The growth of Latinos in California’s higher education system has yet to translate to an increase of degrees earned for the state’s largest ethnic group.
Project Censored founder and former Sonoma State University professor Carl Jensen passed away on April 23 in his Cotati home at the age of 85 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
While Sonoma County is quickly becoming an attractive seller’s market, the landscape for rentals continues down a bleak path, making it a pertinent topic to Sonoma State University students who live or wish to live off campus.
Sonoma State University student Sandy Espino Valenciano will be recognized with the Mario Savio Award for student activism by the American Civil Liberties Union northern California chapter of Sonoma County on May 3 in Santa Rosa.
The controversial life and legacy of Sonoma State University’s fourth president, Peter Diamandopoulos, ceased when he passed away on April 1 in New York City at the age of 86.
Sonoma State University currently holds no position in regard to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, even as San Francisco State University stated on March 30 that no funds will be used for employee or student travel to the state.
The national conversation of police brutality and accountability was highlighted on Thursday in a Social Justice Week presentation by a panel from the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union and Police Accountability Clinic and Helpline.
The city of Rohnert Park is moving ahead with plans to build a 2-mile multi-use pathway which will run parallel to the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit line.
Thousands of individuals will visit or attend Sonoma State University during the semester. The likelihood that all will be vaccinated against an infectious disease is uncertain. Concern regarding the outbreak of measles has been a prominent topic within the United States recently and the discussion of whether to vaccinate against the disease has sparked controversy among many.
The California State Student Association intends to create a level of independence with the adoption of the Student Involvement and Representation Fee by the California State University Board of Trustees, passed on Jan. 28.
The exclusion of the poor from the higher education system has created an increasingly unequal divide. Achievement from educational success has benefitted a fortunate segment of the population able to afford college.
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