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Merith Weisman and Rich Whitkus
See you around, Rich!

For the past year, Dr. Richard Whitkus has served as Interim Associate Vice President of Academic Programs. He has been supportive of the CCE and especially instrumental in the development of the Internship Policy and Process.

Welcome Amanda and Gustavo!

I am so excited to welcome Amanda DeFoe '16 and Gustavo Vasquez '16 to the CCE staff. Both Amanda and Gustavo have committed to serve as AmeriCorps VISTAs for a year following their graduations from Sonoma State.

Service and Internship Fair 2016
Register to Recruit at the Service & Internship Fair

The Service & Internship Fair is a fantastic opportunity to promote your organization and recruit wonderful Sonoma State student interns and volunteers.

Tip 4: Reusable water bottle tips & facts
Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 4

Part 4 of a 10 Part Series See Tip 12, and 3.

Mira Fielding, Circle of Sisters Facilitator and Outreach Coordinator
Get Involved: Circle of Sisters

Content Warning: This post is part of a series that deals with intersectional gender-based violence.

Communication students performing an ending activity with the high school students about their personal highs and lows of the day.
Spotlight: Service-Learning Case Study in Communication and Media Studies

I think service-learning is very beneficial because it gets students out into the community and teaching them more about what's going on in their own backyard.

Dr. Jessica Hobson: 'Whose responsibility is it?' is a question we discussed in class and just to being able to feel like, 'These children are our responsibility and our children are our future, not just their individual parents'', is a really powerful me
Book Buddies II

"[Service-learning] is learning topics in completely different way. It's like having the textbook come to life. [...] It's really interesting." - Sarah Joyce, Psychology 302 Life Span Development student

Center for Community Engagement
Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 3

Unfortunately in America, thousands of fillers, chemicals, and ingredients that are associated with major health problems are still used by our food industry.

Gold Ridge Preschool Dinosaur Garden
Community Indulgence and Gold Ridge Preschool

I had an absolute blast doing my service-learning project with Gold Ridge Preschool! Originally, I expected this project to really only be an assignment I would do for class and that be the end.

"We are putting the 'public' back into Public Universities."
SAGA is Coming to SSU

Faculty, staff, administrators, and students gathered to learn more about the Sustainable City Year Program from it's founder and co-director, Nico Larco, an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon.