Mendocino College graduates enjoyed a free dinner and virtual commencement ceremony this year.
In April, a survey was sent to all graduating students to gather input about how best to celebrate their accomplishments this year. The response from the majority of students was that they preferred a virtual ceremony.
Mendocino College is pleased to announce its Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program has been awarded another three year cycle grant. The program will receive $76,263 per year for the next three years to continue to help underserved and underrepresented students achieve success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) studies and careers.
The Mendocino College Symposium announces the next virtual lecture in the series:
Speaker: Vincent Poturica
Asian American communities are suffering acts of discrimination, hate crimes, and micro-aggressions due to fears of COVID-I9.
Since the December 2019 outbreak of the COVID-l9 virus in Wuhan, China, the infection has grown to more than 125.68 million confirmed cases and more than 2.75 million confirmed deaths worldwide. Scientists have confirmed that the COVID-l9 disease does not respect borders and is not caused by ethnicity, and the World Health Organization has cautioned against using geographic descriptors because they can fuel ethnic discrimination.
Second year Mendocino College Nursing students were recently able to get hands on experience by working side by side with nurses from Adventist Health and other health care providers at the Alex Rorabaugh Center to administer 1000 COVID-19 vaccinations. Each student was able to competently administer 50-75 vaccines under the supervision of Mendocino College Nursing Instructor Nancy Goodman and Director of Nursing, Peggy Goebel. Mendocino College Nursing Program Support Specialist, Ginger Bushway coordinated student requirements and schedules.
Mendocino College will continue primarily remote instruction through the summer 2021 semester, announced Superintendent/President Tim Karas.
February is Black History Month, a celebration acknowledging the achievements of the African descendants who have shaped American history.
The Mendocino College Symposium announces the third virtual lecture in the series:
LAKE COUNTY, CA—Sonoma State University (SSU) is launching a hybrid Bachelor of Science Business Administration Degree Completion Program beginning in fall 2021. This is the first program developed under the partnership established between Mendocino College, Woodland Community College and SSU.
In a report released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), Mendocino College is one of 13 California Community Colleges to close equity gaps for Latinx students and increase their success rates in English and math courses by broadening access to transfer-level and gateway courses. Titled “A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges”, the PPIC study indicates that the equity gap for Mendocino College Latinx students was comple