2022

Lily Hopkins builds safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ students, mentoring at SDSU's Pride Center. From high school club founder to grad assistant, Hopkins offers support, normalcy post-COVID, and combats anxieties, inspiring future mentors.

Julianna Barnes (’91, ’10), an alumna of San Diego State University’s Community-Based Block and Ed.D. in Community College Leadership (CCLEAD) programs, has been selected as chancellor of the South Orange County Community College District.

A two-time graduate of San Diego State University will now lead San Diego’s largest community college. Ashanti Hands (’94, ’14), an alumna of the Community-Based Block (CBB) master’s program and Ed.D. in Community College Leadership (CCLEAD) has been appointed president of San Diego Mesa College. 

San Diego State University alumni Amy Illingworth ('15) and Cynthia Larkin (’13) were honored as “beacons in the education community” at the San Diego County Office of Education's (SDCOE) annual Lighthouse Awards.

Director of leadership minor honored by A.S., Transfer Student Success and School of Communication.

Collective gift offers financial support to doctoral students studying disability in the CCLEAD program.

Education alumna Adeline Williams supports School of Teacher Education graduate students.

ARPE associate professor is honored by the NCRE, the rehab counseling field’s top professional organization.

Sean Hauze discusses the launch of SDSU's Virtual Immersive Teaching and Learning Research Center.

Professor and former Joint Ph.D. Program director Rafaela Santa Cruz endows a scholarship to support doctoral students.