Welcome back faculty and staff! SpartanMessenger is back on a weekly publication schedule for the academic year, except for holiday breaks. Thank you for reading and may you enjoy this new year!

Register to attend the 2026 Staff Council Ice Cream Social on Thu., Aug. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tower Lawn South! All stateside and auxiliary staff including MPPs are invited! Join us for an afternoon of ice cream, conversation, and community!

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This event is now at capacity. If you are unable to attend, kindly find your confirmation email and cancel your registration to allow other faculty or staff on the waitlist to attend. The President thanks you for your enthusiasm and looks forward to gathering for community and celebration.

Ongoing work by the City of San José related to its Better Bikeways II street safety project on downtown streets will impact students and employee North Garage (65 N 10th St.) access at the start of the semester, plan ahead. Park at South Campus and take the free, frequent shuttle. South Campus permits for students and employees are now half the cost of Main Campus parking.

Be the first warm welcome to our new housing residents by volunteering when you can between Aug. 15 to 16. Earn some volunteer hours, meet new people, and experience the joy of welcoming families and their students from around the country and world!

The start of the semester doesn’t have to start with parking woes. Enjoy our new transportation options from the VTA SmartPass for employees, discounted (by half!) permits for South Garage and enhancements to shuttle frequency and live location tracking in the Spartan Safe app.

What you can expect to start off this new academic year on campus.

Everyone can now use the new system for Travel Requests, Employee Expense Reports, and ProCard Reconciliations.

Our new, unified division centers service of our employees and strives towards institutional excellence. People and Culture also handles matters related to Title IX.

More variety, greater value, and exciting new dining options are coming to campus, provided by Spartan Eats.

Undergraduate Advising and Success advising has moved to college Student Success Centers. Refer students to the Student Success Centers directory for current advising locations and services.

SJSU employees are invited to shop at the Richmond or Union City Columbia Sportswear Employee Store for their up to 60% off annual summer sales.

Find out all the goings-on, news and resources for employees at SJSU and locally.

The 2026 Employee Benefits and Services Fair is Thu., Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom, featuring CalPERS providers, SJSU Benefits representatives, and campus and community vendors.

ITS will transition SJSU from using DocuSign to AdobeSign for workflows, forms and processes. Further notice on this transition for the full campus to be announced soon.

Learn about the Writing Center's faculty services to help support your students, including in-class workshop requests, tours, generative AI resources, and course-embedded tutoring.

Student Involvement and friends are ready to bring back the energy with their annual Weeks-of-Welcome Kickoff taking place on Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Seventh Street Plaza. Some events are open to employees.

A Stanford-trained clinical and organizational psychologist and Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Neumann will serve as the first vice president of People and Culture at SJSU.

Professor and Dean Emerita at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will serve a one-year appointment as Interim Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, effective Aug. 31.

An Information Technology leader at Bay Area CSUs returns to SJSU to serve as Associate Vice President for Enterprise Applications, effective this past June 15.

Recent San José State Spartans' work and achievements.

Drs. Rui Liu, Gabriela John Swamy, Yan Diana Wu and collaborators Drs. Shu Zhou and Tianqin Shi were awarded funding through the Learning Innovation for Future-Forward Teaching (LIFT) initiative and will join the inaugural 2026/27 LIFT Cohort.

ITS thanks everyone for attending our #AdoptAI celebration! We honored grand prize winner Nhi Nguyen, highlighted inspiring campus AI workflows, reviewed positive program feedback, and previewed fall 2026 plans.

With 2026 being San José's marquee year of global and national sports, SJSU's media relations manager kept up the festivities by commentating at last month's Crossfit Games, held at downtown's SAP Center.

Associate professor of Anthropology leads a multi-institutional research study into household water insecurity and complications of public policy.

Featured stories from and about our Spartan community in the SJSU NewsCenter

A first-of-its-kind intersegmental collaboration between a California community college district and a CSU offers a replicable model for addressing student housing insecurity statewide.

Kylee Kiesow, ’20 Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management, has designed an interactive map for the San José Municipal Rose Garden.

Spartan Scoop: Meal Plan Bonus

Purchase a qualifying meal plan by Aug. 31 and choose your bonus with promo code SUMMER26! Select from a Green Box, $25 Gold Points, or $25 Boost Credit.

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