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Yvonne Burbank has joined the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as Assistant Athletic Director/Compliance Coordinator. A former women's basketball player at Sonoma State, Burbank arrives back on campus with impressive credentials. "The search committee was extremely impressed with the wide range of experience Yvonne has accumulated in her career," said SSU Director of Athletics Bill Fusco. "She will be a tremendous advocate for our student-athletes and coaches." A decorated women's basketball star at SSU from 1995-99, Burbank (then Yvonne Daily) was a team captain and the president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. On the court, she helped lead the team to an NCAC co-championship and to back-to-back NCAA regional appearances. MORE

Bonnie Sugiyama has been named the head of the Center for Culture and Gender Studies as assistant director. Sugiyama served as interim coordinator of the CCGS this past year and her appointment concludes a national search for which we conducted four on-campus interviews. Prior to joining the staff here, Sugiyama was for two years Sacramento State's first Pride Center (services for the LGBTIQA community) coordinator while pursuing her master's degree in Educational Technology. She plans to complete her degree this year.

Holly Sautner has joined the School of Social Sciences as the new Administrative Coordinator. She comes from the School of Education where she was Administrative Coordinator for the Department of Literacy Studies and Elementary Education. Sautner has excellent customer service skills and is an energetic and well respected colleague, says Dean Elaine Leeder. Sautner replaces Connie Lewsadder who retired recently.