​In his final commencement address as Stanislaus State president, Joseph F. Sheley presented the graduating class with a message very consistent with the tone of his four years in the office.

While Kevin Vogt was working on his Master of Business Administration at Stanislaus State, he wasn’t actively looking for his next job.

After all, he already had found success in his near-decade as the CFO at Emanuel Medical Center. Yet he found an intriguing quality not only in his educational experience at Stan State but also among his fellow students.

​The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Ellen N. Junn, Ph.D., as president of California State University, Stanislaus effective July 1. Junn, 58, is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs for California State University, Dominguez Hills. She will serve as the campus’ 11th president following President Joseph F. Sheley who retires on June 30. 

Abraham Alvarado was a quiet kid, the kind nobody really noticed as he was growing up in Atwater.

He was shy, soft-spoken and didn’t stand out. He didn’t draw much attention to himself in school, he wasn’t the star on the soccer team, and he certainly wasn’t well known in the local running community.

Yes, Abraham Alvarado flew under the radar. But not anymore.

Richard H. Wallace, an associate professor of anthropology at Stanislaus State, has been doing research in the Amazon Basin since 1992. So being granted a Fulbright Scholars Award to fund research in Colombia is the natural next step in his work.