Sonoma State University interim president Emily Cutrer and other administrators will hold a virtual town hall at 1:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss plans to balance the budget by cutting staff and programs, including its athletics department.

Facing a $23.9 million deficit, Sonoma State University will enact large budget cuts, including laying off faculty and eliminating its intercollegiate athletics program.

Sonoma State announced significant cuts to faculty positions, departments and the elimination of their National College Athletic Association Division II Athletics. Students and faculty received an email from Interim President Dr.

Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that its intercollegiate athletics programs are being discontinued, several academic departments and majors are being eliminated and dozens of faculty members are being laid off to address a budget deficit of nearly $24 million.

Save Seawolves Athletics, a group that's protesting the elimination of athletics at Sonoma State University, has filed a formal civil rights complaint over the decision.

SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY coaches and sports supporters have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the university and are threatening further legal action after the campus announced plans to pull the plug on all intercollegiate athletics programs.

A grassroots organization seeking to save Sonoma State University’s athletics department says it has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, calling for an investigation into the university’s decision to cut the entire department.