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Executive Vice Chancellor, Business and Technology Services Bonnie Ann Dowd was celebrated during a retirement party on December 13, 2022.

Acting chancellor shares SDCCD priorities in new role

Transition, budget, student housing and enrollment among topics to be discussed at district board meeting on May 11
Kathryn Gray, Editor-In-Chief May 11, 2023
Greg Smith, vice chancellor of people, culture and technology services since October 2020, will lead the district as acting chancellor filling the role of Carlos Cortez until a new chancellor is hired. After taking a period of emergency family leave to care for his parents, Cortez resigned effective May 1, according to a press release from the district.
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A man named Nilo Ondevilla uses a paintbrush to add green acrylic paint to a tan canvas.

City College honors art students to show work at The Art of Freedom pop-up exhibit

The event will take place in the Fine Art Sculpture Gallery today
Kathryn Gray, Editor-In-Chief May 9, 2023
The Art of Freedom, a pop-up show in the Fine Arts Gallery Sculpture Garden hosted by San Diego City College art students in the honors program on Tuesday, May 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., will feature pieces from around a dozen students and represent various mediums according to featured artist Nilo Ondevilla.
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Megersa Bayisa, City College instructional lab technician, demonstrates the student email login

Mandatory switch for students to .edu email pushed back to summer

Technical issues force SDCCD to postpone shift of communications to student emails
Sean Monney, Multimedia Journalist April 13, 2023
San Diego Community College District is planning a mandatory shift of communications to .edu emails, but the switch has been pushed back from March 27 to summer 2023.
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Graphic design student Ksenia La Russe touches up a handbag she is shooting for a project as professor Bradford Prairie rearranges another project under a big lightbox.

Award-winning graphic design program at City College offers students path to career

Awards for student work are changing the perception of a community college graphic design program
Sean Monney, Multimedia Journalist April 11, 2023
The work of students and professors in the City College graphic design program has not only earned the program international recognition but also built impressive portfolios that pave career paths for students.
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Madame Brazil stands at the doorway

GALLERY: City College Pride Hub welcomes drag performers

Trans Excellence event marks Trans Day of Visibility
Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist April 6, 2023
View images from the Trans Excellence event at City College's Pride Hub
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Four drag performers respond to panel questions

Transgender excellence takes center stage at City College drag event

The Trans Excellence drag show on campus celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility
Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist April 4, 2023
The Student Health Center and Pride Hub celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility, with a two-part event -- a headlining drag portion followed by a poignant, intimate discussion covering the life experiences and perspectives of the four trans women.
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Katya Echazarreta displays the Mexican flag while standing in front of Blue Origin’s New Shepherd rocket after her inaugural flight to space on June 4, 2022.

First Mexican-born female astronaut credits City College with launching career

Originally from Guadalajara, Katya Echazarreta was the first citizen astronaut chosen by Space for Humanity
Kathryn Gray, Editor-In-Chief March 24, 2023
Astronaut Katya Echazaretta, self-described as unemotional, doesn’t cry easily. But after her inaugural flight into space last June as a crew member on the Blue Origin NS-21 expedition, she developed a new appreciation for the ground she has walked on her whole life.
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The Pride Hub, located in L206

City College’s first campus drag show to celebrate transgender visibility

The Trans Excellence show marks the International Day of Transgender Visibility
Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist March 22, 2023
Titled “Trans Excellence,” the drag event will feature the four trans performers and advocates who will follow up their acts with a meet-and-greet panel with the public. It will be held at Pride Hub in L206 from noon to 2 p.m.
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A group of people standing outside gathered in front of a van.

Award-winning documentary highlights stories of deported veterans

UMOJA program brings producer/musician to City College for film screening
Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Reporter March 21, 2023
“Bring Them Home” is an award-winning documentary showcasing the stories of these and several other military veterans who were deported after serving the country they called home.
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Book Arts professor Andrea Singer, right, instructs student Liz Gary, left, on her first book project of the semester, which she hopes to incorporate in her culinary labs with the community, March 2, 2023. Photo by Marco Guajardo/CityTimes Media

Plant-based foods educator returns to school, fine-tunes skills for ‘food revolution’ (with video)

City College student, solutions-minded vegan foods advocate Liz Gary focused on promoting a plant-based foods diet
Marco Guajardo, Multimedia Journalist March 20, 2023
City College student and solutions-minded vegan foods advocate Liz Gary is focused on promoting a plant-based foods diet.
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A white wall in the City Art Gallery displays colorful artwork.

City College ‘Mindful’ art exhibit focuses on mental health

Show in on-campus gallery runs through March 16
Luke Bradbury, Multimedia Journalist February 23, 2023
The fine art gallery at San Diego City College is hosting works created by local artists with the collective theme of mental health and the ways we deal with it.
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San Diego City College Professor of Fine Art Terri Hughes-Oelrich guides Miss Kumeyaay Nation 2022-2023 Priscilla Ortiz Lachappa and the crowd to view murals in the AH drive through parking garage on Jan 31, 2023. Photo by Susana Serrano/City Times

City College celebrates the Kumeyaay culture

The campus community gathers to learn about Kumeyaay history and culture
Kathryn Gray, Susana Serrano, and Shamere Grimes February 2, 2023
San Diego City College, located on unceded Kumeyaay land, hosted a land acknowledgment and celebration of local Kumeyaay people on Jan. 31, bringing students, faculty, staff and local community members together on a cloudless San Diego afternoon.
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