Sonoma State University, Save Seawolves Athletics

Sonoma State athletes, coaches prepare to take legal action over plans to cut sports programs
Student-athletes and coaches at Sonoma State University are preparing to take legal action against the university following its announcement that it will eliminate all NCAA Division II sports programs and cut several academic offerings for the upcoming school year.
Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Over Sonoma State’s Athletics Cuts
Save Seawolves Athletics, a group that's protesting the elimination of athletics at Sonoma State University, has filed a formal civil rights complaint over the decision.
Sonoma State group blasts plan to cut athletics department, files federal complaint
A grassroots organization seeking to save Sonoma State University’s athletics department says it has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, calling for an investigation into the university’s decision to cut the entire department.
Sonoma State student-athletes, coaches band together to save athletic programs
Student-athletes and coaches at Sonoma State University are banding together to try to save the school’s athletic programs.
Sonoma State University ends athletic programs, cuts several departments amid $24M deficit
Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that its intercollegiate athletics programs are being discontinued, several academic departments and majors are being eliminated and dozens of faculty members are being laid off to address a budget deficit of nearly $24 million.
Facing Huge Deficit, Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts, Ends Athletics
Facing a $23.9 million deficit, Sonoma State University will enact large budget cuts, including laying off faculty and eliminating its intercollegiate athletics program.
Sonoma State coaches, players plan to file lawsuit in hopes of saving athletics programs
Sonoma State announced that it plans to eliminate its athletics programs, but now players and coaches are planning to file a civil rights lawsuit in hopes of saving the athletics program.
Sonoma State coaches file complaint on behalf of students as school cuts athletics program
A lot of students and staff are feeling blindsided over Sonoma State University's decision to cut the entire athletics program and more amid a $24 million budget deficit. And now, they said they're preparing to fight back.
Sonoma State University coaches file civil rights complaint on behalf of minority athletes to challenge cuts to athletic department
The complaint calls for an investigation into the proposed cuts that have “unfairly targeted a student body that is notably diverse, creating a disparate impact on students from underrepresented communities.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat1d
Sonoma State in crisis: $24 million budget blow follows ‘constant chaos’ of leadership scandals, disasters, enrollment decline
Where some see the academic and athletic cuts as a chance to reorient the troubled university, many others in the SSU ...
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Sonoma State Is Reeling After Huge Cuts. Where Does the School Go From Here?
As the university slashes entire departments and degree programs, officials advise students who are more than 60 units away ...
Soccer star from Stockton shocked after Sonoma State ends athletics
Students and faculty were shocked this week when Sonoma State University abruptly announced it was ending its intercollegiate ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat2d
Sonoma State University’s ‘unprecedented’ $20 million in cuts slashes programs, departments, athletics: Here’s what we know
The faculty layoffs account for 9.4% of all tenure-track faculty and lecturers, according to a university spokesperson.
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Sonoma State Players, Coaches Left Blindsided by Elimination of NCAA Athletics
Major budget cuts announced this week by Sonoma State University included the elimination of its sports programs. Many told ...
Sonoma State alumni, faculty furious over cuts to sports program, degrees due to budget deficit
"I'm furious." There's anger and disbelief over this week's bombshell announcement that Sonoma State University will eliminate all of its athletic programs and some degrees to address a looming budget ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat1d
Padecky: End of sports at Sonoma State not a pretty picture
Sports was never a priority at SSU. Sports never received consideration as a campus asset, as a common place for kids to ...