DECEMBER 4, 2024

REGISTRATION UNDERWAY FOR INTERSESSION AND SPRING SEMESTER

Open registration has begun for the 2025 spring semester and winter intersession at the San Diego Community College District. Students can choose from thousands of classes in more than four hundred academic programs at San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges, and College of Continuing Education.

Intersession will begin on January 6 at City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges, while the spring semester starts February 3. Free career training programs and classes will begin at the College of Continuing Education on January 29.

DISTRICT WELCOMES MARIAH JAMESON AND MARICHU G. MAGAÑA TO BOARD

Change is coming to the San Diego Community College District’s governing board, with community activist Mariah Jameson and retired San Diego Mesa College Professor Marichu G. Magaña replacing the retiring Mary Graham and Bernie Rhinerson.

Magaña and Jameson join returning trustees Geysil Arroyo, who was appointed to fill a vacancy in 2021 and elected in 2022; Craig Milgrim, who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected four years later; and Maria Nieto Senour, who was first elected in 1990 and was last re-elected in 2022.

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RETIRING TRUSTEES REFLECT ON CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

They helped lead the way in creating the tuition-free San Diego Promise program, were instrumental in guiding the San Diego Community College District during a massive modernization of its campuses through the sale of $1.55 billion in Propositions S and N bonds, epitomized resolve and responsibility when the district overcame an array of unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, and authorized groundbreaking bachelor’s degree programs at San Diego City, Mesa and Miramar colleges. 

After serving for a combined 28 years, retiring Board of Trustees members Mary Graham and Bernie Rhinerson participated in their final governing board meeting on Thursday, November 7.

ANNUAL TASTE OF MESA CULINARY EVENT A SUCCESS

Students in the San Diego Mesa Culinary Program prepared a feast for the annual Taste of Mesa event on November 14. Taste of Mesa is the annual premier fundraiser benefiting the Culinary Arts Management Program at San Diego Mesa College. The event features internationally-inspired cuisine and cook-off competitions between alumni, students and an advanced baking team.

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SDCCD HONORED FOR EFFORTS IN HELPING STUDENTS FIND JOBS

The San Diego Community College District, the largest provider of higher education and workforce preparation in the region, has been honored with a Career Spark Award from Handshake, an app-based platform the SDCCD employs to provide its 90,000 students with personalized job discovery and connect them to local employers.

The Career Spark Award recognizes top career centers in three categories – student engagement, employer engagement, and reporting and analytics. The SDCCD was recognized in the employer engagement category for setting the standard in collaborating with business, industry and its four colleges to benefit students across the district.

SDSU, UC SAN DIEGO, SDCCD AWARDED GRANT FOR EQUITABLE AI ALLIANCE

Grant funding will support two more years of collaboration between San Diego State University, University of California San Diego, and the San Diego Community College District on a mission to tackle artificial intelligence equity gaps across the three regional campus networks. 

The Equitable AI Alliance was launched earlier this year as a way for SDSU and its partners to pool their AI resources, giving students, faculty and staff equal access to a wider variety of AI tools and training and increasing their potential for skill-building in the AI space. 

The alliance was one of five projects awarded a $1.5 million AI Grand Challenge grant from the California Education Learning Lab, housed under the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. The grants support California higher education institutions promoting responsible AI use on campus, with special attention to bridging equity gaps that disproportionately impact students from historically underrepresented communities. 

READ ABOUT BENEFITS OF THE AI ALLIANCE

OPEN REGISTRATION

Open registration for spring semester and intersession is underway.

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PARADE

You can now sign up to walk with the San Diego Community College District in the annual parade honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 19. Everyone is welcome.

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DECEMBER 19

The Board of Trustees will hold its meeting at 4 p.m. at San Diego Mission Bay Resort in the St. Tropez Room, 1775 E. Mission Bay Drive, San Diego. BOARD MEETING DETAILS

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 1

The District Office and all campuses will be closed for winter break from Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1. Regular business hours will resume Thursday, January 2, 2025.

JANUARY 6

Intersession classes begin January 6 and end January 31.