San Diego Mesa College Professor Jordyn Smiley, MFA, has earned the distinction of becoming a CLO Accredited Instructor, bringing advanced industry expertise in 3D fashion design and virtual garment development directly into the classroom.
Psychology major Emerald Moreno is inspired by a passion for understanding and interpreting others, along with a deep faith that psychology is her calling. She plans to transfer to a university to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology, minor in Spanish, and continue exploring a future in law.
After a major surgery and months of recovery, Tracey Kushner faced a decision that would reshape her future. In 2024, she returned to San Diego Mesa College determined to finish the degree she had started years earlier.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — San Diego Mesa College proudly celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2026 during its annual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 29, 2026, honoring 1,958 graduates who earned more than 2,017 academic degrees and 414 certificates. A total of 727 graduates participated in the ceremony, joined by family, friends, faculty, staff, and community supporters.
October 20, 2025
Good afternoon,
We regret to inform you that our Canvas learning management system is currently unavailable due to a widespread outage affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS), which hosts the platform.
This outage has global implications, impacting over 6.5 million users and more than 1,000 apps and services across various industries and sectors. AWS is actively working to restore full functionality, but at this time, there is no estimated time for resolution. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
We understand this disruption may affect activities and we sincerely appreciate your patience and flexibility as we navigate this issue.Unfortunately, there is no current workaround available for accessing Canvas during this outage. As a result the Helpdesk and onsite ITS support are unable to facilitate access.
Canvas is providing updates via https://status.instructure.com/
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San Diego Mesa College Professor Jordyn Smiley, MFA, has earned the distinction of becoming a CLO Accredited Instructor, bringing advanced industry expertise in 3D fashion design and virtual garment development directly into the classroom.
Multi-disciplinary artist and muralist Thao Huynh French was recently commissioned to create two murals for San Diego Mesa College’s KUP Village in the Student Services building. Thao and her husband founded Mindful Murals and they have painted over 400 murals.
San Diego Mesa College Geographic Information Systems (GIS) student interns are putting their skills to work in the community through a partnership with Friends of the 32nd Street Canyon.
