Chico State

February 9, 2023

CSU seeks court order to protect faculty and others who complained about Chico professor

CSU seeks to keep professor away from campus and his former colleagues out of fear of violence

Thomas Peele

December 20, 2022

Chico State president supports call for CSU to investigate university's probe of professor's affair and alleged threats

Chico State president says she will do all she can to get CSU to review how the university has handled the David Stachura matter.

Thomas Peele

December 18, 2022

Chico State was told of professor's alleged threats before last week's disclosure that he threatened a campus 'shooting spree'

Chico State University got multiple reports of allegations that professor David Stachura had threatened to kill colleagues who had cooperated in an investigation of an affair with a student he supervised.

Thomas Peele

December 16, 2022

Chico State Provost Debra Larson resigns amid outcry over professor's alleged affair, threats

Larson, 66, Chico State’s second-ranking official, said she offered her resignation to campus President Gayle Hutchinson on Monday and Hutchinson accepted it Thursday.

Thomas Peele and Michael Weber

December 14, 2022

Chico State Academic Senate calls on CSU trustees to investigate handling of student affair, violent threats

Chico State University faculty said the case needed an independent investigation so students knew action was being taken.

Thomas Peele and Michael Weber

December 8, 2022

Chico State professor disciplined for student affair allegedly threatened colleagues who complained

CSU is auditing the handling of Title IX cases at all 23 campuses. Investigators visited Chico State in September.

Thomas Peele

May 6, 2022

More CSU sexual harassment and abuse cases made public

CSU makes public new harassment and abuse cases involving managers at six campuses in California in response to an EdSource records request.

Thomas Peele, Ashley A. Smith, And Daniel J. Willis

March 17, 2021

California universities urge students to opt for a spring break staycation

Campus leaders across California are asking students to help lower the risk of spreading Covid-19 by staying local during spring break.

Michael Burke And Ashley A. Smith

September 4, 2020

Chico State's failed reopening; Assemblywoman Shirley Weber's hope for ethnic studies

Chico State President Gayle Hutchinson discusses a doomed effort to reopen amid Covid-19; Assemblywoman Shirley Weber celebrates the passage of ethnic studies.

EdSource staff

May 8, 2020

Fewer international students expected to return to colleges in California and nation, hurting finances

Problems with visas, money and travel may block international students’ return. Colleges fear the lost revenue will reduce academic programs and staffing.

Larry Gordon