More than 85 people attended a poetry benefit at the Guild Theater on April 21, 2012 to raise funds for the “Que Llueva Café” scholarship which aims to support the dreams, hopes, and aspirations of college bound undocumented students so they can earn their college degree and allow their hard work and sacrifice to persevere. Thirty scholars were chosen holistically by a panel of community volunteers through CORE, Chicano Organizing and Research in Education earlier this month. Every year, the group aims to raise $15,000 to help undocumented scholars working towards higher education.  Recipients live everywhere in the United States, not just in California. “When we first put this scholarsh

Did you ever want to be in the circus, swinging around on ropes and juggling? The UC Davis Mondavi Center is hosting three free workshops Feb. 5 where families are invited to learn some basic circus skills. “They’ll learn to climb a rope, hang from a rope and do aerial work,” said 32-year-old master’s student Kevin O’Connor, who is one of two artists who will teach the workshops. “There will be juggling, too.” O’Connor is using the workshop as a way to explore how the Mondavi Center can be used to bring people in for creative energy that can then be returned to the outside community, a part of his master’s coursework. Other skills taught in the workshop will include making human pyramid

Disappointment and frustration were the only feelings that came to mind when registering for classes this year. December 1, the first day I could begin enrolling, remained the chaotic race and hunt for available classes it has been every year. As fourth-year students, we generally (and understandably) have high expectations that we can get into the classes we need to graduate. In prior semesters, those classes seemed to fill up days before we ever had the chance to enroll. This semester, we won’t even have the “opportunity” to be waitlisted for many of these classes – as they are not being offered this semester (and likely the next.) I realize Sacramento State University is not the on

William Jessup University today announced that Bill Coyne has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Sacramento area’s only residential four year private university. Mr. Coyne has been a fixture in the Sacramento region for many years. He served for eight years as President and CEO of Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, overseeing the privately held chain of supermarkets operating in California and Nevada that employs approximately 13,000 workers and has revenues in excess of $3.2 billion. Mr. Coyne joined Raley’s in 1997 and held positions as General Counsel/Corporate Secretary, Executive Vice President/Business Development and Chief Operating Officer before his appointment as Presid

The first commencement ceremony ever held outside of Philadelphia in Drexel University’s 120-year history will take place Saturday, June 25 when approximately 100 students become the first Sacramento graduates to experience commencement day. Drexel’s Center for Graduate Studies commencement will be held at the Crocker Art Museum and include students who enrolled in Drexel master’s degree programs in January and September 2009. Drexel has enrolled 424 students in its doctoral and master’s programs since opening its Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento in January 2009. Michael Kieschnick, co-founder, president and chief executive officer of CREDO/Working Assets, will deliver the keyno

Rainy weather wasn’t going to stop the thousands of students who marched to the Capitol to fight for higher education Monday morning. California’s budget crisis has students from the UC, CSU, and Community Colleges concerned about their future. Governor Brown’s proposed budget increases community college tuition by 38.5% and cuts $400 million from the California Community College (CCC) system. This proposed budget is one of the reasons the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC), an organization run completely by elected student members, puts this annual ‘March in March’ event on. “It’s a fundamental right that every Californian should have access to an affordable and

The rain didn't stop an estimated 13,000 college students and faculty from marching on the State Capitol Monday to demand legislators work out their differences and put tax extensions on the ballot, which educators have said would make next year's cuts more bearable. Students were bused from all over the state to the Towe Auto Museum, where the march officially began. Called the “March in March,” Monday's protest was the fourth year in a row that the same group came out to the Capitol in such large numbers. As it stands now, Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 assesses a $1.4 billion cut to higher education, including $500 million to University of California schools a

Assembly Bill 656, authored by Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, was suspended after a second hearing at the Assembly Committee of Revenue and Taxation on Monday.  AB 656, proposing an oil and gas severance tax with revenue going to California's higher education system, was introduced last February and went through the first hearing in May, but the hearing was canceled by Torrico.  During the second hearing, Chairman Charles Calderon and the Revenue and Taxation Committee said they believed the bill needed further discussion and a possible decrease of the 12.5 percent tax rate originally proposed to a more reasonable 6 to 7 percent.  "The real truth here is the bill is going nowhere--it's no