Second-year student Zora Williams is using her voice to bring more mental health and nutrition programming to San Diego Mesa College. Williams was elected president of the college’s Associated Students (AS) for the 2024-2025 academic year and serves as the college’s student representative on the San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees.
Sometimes, you hear a story that makes you want to know more. Kevin Gonzalez has such a story. The last time this story was updated, San Diego Mesa College student Kevin Gonzalez was a 15 year-old heading off to Massachusetts to complete his high school education. In the ensuing years, he has travelled to the other side of the world, built houses, but remained in close contact with his Mesa College professors and connections he made while on campus.
The San Diego Community College District has appointed four new student trustees for the upcoming academic year. Dalia Ramirez (San Diego City College), Zora Williams (San Diego Mesa College), Hailey Hua (San Diego Miramar College), and Haydee Zuniga (San Diego College of Continuing Education), will be sworn in during the June 20 SDCCD Board of Trustees meeting.
September 15, 2016
San Diego Gourmet Pizza Fest – a new festival for foodies and beer lovers alike – will debut this weekend in NTC Liberty Station’s Ingram Plaza at 11 a.m.
Featuring gourmet pizza from around San Diego, attendees will be able to try and judge the offerings in order to choose a “People’s Choice Best Pizza” popular vote winner. An expert panel of judges will also choose a winner in the category of “Best Gourmet Pizza in San Diego.” Beer tastings from local breweries are also included in the cost of admission.
This fundraiser will benefit the San Diego Mesa Foundation, an organization that helps to support the student body through various scholarships, food cards, emergency assistance and purchasing equipment for the campus.
The Mesa Foundation’s mini-grants program – grants of up to $1,000 for faculty and staff at Mesa to be used for special projects or equipment – benefits the students both in the classroom and out.
“The program brings exceptional, innovative opportunities to Mesa students,” said President Dr. Pamela Luster of Mesa College. “Through mini-grants, faculty are able to try different activities (CSI, Research Institute, High School Day, Marine Biology Ocean Research Trips), purchase equipment and take students on important field trips that impact their educational experience on campus.”
The restaurants that are participating in the festival include Red Oven, URBN, Oggi’s, Solare Ristorante Italiano Bar Lounge, Blendtastic, Mamma Mia, Sunny’s Pizza, Isola Pizza Bar, Napoleone Pizza House, Pizza e Birra, Badass Pizza & Brew, Mr. Moto Pizza House and Paradise Pizza of Carlsbad.
Breweries offering samples of local drafts include Mike Hess Brewing, Garage Brewing Co., 32 North Brewing Co., Helix Brewing Co., Oggi’s, Mission Brewery, Legacy Brewing Co., Latitude 33 Brewing, Legacy Brewing Co., Acoustic Ales and PRP Wine International.
To purchase tickets, visit www.sandiegopizzafest.com.
Tags: Fundraiser, Gourmet Pizza Fest, Mesa Foundation
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2356
San Diego, CA. — On Wednesday, May 26th, San Diego Mesa College will honor the scholarship winners during their 30th Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on campus. 236 scholarships worth nearly $160,000 total, will be awarded to 168 students – with many students winning multiple awards.
Sacramento, CA ---- This week, San Diego Mesa College Professor Dr. Veronica Gerace received the prestigious 2023 Regina Stanback Stroud Diversity Award from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC). As the official voice of California community college faculty in academic and professional matters, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is committed to equity, student learning and student success. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges acts to empower faculty to engage in local and statewide dialog and take action for continued improvement of teaching, learning, and faculty participation in governance.
Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) has awarded Alexander Szeto of Northrop Grumman and a Mesa College Foundation Board Member, a 2021 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Award for Community Service at the GMiS 33rd Annual Conference held on October 18-20.
