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Visiting Artist Lecture Series

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art
Location: Art 102

Artist Taro Hattori is an interdisciplinary artist who has shown his installations and socially engaged projects nationally and internationally. His recent work often creates relationships between physical sculpture and space with people with a specific socio-political background through their performances, conversations and singing. He has been a recent recipient of a grant from Creative Work Fund, Phyllis C Wattis Foundation, California Arts Council, Art Matters Foundation NY, Zellerbach Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation and others. He has been awarded a residency fellowship from MacDowell, Headlands Center for the Arts, Montalvo Arts Center, Djerassi Resident Artist Program, The de Young Museum, Kuandu Art Museum in Taiwan and others. He is currently teaching at California College of the Arts as the chair of Sculpture and Individualized Programs. 

Contact mctaggle@sonoma.edu for more information.
 

Visiting Artist Lecture Series

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Skeleton hand holding butterfly
Location: Art 102

Najee Tobin is a photographic artist who was born and raised in Vallejo, CA. who currently resides in Oakland, CA. His practice utilizes portraiture, still life Tableaus, and set design to create from an empathetic and imaginative lens. Using inspiration from Irving Penn, Bruce Davidson, Keith Carter, Awol Erizku, Dawoud Bey, and Eric Heart Jr, his work centers around the human condition and the nuances that accompany it. He hopes to open his viewers to honest and thoughtful conversations around what it means to exist. 

Contact mctaggle@sonoma.edu for more information

Sewing Lab: Placing a Zipper

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Students sitting at a craft table
Location: SSU Library Makerspace

Whether you're a beginner, an experienced sewist, or someone just in need of a refresher, join us in the Makerspace Textiles Lab for this back-to-basics workshop on how to add a zipper to an item, making a simple-but-useful earbud pouch. The library provides fabric, zippers, sewing machines, thread, and other supplies.
 

Associated Students: Day of Service Rohnert Park Animal Shelter

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Flyer for event
Location: Meet at SSU Flagpoles

Register Now

Volunteer at Rohnert Park Animal Shelter! Volunteers can expect to help clean the living quarters for the animals. This also involves other activities such as gardening, weed pulling, and dispersing wood chips outside. Volunteers will also be able to interact with the animals To participate, you must register online by 12:00pm on Thursday, March 12th (spots are limited). 

For any questions or accommodations, please contact aspevent16@sonoma.edu
 

Pan y Café

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Pink Conchas
Location: University Library First Floor

Come to the Library for Pan y Café! Enjoy pan dulce (sweet bread), hot drinks, and conversation with campus faculty, staff, and students in a casual, comfortable setting!
 

Spotlight on Scholarship: Investigating the Neural Foundations of Core Processes in Working Memory

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Students in a Lecture
Location: Schulz 3001

Spotlight on Scholarship is a campus-wide lecture series for faculty members to present their research, scholarly or creative activities to a wide audience. This is designed to elevate the work that faculty are doing at Sonoma State, foster collaboration and engage students. On March 9, hear Dr. Evan Lintz discuss the network of brain regions that serve as the foundation for our working memory. 

Associated Students: Elections Info Session

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student meetings
Location: Erin Fisher Room, AS Office (Student Center 2nd Floor)

Be the voice of the SSU Student Body! Are you Interested in running for an AS Executive officer or Senator position for the 2026-2027 term? Learn more about the AS Elections application and campaign process at this info session. 

For any questions, please contact dickson@sonoma.edu.

Spotlight on Scholarship: Teacher Residency Programs to Diversify the Workforce

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Professor lecturing
Location: Schulz 3001

Spotlight on Scholarship is a campus-wide lecture series for faculty members to present their research, scholarly or creative activities to a wide audience. This is designed to elevate the work that faculty are doing at Sonoma State, foster collaboration and engage students. On February 25, hear Dr. Rhianna Henry Casesa discuss how teacher residency programs enhance diversity in the teaching profession. 

Sewing Lab: Easy Seams Workshop

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Lucy
Location: SSU Library Makerspace

Whether you're a beginner, an experienced sewist, or someone just in need of a refresher, join us in the Makerspace Textiles Lab for this back-to-basics workshop on creating seams and leave with your own drawstring eyeglasses pouch. The library provides fabric, sewing machines, thread, and basic supplies.