COVID-19 abrupted the American healthcare system, nationalizing the long-standing need for skilled healthcare workers. San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE), a hub for free workforce training, is pivoting new graduates hit hard by a plunging economy toward a career track in public health. Despite remote and hybrid classes, students at SDCCE are earning 100% pass
04/06/2021
On Monday, March 8 – International Women's Day 2021 — the San Diego College of Continuing Education’s Hospitality and Culinary Arts Program helped to distribute $1,500 worth of kitchen equipment to over a dozen deserving female students.
03/15/2021
This March for National Brain Injury Month, students and teachers from San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) are rallying together once again to raise funds and awareness for San Diego Brain Injury Foundation’s (SDBIF’s) annual surviveHEADSTRONG Walk for Recovery. SDCCE is on track to raise $20,000 by March 20.SDCCE’s Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) programs have been
03/12/2021
Students are on the fast track to becoming apprentices in the building and construction trades industry through San Diego College of Continuing Education’s (SDCCE’s) High Roads Construction Apprenticeship Readiness Program. Applications are now open for adults 18 and older.SDCCE and its partner organizations, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego Workforce
02/25/2021
Performances by renowned poet Alyce Smith Cooper, DJ/musician Shammy Dee, and Master Storyteller Mitchell Capel “Gran’daddy Junebug” are among the events planned for Black History Month at San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) beginning Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Events are free, virtual and open to the public.
02/10/2021
The largest adult noncredit educational institution of its kind in the nation, San Diego Continuing Education (SDCE), adds the word college to its name. The new name, San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE), better reflects the organization's status and mission to transition adult students to credit college and careers.SDCCE is the adult education division of the San
02/01/2021
Free classes start Monday, February 1, 2021 at San Diego Continuing Education (SDCE). As industries face hardship and uncertainty, this spring SDCE will help residents from across the county to attain livable wages in a COVID-19 economy through free short term career training in several pandemic resilient workforce sectors from information technology, healthcare, to
01/25/2021
San Diego residents in search of pandemic resilient jobs can enroll in San Diego Continuing Education’s (SDCE’s) ICOM Academy (Interactive Competency-based Online Micro-credentialing Academy) for essential information technology skills. Noncredit classes are available at no cost, and due to the pandemic are taught fully online.176,000 workers are unemployed due to COVID-19
12/15/2020
In celebration of Thanksgiving, Congressman Scott Peters donated fifty grocery store gift cards to provide meals for 50 students enrolled in San Diego Continuing Education’s (SDCE’s) Gateway to College and Career program in need of a holiday dinner.SDCE’s Gateway to College and Career for Opportunity Youth is one of the only programs of its kind in San Diego and one of few
11/23/2020
Manuel Cortez, 43, turned his life around when he became a certified plumber, a career path accomplished through free workforce training at San Diego Continuing Education (SDCE).Prior to working in commercial buildings and private homes, three years ago, Cortez was rehabilitating at the San Diego Rescue Mission (SDRM) overcoming a drug and alcohol addiction.“I threw away 20
11/17/2020