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Hiring signs posted around City College campus advertising the new starting pay for hourly employees. Chancellor Greg Smith hopes increasing the minimum wage at the district will draw more high quality candidates to SDCCD. Photo by Bailey Kohnen/City Times Media

SDCCD raises minimum wage with eye toward social justice, staying competitive

Classified employees will now make $30.58, hourly employees $22.31
Bailey Kohnen, Multimedia Journalist February 6, 2024
Classified employees will now make $30.58, hourly employees $22.31.
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San Diego City College students Tanner Frank and Dahlia Davis walk along campus during the first of two storms that will hit San Diego beginning Thursday, Feb. 01, 2024. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media

City College administrators prepare campus for storms with public alerts, readiness measures

Campus officials convene emergency meeting, urge caution and student preparedness
Kevin Ouellette, Multimedia Journalist February 1, 2024
Campus officials convene emergency meeting, urge caution and student preparedness
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SDCCD Chancellor Emerita Constance Carroll hugs board member Maria Nieto Senour after the conclusion of the building dedication ceremony dedicated to Carroll at San Diego City College, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Photo by Keila Menjivar Zamora/City Times Media

City College, district honor chancellor emerita with building dedication

Student-designed dedication graphics adorn AH building floors in tribute to the legacy of Chancellor Emerita Constance Carroll
Keila Menjivar Zamora, Multimedia journalist January 25, 2024
Student-designed dedication graphics adorn AH building floors in tribute to the legacy of Chancellor Emerita Constance Carroll.
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California Faculty Association members and supporters strike at the intersection of College Avenue and Lindo Paseo Monday, January 22, 2024. The CSU faculty union is demanding a 12% increase and other concessions from the CSU system. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media

UPDATED: CSU faculty begins their first system-wide strike this week. The City College community is watching (with gallery)

Nation's largest public university system faces faculty work stoppage amid impasse between administrators, union
Marco Guajardo, Editor-In-Chief January 22, 2024
The nation's largest public university system faces faculty work stoppage amid impasse between administrators and union.
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SDCCD Acting Chancellor Greg Smith presents at the SDCCD Classified Leadership Development Academy Spring/Summer 2023, June 29, 2023. Photo courtesy of SDCCD Flickr

New SDCCD chancellor-designate Smith continues work toward district strategic vision

Smith announced at the Dec. 14 board meeting as the new chancellor for state’s second-largest community college district
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief December 15, 2023
The chancellor-designate will manage a $1 billion district budget, focus on maximizing enrollment and retention, while managing the district’s 2023-2030 District Strategic Plan.
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The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees selected Acting Chancellor Greg Smith to be the district’s new chancellor at its Dec. 14 meeting. From left, Craig Milgrim and Marìa Nieto Senour join Smith and Geysil Arroyo at the meeting held at the district office. Photo by Marco Guajardo/City Times Media

BREAKING: No longer acting, Smith moves into chancellor role for SDCCD

Hiring comes on the heels of a months-long search
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2023
The hiring comes on the heels of a months-long chancellor search.
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Screen shot of hybrid public forum interview with SDCCD chancellor finalist Brian King, November 27, 2023.

SDCCD chancellor finalist receives votes of no confidence from two Los Rios community colleges

Brian King, chancellor of LRCCD, faces possible removal from office after a series of resolutions expressing concern with his leadership
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief December 11, 2023
Sacramento City, American River Academic Senates adopted resolutions of no confidence after other resolutions, recommendations and reports dating back to fall 2019 shared concerns with Chancellor Brian King’s administration.
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City College students wait to register for the scavenger hunt at Winter Wonderland, a winter celebration on campus, Dec. 7, 2023. Students who identify as Latinx make up the largest ethnic demographic at City College. A report presented at a Dec. 5 College Council meeting, indicated that Hispanic/Latino was the largest reported ethnicity in new hires over a six year period. Photo by Eve McNally/City Times Media

Report: Most City College new hires identify as Hispanic/Latino

The largest reported ethnic demographic of students also happens to be Latinx
Eve McNally, Multimedia Journalist December 8, 2023
When it comes to hiring faculty and staff at San Diego City College, the majority of new employees identify as Hispanic/Latino.
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M.E.Ch.A member and event organizer, Vanessa, center, speaks into the bullhorn as she addresses the crowd at the national walkout for Palestine in San Diego City College, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Sean Monney/City Times Media

VIDEO: Newscene covers campus Gaza protests, FAFSA updates

CTTV’s flagship news program closes the fall 2023 semester
Roxanne Vieira, CTTV Producer December 7, 2023
CTTV’s flagship news program closes the fall 2023 semester.
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Governor Pat Brown signs the Donahue Act of Higher Education implementing much of the The California Master Plan for Education in 1960. Photo courtesy KALW Public Media 91.7 FM Bay Area

TIMELINE: The journey of bringing a bachelor’s degree to City College

City College is set to offer its first bachelor’s degree in fall 2024. Here's a timeline of how it came to be.
Eve McNally and Ren Charifa December 5, 2023
Students began applying for the inaugural bachelor’s degree in cyber defense and analysis at City College in Oct. 2023, with classes to begin fall 2024. Here is a timeline of how it all came to be.
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San Diego Community College District chancellor finalists Daisy Gonzales, left, Brian King, center, and Greg Smith, right, will participate in hybrid-format public forums as a part of the chancellor search process which will select the next SDCCD chancellor on Dec. 14, 2023. Photo credit: SDCCD

Public forum interviews for new SDCCD chancellor underway

Open to the public, forums will be in-person at the district office and virtually Nov. 27-29
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief November 27, 2023
The public forums for each of the three finalists in the San Diego Community College District chancellor search are being held Nov. 27-29.
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The old San Diego City College child development center being demolished to prepare the site for the construction of a new student housing complex, Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Keila Menjivar Zamora/City Times Media

San Diego housing plan rejection “will not affect” City College student housing project, officials say

Mayor’s proposed incentives including college student housing, given City Council thumbs-down in five-hour public hearing
Vince Outlaw, Multimedia Journalist November 15, 2023
San Diego City College’s plan to build on-campus student housing will move forward despite the San Diego City Council’s rejection of the housing incentives introduced by Mayor Todd Gloria Monday.
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