Sac State virtual town hall addresses CARES Act, budget, fall semester
April 27, 2020
Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Steve Perez held a virtual town hall meeting Monday, addressing concerns from faculty regarding the university’s use of funds received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Here...
FAQ: What you need to know about the ethnic studies bill, AB 1460
April 18, 2020
Discussions on AB 1460 have been temporarily halted by the Sacramento State Faculty Senate due to the impact of COVID-19 on campus. The State Hornet put together an FAQ on what students need to know about the bill when deliberations move forward. QUESTION: What is AB 1460? ANSWER: AB 1460 is a ...
Sac State ASI, admin discussing credit/no credit course expansion
Madeleine Beck, deputy copy editor
April 3, 2020
Sacramento State’s Associated Students, Inc. and administration are discussing potential options for expanding credit/no credit courses in light of classes being moved online due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to ASI. Currently only about 12% of courses at Sac State can be taken for credit/no cred...
Sac State and CSU renegotiating contract with ScienceDirect database provider
December 11, 2019
Sacramento State and the California State University system are currently in ongoing negotiations with Elsevier, a scholarly journal publishing company that licenses the ScienceDirect database to the CSU. The CSU’s current contract with Elsevier terminates at the end of the year. The CSU s...
Sac State increases graduation rates by 127%
December 5, 2019
Sacramento State has jumped to No. 13 in graduation rates of the 23 California State Universities, up from No. 22 in 2016. According to the office of University Initiatives and Student Success, the number of graduates increased by 127% from 2016 to this year. Sac State’s four-year graduation rat...
Sac State Athletics continues to struggle with multimillion-dollar deficit
December 4, 2019
As Sacramento State Athletics carried a deficit of $3.3 million for the 2018-19 fiscal year, the University Budget Advisory Committee (UBAC) is pushing for the department to generate more revenue to offset its deficit and become more self-supported. The concern the UBAC addressed in their recommendation was that the deficit had been ongoing every year and that Athletics was using money from the campus operating fund to maintain operations, re...
Black College Expo provides academic resources, application assistance Saturday at Sac State
November 22, 2019
The National College Resources Foundation will be bringing their Black College Expo to Sacramento State on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held in the University Union and is open to Black high school juniors and seniors and community college students from the Sacramento area. A...
Sac State considering textbook program for immediate course material access
November 19, 2019
Sacramento State is considering the implementation of Follett Access, a service that would provide students with textbooks and course materials, primarily via e-books, on the first day of school by adding fees to a student’s account, university officials said. Students would have the ability to opt-out o...
CSU begins search for new chancellor with Sac State open forum
November 12, 2019
The search for the next California State University chancellor started Tuesday with an open forum at Sacramento State as trustees, faculty, students and staff attended the event held at the University Union. Chancellor Timothy P. White announced last month his intent to retire at the end of the s...
Sac State to hold open forum concerning the next CSU chancellor
Jordan Silva-Benham, news editor
November 9, 2019
The California State University’s Office of the Chancellor will host an open forum at Sacramento State on Tuesday in the University Union Ballroom from noon to 2 p.m. to begin its search for the next CSU chancellor. Timothy P. White, who has served as the CSU chancellor since 2012, last month ann...
