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City College alumna uses skills to tell stories during the pandemic

Shooting and editing video helped Bethany McKee to explore new projects

Kathy Archibald, Contributor • June 11, 2021

McKee uncovered skills during her time at City College in 2018 that have come in especially handy during the pandemic and a cross-country move.

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City College alum creates an organization to help those in need

Priscilla Castro starts The Community Front, which gives out hot vegan meals

Jakob McWhinney, Contributor • June 10, 2021

Every Wednesday and Friday Castro’s organization, The Community Front, serves hot vegan meals to unhoused citizens in the area.

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City College alumna takes graphic design program to new level

Archana Verma's submission earns international ranking

Jillian Fortner, Multimedia Journalist • June 9, 2021

Every year, graphic design students from around the globe are asked to design a magazine for a major international competition. City College alumna Archana Verma chose to create a science magazine because the subject is integral to everyday life.

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PODCAST: City Times Sound team reflects on remote production

Student leaders in the program discuss the difficulty of being online

Assad Khalilzadeh, Program Director • June 8, 2021

With San Diego City College still closed for in-person classes, the first news radio class since the start of the pandemic recently wrapped up remote production at the end of the spring 2020 semester.

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PODCAST: Looking back at the best of Sex and Sexuality podcast

The seven-episode podcast is available online

Vicky Pineda, CTM Operations Manager • June 3, 2021

Marlena Harvey, Managing Editor of the City Times has been speaking with counseling interns at San Diego City College, Tristan Hartley and Laurel Marks.

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City College scholar-athletes score in the classroom

75 student-athletes had a 3.0 or better GPA in the fall

Vicky Pineda, Operations Manager • June 2, 2021

Despite more than a year with COVID-19 and San Diego City College being closed, student-athletes excelled in their classrooms.

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PODCAST: Dean speaks about the return of City College student radio

Jeanie Tyler talks about the student radio station’s return and working with KSDS

Joel Garcia, Multimedia Journalist • June 1, 2021

Due to the City College campus being closed, Student Delivered Sound Radio has been broadcasting in an automated format without on-air talent.

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5 #CityCookingChallenge recipes you can make in your kitchen this summer

The video series combats food insecurities by cooking delicious food drive meals, one bag at a time

Jesus Lopez, Multimedia Journalist • May 31, 2021

Food insecurity is not an easy topic to bring up at the dinner table, even though one in three people in San Diego County is food-insecure.

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Start of City College summer semester around the corner

Classes begin June 7

Christopher Tapanes, Multimedia Journalist • May 31, 2021

San Diego City College students should prepare now if they want to enroll in summer courses. At City College alone, 221 course sections are available for the term, according to mySDCCD portal.

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City College student Lucia Huerta is headed to university debt-free

Meet the inspiring Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholar who made it happen

Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • May 28, 2021

In 2016 Huerta didn’t know what a community college was, and in 2021, she will transfer to one of the top four-year universities in the country to study sociology.

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A new outlook on life for City College graduate Lorenzo Brooks

The EOPS graduate is headed to a bright future

Rachel de la Torre, Multimedia Journalist • May 28, 2021

Sociology major Lorenzo Brooks is one of the many students here at San Diego City College who is graduating this Spring 2021 semester.

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City College honors class of 2021 with virtual ceremony

The ceremony begins at 5 p.m. on May 28

Will Mauriz, Multimedia Journalist • May 28, 2021

City College will honor its graduates with a virtual ceremony on May 28 through the site Marching Orders, an online presentation platform. The event will begin at 5 p.m.

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