Joyce Lopes News Today

At Sonoma State, a president faces calls to resign over her response to allegations against her husband. The story is even stranger than it seems.

CSU paid $600,000 to settle a former Sonoma State provost's legal claim that she suffered retaliation after reporting sexually harassment by the university president's husband.

April 13, 2021 Joyce Lopes, Vice President for Administration and Finance, will be leaving Sonoma State to be Western Washington University’s next Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs, effective July 2021. During her tenure at Sonoma State, VP Lopes has overseen a host of vital services on campus, including human resources, budgeting, finance and accounting, student financial services, Title IX, athletics, and entrepreneurial services. She had only been at SSU for three months wh...