[Music] I love the trees it feels like I'm going to school in a forest murals bring campus to life the new buildings are really impressive the campus has a modern feel I feel like everyone on sax state is really well for me I like learning and saak state is a great environment you get a lot of one-on-one time with the professors here sax State being so close to the capital means that you're getting this experiential learning I love hery I'm down with hery I've meet so many friends here sax day Feels Like Home day Welcome to California State University Sacramento a Vibrant Community within California's capital city although we like to call it simply saak State Sacramento University sax day joined the CSU system in 1947 and it's been exciting to watch The Evolution to what you see today a world class University with athletic championships that bring us huge hornet [Applause] Pride what makes saak State unique is our proximity to the state capital the capital fellows program offers Sac State grad students a year-long salaried staff position in the legislature or Judiciary the best thing about it has really been understanding the policy but also learning the politics that's what has made the capital fellows program such a unique experience for me saak States 305 acre campus lies on the Western Bank of the American river which not only provides spectacular views but also offers immediate access to study the health of Northern California's waterways through saak State's ferally recognized serus program I think any class where you can get outside you can learn differently when you're moving around and there's a different dynamic between the instructor and students all right 76 and it's really cool that we get to come out here every day pretty much it helps us a a lot just because some schools they would have to go on field trips you have a good amount of self there other scientific research finds a new home in the Ernest e Shannon science complex that offers unique teaching tools including classes in the state-of-the-art planetarium we've got super massive black hole at the center and regularly invites the Sacramento Community to explore the universe do you like it better like this or like that hornets make a difference in their Community sax State programs provide the opportunity for students to get real world experience helping people and changing lives community members receive free services at the speech and language Clinic it was such a renowned program and um it's really good hands-on experience big step big big step and children learn to take their first steps thanks to the help of hornets it's given us hope and [Music] just there's hope for her there's more for her we hear from students that one of the things that attracted them to Sacramento state is [Music] Sacramento go recently ranked the best place to live by Forbes Magazine Sacramento offers open air markets celebrated restaurants and a flourishing arts and entertainment [Music] scene oh it's probably so cold yeah you can actually ride a bike 16 miles along the American River to the saak state Aquatic [Music] Center more Hornets want to call Sac State home super excited we meet the challenge by constantly opening new student housing students can build a life here get involved and can find lifelong friends we've worked hard to quadruple our 4-year graduation rate and many of our students are the first in their family to get a degree and we are proud to be made at saak state saak state is among the most diverse universities in the west so everyone can find a home here Zach state is Sacramento's University [Music]