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Back to School Edition Fall 2025
No Classes
- Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 - Labor Day Holiday (No classes, District closed)
- Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 - Native American Day (No classes, District closed)
Featured: NEW Student Engagement Opportunities Petaluma
- Choose your own adventure at SRJC Petaluma: We have a wide array of student engagement opportunities for you to choose your own adventure! Whether you are still exploring your specific declared major of choice, working towards supplementing your portfolio for career advancement, and/or to enhance your transfer application content to demonstrate a commitment to your community or selected major, we have engagement opportunities for you!
- Become a We the Future Fellow: Are you exploring a future profession that involves leadership, is within the social or political sciences, or do you want to be an educator? Are you finding your way within social justice activism and want to bring necessary change to action? Attend one of three Info Sessions scheduled from Sept. 3 - 11th. Follow this link.
Upcoming Events
Student Success Team Welcome and Fall Prep Events
- Welcome Back Campus Hour hosted by the Petaluma Intercultural Center and Student Success Team on Wednesday Aug. 20th at noon. Free BBQ lunch on the patio outside Bldg 400/500. Kick off the semester with a fresh fade! Free haircut inside the Student Engagement & Success Center (Bldg 500) at the same hour! Cuts provided to you from the pros at Authentic's Barbershop. Sign up for Library Workshops
- Syllabus Review and Semester Planning. Tuesday, Aug, 26th noon - 1pm in the Student Engagement & Success Center. Come join the team of Peer Coaches for a workshop that will go over how to make a plan for the semesters' success. Peer Success Coaches will be available to review syllabi and help you identify key dates and deadlines
- Student Success Team Open House Wednesday, Aug, 27 11am - 1pm. Join us for coffee and doughnuts in the Student Engagement & Success Center when you can get to know your space and campus resources. Take time to get to know your peers and set goals for the semester ahead!
Library Workshops
- SRJC Libraries has workshops to help you earn extra credit AND learn valuable skills for finalizing your research projects. There is something new to learn every month! For descriptions, dates & times, and registration information, visit Library Workshops.
Petaluma Intercultural Center Open House
- Open House Wednesday, Aug, 27 11am - 1pm. Jacobs Hall Room 116 (find the mural, find us!) Stop by the Intercultural Center for an open house! Meet the team, check out our upcoming events, and learn what the center has to offer--and come kick it with us!
Avanzando Orientation
- Join the Avanzando team to learn more about their student support services, opportunities for scholarships, internships,and other valuable campus resources.Avanzando is a program dedicated to supporting students pursuing majors or careers in the areas of STEM or Health Sciences. Read more. Attend an orientation on Monday, August 25 at noon. Located at PC 241, or zoom. Sign up here
SRJC Therapy Dogs are here for you all Semester at the Mahoney Library
- Our favorite fuzzy faces will be back to help you take break from your class work. Come visit Mahoney Library Tuesdays, 11am - 12:30pm.
Service Updates
Courtyard Cafe Now Open with Fresh Food!
- The Courtyard Cafe is now open Mon-Thurs 8am-1:30pm. Come check out the full menu for breakfast and lunch!
The Petaluma Welcome & Connect Center
- We are located in Mike Smith Hall 50 and are open Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, and 8am - noon on Friday. You can access student life opportunities, the Food Pantry, get help with campus technology, get connected to campus resources, and more. More info: petaluma.santarosa.edu/welcome
Student Success Team
- We are here to help you! As Success Coaches, we are students like you, and each team member can help connect you to resources and help you improve your student success skills.
- If you would like help with: Creating a weekly schedule, making a study plan for each class, improving your study skills and note-taking strategies, or getting connected to campus resources
- We are available for appointments in person and online. To meet with a coach, visit this link. or stop by our office in the Student Engagement & Success Center, Mike Smith Hall Building 500! We look forward to working with you! Text/Phone: 707-778-3616; Email: studentsuccess@santarosa.edu
Student Health Services
- Health and Wellness Services will reopen on Mondays and Wednesdays at the start of fall semester in Petaluma. Services include Nurse, and mental health care. Call Building Rm 610. Call 707-527-4445
Herold Mahoney Library
- You need it. We have it! Borrow textbooks, laptops, graphing calculators, books & more!
- Find your favorite study space with a view! Settle into a cozy chair or pod, grab a study room or big table!! We offer printing (color and black/white), copying, scanning, computer access, accessible workstations, and more.
- Get Support from Librarians! Drop-in at the Research Desk or find us online via Online Chat or make a Research Appointment. We can help you find great sources and cite them too! Find out more, visit us online at SRJC Libraries.
- Hours listed here.
Admissions and Records
- Parking Permits are required to park on all SRJC sites and campuses. They may be purchased for $60 in your student portal, or in person at the Admissions & Records Office. The team is available to assist you in the Welcome & Connect Center, Mike Smith Hall, PC 500 or call us at (707)778-2415. Our hours are M, T, TH 8 am – 5 pm, W, 8 am – 7 pm , and F 8am - noon.
Counseling
- Counselors are available to assist students in making an informed decision about their education goal and course of study and to develop an education plan. Counseling Services are offered by appointment (in-person, phone or zoom) and/or via Express Drop-in (in-person, phone or zoom). For more information and/or to schedule appointments stop by the Counseling office, Kathleen Doyle Hall, PC 216 or call (707) 778-3914.
Tutorial Center
- If you need help in a class, you’re not alone! We offer a FREE tutoring program to help. Use all available resources early to get the best start in your classes. More info here.
Student Support Center (Richard Call Building, 600 & 608) is OPEN with the following services:
Video: How the DRD can support your success as a student
- The Disability Resources Department (DRD) provides academic support and services for students with disabilities. Telephone: (707) 778-2491, Email: petalumadrd@santarosa.edu Web: SRJC Disability Resources
- Assessment and Testing Services is currently providing ACE exams, Distance Education Proctoring Services, EMLS Placement & Orientation, and Accommodated SRJC exams as well as In person GED testing. Telephone: 707-778-3908, Email petalumatestingservices@santarosa.edu Web: SRJC Assessment Services & Testing and Support Services
- GED Testing is available in-person on the Petaluma Campus! Read additional info, and find dates on our website.