College News and Stories

The future of learning is in the hands of adults. 

EAB, formerly known as the Education Advisory Board, analyzed 2024 trends and used them to project what 2025 could look like for graduate and online education. According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse, in the fall of 2024, growth in nontraditional undergraduate students (21+ years of age) saw the largest spike in students between the ages of 25-29.

“Many times in life, we get so caught up in the juggle of work and life that we forget to invest in ourselves,” says Dr. Markisha Webster. In addition to serving as a faculty member in the Master of Arts in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Workforce Development Leadership (WDL) program offered by Sac State’s College of Continuing Education (CCE), Dr. Webster is the Director of DEIB, Learning, and Sustainable Communities at SMUD.

In partnership with Sac State since 2014, AKAD University recently concluded their three-week on-campus visit. During that time, exchange students from all disciplines attended two seminars, Intercultural Competence and Global Leadership and Project Management. The program offers AKAD students the opportunity to make a shift from their usual distance learning to having an international experience, which includes learning about Sacramento and our local culture. 

“What inspires me the most about public health is how interconnected the field is,” says Alexa Louise Rabino Yu, graduate of Sac State’s College of Continuing Education’s Master of Public Health program. “Because health is influenced by various factors, an improvement in one area has the potential to create ‘ripple effect’ improvements in communities. Seeing this change is exciting and inspires me to do more work in improving health outcomes.”

“For decades, it has been difficult for high school and college students to enroll in modern Greek language classes. Typically, they exist in specialized charter schools or in a small number of universities across the country,” says Dr. Katerina Lagos, Professor of History and Director of the Angelo K. Tsakopoulos Hellenic Studies Center. 

A new program at Sacramento State soon will begin training workers in the essential skills necessary to power the region’s robust nonprofit industry.

The Nonprofit Administration Certificate program, offered through the College of Continuing Education (CCE), launches this fall, filling a critical need for a fast-growing field.

Sacramento State’s popular Summer Youth Academies will soon get underway, bringing hundreds of local seventh- through 12th graders to the University for fun and hands-on career exploration, as well as a chance to experience life on a college campus.

The weeklong academies begin June 24 and run through Aug. 2 and include classes in popular and growing career fields such as fashion, criminal justice, artificial intelligence and education.