The rainy weather on May 10 subsided long enough for more than 600 new SBCC graduates to receive their diplomas at La Playa Stadium, as proud family and friends cheered on. Speakers included Interim President/Superintendent Dr. Helen Benjamin and student speaker Leslie Marin, the first in her immigrant family to graduate college. A member of the SBCC Promise program, Marin will transfer to UCSB on a full ride scholarship in the Fall. Big congrats to all of our SBCC grads! 

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Parker was elected to the SBCC Board of Trustees in November 2018. Her role as a leader in education started as PTA president and turned into a lifelong commitment to building a strong educational system. Trustee Parker was recently honored with the Hope Award from the Santa Barbara Education Foundation. Read the Noozhawk story...

Sydney Schapansky, a junior at San Marcos High School, has been taking dual enrollment classes at Santa Barbara City College since her freshman year. In May she is scheduled to graduate from SBCC with an associate degree in science and math, and another in liberal arts and humanities. In 2020 she will graduate from San Marcos High School.
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Five years ago SBCC was awarded the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence by the Aspen Institute. Last month Forbes Magazine noted "the Aspen Prize reminds us of the deep, and often undervalued, impact that high-achieving community colleges make as engines of opportunity." Read the full article...

Former SBCC football player signed by the San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers announced on April 30 that they have signed Mitch Wishnowsky to a four-year deal. As a Vaquero in 2014, Mitch played in 11 games and registered 63 punts for 2,509 yards (39.8 average). According to Niners Wire News, "Wishnowsky was considered by some the best punter in the draft. San Francisco scooped him up with the No. 110 overall pick." Read the full story...

Conrad Gonzales attended SBCC's School of Culinary Arts before embarking on a 15-year career as a chef, restaurateur and founder of a wine country catering company. Last month he officially announced plans to collaborate with Buttonwood Farm Winery for a new planting of five varieties of organic heirloom corn. Read the full story...

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According to a recent article in The Channels, "Students can enjoy the Santa Barbara sunshine and still remain attached to their devices, thanks to the City College Energy Club’s newest project—a solar powered picnic table equipped with charging ports."  The project is one of several alternative energy projects the group is working on to help create a more sustainable, clean-energy campus. Read the story in The Channels...

SBCC's Office of Communications was recently honored with five awards from the Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO). Awards included First Place in the Media Success category; Second Place in Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, and Manipulated photos; and Third Place for the college's staff newsletter "Cliff Notes". Read the press release for more...

In April, Dr. Helen Benjamin was honored at the Annual Convention of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in Florida, where she received the AACC Leadership Award. AACC’s Leadership Award, an annual tradition since 1982, is presented to individuals whose accomplishments and professional contributions to the community college field have been outstanding. 

Through partnerships with local K-12 districts, students eligible for high school have the opportunity to begin their college careers while paying no tuition for college classes. Registration is now open for two 2019 summer sessions:
Summer session 1: May 20-June 28
Summer session 2: June 29-Aug 9
Visit the Dual Enrollment website for info...

This summer over 60 Career Skills classes are being offered in the areas of business, design and technology. All of them are tuition-free and provide the opportunity to improve skills in everything from the art of negotiation and collaboration to using Facebook for business, to understanding branding and design basics.
See the list of summer classes...