College of Natural Sciences, Chico California

College of Natural Sciences, Chico California The Life Sciences building was completed in 1972. The five million dollar project began in late 1969 and was built in three sections over a period of time.

Our physical office is closed indefinitely, but we are still accepting calls and checking email during this time.
* * The official page for the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico (Chico State) * * We began as the School of Natural Sciences which eventually became the College of Natural Sciences when in 1967, individual departments split off with their own departme

nts, staff and chairs. As part of a peak in building construction from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, the new life sciences complex was constructed. The 62,401 square foot building was designed with three stories of faculty offices, classrooms, lecture rooms, and laboratories. With a capacity for 370 students, the building included a 170-seat lecture hall, which was the biggest on campus at the time. The architect for the project was John Carl Warnecke and Associates of San Francisco, and the contractor was Continental Heller Corporation. Faculty member William L. Stephens helped plan the life science facility. To make room for the new building, Sowilleno Avenue was removed and replaced with foot and bike paths between the creek and the construction area. Completed in 1972, the building was dedicated as Vesta Holt Hall in 1974. Vesta Holt served as a Chico State faculty member from 1926 to 1957. She became head of the Biology Department in 1931 and later the chair of the Division of Natural Sciences. Holt published various guides and manuals for biology education, many focusing on her specialty of botany. The first paid sabbatical for a Chico State faculty member was given to Holt in 1953. She founded Omicron Theta Epsilon in 1927 and also created the Eagle Lake Biological Station. Shortly after her death in 1970, the life sciences complex was dedicated in her honor.

Great story about our second HSI STEM grant.
12/21/2021

Great story about our second HSI STEM grant.

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

Thanks to North State Public Radio for this hour-long Blue Dot program on our new building...and the people in it!
12/14/2021

Thanks to North State Public Radio for this hour-long Blue Dot program on our new building...and the people in it!

Host Dave Schlom takes a trip down memory lane and visits his alma mater, CSU Chico, to check out the new science building.

11/16/2021

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

Great story about 2021 graduate Kristofer Walker!
05/17/2021

Great story about 2021 graduate Kristofer Walker!

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

Exciting, generous gift from Professor Emeritus Wes Dempsey and Mrs. Phyllis Dempsey!
02/04/2021

Exciting, generous gift from Professor Emeritus Wes Dempsey and Mrs. Phyllis Dempsey!

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve has been given the largest cash gift the reserve has ever received — a $1 million donation from retired Chico State professor Wes Dempsey, his wife Phyllis, a…

The fence is down! Excited to announce that the new building has been certified for occupancy. The Departments of Scienc...
12/16/2020

The fence is down! Excited to announce that the new building has been certified for occupancy. The Departments of Science Education, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, and Geological and Environmental Sciences are now moving in, and the dean’s office is relocating to the new building as well. By January the building will be in use, and we anticipate that we will have classes in the building starting in the fall 2021 semester.

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve has an Adopt-an-Acre program; some of these acres have high resolution video and ...
12/16/2020

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve has an Adopt-an-Acre program; some of these acres have high resolution video and still cameras. This video has some great wildlife shots from the last year!

Congratulations to CSU Chico Alumna AND Professor Emerita, Dr. Carol Huston.
12/15/2020

Congratulations to CSU Chico Alumna AND Professor Emerita, Dr. Carol Huston.

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

Nice article on the Virtual Gateway Science Museum...which is now available anywhere in the world! Gateway Science Museu...
12/10/2020

Nice article on the Virtual Gateway Science Museum...which is now available anywhere in the world! Gateway Science Museum, California State University, Chico

While the physical doors of the Gateway Science Museum have been locked since March due to the pandemic, its virtual door has remained wide open to science enthusiasts, students and the curious.

12/09/2020

Check out Gateway Science Museum, California State University, Chico tomorrow for the newest Chico Science Fair Challenge!

Great article about how the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is providing experiential learning opportunities in...
12/08/2020

Great article about how the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is providing experiential learning opportunities in this time of virtual teaching!

Chico State Today is the official news site of California State University, Chico. It features stories on Chico State students, faculty, and staff and highlights campus programs.

10/20/2020

     We are happy to announce that Gateway Science Museum’s Museum Without Walls lecture series will begin again this fall as a series of virtual presentations starting September 16 and continuing every Wednesday evening through the end of October. All lectures will be available in video format...

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Chico, CA
95929

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