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Jazz Fusion

Indian fusion percussionist Selvaganesh and others perform in the fall 2016 Sonoma State University Music Department Jazz Forum. The series includes a wide variety of performers from all different parts of the jazz spectrum at the Green Music Center.

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Commencement Address

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Creativity Unbroken

Silk-screened posters, woodcuts made from vegetable crates, paper flowers, yucca root lamps and many other items are on display in the Sonoma State University Library Art Gallery exhibition, Creativity Unconfined: Life in a World War II Japanese American Internment Camp, running Aug. 23-Dec.

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Minor Arrives at CSU

The California State University is pleased to announce the appointment of James T. Minor, Ph.D. as senior strategist for Academic Success and Inclusive Excellence, effective September 1. Minor currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S.

Excellence in Education

Sonoma State University Physics Professor Jeremy Qualls has received the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Award.

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Smart Student-Athletes

A school record 93 Sonoma State University student-athletes have earned All-Academic honors from their respective conferences for the 2015-16 academic year.

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New Faculty

Dr. Judy K. Sakaki welcomes Sonoma State University faculty, staff and students back to campus for her first semester as president at the university's Convocation ceremony, Monday, Aug. 22, 9-11:30 a.m.

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Opportunities to Serve

More than 55 nonprofit and government organizations will recruit students at Sonoma State University's annual Service and Internship Fair September 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Salazar Plaza.

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Film-Notfilm

In 1964, acclaimed author Samuel Beckett set out on one of the strangest ventures in cinematic history: his embattled collaboration with silent era genius Buster Keaton on the production of a short avant-garde film entitled, simply, "Film." Beckett was nearing the peak of his fame, which would cu

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New Wine Biz Chief

Ray Johnson has been promoted from director to executive director of Sonoma State University's Wine Business Institute. His expanded role includes operational oversight of the Wine Spectator Learning Center, scheduled to open on campus in 2017.