Colusa Hall, built in 1921, is the only building that remains of the original State Normal School. The classic brick building was originally designed as an industrial arts building, complete with large windows to take advantage of natural light and ventilation. In 1997 the campus made the decision to save the historic building and invested in a seismic retrofit of the hall. Since that time, the space has been used for a variety of purposes, including food service, administrative offices, and classroom space.

The Perfect Mix of Beauty & Brains

The recent transformation focused on designing a state-of-the art conference and event facility that integrates state-of-the-art technologies, stunning design, and the natural and built environments. The project took advantage of sustainable building practices and materials, while maintaining the historic nature of building. Colusa Hall has been retrofitted with energy saving windows that match the original style, window shading, energy saving occupancy sensors, and a daylight harvesting lighting system. Students from the Construction Management program are participating in a process to attain LEED Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

"The Chico campus is a very beautiful place. Preserving historic buildings, while improving their functionality and energy efficiency, is important in our sustainability efforts," commented Sandra Flake, CSU, Chico Provost. "The Colusa Hall remodeling effort has provided an excellent event space available to the campus and community beyond, and helps us demonstrate our leadership in sustainable conference management.”

Conference Room 100A & 100B

The Colusa Hall conference room is an open and airy space perfectly adapatable for large lectures, presentations, banquets and receptions for up to 250 people. Large windows look out onto Kendall Hall, the Creekside Plaza, and planned educational gardens along Chico Creek. To accomodate smaller groups, an acoustical wall can be closed to divide the room into two spaces, each fully configurable and complete with independent audio-visual technology and sound.

Room 110

With a capacity of 48, this mid-size room is especially suited to breakout sessions, smaller presentations, training and workshop events. This room is equipped with a two-way video conferencing system so that you can easily extend your event beyond our campus.

Room 115

Called "The Rose Room" for its stunning views of the central campus and the George Peterson rose garden, Room 115 is perfectly sized for executive board meetings, strategic planning retreats, and conference breakout sessions. As with each of Colusa Hall's rooms, you will find state-of-the art presentation technology at your fingertips.

Servery

Colusa Hall is equipped with a servery to facilitate your event's catering needs. Campus catering services are available to provide a full range of food service, from coffee and refreshments to cocktail receptions to formal banquets.

CSU, Chico departments can request a Colusa Hall Reservation using our online form.

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If you have questions or would like additional information about CSU, Chico Conference Services, please fill out our online information request form or contact:

Heather Quilici
Conference & Event Coordinator
hquilici@csuchico.edu
530.898.5673