Executive Director of Third World Newsreel Dorothy Thigpen will speak at City College’s Cultural Awareness Center on April 10 from noon to 1 p.m. about TWN’s affordable and accessible training program for people of color who are interested in becoming media artists.

The event is being presented by the CAC and the International Studies program and will include information on the New York City-based training program, as well as TWN’s rich history of producing films about anti-war movements, the women’s movement and civil and human rights movements.

“A lot of our students might like to take advantage of [the training [read more...]

City College’s Voices of Hope club is offering six $150 scholarships to students on campus living with the challenges of a disability.

City College faculty, staff, and administration are being asked to nominate students who qualify for the motivational award. To qualify, students must be documented with the Disabled Students Programs and Services, have at least a 2.5 GPA, and be enrolled in at least 3 units.

Nomination must be submitted in writing to David Hagerty in the Learning Disability Office by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6, and should answer the following questions:

• Does the student show responsibility when interacting with instructors [read more...]

White cloths covered half the round table tops which filled up half of the City College Student Center. The surrounding chairs filled with returning and departing bodies. While it was sunny and bright outside, the City College community gave extra warmth March 23rd to the 29 recipients of Outstanding Women’s Awards.

Among the recipients was Katherine Whitehead, who started City College in the summer of 2010 and is now on her way to career as an aircraft dispatcher. As a member of the honor society Phi Theta Kappa, she received the second-place award as member of the year. Whitehead works in [read more...]

City College was recently awarded the Gift of Hope Award for its accomplishments during the 2011 Blood Source blood drives.

According to Brie Leon, Blood Source account manager, City College won the award over 50 other junior colleges, technical schools and universities in the surrounding area including all Sacramento schools that participated in the drives.

“Sacramento City College has a dynamic team of individuals that pitch in to make their blood drive a success,” said Leon. “A blood drive that started out on one bloodmobile collecting 50–80 pints over two days has transformed into a three bloodmobile drive collecting over [read more...]

City College’s Rodda North will play host to the SCC Retirement Reception on April 12 at 2 p.m. in Room 258. According to the College and Community Relations office, the 2012 retirees scheduled to be honored at the reception are as follows:

John Altmann                                                              Andy Balog Marlene Biddle Vicki Byers Robert Cohen Susan Collins Ann Cook Phillip Finley Susan Fong Melissa Green Joan Greenfield Thomas Kalber Judith Keen Karen Kunimura [read more...]

When City College nursing major Cheryl Coleman was 4, she got in touch with her creative side by taking her mom’s sewing kit and stitching things together.

Now about 26 years later, Coleman has taken that creative side one step further by creating her own jewelry line, “Cheryl’s Dope.”

Although juggling school, work and being a mom is difficult, the 30-year-old jewelry designer says it’s worth all the hard work because it provides her family with extra income.

“I wanted to help out my husband with the income to provide for our two sons and still have a little income [read more...]