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California State University, Chico
Campus Overview
Founded in 1887, Chico State is the second oldest CSU, offers over 100 undergraduate
majors and options, and is ranked as one of the top five public regional universities
in the West. The university is a popular Northern California residential campus, with
90 percent of its more than 16,200 students living within a one-mile radius of the
campus. With a faculty of more than 1,000, Chico State emphasizes academic excellence
and close interaction with professors. Students have won recent national awards in
business, engineering, journalism, political science and speech. Chico State was also
the first university in the world to offer a graduate degree via satellite.
www.csuchico.edu
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Relocation Information
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Area Information
Chico Chamber of Commerce
Butte
County
City of Chico
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Benefit Information
Find out about the benefits
offered by Cal State Chico.
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To learn more about our faculty, please visit the following websites:
• Outstanding Academic Advisor
• Outstanding Faculty Service
• Outstanding Professor
 James Matray
CSU Chico
History chair
James Matray, Bautzer award winner, is one of the nation's leading experts on
Korea in the post-World War II era. He is the author of several books including, The
Reluctant Crusade: American Foreign Policy in Korea, 1941-1950, which won the Phi
Alpha Theta Best Book Prize in 1986, and editor of Historical Dictionary of the
Korean War, which won Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Book Award. His latest
book, East Asia and the United States: An Encyclopedia of Relations Since 1784,
was published in October 2002. In addition, Matray has received research grants from
the Harry Truman Library Foundation, the MacArthur Memorial Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
Prior to CSU Chico, Matray was a faculty member at New Mexico State University for 22
years. He earned his undergraduate degree in European and American history from Lake
Forest College and his master's degree and Ph.D. in American history from the
University of Virginia.
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