Interesting and Innovative Places in A&H

Film @ Sonoma

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You can watch  a variety of films on the big screen across various campus venues all weekend long offered FREE through Sonoma Film Institute and "Scene It" Films

SYRCE

Second Year Research and Creative Experience —SYRCE — is a constellation of courses designed for second-year students to fulfill the requirements of general education in area C2, "Literature, Philosophy & Values."  This one-semester course offers students a multi-disciplinary approach to a common topic based upon the idea of the time machine, set to a different decade in the past for each academic year. The experience culminates at the end of the semester in a symposium held in the Green Music Center, where students showcase their accomplishments.

University Art Gallery

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The Art Gallery presents exhibitions and public programs on modern and contemporary artists of regional, national and international significance. Visitors to the gallery can view stimulating and challenging works of art from significant private and public collections as well as new art.

The Art Gallery also presents exhibitions featuring the works of faculty and students.

Center for Ethics, Law and Society

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SSU's Center for Ethics, Law, and Society facilitates cutting-edge thinking about ethics, justice and law. Among its initiatives, CELS brings to campus leading scholars, practitioners, activists and others who are working to tackle challenging and pressing questions facing society today. In addition to supporting the pre-law and applied ethics concentration within the Philosophy major, the center also acts as a platform for student learning and faculty research across the SSU community. 

Green Music Center

Green Music Center

The Green Music Center is as much about learning as it is about performance. Since Fall 2008, the Music Education Building has housed music department faculty and students in addition to providing practice rooms for musicians of all levels. Adjacent to the Music Education Building stands the centerpiece of the Green Music Center, the 1,400 seat Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall similar to Vienna's Musikverein in both form and impeccable acoustics. Nearby Schroeder Hall featuring a 1,248-pipe organ hosts intimate recitals for 240 under a lofty ceiling.

KSUN Radio

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KSUN is Sonoma State’s student-run online radio station, which is part of the Department of Communications. Students enroll in COMS 385 Media Lab: KSUN for 4 units. Each student is assigned to do a two-hour radio show each week. They can do it solo or partner up for a team show. Students are also required to join a department each semester, and obtain at least one advertiser for their show.

Sonoma State Star

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The Sonoma State Star is SSU's award winning student newspaper. Published weekly in print and online covering news of the day, student life, sports, arts, entertainment as well as editorial and opinion pieces to keep you informed of current events on campus, in the community and beyond.

Center for Performing Arts

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The Center for Performing Arts offers valuable and rewarding opportunities for serious, motivated students to develop their artistry in a stimulating and congenial environment at a campus located in a beautiful and culturally rich area. The faculty aim to develop artists and educators who are vitally engaged with each other and the world through the performing arts. The center includes the Department of Music and the Departmentof Theatre Arts and Dance.