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Drag Queen Raquelita performs to “Hold My Hand” by Jess Glynne at the Lavender Graduation at City College, May 8, 2025. Photo by Connor Jewett/City Times Media

City College’s Lavender Graduation celebrates the LGBTQ+ community

The ceremony acknowledged the difficult political climate while honoring student success
Connor Jewett and Jay Yepez • May 15, 2025
The ceremony acknowledged the difficult political climate while honoring student success
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Natalie Moss, left, receives her sash from Jose Luis Perez, right, during the Puente Noche de Familia ceremony on Thursday, May 8, 2025. She graduates with an Associates in English and will transfer to CSU Chico. Photo by Luke Bradbury/City Times Media

City College graduates celebrate at Puente Noche de Familia

Students receive their sashes and share their stories
Luke Bradbury, Editor • May 14, 2025
Students receive their sashes and share their stories
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Katya Echazarreta, left, and Diego Bethea, right, share a moment on stage at the San Diego City College Commencement, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Photo by Bailey Kohnen/City Times Media

City College commencement ceremony celebrates class of 2024, welcomes back astronaut alumna (with gallery and video)

Organ Pavilion event features astronaut alumna Katya Echavarreta as keynote
Marco Guajardo, Editor-in-Chief • May 24, 2024
Organ Pavilion event features astronaut alumna Katya Echavarreta as keynote
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Eveey Augustin, far left, celebrates with her daughters SaMiyah Augustin,13, center left, Raelynn Augustin, 4, center right, and sister, Edwidge Dupard, far right, May 14, 2024. Augustin is among the 30 graduates honored at the veterans graduation including veterans and military-affiliated students. Photo by Keila Menjivar Zamora/ City Times Media

City College Veterans Graduation honors work-study graduates, celebrates military-affiliated graduates

Graduates include entrepreneurs, City’s first Cybersecurity cohort
Keila Menjivar Zamora, Managing Editor • May 16, 2024
Graduates include entrepreneurs, City’s first Cybersecurity cohort
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Graduating students with sash and degrees

City College students celebrated for their struggles, triumphs at Chicano Latina Graduation

Ceremony highlighted students’ Chicanx heritage, achievements and support systems on their way to four-year universities
Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist • May 25, 2023
Families and supporters honored the City graduates for their dedication and perseverance within the context of what it means to be Chicanx
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Musicians, from left to right, Jededi Cunningham, Nigel Zuniga and Nana Yao Asiedu perform

Rite of Passage ceremony celebrates the excellence of Black graduates

Black students gather to recognize their achievements in the face of adversity
Luke Bradbury, Multimedia Journalist • May 23, 2023
City College held the Rite of Passage Celebration, a ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of graduating Black students across the San Diego Community College District.
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Fanny Benitez, an education major, decorates her graduation cap, dedicating it to her first baby

GALLERY: City College students decorate caps in advance of commencement

A sunny day in Gorton Quad was the perfect backdrop for craft projects
Nathaly Alvizures, Contributor • May 23, 2023
Approximately 30 students, along with family members and campus administrators, gathered around tables in Gorton Quad to decorate their graduation caps in advance of semester-ending commencement events.
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Samvathna Em receives recognition during AAPI graduation celebration at A building Patio

City College celebrates AAPI students in historic ceremony (with gallery)

First AAPI-themed graduation celebration held on May 15
Joel Nevarez, Sports Editor • May 18, 2023
Students along with their loved ones and members of the San Diego City College community gathered for the campus’ first-ever Asian American Pacific Islander graduation celebration at the A building patio on May 15. 
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San Diego City College graduates in caps and gowns

VIDEO: Graduation events soon to be underway for City College

Candidates have also announced their run for County Board of Supervisors candidates in this week's Newscene
Roxy Vieira, Production Manager, CTTV • May 11, 2023
Candidates have also announced their run for County Board of Supervisors candidates in this week's Newscene
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Lucia Huerta, Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipient

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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Lorenzo Brooks Graduation Photo

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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Tatiana Butte

A pile of scholarship applications pays off for City College student

One of Tatiana Butte's 30-plus scholarship applications earned her a major award
Kathryn Gray, Multimedia Journalist • May 25, 2021
In September 2020, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipient Tatiana Butte was trying to get by during the pandemic, taking as many classes as possible and using every free moment to focus on scholarship applications, submitting more than 30. Nine months later, her life has completely changed.
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