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Avance Visits Campus

More than 100 low-income, mostly Spanish-speaking parents visited Sonoma State University on May 2 to learn how they can make attending college possible for their children and themselves.

 Kara Kelly crouches atop a drain that leads to a manmade wetland at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State.
Open Source Water Saving Solution

Managing the impact of development on water resources is now an urgent challenge in California.

Leire Martinez and Jacquelyn Ward
Tennis Players Receive Honors

Women's Tennis: Martinez and Ward Snag 2015 All-PacWest Women's Tennis Honors

Guillermo Gómez-Peña
'Reverse Anthropologist'

Guillermo Gómez-Peña, a performing artist and self-proclaimed reverse anthropologist and nomadic provocateur performs May 6 in Weill Hall at Sonoma State University's Green Music Center in a performance titled "Imaginary Activism: The Role of the Artist Beyond the Art World."

 School of Science and Technology dean Lynn Stauffer congratulates Lynn Cominsky and Suzanne Rivoire on receiving the Sonoma State Excellence in Scholarship Award.
Professors Receive Excellence in Scholarship Awards

Sonoma State University professors Lynn Cominsky and Suzanne Rivoire have earned the university's Excellence in Scholarship awards for their dedication to academic excellence.

Andrew Scanlon works on "Holons," a steel sculpture on display as part of Commence: Sculpture projects 2015
'Commence 2015' Sculpture Projects

The public is invited to view Commence: Sculpture Projects 2015, an outdoor exhibition of 11 new public art projects created by talented students in professor Jann Nunn's advanced sculpture class at Sonoma State University.

two women selling clothes at booth
Entrepreneurial Spirit

The second annual Market Day at Sonoma State University last week included a diverse range of creative ideas from driven student entrepreneurs.

Sandy Espino-Valenciano
Student Activist Honored by ACLU

The Sonoma County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has selected Sonoma State University senior Sandy Espino-Valenciano to receive the Mario Savio Student Activist Award. 

wine glasses
Mixing it Up

Sonoma State University took first and second place in a "friendly" wine mixology competition with Texas Tech.

The schools dreamt up the competition to combat the toll that craft beer and spirits mixology may take on wine market share in the U.S. 

SSU News
Green Conference

The North Bay is a powerful and creative community brimming with opportunities and resources for sustainability, and Sonoma State University's Sustainable Enterprises Conference at Sonoma Mountain Village on April 30 brings toge