Provide training materials/instructions that delineate how the earning capacity model/calculator arrives at the output amount based on each specific entry. Provide, as part of the training materials, canned language that explains the basis of each output and adjustment to outputs that the LCSAs can use in their documentation of the earning capacity.

To maintain the innovative, rural, distance graduate Family Nurse Practitioner Program (FNP) at Sonoma State University (SSU). The Master of Science degree and the Post-Master's degree FNP Program utilizes faculty to help coordinate distance sites and provide experiences in under-served areas in North-Central California and in the Central Valley.

Our research team will develop new methods for quantifying behavioral responses of California sea lions exposed to military sonar. This research fills an important data gap because while California sea lions occur in high numbers in Navy testing and operational areas, controlled exposure experiments have never been conducted with this species.

Historically, SCUBA diving, including scientific diving, has been an exclusive endeavor that has primarily favored white people from privileged socio-economic backgrounds. Despite the ethnic, cultural and societal makeup of California, the proportion of professional SCUBA divers does not reflect our diverse society.

This is a supplement to Dr. Miller Bordisso's direct award from U.S. Department of Energy. California State University, Stanislaus will provide supplemental funds via subaward for the project to support SSU students enrolled in the project as trainees. Dr. Miller Bordisso will serve as their mentor.

In this project Lisa and Dawson will analyze existing laser scans of California bay laurel trees with basal resprouts across two study sites in Northern California to examine their size post-fire and the relationship of size to fire severity. These results will be crucial to help predict the effects of future wildfire on the surface and ladder fuel loads of areas with California bay laurel trees.

The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is an NSF sponsored program designed to broaden participation in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) disciplines and contribute to the national agenda to increase the number of Underrepresented Minorities (URM) receiving baccalaureate degrees, and ultimately Ph.Ds., in STEM disciplines.  The CSU-LSAMP program at SSU provides:

          • Reimbursement for required STEM textbooks and materials

The objective of this proposed effort is to determine the metabolic and immune system costs to chronic stress in the bottlenose dolphin. To this end, metabolic hormones and immune function markers are to be measured in concert with experimental manipulations of circulating cortisol and metabolic rate measurements. Dr. Daniel Crocker will provide the laboratory facilities to be used for most hormone and immune system marker. Dr. Crocker will also oversee the laboratory analyses and participate in data analyses and manuscript preparation.

The California Mathematics Project: North Coast (CMP:NC) is one of 19 sites of a statewide network of University-based professional learning providers.  As a collaboration between SSU's Department of Mathematics and Statistics and School of Education and the Sonoma County Office of Education, CMP:NC has provided extended, multi-year professional learning opportunities to K-12 mathematics teachers from Marin County to the Oregon border since its founding in 1999.

This project is a collaborative initiative focused on strengthening the STEM pipeline in our community by partnering with the Sonoma County Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to engage K-12 students in aerospace education and hands-on activities. By leveraging CAP's Aerospace Education Program, which covers a wide array of aerospace topics, the initiative aims to spark curiosity and enthusiasm for STEM subjects among students. The implementation plan emphasizes the use of project-based learning (PBL) and other active learning techniques to enhance student learning outcomes.