Donate to the Mother’s Day Book Drive

The SSU English Students Association and the Sitting Room in Cotati are currently co-sponsoring a Mother's Day Book Drive for local community women's shelters. They are accepting new and lightly used adult and children's books. Books will be collected May 11 and dropped off at the Sitting Room on E. Cotati Ave. Drop-off sites are Nichols, third floor English department administrative office, and the Writing Center, first floor Charles Shultz library. For more information, contact Tim Madonna, ESA president, at esa@sonoma.edu

Staff Appreciation Day Pet Photo Contest

Don’t forget to submit a winning photo for the Staff Pet Photo Contest. Deadline to submit photos is May 25.  For entry details, visit www.sonoma.edu/hs.

 

Ron Logsdon Award Recipients Selected

The Ron Logsdon Professional Development Award Committee selected three recipients for the 2006-2007 academic year. Sarah Bauer and Jacqueline Holley, both from the Office of Campus Life, received funds to attend the (ACPA)/National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NAPSA) Joint Meeting in Orlando FL, from March 31-April 4.

Julie Greathouse, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, received funding to participate in the Academic and Career Advising: Keys to Success Teleconference on April 26. The committee congratulates these recipients. Each year Student Service Professionals (steps I-IV) are eligible to apply for the Ron Logsdon Professional Development Award. Applications will be made available for the next cycle in fall 2007. For more information call Laurie Ogg, Scholarship Coordinator, at 4-2261.

Sign a Poster for Virginia Tech

This Monday, a gathering was held in the "The Leprechaun's Quiet Garden" outside Stevenson Hall to commemorate the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech University. The garden was created when a wonderful young man who worked here in Mail Services, Patrick LaMarca, passed away.

Campus community members from many departments attended. Two in the audience were graduates from Virginia Tech and one student had just transferred here from VT. The names of the deceased students and faculty were read, with the assembled repeating "we remember" after each name. After a period of silence, the gathering was opened up for anyone who wanted to speak. The group learned that the previous Sunday, alumni of VT had gathered 400 strong in Mountain View. From their meeting they decided to set up a $100,000 endowment for their university.

Many expressed their appreciation for the gathering here at SSU. Thich Nhat Hahn’s poem "Clouds" was read. Poster boards were set up on the benches in the garden for people to write their own words and will continue to be there until Friday. They will be sent to Virginia Tech along with resolutions of support from the Student Senate and the Academic Senate.

For this week, the Leprechaun’s Quiet Garden has become a place to grieve for, honor and offer support to Virginia Tech. Contact Elizabeth Herron, in the English department and Hutchins School for information about follow-up activities.