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Just over 100 of Sonoma State’s incoming first-year students are spending two weeks on campus for the SSU Summer Bridge program, an orientation for EOP, DREAM Center,

What do an aerospace engineer from Northrop Grumman, Sonoma State’s Observatory, a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Redwood Credit Union, and Jiggy Bots have in common?

Sonoma State University and the City of Rohnert Park are partnering to host the Second Annual Juneteenth Luncheon: Celebrating Freedom and Honoring Progress, Wednesday, June 19, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center.

Sonoma State is included in the 2024 list of the Best Colleges in America released by "Money Magazine" June 12.

Sonoma State University student Asad (AJ) Franklin has been awarded one of six California State University (CSU) Black Student Success Scholarships, chosen from a group of nominees from all 23 CSU campuses.

In April, the California State University (CSU) system allocated $4,630,846 for one-time funding to its 23 universities to advance Black student success and elevate Black excellence across the system. Sonoma State was awarded $250,000 of the fund.

"Celebrating Pride is a way for an institution to enact its values, and our values are based around inclusion and belonging," said Dr. Matthew Paolucci Callahan, Sonoma State University Professor of Psychology.

Discussing diversity in the wine industry, Derek Baljeu, a graduate student at Sonoma State's Wine Business Institute (WBI) and winemaker for Knights Bridge Winery in Napa said, "You need to see, to be," regarding the need for representation in a predominantly white and male business.&n

Disability Services for Students (DSS) facilitated a panel discussion titled "Nothing About Us, Without Us" this spring with students identifying as neurodiverse to share about their academic experience at the university.

On the International Day for Biodiversity (May 22), SSU alumna Dr. Kristy Deiner led the largest one-day aquatic biodiversity sampling effort in the world, a project highlighted in the science journal Nature.