TO: Campus Community
FR: J. Dana Twedell, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management
 

Facilities Management would like to notify the campus of a planned power outage on Tuesday, November 11, as part of the Solar Array construction project. This project will enable the campus to produce up to 4 MW of sustainable solar electricity to meet the university’s current needs, support ongoing sustainability initiatives, and reduce the risk of unplanned outages in the future.

Anticipated schedule and impacts

TO: Sonoma State Employees
FR: Noelle Fisette, Learning and Development Specialist

A reminder of the Empathia professional development opportunity happening this month! Join Empathia’s facilitator led, zoom-based professional development webinar offered exclusively to Sonoma State employees. Click here to RSVP.

Tuesday, November 18th at 2pm
Communicating Cooperatively at Work

TO: All SSU Employees
FR: Erin Taylor, Director of Employee and Labor Relations
 

TO: All Employees
FR: Jeff Wilson, Project Lead, San Francisco Bay Region Network

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that Jenifer Barnett has been appointed Senior Director of Procurement and Accounts Payable for the San Francisco Bay Region Network (SFBRN), effective immediately.

TO: Campus Community
FR: Jeff Wilson, Interim Vice President and CFO

The university's current flag protocol requires the Vice President for Administration & Finance to notify the campus when the flag is lowered to half-staff.

The flag has been lowered to half-staff to honor the memory of former Vice President Richard Cheney. The flag will remain at half-staff until the day of interment, which has not been established.

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:

TO: Campus Community
FR: Dr. Gerald L. Jones, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students; Nader Oweis, Chief of Police
 

Dear Campus Community,

As Halloween approaches, we want to share a few reminders to help you celebrate safely and respectfully.

Safety First

TO: Campus Community
FR: Dr. Sarah Ellison, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs

Sonoma State University is proud to join colleges and universities across the nation in celebrating First-Generation College Celebration Week, happening Monday, November 3 through Friday, November 7, 2025.

TO: Campus Community
FR: Stacey J. Bosick, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Chair of  UBAC; Jeff Wilson, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Vice Chair of UBAC

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,

The University Budget Advisory Committee (UBAC) has been charged with advising Sonoma State University’s Interim President on how to allocate $3 million in one-time discretionary funds from the SSU Commitment funding provided by the California State Legislature.

TO: Campus Community
FR: Mario Perez, Vice President for University Advancement, Chair of the Honorary Doctorate Nominating Committee

Every fall, the California State University Chancellor’s Office issues a memorandum that serves as the call for campus recommendations for the award of honorary doctoral degrees granted by the Board of Trustees of the California State University. Sonoma State received that memorandum on Friday, October 10.