Campus Updates
TO: All Employees
FR: Gene Lim, Deputy Network CIO and Senior Director of Service Management, Information Technology Services, San Francisco Bay Region Network
Dear Sonoma State Campus Community,
Effective July 15, 2026, Information Technology Services (ITS) will transition from the IT Help Desk ticketing system at help.sonoma.edu to the San Francisco Bay Region Network (SFBRN) Service Portal. This planned transition is part of Sonoma State's integration into the SFBRN.
TO: All Employees
FR: Jeff Wilson, Project Lead, San Francisco Bay Region Network, Vice President, Administration and Finance and CFO, San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University; Karen R. Moranski, Vice President of Regional Network Transformation, San Francisco Bay Region Network
The June Monthly Update for the San Francisco Bay Region Network is now available.
This month’s update includes a first look at the Network Human Resources organizational structure, updates on leadership searches and transitions, and recent successes across the Network.
TO: All Employees
FR: Jeff Wilson, Chief Executive & Financial Officer, SF Bay Region Network and Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Administration & Finance, San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce that Nish Malik has been appointed as Chief Information & Digital Strategy Officer for the San Francisco Bay Region Network (SFBRN), effective June 2026.
TO: All Employees
FR: Jeff Wilson, Project Lead, San Francisco Bay Region Network, Vice President, Administration and Finance and CFO, San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University; Karen R. Moranski, Vice President of Regional Network Transformation, San Francisco Bay Region Network
Dear Colleagues,
The May Monthly Update for the San Francisco Bay Region Network is now available.
TO: Campus Community
FR: Thomas Dixon, Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco Bay Region Network
Instructure has restored Canvas services and our technology team has enabled campus access to Canvas. Please use caution and review the “What to Know Before You Log in” guidance here.
TO: Campus Community
FR: Thomas Dixon, Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco Bay Region Network
This is to inform you that the threat actor has escalated its attack on Instructure. As a result, Canvas is currently offline for all three SFBRN campuses, and we are learning that several other CSU Canvas instances are also impacted.
TO: Campus Community
FR: Thomas Dixon, Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco Bay Region Network
This is to inform you of a recent cybersecurity incident involving Instructure at all CSU campuses, the vendor that provides Canvas, the learning management system for the CSUEB, SFSU, and SSU campuses.
TO: All Employees
FR: Cathy Sandeen, President, Cal State East Bay; Lynn Mahoney, President, San Francisco State University; Michael E. Spagna, President, Sonoma State University
Dear Colleagues,
TO: Campus Community
FR: Jaime Russell, Senior Director of ERP Applications and Business Intelligence, San Francisco Bay Region Network – California State University East Bay, San Francisco State University, Sonoma State University
Overview
MySSU will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, 2026, to 8 a.m. Monday, May 11, 2026. During this downtime, the Chancellor’s Office will integrate Sonoma State University into the CSU systemwide Common Human Resources System (CHRS).
TO: All Employees
FR: Jeff Wilson, Chief Executive and Financial Officer, SF Bay Region Network and Vice President, Administration & Finance & Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco State University/Sonoma State University