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Campus News

At CIIS’ 58th Commencement, the student speaker and the keynote speaker came from different worlds — and arrived at a very similar truth.
 

Faculty News

After four decades leading CIIS' Drama Therapy Program, professor Renée Emunah reflects on a career spent fusing theatre and healing.

Faculty News

Don Hanlon Johnson, founder of the first graduate Somatics program in the U.S., retires after more than four decades at CIIS.

Faculty News

A new review of the Handbook for Creative Futures, edited by CIIS lecturer Dr. Gabrielle Donnelly and Professor Alfonso Montuori, celebrates its value as a guide to finding hope in hard times.

Alumni News

Community Mental Health alumna Nichole Pettway on using her experiences to help others navigate uncharted waters 

Alumni News

CIIS was overjoyed to hold its 56th Commencement on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Festivities began at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco with a commencement reception on Mission campus. 

Campus News

"Continuously weight your heart at every moment. Decide whether or not it is in alignment with other bodies, the planet, and your ancestors. Every moment. Because the world will tell you you’re going in the wrong way and you’re not."