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.
On Thursday, August 26, for the first time in over 18 months, the San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery will host a Reception and Open House featuring four international artists. The Reception and Open House will be held from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm., and feature outdoor refreshments. From 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., artist Gloria Muriel will be on-site at the gallery creating small drawings, which will be available for purchase for under $100.
The Advancing San Diego (ASD) Internship Program, launched in Spring 2020aims to provide up to 100 fully subsidized internships at San Diego-based companies. This program supports companies with 100 employees or less, which comprise 98 percent of all businesses in San Diego, employ nearly two-thirds of San Diegans, and account for 70 percent of job growth. A vital issue for these companies has been a lack of time and resources to recruit the skilled talent necessary to continue their growth.
October 17, 2017
On Friday, October 20, San Diego State University (SDSU) will hold their annual War Memorial Ceremony to honor veterans who died while serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. This will be the 21 annual wreath-laying ceremony, and has been expanded to include and honor service members involved in events since World War II.
Author and Mesa College Professor Lisa Shapiro will be the keynote speaker at this year’s ceremony which will take place at the campus War Memorial on Aztec Green at 9:00 a.m. Shapiro, being the author of upcoming book, “No Forgotten Fronts, From Classrooms to Combat,” has had the opportunity to research and read the late San Diego State professor Dr. Lauren Post’s collection of letters known as the World War II Servicemen’s Correspondence Collection 1941-1945. This has given Shapiro an up close and personal look into the lives of the service officials and their families during the time of the war and how Dr. Lauren Post’s letter project, the Aztec News Letter, connected thousands through writing.
When asked about the letters she researched, Shapiro claimed, “The letters written to one beloved professor describe an American perspective of war that shines with idealism, determination, raw grief, and the power of friendship.” She added, “These intimate, first-person accounts capture honest, in-the-moment reactions to war that resound with heartache and gratitude.”
Shapiro’s book will be published April, 2018 by Naval Institute Press and will include more insight to the WWII letter collection mentioned.
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Jennifer Nichols Kearns
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San Diego Mesa College is hosting events throughout the week for Veterans Celebration Week. Today, students gathered to learn more about veterans’ experiences at the Supporting our Deported Veterans panel. Specialist Hector Barajas spoke along with our District Board of Trustee Peter Zschiesche, and Case Manager for the Employee Rights Center Marisol Turincio.
On Friday, October 20, San Diego State University (SDSU) will hold their annual War Memorial Ceremony to honor veterans who died while serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. This will be the 21 annual wreath-laying ceremony, and has been expanded to include and honor service members involved in events since World War II.
