At the January 22nd, 2024 meeting of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, the San Diego Mesa College Ethnic Studies Faculty Council was awarded the prestigious Exemplary Program Award.
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 5, 2017
Following the grand opening for The Stand Feb. 9, San Diego Mesa College’s new food and clothing pantry has been successful in both collecting donations and helping students on campus.
Since its debut, The Stand, has served 227 food items to 118 individual Mesa College students. Donations from students, faculty and the community of San Diego have been pouring in; including a donation of $3,000 from one source and a widow from Vista who donated suits that belonged to her late husband.
“This is an opportunity for us to re-declare that we are the ‘Leading College of Equity and Excellence’ – The Stand is just one of the many examples that allows us to say that,” said Mesa President Dr. Pamela Luster, Ed.D., during the grand opening ceremony.
Mesa’s outstanding students continue to be a driving force for the success of The Stand. Repeat Boutique – an upcoming fundraiser for the Fashion Department at Mesa College – will be donating business attire to The Stand, and the Associated Students is planning a donation drive competition between the clubs on campus.
Other students have made individual donations or have inquired about possibly volunteering their time to The Stand, an addition to The Stand that will be incorporated in the future.
“One donor that we owe a lot to is the Mesa Foundation because they gave us our first mini-grant to get all the equipment for The Stand,” said Claudia Estrada, Transfer Center and Career Guidance Center Supervisor.
Serving an average of 30 students a day, The Stand is now seeking more donations to replenish the shelves. Individual items requested for donation include shelf-stable meals, yogurt and drinks, travel-size deodorant, applesauce packets, Progresso soup, mac and cheese, granola bars and snacks.
Items can be dropped off at The Stand in I4-204 or at the Office of Student Success and Equity in I4-401. Interested parties can now donate money to The Stand via PayPal online through the San Diego Mesa College Foundation.
For more information about using or donating to The Stand, visit www.sdmesa.edu/TheStand, or contact Johanna Aleman at [email protected] or (619) 388-5940.
Tags: Equity and Excellence, The Stand
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
[email protected]
(619) 388-2759
Johanna Aleman
Student Services Technician - Department of Equity and Excellence
[email protected]
(619) 388-5940
At the January 22nd, 2024 meeting of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, the San Diego Mesa College Ethnic Studies Faculty Council was awarded the prestigious Exemplary Program Award.
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, at the Shining Light on Generosity event, San Diego Mesa College debuted the naming of The Stand: The Pamela T. Luster Resource Center, in honor of former President Dr. Pamela T. Luster. Additionally, the event served as an intimate gathering that honored and recognized multiple donors who helped the Mesa College Resiliency Fund become a reality.
Looking to address equity issues on campus, San Diego Mesa College sought out advice and expertise from the Center for Urban Education (CUE) at the University of Southern California. “We needed to have someone hold up the mirror to us because it can be difficult to change from within if you don’t know what you need to change,” said Dr. Pamela Luster, President of Mesa.
