PALs Activities

Students participate in a variety of experiential learning activities, including faculty-led research projects, internships, professional development workshops, and peer mentoring.

Chico State students visit NMSU

The pipeline from Chico State to NMSU begins with students from Chico State traveling to NMSU to participate in professional development events and to tour NMSU (January 2024)

Group image of students

Group image of students


Group image of students at White Sands

Etiquette dinner presentation slide


Woman presenting at banquet

Empty tables at banquet

Meet Influential Leaders

PALs students met Jose Hernandez, former NASA astronaut, and the first migrant farm worker to become one of only 600 to ever travel to space. His story is the inspiration for the movie “A Million Miles Away.”

Group photo from Jose Hernandez presentation

Jose Hernandez giving a presentation

Presenting Research

Our undergraduate students present research at scientific meetings.

Student presenting research

Summer Internship Opportunities

Images from our Summer 2023 Dairy Consortium.

Two students holding up grass and soil

Group photo from Dairy Consortium

This project is sponsored by the USDA/NIFA Hispanic Serving Institution Education Grant Program (grant no. 2022-77040-37622)


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University of Chico logo

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