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Lisa Chaddock teaches a group of students while on a hike.

City College professor passes on her love of the environment

November 8, 2019

Professor Lisa Chaddock teaches geography at San Diego City College, but when she is not in the classroom, she spends her time as an advisor for the Audubon Society on campus.

Michael eceltka stands in front of an ad for the City College cosmo program.

From Cubicles to Cuticles: City College student leaves corporate America

October 30, 2019

Many have an idea of what it means to work in corporate America with its constant repetition and the profit-driven motivation needed to succeed. Some students are registered at City College because they are attracted to this very lifestyle.

Life behind the screen(writer)

Angelica Wallingford

January 16, 2016

In the quiet corner of the first floor of the L building, students stagger out into the unusually hot September sun on their last in-class session of Introduction to Screenwriting class. Left behind was a their teacher, longtime San Diego City College professor and screenwriter Russell Redmond. “Russell is very patient, and you can gather the fact, especially when it comes...

‘Terminal Romantic’

Rutger Rosenborg

December 18, 2015

William Stewart doesn’t spend lunch alone in his office. He doesn’t dine in a quiet lounge designated specifically for San Diego City College faculty. Stewart eats his lunch in the student cafeteria where his students join him to discuss philosophy, grades, and childhood experiences. It was only two years ago that Stewart’s time was split between teaching philosophy...

Going the extra mile

Denise White

December 15, 2015

At only 19 years old, Ishmael Fernandez is no ordinary student athlete at City College. Fernandez is currently a freshman cross-country runner who balances practice, working part-time and classes, taking an astonishing 22 units. Not only is Fernandez a busy student, he is also a successful cross-country runner after only starting in the summer. “He’s never ran before,...

New KSDS Station Manager Ken Poston takes notes and fills out paperwork as he sits in his art-adorned office in the L building on Sept. 14, completing just one of many duties he has as the station’s new manager. Photo credit: Katherine Salindayao-White

New manager on the dial

September 28, 2015

San Diego's KSDS FM Jazz 88.3 FM radio station at San Diego City College recently welcomed Ken Poston as the new general manager this fall. Poston, who grew up in Kansas,...