The San Diego Community College District serves approximately 100,000 students annually through three two-year colleges and seven Continuing Education campuses.
Congratulations to Dr. Ashanti Hands on being named the next President of
@sdmesacollege
! “Dr. Hands is exactly the type of dynamic leader needed to take Mesa College to the next level of community engagement and success."
@ChancellorSDCCD
@ahandsintheair
Chancellor
@carrollsdccd
has her own walk-up music each year at the
@sdmesacollege
convocation. Here she is being introduced by
@SDMesaPrez
and dancing into her 16th year as Chancellor.
Brian Rapinoe is part of the Male Community Reentry Program at
@sdcitycollege
. He's working to put his life back together. His sister Megan
@mPinoe
is his greatest inspiration.
@espn
With over 900K followers on Tik Tok,
@sdmesacollege
psychology Prof.
@Dr_Inna
has gained a lot of attention for calling people out on their false claims.
It's hard to believe that our Chancellor of 17 years is retiring. Although she is sure to maintain a prominent place in our community and supporting higher education we will miss her immensely. Thank you
@CCarroll_PhD
for your extraordinary leadership.
Welcome Chancellor Carlos O. Turner Cortez, Ph.D., who takes over today as chief executive officer of the
@SDCCD
, the district’s first new chancellor in 17 years.
Congratulations and welcome to our two new amazing college presidents. Dr. Ashanti Hands, president of
@sdmesacollege
and Dr. Tina King, president of the San Diego College of Continuing Education
@SDCCEEDU
. Follow them at
@PrezHands
and
@DrKingTina
Look for Chancellor
@carrollsdccd
’s cardboard cutout sitting in the stands at tonight’s
@Padres
game – the team is recognizing her many years of leadership and service to the community.
Fun Fact: Dr. Biden plans to keep teaching at a community college, becoming the nation’s first First Lady to continue to work outside of the White House.
@EdSource
“Now is time to double down, go beyond the optics and symbolism to action.” City College’s
@sdcitycollege
Dr. Abdulmalik Buul addresses the statewide Call To Action
@CalCommColleges
Retiring chancellors Constance Carroll and Kindred Murillo are being honored now by trustees and CEOs for their contributions to the San Diego & Imperial Counties Community Colleges Association. Bon voyage!
The SDCCD is disappointed to hear of the direction from ICE with regard to international students. The District currently enrolls about 500 F-1 and M-1 students who could be impacted. These students enrich our institutions and are welcome in our District community. (1 of 2)
Congratulations to Dr. Star Rivera-Lacey on being appointed the new Superintendent/President of the Palomar Community College District. They are lucky to have you. We're going to miss you 😢 at
@SDCCEEDU
.
@palomarcomets
@SDCCEVPSS
Fun Fact: Dr. Biden plans to keep teaching at a community college, becoming the nation’s first First Lady to continue to work outside of the White House.
@EdSource
“This is a truly great organization and I have been privileged to work with a wonderful Board of Trustees and the phenomenal faculty and staff of City, Mesa, and Miramar Colleges, and Continuing Education." -
@carrollsdccd
Two years ago the
@SDCCD
launched the
#SDPromise
pilot program, which offered free college to nearly 200 students. Now many of those students prepare to move on to new endeavors. On Monday we celebrated their success. See the photos:
“We are the anti-racist arm of higher ed.” Mesa President Pamela Luster
@SDMesaPrez
speaking on statewide Call To Action hosted by the
@CalCommColleges
Today is Keeping the Promise, a giving day in support of the San Diego Promise! Chancellor Carroll will be on KUSI at 830 with
@sdmiramar
student Jillian Fortner. Thanks for supporting the Promise!
Thank you to the many groundskeepers who started work as early as 4 a.m. today to clean up after the storm and prepare our campuses for a full reopening Tuesday. Thank you for all you do.
@sdcitycollege
@sdmesacollege
@SDMiramar
@SDCCEEDU
Thanks to a $500,000 grant from The San Diego Foundation, approximately 1,400 community college students will receive laptops to help them continue their studies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
@sd_fdn
At Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting, the Board adopted a resolution denouncing systemic racism and affirming the SDCCD’s commitment to black students and all students of color who have been subject to both overt and passive forms of racism.
Congrats Chancellor
@ChancellorSDCCD
winner of the American Council on Education’s Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award presented today at the
#ACE2022SD
closing plenary.
#BlackStudentSuccessWeek
begins today. Join us virtually at noon for today's event: Follow the Money: Unapologetically Supporting Black Students
Register here:
We are reviewing our options to see how these students can continue their studies as the SDCCD will be primarily online this fall. However, we would never compromise the health and safety of our students or employees. We will be in contact with impacted students soon. (2 of 2)
Breaking News: Gov.
@GavinNewsom
has signed historic legislation that expands and makes permanent the state’s pilot program allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees.
As
@sdmesacollege
gets ready to hand out its first bachelor's degrees, the recipients of those degrees get ready for a bright future full of opportunity.
Congrats to Margaret Lamb who is being recognized today with ACCT’s 2021 Association Pacific Region Professional Board Staff Member Award. Way to go Margaret!
#ACCT2021
Congrats to San Diego Promise student Hilda Arreola who graduates next month with an associate degree from
@SDMiramar
's paralegal program. Hilda, who was taking ESL classes at
@sdce
when she heard about the San Diego Promise, became a citizen yesterday! Watch
@10News
for more!
Groundbreaking baccalaureate programs at
@CalCommColleges
are slashing the cost of earning a bachelor’s degree, better preparing graduates for employment, and putting people to work in hard-to-fill positions.
“It was a Herculean task to move more than 6,000 class sections to alternative modes of instruction. But district faculty and staff understand what’s at stake for our students and for our community ..." Chancellor
@carrollsdccd
@TimesofSanDiego
You may know that
@SDJackB
is our Communications and Public Relations director, but did you also know that he's a kneeboarding champ too? Congratulations Jack!
"While the notion of equal justice for all, including people of color, remains a challenge, this ray of hope is most welcome." - Constance M. Carroll, SDCCD Chancellor
@carrollsdccd
More than 1,800 students have signed up for the San Diego Promise for fall. There's still time to sign up for the SDCCD's tuition-free program for fall 2020.
#FreeTuition
“If students were taking these courses on campus, they would have access to this equipment and these supplies, so in order to help them to succeed at home, we are providing these items for them.” -
@sdmesacollege
President Pamela Luster
@SDMesaPrez
The SDCCD is excited to announce that we will be expanding the
#SDPromise
and offering free college to all recent high school grads who are first-time, full-time students.
Thank you to our student trustees! Oscar David Rendon of
@sdcitycollege
, Taylor Carpenter of
@sdmesacollege
, and Van Dao Minh Anh of
@SDMiramar
were recognized by our Board of Trustees on Thursday for their service.
"Our responsibility goes beyond teaching"
@SDMesaPrez
Pam Luster provides concluding remarks about providing safe spaces at college campuses for students to dialogue with each other. Excellent media panel at Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue conference.
University of San Diego President James T. Harris announces the Constance Carroll Trailblazer Awards, 10 scholarships for local students to
@uofsandiego
and Mark Stuart CEO of
@sd_fdn
shares a donation of $200,000 to benefit Promise students! What a night!