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  1. A student dressed in regalia gets hooded by a dean as another students watched proudly

    A dozen students chosen to represent SFSU colleges at Commencement

    The student hood recipients will represent their academic colleges at the University’s 125th graduation ceremony May 21

    University NewsStudent News
  2. The Garden of Remembrance by Burk Hall and the Cesar Chavez Student Center on a sunny day

    SFSU to honor Japanese American students who faced discrimination in World War II

    Ceremony on Feb. 19 will take place in Ruth Asawa Garden of Remembrance on campus 

    University NewsPress Release
  3. A woman smiling with green foliage in the background.

    SFSU names Cassie Miura the Takahashi Distinguished Chair in Nikkei Studies

    Miura will focus on advancing awareness, understanding and appreciation of Japanese American experiences

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  4. Willie Brown (second from left) stands with three other students on the then-new SF State campus by Lake Merced in the 1950s. Courtesy of the University Archives/J. Paul Leonard Library.

    ‘A magical experience’: SFSU alumni share their greatest Gator memories

    For 125 years, a ‘harmonic convergence’ at SF State has brought together students of many backgrounds for education, justice and social mobility 

    University NewsAlumni News
  5. Three handwritten postcards in German by Benno Neuburger, as shown on the cover of “Postcards to Hitler.”

    SFSU alum writes book about his grandfather’s resistance against Nazism

    ‘Postcards to Hitler’ author Bruce Neuburger is inspired by his brave, defiant grandfather  

    University NewsAlumni NewsSuccess Story
  6. President Lynn Mahoney speaks behind a lectern decorated in purple with the text San Francisco State University in front of a black background and next to a wooden gavel

    SF State marks new year at Opening Convocation

    At annual welcome event for faculty and staff, President Mahoney discusses protests, new buildings on campus 

    University NewsFaculty and Staff News
  7. Wesley Johnson, a woman and blues musician T-Bone Walker pose for a picture while standing inside the Texas Playhouse nightclub

    SF State graduate founded America’s longest-running Juneteenth celebration

    Wesley Johnson was a 1930s student activist before becoming a seminal entrepreneur in San Francisco’s Fillmore District

    University NewsAlumni News
  8. SF State graduate walking through Oracle Park

    Commencement honorees encourage graduates to champion ‘a world of fairness and compassion’

    Civil rights attorney Walter Riley, actor and activist Benjamin Bratt and DePauw University President Lori S. White all emphasized service and leadership at the May 24 ceremony

    University NewsAlumni NewsSuccess Story
  9. Three people at a table smiling. The person in the middle is holding a pen to paper on the table.

    SFSU establishes Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nikkei Studies with landmark gift

    Historic $4.2M donation from the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation will advance awareness, understanding and appreciation of Japanese American experiences

    University NewsGiving