support scientific research and evidence-based policies. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Tutor Nely Lopez, 21 (left) helps Tia Peete, 19, (right) as students study in the Chico STEM Connections Collaborative - CSC2 Natural Sciences Study Center in Holt 125 on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Vu Nguyen blows bubbles as students learn about different nationalities during the International Festival on the Kendall Hall lawn on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
History faculty Bob Archer teaches in his HIST103 class on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
History faculty Steve Lewis teaches in his HIST 382 class on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
History professor Jason Nice works with a student in his office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Autumn Stephens relaxes on Glenn Lawn on Thursday, May 11, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Adam Flournoy shows off their Nitinol Abrasion test Method Medtronic project as more than 85 senior capstone projects from all College of ECC majors were on exhibit during the College of ECC 2017 Design Expo on Friday, May 12, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Students Marikris Morales (left) and Jasmine Delgado (right) study for finals week on the 4th floor of Meriam Library on Monday, May 15, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Graduate student Dylan Stompe (left) drives a boat along with Carlos Estrada (right) as students count salmon as part of a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (UGR) involved in the Chico STEM Connections Collaborative (CSC2) program on the Sacramento River on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
Meghan Riddell works on Biofuels as part of a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (UGR) involved in the Chico STEM Connections Collaborative (CSC2) program on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)
