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.
September 21, 2017
On Thursday, Sept. 20, San Diego Mesa College debuted their new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Center, located on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center (LRC). The new center, which is part of the STEM Conexiones Program, will support students, particularly full-time Hispanic and low-income students, and provide them with resources to succeed in various STEM majors.
Services offered include study areas where students can meet with a tutor, faculty mentor, peer mentor, and/or STEM counselor. Students can also utilize computers loaded with STEM specific software, check out models and equipment such as microscopes, use graphic calculators, and access reference books.
“Students will now have a dedicated space where they can meet directly with faculty and staff and get additional support,” stated President Dr. Pamela Luster. “Through these services, the College aims to improve student success and persistence in STEM courses, and better prepare students to transfer to the UC and CSU systems in STEM disciplines.”
The establishment of STEM Center is through a U.S Department of Education 5-year, $5 million HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Title III STEM Grant awarded to Mesa College in 2016 to support Hispanic and low-income students. STEM disciplines at Mesa College that fall under the HSI grant include archaeology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer information science, engineering, geographic information systems, geology, mathematics, psychology, physical science and physics. Through participation in Conexiones, students will receive assistance with scheduling for STEM courses, be prepared to transfer to the UC and CSU systems, receive counseling assistance regarding their major, and benefit from ongoing collaboration between counseling staff and STEM faculty.
Visit the Mesa College Flicker Album to see photos of the STEM Center Grand Opening, and visit the Mesa College YouTube Channel to view the video.
Students who are interested in STEM Conexiones, can complete a student interest form. If you have questions about registering, please contact Miranda Mitchem, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, HSI STEM Center, Program Coordinator at mmitchem@sdccd.edu.
For more information on programs under the HSI Grant, please contact Leticia P. Lopez, Ph.D., HSI STEM Grant Acting Program Manager at (619) 388- 2353 or llopez@sdccd.edu.
Tags: STEM Center, Grand Opening
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
jnkearns@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-2759
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, Mesa College held the Grand Opening of the newly remodeled Fine Arts Building. The redesigned building includes an art gallery, an art history lecture room; studios for drawing, digital graphics, sculpture, ceramics and painting; and workshop spaces to support the shared used of art equipment, material, and supply resources.
During the 2017 Fall semester at San Diego Mesa College, a class of advanced Interior Design students collaborated on a real-life project with the STEM Center Staff to redesign the space in the STEM Center. This project was organized and completed under the supervision of Professor of Interior Design, Farida Gabdrakhmanova as a part of the Interior Design 205 – Non-Residential Space Planning course.
Between September 20th and October 12th San Diego Mesa College - a designated Hispanic Serving Institution - presented over a dozen Hispanic Heritage month events. Hundreds of students attended a variety of the events, both on and off campus.
