For much of the summer, Chico was cloaked in smoke and its sunny skies were marred by fires burning across the North State. Unfortunately, it’s not a new phenomenon. The cover's cut-paper-style digital illustration by senior graphic designer Christian Burke (Visual Communication, ’94) captures what has become a new normal: the extended fire season, megafires ripping through communities and leaving rubble in their wake, and our Wildcats who are facing it firsthand.
In this issue, you’ll also read about four students whose identity is equally about their academic experience as it is their tenure in the military. They share the challenges they face as nontraditional students and how their needs are met on campus. We thank them not only for their service, but for so candidly sharing their lives with us.
