Meriam Library Digital Exhibits

In 2010, the Free Speech Area was renamed Trinity Commons, and it was decreed that “a student-designed plaque will be created and placed to commemorate the free speech history of Trinity Commons” (Executive Memorandum 10-0-17). Students in Professor Jason Nice's Introduction to Public History (Fall 2025) completed a project to bring this to fruition from start to finish, including research, design, fundraising, and consultation with the campus and community. Their work is featured in the exhibits and oral histories on this website.

A collection of watercolor paintings of California botanicals made by Frances Brown

Preserving Chico State Voices for Change is an oral history project that aims to archive and narrate the history of community activism at Chico State, made up of interviews conducted during the 2024-2025 academic year.