Awards

The marine sciences is a field that falls behind other fields of science in promoting a diverse workforce. California Sea Grant is addressing this issue by providing support for undergraduate research at Minority and Hispanic Serving Institutions who recently received a Kelp Recovery Research Award, which includes Sonoma State University. Each institution who falls under this criteria are eligible to receive this one-time award, providing a unique opportunity to provide hands-on training to minority students in kelp forest research. Dr.

This project seeks to expand upon the research conducted by the Bentley Lab at Sonoma State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Science Lab by integrating terrestrial laser scanning data with a physics-based model framework to estimate fire effects on biomass, forest structure, and tree mortality in a wildfire affected oak-woodland and managed conifer forest in California.

This project will quantify forest structure changes in post-fire (Sonoma County) and managed stands (Mendocino County) via LiDAR voxel metrics. Data will be collected using a LiDAR handheld mobile laser scanner, and validated using limited destructive sampling. This study will add to the relatively new and growing body of work on LiDAR remote sensing to measure forest structure as a component of forest health.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist Worthington Miller in replacing exclusion fencing at Empire Mine State Historic Park. Ruins of abandoned, 19th century gold mines are in the vicinity of the project and the ASC will help ensure they are not impacted during the project.

Working in collaboration with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, SSU's Native American Studies Program has designed a pilot program addressing food sovereignty, cultural practices and land management at FIGR's Learning Center located on a 450-acre preserve. Programming has been drastically impacted by COVID-19. The grant funding will be used to develop curriculum; host a workshop informed by FIGR experts and virtual lectures by Native experts; and fund transportation to FIGRLC.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct archaeological monitoring for the 630-800 Cesar Chavez Street Project in San Francisco, CA and, as a prerequisite for monitoring, will work closely with San Francisco Planning Department, including both the archaeological review team and the Environmental Review Officer to develop an appropriate Archaeological Monitoring Program.

This Chancellor's Office funding is to support the implementation of SB24 at the Student Health Center starting January 2023. The funds from this award are provided to assist in the establishment of the necessary infrastructure within CSU Student Health Centers to provide for the implementation of medication abortion as an ongoing service offered to students within the Student Health Centers.

The Arts Impact Grant for Organizations (AIGO) funding will support the Green Music Center as it celebrates its 10^th anniversary in 2022, presenting a diverse array of the most compelling artists of our time who will engage audiences on and off our stages. Using our platform to work toward cultural equity, programming will contribute to the well being of our communities and will help build empathy in our multicultural world.

PI will participate in Network Improvement Community (NIC), a community of thought partners, comprised of Chief Business Officers, and their institutional teams, who agree to work towards the development of new strategic financial planning models that can be leveraged or used by almost all higher education institutions. The NIC exists to:

Research into first-year writing equity gaps lacks attention to student and advisor perspectives. This project seeks to address this gap by surveying and interviewing Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) students and advisors from the Student Disability Services office at Sonoma State University, a mid-sized, regional, Hispanic-serving institution in northern California.