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 19, 2016
San Diego Mesa College is making it a little easier for the 24,500 students expected this fall with valet parking and transportation alternatives at the Kearny Mesa campus. Classes begin on Monday, August 22. Enrollment is still open for both on-line and in-class courses.
Free valet parking will be offered in Lot #2 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursdays. Students can drive up, leave their keys, and head to class without having to search for a parking space. Not only convenient for students, this allows the college to double-park cars in the lot, increasing on-site student parking spaces by nearly 200.
“Parking is a perennial issue at Mesa. Offering valet parking for the first couple of weeks of class is a stress-free alternative for our students, and worth the expense to the college to help our students get to class on time,” explains Rachelle Agatha, vice president of administrative services, who is leading the charge to find sustainable parking alternatives for students.
Free parking at Kearny High School and permit parking at the nearby National Guard Armory on Mesa College Drive will also be offered the first two weeks of the semester, when the campus is especially impacted as students add classes and get into their routines.
Car-free alternatives include four UBER stops, and rideshare and vanpool options for faculty, staff and students through SANDAG’s “iCommute” ridesharing program.
Also helping students navigate the 104-acre campus is a new campus map with walking directions, accessible through the iMesa mobile app and available free at Google Play and Apple App stores.
"With all these new options, we won't have to spend hours looking for parking, which is exciting!,” said Ava Fakhrabadi, incoming president for student government. “It's nice to know that student needs are not just heard, but acted on."
The new transportation options are outcomes of a student-led task force and an overall transportation study of the college conducted last year. More information is available at sdmesa.edu/mesamoves.
Tags: parking, valet, commute, mesa moves, uber, icommute, welcome week
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
Jack Beresford
Director of District Communications and Public Relations
jberresford@sdccd.edu
619-388-6540
San Diego, CA. – San Diego Mesa College welcomed back thousands of students today, as Fall classes commenced on campus. In addition to valet parking and free ice cream, students were invited to an eclipse watching party hosted by multiple faculty members outside of the Math & Science building.
Students, faculty and staff at San Diego Mesa College are encouraged to ride their bicycles to work as a part of the city-wide Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 18.
San Diego Community College District Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management Chris Manis presented his parking fee proposal to students, faculty and staff at San Diego Mesa College on March 9.
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.
