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.
October 19, 2017
On Monday, Oct 9, the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) Police Department invited Mesa and all SDCCD students to join them for, “Coffee with a Cop”, an event held on campus outside of the Mesa Commons building. The purpose of this event was to open a line of communication between the police officers and the student community to build positive relationships.
The intent is that allowing students to meet with officers in person, in an approachable atmosphere, makes it easier for both parties to get to know each other and share common interests relative to the community and the college campus. Lieutenant Diana Medero of the SDCCD College Police stated, “For the students it’s about getting to know the officers, learning how to interact with police officers on and off campus, and some students even ask about how to handle family and safety issues at home.” She also shared that the students who attended this event were “serious about their education” and “supportive of the officers”.
Over 200 cups of coffee were personally brewed and given to students by the department officers along with cookies, and informational materials about upcoming events and available resources. The SDCCD Police Department officers are planning on hosting an additional “Coffee with a Cop” session in November so that they can connect with evening students. To learn more about other Police Department events, like self-defense classes and information sessions, go to the SDCCD PD webpage.
About: The “Coffee with a Cop” program first started in Hawthorne, California in 2011 and has since had multiple police departments and communities in all 50 states join in hosting the events. The event program has influenced other countries and their law enforcement, like Canada, Europe, Australia, and Africa to partake in hosting these events. For more information about the history of this program and other events created, visit Coffee With A Cop.
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Jennifer Nichols Kearns
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San Diego, CA. On Monday, August 21, 2023, the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery will display The Resistance of the Echo & La Eco-Resistencia: a multimedia installation by artist Francisco Eme. This multimedia installation is an urban ecology study focusing on the biological dynamics of a canyon situated in a suburb of San Diego. This work will be displayed from August 21st to September 14th, in the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery.
Andrew reflects on how his journey was not always smooth sailing, but how it was necessary in transforming him into the person he is today.
San Diego, CA, - Black History Month celebrations begin today at San Diego Mesa College, and the annual Rosa Parks Birthday Recognition & Libation is scheduled for Thursday, February 2. Community members are invited to join Mesa College administrators, faculty, staff and students at 12:00 p.m. for a silent walk from the Osani Circle at the Humanities and Cultural Studies Building (G-103) to the Rosa Parks Transit Station, on the corner of Mesa College Dr. and Mesa College Circle, for a traditional libation and remembrance. The walk is to honor those who walked instead of riding the bus after Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
