"PHYSICS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS" - Dr. Richard Muller, of the University of California at Berkeley, explains what every world leader needs to know in "Physics for Future Presidents" at 4 p.m. on Sept. 8 in Darwin 103 as the opening event for the “What Physicists Do” Lecture Series. The subject of his renowned course for non-science students by the same name was voted the "Best Class at Berkeley." It is also the title of his new book. Muller has earned a "Distinguished Teacher" award from the University of California, a MacArthur Prize "Genius" fellowship, as well as the National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award "for highly original and innovative research which has led to important discoveries and inventions in diverse areas of physics." The campus community is welcome.

TURNING THE TABLES - Ryan Ernst shows how it is done when faculty and staff turn the tables on students and prepare a midnight breakfast for them on Sept. 4 from 10 p.m.- 12 a.m. Staff are still needed for cook, prep cook stock the line (where the food goes), dining room keepers, cashier, dish room positions. All staff, faculty and administrators are asked to arrive at 9 p.m. to receive working assignments. Students who live in the residential halls will begin arriving at 10 p.m. To sign up, contact Mo Phillips, mo.phillips@sonoma.edu.

Campus Voices Welcome at the STAR

The Sonoma State STAR is now accepting opinion articles from the entire campus community. Faculty, administrators, staff and students are encouraged to submit articles of 400 to 800 words. Topics are unlimited.

Editor Casey Pompic says, "One of the main goals of the STAR is to support and showcase the diversity here at SSU. Expressions through opinion pieces and letters to the editor are a great way to ignite campus discussions and promote diversity. Whether you are really excited and passionate about a topic or frustrated and angered by another, your voice is welcome in the STAR."

E-mail opinions to star@sonoma.edu by the Thursday before the Tuesday publication date to have an article published in the most current edition of the STAR. E-mail articles as an attached Word document.

Service and Internship Fair Opens

Doors to Community Collaboration

The annual Service and Internship Fair will take place in Salazar Quad on Tuesday, Sept. 9, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.  This is a great chance for students to find internships and volunteer opportunities within the community. Faculty and staff can also connect with organizations to begin collaborative work. More than 50 nonprofit and governmental organizations displayed information last year and organizers expect a similar event this year. 

Some community partners that are participating include: Circle of Sisters, Peace Corps, Renaissance Healing and Learning Center, Petaluma City Schools, Sonoma County Museum, VOM Teen Center, Pediatric Dental Initiative, and Cotati Creek Critters.

One of the early respondents Maggie O’Brian, Director of Nursing & Volunteer Programs at the American Red Cross said, "We place a high value on SSU interns. We have had at least twp or three every semester and they have let us know that they have valued their experiences."

This year's Service and Internship Fair is co-sponsored by Join Us Making Progress (JUMP) and the Center for Community Engagement. This popular and fun event is the primary recruitment opportunity for local community partners.  Please feel free to contact Jodi Roth at 4-3949, jodi.roth@sonoma.edu or Merith Weisman at 4-3202, merith.weisman@sonoma.edu with questions.

FRIDAYS AT FOUR this semester are scheduled
for Sept. 5 , Oct. 24 and Dec. 5