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.
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.
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.
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.
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.