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.
August 24, 2016
The immigrant experience is coming to the stage in a new devised theater event that begins this fall at San Diego Mesa College. Students, performers, and anyone with a story, experience or interest in immigration are invited to enroll in Drama 268, Experimental Theatre. The class begins Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Apolliad Theatre at Mesa College.
“This is going to be an awesome experience where we will think, debate and create as a group,” instructor John Polack said of the class, which is called a devised theatre project, loosely defined as the process of collaboratively creating a new work without a pre-existing script where the collaborators are also the performers.
Tentatively called “Immigrant Nation: A History of Love, Hope, and Fear,” the production will explore stories of arrival in America and offer an exploration of what people have gained and lost as new immigrants. Polack will facilitate the group discussion and creative research, and help the group explore concepts and topics through performance.
Everyone who shows up on Saturday, August 27, will be given an add code for the class, which is two units and costs $92 for the 16-week session, held in the Apolliad Theatre (Building CT). Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. with a break for lunch. Parking is free on Saturdays on the Mesa College campus.
Interested persons can call Polak at 608-344-4625, or register online for Experimental Theatre DRAM 268 at https://studentweb.sdccd.edu/reg-e, or show up to get an add code.
Tags: play, drama, immigration, playwright, Dramatic Arts, Theater
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
John Polack
Adjunct Professor - Drama
jpolack@hotmail.com
(608) 344-4625
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