Past Events

Rita Gallardo Good , current Senior Associate Vice President at Sac State, discusses strategies to become competitive when applying for local, state, and federal jobs, and ways to begin the process of looking for government jobs.

Laura Zaragoza , Manager at the California Department of Social Services - Immigrant Integration Branch in California, shares her experience working for the state and how she is using her sociology degree on her job at the state. View Laura's Notes Here.

Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Shigihara discussed the process of considering and applying for a graduate program, in general and in Sociology at Sac State. View Dr. Gonzalez' Powerpoint presentation here.

Sac State Sociology Alumni discussed their current jobs, career paths, and how they are using their sociology degree in their current positions.

March 6th, 2024 Networking Event with Alumi

May 8th, 2024 Celebrating Community Building- Check out the Photobooth photos as well:https://boothpics.com/EVIX

October 2nd, 2024 Webinar with Dr. Denise N. Cook, on the process of applying for federal jobs.

Dr. Rebecca Romo, Associate Professor of sociology at Santa Monica College, earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California Santa Barbara, and is an alumna of California State University Sacramento where she earned a B.A. in sociology. She discussed her educational path, and her recently co-authored a book titled, “Between Black and Brown: Blaxicans and Multiraciality in Comparative Historical Perspective.”

Alumni Yesenia Sandoval Lopez, Charmaine Adams, and Kim Heard—as part of the Sociology Alumni Network-- provide workshop on how to apply for state jobs. You can see their PTT here and State of California Commonly Used Terms here.