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famous historian & Southeast Asia Columnist @jacobinmag who mumbles on @newbooksnetwork sometimes

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Had an amazing time at the @codylinton37 wrestling seminar last weekend! Really appreciated his tips for wrestling drills, clearing collar ties, snap-downs, underhooks, head position, and how to incorporate these into jiu jitsu. Rocking my new gear from @gaidama.usa and @athenafightwear, love seeing so much more women’s options than when I started this sport a decade ago as well as so many more women on the mat! Thanks to all who came out and made this one for the record books. I’ll be heading out to the mountains later today, see you all soon! 💕🤼‍♀️🔥

#wrestlingforbjj #seminar #codylinton #drilltokill #womenonthemat

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History buffs, touch grass with us! 🌿 Our first Summer Mixer is Friday, July 17th at Hop Gardens, 5 PM. All ages, all welcome. Food and drinks available on site. Come hang, unwind, and start the summer right.

#SacState #SacStateHistory #StingersUp #SummerMixer #HornetFamily

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POV: you train Brazilian jiujitsu for 6 years then decide to try wrestling in college

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Who are you wearing? 🎓 We caught up with our faculty before the Spring 2026 Hooding Ceremony. Shoutout to Clerkmans for the drip.

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🌴 Dive into history with The Clio! 🏊‍♀️
Take a break from finals and float on over to PegolARTS for our Pool Party kickoff! We’re celebrating the upcoming issue with all the summer vibes you need.
📅 Wednesday, April 29 🕛 12 to 2 PM 📍 Outdoor Theater
What’s on deck: 🎧 DJ spinning poolside hits 🎁 Free swag (while supplies last) 📸 Polaroid photo ops 📚 Sneak peek at the new Clio articles
Come hang, grab some goodies, and find out what your fellow Sac State historians have been writing about this semester. No swimsuit required, but Hawaiian shirts strongly encouraged. 🌺
See you poolside, Hornets! 🐝
#TheClio #SacState #PegolARTS #SacStateHistory #HistoryDepartment PoolParty StingersUp

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One family. Six centuries. Three forced migrations. A story that refuses to end in tragedy. ✨
Expelled from Spain in the 1400s. Driven out of the Ottoman Empire. Persecuted in Nazi Europe. The Abouaf family’s history reads like a map of displacement, but matriarch Louise Abouaf spent her life turning that inheritance into something else: art, memory, and stories that gave her family dignity instead of just survival. One of her paintings now hangs in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Dr. Nimisha Barton (CSU Long Beach) joins us to talk about how the stories families tell, especially across generations of displacement, can do the work of healing what history broke.
“A Family of Mystics: Mythmaking and Memory Healing in the Sephardic Diaspora”
📅 Monday, April 27
🕟 4:30 to 5:30 PM
📍 Library 65
Free. Open to everyone.
#SacState #SacStateHistory #HornetFamily #StingersUp

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History isn’t just something that happened to other people.
On April 14, the Sac State History Department is setting up in the Outdoor Theater (by the Pho restaurant) from 12 to 2 with an exhibit, a DJ, free swag, and a Polaroid portrait station.
We’re also collecting stories from the Sac State community for Hornet Histories, a student archive that lives inside the exhibit. If you carry a piece of history with you, whether it’s your family’s, your neighborhood’s, or your own, we want to hear it.
Come find us.

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Something’s been in the works all semester, and it’s almost ready.
On April 14 from 12 to 2pm, we’re setting up at the pergola for a pop-up portrait archive and outdoor exhibit experience. Come sit for a Polaroid, respond to a story prompt, and explore histories that were hidden, removed, or overlooked, from right here in Sacramento to places across the world. Free swag and Music! More details drop soon!

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Okay, maybe it IS a laughing matter. 😂
Jerry Kennedy, History Department own, has just been named the 2025–2026 College of Arts & Letters Dean’s Outstanding Student Award recipient. One of ten college-wide finalists. One winner.
Oh, and he’s also been named the College of Arts & Letters Commencement Speaker for May 22. 👀
A 4.0 GPA. Real leadership as the College of Arts & Letters ASI Director. A scholar who has shown up for his department, his peers, and this campus every single time.
Swipe to celebrate someone who has genuinely earned it. ➡️
🎓 Congratulations, Jerry. We are so proud of you.

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Celebrating my one year training anniversary at @garthtaylorjj today! Though this past year has had plenty of ups and downs like any other, this school and community have been pivotal in helping me fall in love with jiu jitsu and martial arts again. I’ve met a ton of new friends, learned many new techniques and refreshed old ones (after a long time off training), hit several new weightlifting PRs, and even won my first ever gold medal at this school! I’m also so happy with the women’s team here, especially @elena_clairee for leading our monthly women’s open mat along with the coaching and mentorship of so many amazing women and men! I brought a few gifts to the school today as a token of my appreciation which are listed on the whiteboard currently as well as on the final slide of this post. They are for everyone, so if you train here, they are yours to enjoy as well. See you on the mats!

#traininganniversary #gtjj #bjjcommunity #womensopenmats #seeyououtthere

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HISTORY WAS MADE AT THE HIVE

Dr. Vann, Sac State history professor and 4th degree black belt, wins the first ever faculty match by kimura

#BattleAtTheHive3 #SacState #grappling #facultymatch

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