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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.
Sac State President Robert Nelsen announced his retirement Wednesday morning. His retirement will begin July 1, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Sac State. Graphic made on Canva by Chris Woodard)

BREAKING: Sac State President Robert Nelsen announced July retirement

Chris Woodard November 2, 2022
Sacramento State President Robert S. Nelsen announces his retirement after seven years as the head of the university.
(From left to right) President Robert Nelsen; ASI President Melissa Bardo; Sam Alavi, director of Student Advocacy and Student Representation at UC Davis; Assemblymember Kevin McCarty; former Senator Darrell Steinberg; and Belinda Lum, assistant professor of sociology at Sacramento City College, get together to announce a new bill to increase funding for mental health services in The WELL at Sacramento State, Thursday, Feb. 25.

Mental health services bill aims to double funding

Jonathan Ayestas February 25, 2016

Legislation for competitive grants to improve mental health services for the California State University, University of California and California Community College systems was introduced on Thursday...

President Robert Nelson raises his pinky as he calls out stingers up during his first Fall Address in the University Union ballroom on Thursday, August 27, 2015.

President Nelsen gives first fall address

Christine Kittle August 27, 2015

Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen gave his first fall address to students, staff and faculty on Thursday in the University Union Ballroom. Nelsen emphasized his pride for being a part of...

Sacramento holds press conference for Anthony Sadler

Christine Kittle August 26, 2015

Hometown hero Anthony Sadler has returned to Sacramento. A press conference was held Wednesday afternoon in the Sacramento City Hall Plaza for Sadler, a Sacramento State student, who helped stop...

Sac State honors servicemen with digital billboard

Kellie McCown August 24, 2015

Sacramento State honors the three servicemen who received the legion d'honneur for stopping a terrorist attack in France with a digital billboard that can be seen from Highway 50, calling the men heroes.The...

Raises for staff at Sacramento State will take longer than originally planned

Zack Jordan August 7, 2015

After Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen offered staff a pay raise from receiving salary inversion during the recession, he announced the budget would not allow for them to get the full amount...

Robert Nelsen speaks to campus for the first time as new president

Christine Kittle July 1, 2015

New President Robert Nelsen of Sacramento State had his first press conference to introduce himself to students and the community. In the press conference Nelsen said his reasons for coming to Sac...

President Gonzalez to finish his 12 years of service at end of May

Jonathan Ayestas May 16, 2015

After serving as president of Sacramento State for 12 years, Alexander Gonzalez is leaving behind a largely-altered campus still continuing to change. In his first year as president in 2003, Gonzalez...

California State University announces new president for Sac State

Jonathan Ayestas March 25, 2015

The California State University Board of Trustees announced Robert Nelsen as Sacramento State's new campus president. Nelsen was formerly president of the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg,...

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