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Image Creation with Generative AI
Oct 29, 2025 2:00 PM | Cost - Free Email - ai@sfsu.edu This course explores image creation with generative AI. Participants will gain a primer on generative AI tools for image creation, considerations for using generative AI, and best practices for creating effective and accessible images for various use cases. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting appropriate visual styles to generate unique images with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Adobe Firefly. This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program (https://ai.sfsu.edu/start-your-ai-journey).
Master of Public Administration Information Session for Prospective Students
Oct 29, 2025 6:00 PM | Cost - free Email - pace@sfsu.edu Gearing up for a career in public policy, advocacy or program management? Change the world with a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from San Francisco State University! Find out what the MPA degree offers! Join us for an hour via ZOOM and get your questions answered!
Halloween Open House
Oct 30, 2025 11:00 AM | Email - mhernandez1@sfsu.edu Creep on over to the NEW Gator Student Health Center! Join the Gator Health and Well-Being in a building-wide trick-or-treat game to uncover services and resources. Explore three spook-tacular floors filled with wellness activities, snacks and FREE giveaways!
AI Literacy Essentials: Introduction to Generative AI
Oct 30, 2025 2:00 PM | Cost - Free Email - ai@sfsu.edu This course introduces generative AI to those with little or no prior experience engaging with this emerging technology. Participants obtain a foundational understanding of generative AI, its associated opportunities and implications, and basic strategies for composing and iterating prompts. Participants will be expected to engage in hands-on interaction with the Microsoft Copilot chatbot to begin generating practical outputs for personal and professional use cases. This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program (https://ai.sfsu.edu/start-your-ai-journey).
Dia de los Muertos Amaranth Skull Making
Oct 30, 2025 3:30 PM | Cost - Free Email - carolinaprado@sfsu.edu Dia de los Muertos, 10/30 3:30-5:30 p.m., Rosa Parks Room at the Cesar Chavez Student Center Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by creating an amaranth skull for your altar! Tere Almaguer and Nancy Pili, from Poder! SF, will discuss decolonizing our ancestral offerings and connecting to ancestral seeds that nurture our bodies and the land. In this event, our facilitators will open with sharing stories of how we are connected to Amaranth and the role of ofrendas for Dia de los Muertos. You will get to use a mold to make one amaranth skull to eat and one to take home. Participants get their own plate and supplies to take to their desk to decorate and personalize their ofrenda. Co-sponsored by SFSUs Department of Latina/Latino Studies, Queer Latinx Club, and the Queer and Trans Resource Center. For questions, reach out to Dr. Carolina Prado (carolinaprado@sfsu.edu).
Student Org Event
Rehabilitation is a Choice - Exhibit Opening
Oct 23, 2025 9:00 AM | Join the AS Art Gallery in its opening reception of the Project Rebound collaboration exhibit Rehabilitation is a Choice. Located on the terrace floor of the Cesar Chavez Building, and opening on Monday October 20th, the Art Gallery will celebrate the exhibits official celebration October 23rd, coupled with Project Rebounds Mural Celebration. The last day to experience this exhibit will be on October 31st.Hosted by: Associated Students Project Rebound, Associated Students Art GalleryAdditional Information can be found at: https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11800704
Weekly Gardening @SolPatch Garden
Oct 29, 2025 1:00 PM | 🌱 Come garden with us at SolPatch Garden right here on campus! Whether you're a seasoned grower or just curious, join us for a relaxing time in the dirt with good people, good vibes, and good music. Enjoy free snacks, connect with community, and help things grow including yourself. Everyone’s welcome!Hosted by: Associated Students Environmental Resource CenterAdditional Information can be found at: https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11740040
Cancelled: Medlife Vinyl Painting
Oct 29, 2025 3:30 PM | Join MEDLIFE for a Vinyl Painting Social Event! Come relax, get creative, and paint your own vinyl record! All supplies are provided-just bring yourself and a friend. A perfect way to destress, meet new people, and make something aesthetic to take home!Hosted by: Medicine, Education, and Development for Low-income Families EverywhereAdditional Information can be found at: https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11828940
Bookclub
Oct 29, 2025 4:00 PM | SAFE Place is starting our first book club series in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We will be reading 'Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence' by Anita Hill. We want to welcome anyone who is interested in discussing community care, gender-based violence, and social justice to join.Books are available to keep, and snacks will be provided during book club meetings. We hope you can join us! Please complete the interest form to confirm registration for this event: Bookclub Interest FormHosted by: The SAFE PlaceAdditional Information can be found at: https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11740027
Combat Robotics Weekly Meeting
Oct 29, 2025 5:30 PM | Weekly Meetings- Chomp City Combat Team Every Wednesday @5:30PM to 6:30 PM SEC 402 Ready to build and battle? No experience needed, just a passion for building and a drive to win. Brought to you by ASME@SFSU & BitBots Join us Now!Hosted by: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bit-BotsAdditional Information can be found at: https://sfsu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11697863
SF State News
SFSU Class of 2026 Commencement set for May 21 at Oracle Park
Gators return to downtown ballpark for 10th year! Class of 2026, save the date for San Francisco State University’s 125th Commencement, which will be held Thursday, May 21, 2026, at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. This is our 10th year celebrating graduates at the downtown ballpark, and we plan to welcome the more than 30,000 graduates, family members and friends for this unforgettable milestone. “Commencement is the most important day of the year for our university, our graduates and their families,” said SFSU President Lynn Mahoney. “In addition to representing the culmination of years of work, Commencement is our opportunity as a community to celebrate students one more time as they embark on their next adventure." This year’s Commencement ceremony will start at 3 p.m., with doors opening at 1 p.m., a slight time difference from previous years allowing graduates and their loved ones more time to celebrate in the city.
More information about the May 21 ceremony will be shared throughout the year as it becomes available. Keep checking theÂ
SFSU Commencement website
for updates! Follow SFSU on social media and tag your Commencement posts #SFSU2026.
SFSU undergrad research sheds light on zombie bees
An in-class, on-campus student project explores the impact of a parasitic fly on honeybees
SFSU named a national leader in helping students move up in life
The Wall Street Journal recognizes SFSU as one of the top 25 schools in the nation for social mobility
Gilead Innovation Initiative opens doors for SFSU student scientists
The new initiative provides stipends, lab support and opportunities for first-time and emerging researchers
Discover 2025: See what makes life brighter at SFSU on Oct. 18
Prospective students and families can explore campus, meet faculty and students, and learn how SFSU prepares graduates for success
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