San Diego, CA — Today, San Diego Mesa College will host the Advancing Racial Justice and Equitable Outcomes in Community College Institute, scheduled for Sept. 12 at San Diego Mesa College, is the third such meeting organized by the University of Illinois Office of Community College Research and Leadership. Issues of race on community college campuses will be the focus of the conference.
San Diego, CA. —San Diego Mesa College has announced the official appointment of Lindsay Samaniego as the new Women’s Basketball Coach for the Olympians. Samaniego joins the Olympians after six seasons at the helm of the Cal Lutheran women's basketball program, where she guided the Regals to a 91-66 record while making five straight appearances in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament, two of those appearances in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament Championship game. Samaniego boasts a 62-34 record against the SCIAC in her six seasons at Cal Lutheran.
San Diego Mesa College brought in the fall 2019 semester with a grand opening of the Fostering Academic Success & Transitions (FAST) Center – the first of its kind at a community college in the San Diego region. NextUp—an Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) program that provides support services to former and current foster youth—proudly opened the doors to its brand new FAST Center on Thursday, August 22, 2019.
November 16, 2016
San Diego Mesa College’s third annual Thanksgiving Feast – organized by the Mesa College H.O.S.T. program and the Associated Students – will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 22 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room MC 211 A/B.
Victoria Miller, Dean of Student Affairs, said that the faculty, staff and administrators at Mesa always want “students to feel valued and appreciated,” and that the Thanksgiving Feast is just one way that they help to accomplish this goal throughout the year.
“At Mesa, we pride ourselves in ‘community,’ and building relationships with our students – what better way is there than our own students doing this for students,” said Victoria Miller, Dean of Student Affairs. “It’s important because we do recognize that not everybody is able to go away for the Thanksgiving break, and we also recognize that not everybody knows where their food for the evening is going to come from.”
Describing it as a “warm, family event,” Miller hopes that students won’t just stop by to eat and leave, but she encourages everyone to engage in conversation and feel like they’re a part of holiday.
This free kickoff of the holiday season was created as a way to make students feel welcome on campus – especially those that are homeless, food insecure, don’t have holiday plans or are international/out-of-state students and cannot travel home for Thanksgiving.
Paid for by the AS, the event will offer ham, turkey and vegetarian meals for any student on campus who wishes to participate. There will be entertainment provided during the feast, as well as games for attendees to participate in.
H.O.S.T., which stands for Hope Offered to Students in Transition, is an entity of the AS that has organized this event every year since 2014. Originally started as a way to help students in need, the other main purpose of the event is to foster a sense of community and family on campus.
AS President Ava Fakhrabadi said that MC 211 A/B will be festively decorated for the event and that it provides an opportunity to socialize with other students.
“It’s an opportunity for students to have a home here at Mesa, especially for students who don’t get a Thanksgiving feast,” Fakhrabadi said. “We allocate quite a bit of money for it because we think it’s a really important event.”
In addition to the meal, games and entertainment, there will also be an opportunity drawing where students can win gift cards for local restaurants and supermarkets, donated in large part by faculty and staff on campus.
For more information or to donate a gift card or money toward a gift card for the opportunity drawing, contact Victoria Miller via phone at (619) 388-2699 or via email at vmiller@sdccd.edu.
Tags: ASG, Student Success and Equity, H.O.S.T., Associated Student Government, Equity and Excellence
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
Victoria Miller
Dean of Student Affairs
vmiller@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2699
San Diego, CA — Today, San Diego Mesa College will host the Advancing Racial Justice and Equitable Outcomes in Community College Institute, scheduled for Sept. 12 at San Diego Mesa College, is the third such meeting organized by the University of Illinois Office of Community College Research and Leadership. Issues of race on community college campuses will be the focus of the conference.
The Associated Students (AS) logo is everywhere, and AS hosts plenty of events each year for our students, but who are they really, and what do they do for our campus?
Recently, San Diego Mesa College discovered the posting of flyers across campus that targeted particular ethnic groups. The College followed its free speech policy, and only removed flyers that were improperly posted. This included postings on electronic signboards causing potential damage to college equipment. The Art Gallery was also impacted as materials were defaced with flyers posted over them. The incident was reported to District Police as well as the San Diego Police Department, who continue to monitor the situation.
San Diego Mesa College strongly opposes the racist language used by those who are posting these fliers. To be clear – any doctrine that elevates one group above another has no place at Mesa College and we condemn any language or actions that promote racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, violence, discrimination and other forms of hate.
