Final HEERF grant distribution, removal of Spin bikes and more: STATE HORNET PODCAST

Laura De la Garza Garcia and Tony Rodriguez
March 5, 2022

News staffer Laura de la Garza Garcia and news editor Tony Rodriguez host this week’s edition of The State Hornet Podcast to give you the major headlines from this week.

Major headlines for this week include the distribution of the fourth and final HEERF grant, the withdrawal of Spin scooters from Sacramento State and Sacramento as a whole, the introduction of a new community service program and a look at the new Pride Society student club.

Music: Acid Jazz by Kevin Macleod

Show Notes:

Sacramento State included in College Corps $10,000 pilot program for students

CHA-CHING: Final HEERF grant to be distributed to Sac State students

New LGBTQ+ student organization offers a safe and inclusive space for everyone

Spin scooters make a quick and quiet exit from Sac State

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About the Writers

Laura De la Garza Garcia, spanish editor

Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico native Laura De la Garza Garcia is the spanish editor for The State Hornet. She is a fourth-year student double majoring in Nutrition and Food, and Journalism. She joined The State Hornet in spring 2022 as a general rotational staffer reporting on news, arts and entertainment and sports. De la Garza Garcia has worked with KCRA 3’s Estrella TV, wrote a few columns for ‘El Heraldo’ city newspaper in Saltillo Mexico and established a National Association of Hispanic Journalists student chapter in Sacramento. Currently, she interns for the Sacramento Bee and hopes to graduate in Spring 2023.

Tony Rodriguez, editor-in-chief

(he/him)

Tony Rodriguez is a fourth-year journalism major in his second semester as editor-in-chief of The State Hornet. Rodriguez has spent four semesters with the publication and has served in editorial positions with The State Hornet and on his community college publication, The Express. He hopes to continue his education after graduating from Sacramento State and pursue a Master of Arts in Journalism. Rodriguez hopes to work in media production or as a reporter focused on arts and culture.