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The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

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Jonathan Luke Wood will be taking over as the president of Sacramento State on July 16, according to a CSU press release Wednesday, May 24, 2023. A Sac State alumnus, Wood returns after working with San Diego State University since 2011. (Photo courtesy of CSU, CalstateTEACH)

Sac State alumnus Jonathan Luke Wood returns to Hornet’s nest as new president

Jacob Peterson May 24, 2023
Wood is coming to Sacramento State after working at San Diego State University since 2011.
Jonathan Luke Wood will take over as Sacramento State President on June 16, according to an email from the Office of the Chancellor, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Wood is a Sac State alumnus, having earned his bachelors in Black history and politics. Photo of Wood courtesy of the CSU. Graphic created in Canva.

Board of Trustees appoints Jonathan Luke Wood as new Sac State President

Jacob Peterson May 24, 2023
The CSU Board of Trustees has selected the replacement for Robert Nelsen.

Exit interview with President Robert Nelsen, reflects on legacy at Sac State

Tony Rodriguez May 19, 2023
Editor-in-Chief Tony Rodriguez sits with President Robert Nelsen to recount his experience at the university one last time before departing.

Recursos para estudiantes indocumentados, noticias de inmigración y más: EL AVISPÓN DEL ESTADO BROADCAST (5/8/23)

Itzel Espinoza and Alexis Pedroza May 8, 2023
El Avispón del Estado presenta el segundo broadcast del semestre primavera 2023 con información sobre lo más reciente en inmigración,el Centro de Recursos para los Dreamers y más.

Búsqueda de el nuevo presidente en Sac State, centros para Latinos e Hispanos: EL AVISPÓN DEL ESTADO BROADCAST

February 22, 2023
La sección de español para El Avispon del Estado les presenta el primer broadcast del semestre primavera 2023 que cubre noticias de Sac State y la comunidad Latina e Hispana.
Jenn Galinto, a third-year political science and journalism major, speaking at the new president open forum in the University Union Ballroom Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. The Advisory Committee for the Selection for the New University President will be selecting a president this semester before Robert Nelsen’s retirement in July.

Sac State students want university president who understands their struggles

Tierra Tilby February 3, 2023
Sac State held an open forum Friday to gather insight on who students want as their next university president.
Derrold Barry, a first-year educational leadership and policy studies graduate student, and fifth-year criminal justice major Rashad Azim stand in front of the Project Rebound office located in Lassen Hall Thursday, Dec. 12, 2022. The program assists students previously affected by the criminal justice system.

Dismantling roadblocks: program provides second chance for previously incarcerated students

Justine Chahal, news staffer December 19, 2022
Sac State’s Project Rebound program helps formerly incarcerated students not only financially and academically, but provides a community for them as well.
Alexis Jimenez, an anthropology student, addressing the panel of administrators regarding the recent sexual assaults on and near campus in the Redwood Room of the University Union on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The State Hornet calls on the administration and the Sac State Police Department to increase transparency with the campus community and provide concrete plans for the solutions proposed. Graphic created in Canva by Mercy Sosa. Photo by Alyssa Branum.

EDITORIAL: How are you keeping your campus community safe, Sac State? Your students would like to know

The State Hornet Editorial Board December 14, 2022
With various sexual assaults impacting students this fall, The State Hornet editorial board urges Sacramento State to increase transparency between administration and students.
(L-R)Philosophy Lecturer and CFA Membership and Organizing Co-Chair Jonathan Chen, Assistant Art Professor Mya Dosch and Sacramento City College student Pascal Dao running a CFA awareness booth outside the Sacramento State Library Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The booth was meant to spread awareness on recent salary increases for the highest earners in the CSU system.

Sac State faculty, California Faculty Association members on compensation inequality

Stacy Hanson and Johnathan Rutz November 18, 2022

Covered in snacks and handmade posters, tables are arranged in the Sacramento State Library forum to entice students to stop by. Dressed in bright red California Faculty Association T-shirts and massive...

Alexis Jimenez, an anthropology student, addressing the panel of administrators regarding the recent sexual assaults on and near campus in the Redwood Room of the University Union on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Jimenez voiced her criticisms about how the sexual assaults have been handled during a community forum organized by student leaders.

‘It is really starting to feel like no one is safe here’: Sac State students demand action at town hall

Student leadership hosts forum in the University Union to discuss recent sexual assaults on and around campus.
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