SJSU Humanities and the Arts Student Success Center

Interested in graduate school but aren’t sure where to start? Love SJSU so much you want to stay here for a few more semesters?!

Check out this workshop to help you better understand how to apply for graduate school at SJSU!

Congratulations to our very own advisor, Tamara Goldie, for accomplishing 20 years of service at San José State University! Wish Tamara a congratulations if y’all see her! 🥳🎉💛💙

Calling all future graduating seniors- if you are planning to graduate Spring/Fall 2023 or Spring of 2024- we want to make sure you are most prepared! Join us on February 16th OR February 22nd 🎓

We want to hear from you- comment on this post to let us know your graduating semester!

Calling all future graduating seniors- if you are planning to graduate Spring/Fall 2023 or Spring of 2024- we want to make sure you are most prepared! Join us on February 16th! 🎓

We want to hear from you- comment on this post to let us know your graduating semester!

Calling all those who have an itch to travel! The deadline for the Summer 2023 Faculty-led program study abroad opportunities is coming up on January 16th! 3 programs are being led by H&A Faculty! ✈️

To learn more go to the following website- bit.ly/Summer-FLP

Your grades do not define who you are! Join this workshop on self-compassion to learn how you can be easy on yourself the rest of the semester and beyond.

We want to hear how YOU have been compassionate towards yourself this semester. Comment on this post to share what you have done this semester for yourself or tips on how others can be compassionate towards themselves! ☺️

Only two more drop ins this semester- if you are thinking about studying abroad join us for these drop in hours!

Can’t make it next week? December 6th will be the next drop in same time, same place. 😎✈️

Comment on this post to let us know if you have traveled abroad and where or if you plan to travel abroad!!

Hey you!! Join us next week for our understanding units workshop. During this workshop we will be going over numerous things- including reminding you how to read MyProgress and search for classes.

Be sure to sign up before the workshop by following the link! 🎉👏

It’s time to begin planning….. your celebration! But first- make sure that you are meeting graduation requirements to ensure you will get your diploma after crossing that stage!

Join us this Wednesday if you are planning to graduate Spring 2023! 🎉

Reminder to check out our Graduation Workshop this Thursday and Friday to make sure you're on track for graduation :) Please scan the QR code to register!

Hey Spartans! Here’s a reminder that summer 2022 registration has started and fall 2022 registration dates have been released! Make sure to check your SJSU portal so you don’t miss these important dates.

Come join us! We’d like to invite our FYE students as well as all H&A students to join us for fun games and get to know you’s. Deadline to register is Monday at 11:59 pm!
We hope to see you there !

Still looking for a class to fill out your Spring 2022 schedule or need some more units for elective credit? Consider checking out these two courses that will be offered by our Art History Department here at SJSU!

Are you interested in pursuing one of the many graduate programs offered here at SJSU? If so the College of Graduate Studies is currently offering Graduate Applicant drop-In advising sessions that are offered both in person and virtually via zoom!

The Career Center is offering a virtual career bootcamp for students who have recently graduated or are about to who are looking for more information and resources on what steps to take next.

There will be a panel of various SJSU alumni and employers for you to listen, talk with and network. This a wonderful opportunity you will not want to miss out on! Checkout for more info.

Reminder that starting today Jan. 11, 2022 if you are a continuing undergraduate student you can now register for up to 19 units for Spring 2022 without a petition!

Our center is hiring for students looking to work starting Spring 2022! Experience in graphic design or animation programs is highly encouraged but not required to apply.

More information regarding the position can be found by scanning the QR Code or visiting the job posting on handshake here: https://sjsu.joinhandshake.com/jobs/5802573

Are you back in San Jose from winter break early and looking for something to do this weekend? If so checkout current gallery exhibit entitled "Beyond the Diaspora" at MACLA here in downtown San Jose!

This exhibition features the work of Afro-Latinx artists and pays tribute to their roots. The exhibition showcases the artwork we actively consume without realizing its connection to African culture. Beyond the Diaspora will look at both visual and performance art and its connection to the African diaspora in Latinx culture. Featuring work from artists: Diamela, Patricia Encarnacion, Vanessa Wallace Gonzales, Thomas Jones, DJ Leydis, Anna Lisa, Breena Nuñez, and Robert Trujillo.

New Kinships Exhibition 12/8-12/19 at Thompson Gallery (Art Building 127)

Community Dialogues and Interdisciplinary Connections presents two distinct, yet interrelated projects: Wish You Were Here, which features multidisciplinary contributions of visual and text based work focused on placemaking, and Community Table, which utilizes printmaking and design to consider food insecurity in San José.

Wish You Were Here began in Fall 2020, emerging out of discussions between the Thompson Gallery and faculty in Art, Design, and English as a way to meaningfully connect themes from the San José Story Map Project through the production of small-scale “correspondence art.” Students from across disciplines were invited to attend a series of workshops that presented techniques that could be utilized to translate personal experiences of living, learning, and working in San José into visual form via a postcard format. Under the mentorship of Design Professor Kohar Scott, students designed, prototyped and helped in the construction of an innovative, sustainable and environmentally conscious display and distribution kiosk which is featured in the Thompson Gallery.

Community Table builds bridges across disciplines and connects students in the art, design, and nutrition departments through curricula, visiting artist lectures, student presentations, and hands-on workshops.

Through Community Table, participating faculty and students have worked to create creative art and design based solutions for more culturally diverse and enjoyable ways to access and utilize available on campus food resources. Students have had the invaluable experience of using art and design as tools of social change as they move forward as arts professionals operating in a civic sphere.

SJSU’s Choraliers and Concert Choir will be presenting their annual “Home for the Holidays” concert on December 11th! ❄️

Join us for a beautiful evening filled with holiday cheer, favorite carols, and songs of inspiration & hope. This is a holiday tradition you will not want to miss! 🔔⛄️

(Link for tickets in bio)

[Composing the Future Exhibition]
From today to 12/18 at Jennifer & Philip DiNapoli Gallery (2nd Floor) of the SJSU Library

"Composing the Future," a NCWCA member exhibition, originally premiered May-June, 2021 at the Bankhead Performing Arts Center in Livermore with 64 artworks. "Composing the Future II" is a curated iteration featuring a selection of these and new works.

This time of transition offers unique opportunities. Artists, traditionally, have been both witnesses and the raw material for envisioning potential futures in turbulent times. In "Composing the Future II," NCWCA artists were challenged to flex their artistic powers in response to the extreme events of the past two years and to project their hopes, dreams, and ideas into the future. Learn more at ncwca.org.

Put in the work 💪 Put in the hours ⏰ And take what's ours 🔥

Get your head in the game as we dive into finals. You got this!

Don't miss out on the concert presented to you by the SJSU Collegium Musicum ensemble tonight. Great choice to destress for finals!

Tickets are sold at the door and online. Proof of vaccination is required.

Our center is closing early for the holidays! We will be closed from 1-5pm today (11/24), and ALL DAY for both Thursday, 11/25 and Friday, 11/26. We will be open again on Monday, 11/29. Have a great break and we hope you get plenty of rest!

Break is just around the corner! Tune in to our latest Podcast episode about the experience of returning home for the holidays 🧳 😴 Link to Podcast in bio under "Music 'N Tea with H&A SSC" :)

Just a few more days until a quick break! Dedicate your energy to envisioning the positive things in life :)

Don't miss out the Fall Choral Concert presented by the Glee Club, Treble Choir, and student a capella groups.

Get your tickets here: http://ow.ly/ZAij50GPuu9

Come join the concert presented by the SJSU percussion ensemble tonight at 7pm. Get your tickets now and don't forget to bring a proof of vaccination!

Link to get tickets: http://ow.ly/ewpg50GPult

Co-editors David Malinowski (Linguistics & Language Development, SJSU) and Stefania Tufi (University of Liverpool) are joined by distinguished researchers Jannis Androutsopoulos (Hamburg University, Germany), Joseph Sung-Yul Park (National University of Singapore) and Amiena Peck (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), to discuss the volume Reterritorializing Linguistic Landscapes: Questioning Boundaries and Opening Spaces.

With 19 chapters that take up topics such as representations of Israel and Palestine in South African universities, semiotics of civil disobedience in Hong Kong protests, graffiti as historical record of social struggles in Italian cities, and the importance of texts in "schoolscapes" for children's identity and growth, the volume is of particular relevance to the College of Humanities and the Arts' Borderlands programming theme (http://ow.ly/G8xw50GPuqR).