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Rapid Response Network Training Comes to Sonoma State University

With the recent high tensions of immigration sweeping the White House and inevitably creating disruption in the homes of many immigrant families, a call to attention by the North Bay Rapid Response Network presented itself on our SSU campus.

Native Dancers
Santa Rosa Celebrates 150 Year Anniversary

On a gorgeous afternoon with the sun high in the sky, the people of Santa Rosa gathered together in the Old Courthouse Square on August 8th to celebrate a memorable occasion of the city’s 150 year anniversary.

Mike Thompson and David McCuan
Congressman Mike Thompson Comes to Sonoma State

From the fifth district of California since 1999, Congressman Mike Thompson came to Sonoma State in order to speak on prevalent issues regarding not only our community but our country as a whole.

Student at the Red Cross table at the Fair
Service & Internship Fair XIII

As a handful of nonprofits lined up here at Sonoma State University for the yearly Service & Internship Fair, the smell of opportunity lingered in the air.

Ashley Simon, outside
Welcome, Ashley!

It feels a little unusual to welcome Ashley to the Center for Community Engagement (CCE), yet again; because the truth is she has been a part of the CCE off and on, since 2012; which I will attempt to explain in just a moment.

a card for maddie welcoming her back
My Past 3 Years in the CCE...

It feels like just yesterday that I was laying on the floor of my Freshman year dorm, drinking an iced coffee and filling out the job application for the Center for Community Engagement’s open student assistant position. It was the first job application I had ever filled out.

The CCE staff, December 2017
My Past 3 Years in the CCE

It feels like just yesterday that I was laying on the floor of my Freshman year dorm, drinking an iced coffee and filling out the job application for the Center for Community Engagement’s open student assistant position. It was the first job application I had ever filled out.

Welcome, Emily & Susan!

I'm excited to welcome Dr. Emily Acosta Lewis and Dr. Susan Campbell who are joining us as Faculty Fellows from Fall 2018-Spring 2021.

From left to right: Elizabeth Villasenor, Suzie Littlewood, and Pam Rivas
Welcome Pam, Elizabeth and Suzie!

We are pleased to welcome three new AmeriCorps VISTA members to the Center for Community Engagement (CCE). Pam, Elizabeth and Suzie are committing the next twelve months of their lives to service with AmeriCorps.

The four vistas posing for a photo
Goodbye, VISTAs!

The end of a very hard twelve months has come and it’s time to say goodbye to the VISTAs. We got together to celebrate their accomplishments.