Awards

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources study for the Salt Point State Park Bishop Pine Project.  The goals of the project are to improve public safety by removing hazardous trees and reducing wildfire risk in developed areas and escape routes, and improve forest health. The project involves the removal of dead and dying trees and reduction of fuel loads from mature bishop pine stands, management of the 27-year-old stand of bishop pine to encourage health and, implementation of measures designed to encourage reproduction of bishop pine.

The goal of this project is to uncover how human cells regulate their chromosome organization during cell division throughout normal, and disease states. Chromosomes are packaged DNA structures that consist of an individual’s genetic information. During cell division, chromosomes will duplicate, and divide equally among two daughter cells. Abnormalities that occur during cell division in humans can lead to detrimental consequences, and disease.

This award will assist eligible Seawolf Scholars in purchasing their textbooks and required course supplies for the 2020-2021 academic year. As stated by John Burton Advocates for Youth, "The goal of the Burton Book Fund is to promote college success among current and former foster youth by helping offset the high cost of textbooks and by encouraging their engagement and contact with campus support professionals." 

This grant will support a virtual or in-person Green Music Center performance and lecture-demonstration by the string ensemble Invoke in October 2020.

This grant will support a virtual or in-person Green Music Center performance by the band DDAT in November 2020. It will also support the artists leading an educational activity for students in the Santa Rosa City Schools district.

Anthropological Studies Center will assist Placer County Resource Conservation District and CALFIRE with implementation of the Placer County Cooperative Fuel Break Project by conducting archaeological inventory of the project area located near Auburn, California. Pedestrian field survey combined with archival literature review will be carried out to identify sensitive cultural resources so that they may be protected during the project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.

The SEnS Program is the first engineering summer camp at Sonoma State University. This hands-on program teaches students engineering design, innovation, analysis, planning, teamwork, and communication skills. Students will create exciting projects, including Bluetooth enabled robo-car, light tracking system, electronic games, and much more.

The Family Nurse Practitioner Program at SSU offers a Master of Science as well as a Post Masters Certificate Program with a full and part-time option.  The mission of our program is to serve the underserved populations in Northern California.   With the help of grant funding we are able to provide an opportunity for Advance Practice Nurses in rural areas to become nurse practitioners while staying in their community to provide the care to those patients in need.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has funded the Green Music Center to commission Wicked Bodies (Sonoma) by Liz Lerman.  It is an evening-length, dance-theater piece that wonders about the persistence across time and culture of old crones, evil stepmothers, and the use of the body as a source of fear by institutions.  Lerman and her company will create this piece with SSU faculty and students, as well as members of the surrounding communities, and the premiere will take place at Green Music Center.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct investigations and create an interpretive element of a Gold Rush-era mine camp named Jamison City located within Plumas-Eureka State Park, Plumas County. Studies will include archival research and archaeological field survey to document the vestiges of the site. The interpretive component will weave together the findings into a presentation using unspecified media. A brief movie or other digital production to enhance the museum is anticipated to tell the colorful story of the rough and tumble Jamison City.