Symposium Announcement: Copeland Creek Symposium

Symposium Date: Friday May 3, 2013

SSU students will present the results of their work on Copeland Creek during the 2012-13 academic year. The symposium is open to presentations from organizations working on projects related to water in the region. Please contact Director of the SSU Preserves, Claudia Luke for more information.

News: WATERS Coordinator Claudia Luke on SSU Spotlight

December 2012

In her profile on the SSU Spotlight series, Dr. Claudia Luke talks about her career and the WATERS Collaborative.

News: WATERS at Make a Splash

November 7, 2012

Sonoma State University celebrated a year of water with a special reception entitled "Make a Splash." The reception in SSU's Person Theatre highlighted SSU's campus-wide "Water Works" initiatve, a series of performances, lectures and events surrounding our relationship with this unique substance.

WATERS Coordinator, Claudia Luke, provided a special presentation on the importance of water in our lives and ongoing work of the WATERS Collaborative. Other speakers included SSU Provost Andrew Rogerson and SSU Art Professor Kurt Kemp.

Following the reception, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance presented "The Great Divide," a play about hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

For information about Water Works events continuing this Spring, see: www.sonoma.edu/waterworks

News: WATERS on Comcast Newsmakers

October 2012

WATERS Coordinator Claudia Luke talks to Comcast Newsmakers about the SSU Field Stations & Nature Preserves, the WATERS Collaborative, and other water events on campus.

Events: Water Works

Fall 2012-Spring 2013 on Campus at Sonoma State University

WATERS Collaborative projects are part of a year-long celebration of water at Sonoma State University, called Water Works. Water Works explores inland water flow as a resource, theme, and metaphor, through a year (2012-2013) of academics, fine arts, and live theatre and dance. A schedule of events is available at the link above.

To get involved or learn more contact Paul Draper or Scott Horstein at the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance.

News: Dr. Tom Buckley Receives WATERS Collaborative Award

School of Science & Technology, News and Accomplishments - October 2012

Tom Buckley, Biology, has received $3,000 in funding from the WATERS Collaborative for his proposal "Leaf Physiology Spot Measurement Instrument", where students will use purchased sensor components to construct instruments that measure leaf physiology in riparian vegetation. The WATERS Collaborative makes funds available in both the fall and spring semesters to support faculty that are interested in engaging their students in service-learning projects surrounding watershed management issues.

News: Not Just Another Desk Job

Sonoma News Center - July 24, 2012

The Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps project at SSU was launched thanks to WATERS, a new campus partnership with the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA). Seven members of the Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps worked diligently over the summer to clear the Himalayan blackberry that is choking out native species along Copeland Creek on campus and at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve. read more...