SSU student-employees seek stronger voices through unionizing

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The fight to protect student-employees is on and the road to a Student-Workers Union is breaking stride at Sonoma State. The California State University Employees Union (CSUEU), National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), and The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 are all partnering up to help universities like Sonoma State and its student-employees by giving them more options and tools to protect, voice, and secure their work life.

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Memorial at Wolf Den Plaza reminds students to look before crossing

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Students attending Sonoma State University may remember the tragic news of the passing of 21-year-old Hugo Ramirez in July of 2021. Hugo died after being struck by a car on East Cotati Avenue while crossing the street near the campus. The memorial on the sidewalk of the Wolf Den Plaza remains today as a reminder of this heartbreaking loss to the SSU community and reminds students to always be safe when traveling near busy streets.

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Students call for cheaper textbooks as costs continue to rise

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Later this Fall, Sonoma State University will be moving to a new learning material program called the Seawolf Bundle. This is the university’s version of an “equitable access program”. This program lowers the overall cost of learning material through volume agreements with publishers and provides the same price for learning material even for high-cost majors. Instead of purchasing required learning software, textbooks, and digital materials individually, this program compiles everything into one package.

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Opioid prevention campaign kicks off at Sonoma State

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Trevor Leopold was a freshman at Sonoma State when he died of a fentanyl overdose in 2019. Trevor was battling with addiction, so what he thought was oxycodone, a pain medication, was instead a fentanyl counterfeit. At 18 years old, that unknowing decision cost him his life. He was said to have a very positive outlook on life and was actively working toward a bright future. As fentanyl overdoses are becoming more common, no one is immune to the possibility of counterfeit drugs.

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