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How one City College professor gives every student a place in her classroom

As a new teacher, Karla Rojas didn’t think to tie equity into her practice. However, over time, she began to examine the ways in which she might be able to teach math more inclusively. One of her first...

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Checking in on how City College is doing with the vaccine mandate

As the second anniversary of the coronavirus disease approaches, the Los Rios Community College District still has one last hurdle: vaccinations. As of Oct. 1, any student wishing to use on-campus...

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Allied health returns to pre-pandemic operations and introduces new programs

When the pandemic reached the United States in spring 2020, City College’s science and allied health programs soon scattered as a result of the upheaval.  Some had to go completely remote, while...

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City College faculty remember late philosophy professor Tanya Rodriguez

When Dawna DeMartini thinks of late City College philosophy professor Tanya Rodriguez, she remembers her strength and bravery. DeMartini, an English professor who worked with Rodriguez in City College’s...

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City College encourages students to take pride in themselves

After three semesters worth of attempts, City College’s Pride Center finally opened — virtually — earlier this fall. Originally scheduled to open before the campus closed down in March 2020,...

City College student Aaliyah Hernandez has published a book of poetry called Turning Twenty One.
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City College student Aaliyah Hernandez’s journey through love and healing in debut book, ‘Turning Twenty One’

Two years ago, Aaliyah Hernandez was devastated when she had her first heartbreak at 19 years old, which lasted for two months. But Hernandez, now 21 and a student at City College, knew she would have...

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Catching up with former Express adviser Jan Haag

Casey Rafter | [email protected] October 19, 2021

While packing up her office in STS 225, now-retired journalism instructor Jan Haag peered out of her door. The moment was captured in a photo taken by Haag’s partner, former Sacramento Bee photographer...

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City College Professor awarded Sundance Film Institute Indigenous Film Fellowship

Roberto Chacon-Gutiérrez Young, an associate professor in the theatre arts and film department at City College, won the prestigious 2020-21 Sundance Film Institute Indigenous Film Fellowship.  In...

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Introducing Haily Holston, City College’s 2021-2022 Student Senate president

Haily Holston is no stranger to student leadership. In middle school in Sacramento, she joined the student council, serving as vice president in seventh grade and student body president in eighth grade....

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City College faculty express concern over reopening plans

City College faculty have expressed concerns regarding the state of fall reopening plans over the past months, with some professors troubled over the lack of faculty representation in those discussions. Academic...

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City College elects new representatives to Student Associated Council

During this year's Student Associated Council elections, City College students voted online to select new representatives for the upcoming school year. The results were announced May 3 via the Cityscape...

City College student, Nang Sayoon Noi, is a native of Myanmar enrolled in City College as an international student, majoring in chemistry (photo: Mario Funes/mfunes.express@gmail.com)

The impact of COVID-19 on the International Student Center

In December 2018, chemistry major Nang Sayoon Noi’s journey to City College began. Only 16 years old, she spent nearly all of her first day on a plane or in an airport, traveling from Myanmar to Sacramento....

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