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Mel Graves Scholarship Concert has SSU Jazz Faculty on Board
Emerging from a year of regrouping after the loss of Jazz Director Mel Graves, the Sonoma State University Music Department welcomed trombonist and composer Doug Leibinger to head the jazz program.
One of his first tasks was to assemble players for the Mel Graves Scholarship Concert that took place on November 7th, the anniversary of Mel's death and one year after the historic "Movin' On" Tribute to his life and work at SSU. All of SSU's jazz faculty were on board including Bob Afifi (BA, Music, '86), flute; Jim Rothermel, sax; Pete Estabrook, trumpet; Leibinger, trombone; John Simon (BA, Psychology '89), piano; Randy Vincent, guitar; and George Marsh, percussion.
SSU Holocaust Memorial Recipient of an Anne Frank Sapling
The newly created Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove at Sonoma State University is 1 of 11 locations nation wide to be receiving a three-foot tall sapling, grown from the horse chestnut tree that often lifted Anne Frank's spirits as she hid from the Nazis during World War II. The sapling will be planted at the foot of the Erna and Arthur Salm Holocaust & Genocide Memorial Grove at SSU and will have a sign carrying words written by Anne Frank in her diary: "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Four SSU Alumni Honored at Reception
SSU's 2009 Distinguished Alumni were honored at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek in Santa Rosa on October 15. The reception showcased the many accomplishments of honorees Shirlee Zane (MA Counseling, '94); Christopher Fritzsche (BA Music, '89); Adrian Praetzellis (BA Anthropology, '81); and Sheila Mackintosh-Sims (BA Geography, '81). Click here to view the honorees' bios.
SSU Alumni Gather During Homecoming 2009
Close to 100 Sonoma State Alumni attended the SSU Alumni Reception at the University Club during Homecoming 2009. President Armiñana spoke and Dean Silver updated Alums about the new branding campaign for the School of Business and Economics.
1st Annual Summer Happy Hour was Complete Success!
The First Annual SSU Alumni Happy Hour held in San Francisco was a complete success. More than 100 Alumni turned out for the event to catch up and reconnect. A big thank you is owed to the Host Committee including; Nadir Vissanjy, Chris Fadeff, John Rauschkolb III, Nader Sherafat, Sarah Singer, and Kelly Bass.
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