Connie Renda, MA, RHIA, CHDA, Program Director and Assistant Professor for Health Information Technology and Management, was recognized by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) with the prestigious Leadership Award.
We are excited to share the members of Generation Hope's California Presidents Circle, the first in a new national initiative designed to equip higher education executives with tools, data, and peer support to truly champion parenting students and their families.
Women’s volleyball at Mesa College is on a spike. In the spring, the Olympians won the state beach volleyball title after winning the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference title for a fourth straight year.
March 3, 2022
Event Designed to Ease Students Back into their Return to Campus
San Diego, CA – On March 2 and 3, 2022, San Diego Mesa College is hosting their 2022 Spring Reorientation event. Event registration filled up quickly, with over 300 students signed up to attend the event, which is offering four sessions across two days. Students were given the opportunity to attend a morning or afternoon session, each session lasting approximately 2-3 hours.
The Mesa Reorientation event is intended to help ease the transition back to campus for students, after several semesters of primarily on-line instruction. The goal of the event is not only to help students orient the campus, but to inspire them and connect them with student support resources.
“This exciting on-campus opportunity is designed to give our new and returning students, many of whom have never had the chance to set foot on our lovely campus, a kick start to their academic year,” stated Victoria Miller, Dean of Student Affairs. “The feedback from students has been overwhelmingly positive.”
The Opening session takes place in Mesa Commons. After which, students are given a campus tour of Student Services and invited to attend various workshops. Workshop topics include various program presentations such as Career Education, Career, Transfer, and Evaluations services, and Basic Needs services and support. Students can also get their College Student ID’s.
To see photos from the event, visit the San Diego Mesa College Flickr Album.
San Diego Mesa College is a fully accredited, comprehensive community college committed to access, success, and equity. We honor those commitments as a diverse community of students, faculty, professional staff, and administrators who collaborate to foster scholarship, leadership, innovation, and excellence in an inclusive learning environment. By promoting student learning and achievement that leads to degrees and certificates, transfer, workforce training, and lifelong learning, we empower our students to reach their educational goals and shape their future. Among the largest community colleges in California, Mesa College serves 30,000 students per year, 25% of whom are full-time. Mesa offers nearly 200 associate degree and certificate programs and is one of 15 California community colleges offering a four-year baccalaureate degree. Mesa ranks as San Diego’s top transfer institution, is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution and a Military Friendly School, serving more than 3,500 veterans and their families.
As one of the largest of California’s 73 community college districts, the San Diego Community College District includes San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College, and
serves approximately 100,000 students annually through three two-year colleges and the San Diego College of Continuing Education. Mesa College also offers a bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management.
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San Diego, CA — September 15, 2025 — Today, San Diego Mesa College received the 2025 Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The annual HEED Award is a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to academic excellence, belonging, and community-building across all levels of campus life.
SAN DIEGO, CA — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded San Diego Mesa College a TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $1,762,655 ($352,531 annually over five years) to increase retention and graduation rates among low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities.
SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego Mesa College will celebrate the grand opening of its newly developed CommUnity Spaces—student-centered support and affinity spaces designed to enhance engagement, learning, and a sense of belonging on campus—on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Room I4-202.
