a unit closed by SSU in 2007. The two top CIHS administrators were dismissed at that time.
A new social center for the university gained approval in April 2011. Students voted to raise their fees by $150 a semester to cover the cost of the $65 million facility.
In early 2025, after several years of declining enrollment and increasing costs, the university's leaders announced that the university was facing a $24 million deficit. To address the deficit, they announced plans to eliminate numerous positions on campus and let go of employees, including 46 tenured and adjunct faculty members. They also plan to eliminate about two dozen academic programs and six academic departments.
=== Presidents ===
The Office of the President began with the university's founding in 1960 when Ambrose R. Nichols Jr. became the founding president of the university. As of 2024 there had been eight presidents of Sonoma State University.
In May 2023, the California State University Board of Trustees appointed Ming-Tung "Mike" Lee as …
