City Times

Women’s History Month panel discusses challenges at City College for female faculty, students

The ASG event featured faculty dialogue with student attendees

Blaze Bailey, Multimedia Journalist • March 24, 2025

The ASG event featured faculty dialogue with student attendees

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San Diego Community College District’s newest trustee member’s journey to making history

For Black History Month, meet former City College student, Mariah Jameson, now district board member

Jordan Bell, Co-Editor-in-Chief • February 26, 2025

For Black History Month, meet former City College student, Mariah Jameson, now district board member

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Umoja hosts Black Excellence event at City College

Food, music and games were offered to attendees

Jordan Bell, Co-Editor-in-Chief • February 18, 2025

Food, music and games were offered to attendees

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City College Umoja program celebrates Black History Month with Black Film Fridays

Umoja community reflects on last year while promoting social justice, highlighting impactful stories through film

Nadia Lavin, Multimedia Journalist • February 14, 2024

Umoja community reflects on last year while promoting social justice, highlighting impactful stories through film

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City College celebrates diversity, unity at Black Student Mixer, part of campus Welcome Week

Semester-opening mixers aimed at fostering inclusion, empowerment for Latinx/Chicanx, LGBTQ+, AAPI, Black students

Marco Guajardo and Sean Monney • September 5, 2023

City College welcomed new and returning students to campus this fall semester with a Black Student Mixer held at the A building patio August 31.

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City College students learn subjects through the prism of Black culture

Umoja community promotes personal growth for students interested in learning from different perspectives

Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Reporter • May 4, 2023

Hussein Said was one of three students showcasing how the Umoja program helped them through their college journey while also giving them a way to voice their personal growth as African-American students on April 27.

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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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City College alums return, guide students in building Black wealth

The event, sponsored by HUBU, marked the end of Black History Month

Joel Nevarez, Sports Editor • March 3, 2023

For San Diego City College alums Anthony Walker and Alonzo Harvey, closing out Black History Month on the campus was a full-circle moment.

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City College student leader making change through positivity and perseverance

Inter-club Council President Kaitlyn Moore is on a mission to make clubs inclusive and accessible to all

Kathryn Gray, Editor-In-Chief • October 12, 2022

Inter-club Council President Kaitlyn Moore is on a mission to make all students feel like they have a place at San Diego City College. It’s an embodiment of City's slogan ‘You Belong Here,’ according to Student Affairs Coordinator and Associated Students Government Advisor Lori Oldham.

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City College dean addresses issues facing undocumented students

focus on ways California community colleges can provide additional support and resources

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • September 28, 2022

Juan Carlos Reyna, San Diego City College's dean of student development and matriculation, hosted a talk discussing issues facing undocumented students at the SUBIR Dreamer Resource Center on Sept. 22.

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As students return to campus, City College programs recruit new members

City Scholars, HUBU and Umoja actively looking for new students to participate in programs

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • September 1, 2022

With the start of the fall semester and the return to in-person classes at San Diego City College, many clubs and support programs are also making their return to campus.

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City College uses communal art to raise mental health awareness

City’s Student Health Services and Active Minds chapter turn to the arts as a way to ease students back to in-person campus life

Philip Salata, News Editor • May 17, 2022

Isolation brought on by COVID-19 not only caused the majority of social opportunities on campus to dwindle, but also put pressure on students' well-being. Community art could be one way to help students assimilate to campus life.

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