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In a significant step toward fostering local talent and bridging the gap between high school education and scientific research, Dr.
“Get involved!”
Admitting that during SSU Orientation she thought, “Are they getting paid by how many times they say that?” Libby Payan ‘14 offered it as Life Lesson #1 to share with current students during a recent “Industry Insights” seminar.

Sonoma State University is one of 11 CSUs selected to receive more than $1 million in systemwide grants aimed at enhancing ethnic studies programs and increasing student participation in ethnic studies pathways.

As part of a pathways program, 122 high school students from Sonoma, Marin, and Mendocino counties and the East Bay are dual enrolled in an SSU education class this spring.

Shelton Mercer III, an award-winning entrepreneur, innovation pioneer, and humanitarian, was the featured speaker for “Conversations with Black and Brown in Blue: Transforming AI through Authentic Ingenuity” Monday, February 10 in Sonoma State’s Student Center.

Gayle and Arnie Carston gave a lifetime gift of $1 million to the Sonoma State University Foundation and the Green Music Center (GMC) in November. It’s a donation decades in the making.

Today, the California State University (CSU), the largest and most diverse public four-year university in the country, announced a first-of-its-kind public-private initiative with some of the world’s leading tech companies, including Adobe, Alphabet (Google), AWS, IBM, Instructure, Intel, LinkedI

Twenty-two SSU students learned firsthand about Japan’s legal system, history, and culture during a 12-day study-abroad program led by Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies professors Diana Grant and Bryan Burton.

”Land, Sky, and Sea: A Tapestry of Perspectives,” a group exhibition opening Feb. 6 in the University Gallery, features the work of SSU alumna Catherine Daley ‘13 and two other Sonoma County artists, Adrian Mendoza and Bambi Waterman.