Dear SDCCE Community,

Welcome back from the Thanksgiving Break. Enrollment for the 2025 spring semester at SDCCE is now live! Classes will begin Wednesday, January 29th. A reminder email went out to current and prospective students this morning. Thank you to our Student Services and Outreach teams for being ready and on the frontlines to help our students enroll in their classes and to inform them of resources they may need to be successful inside and beyond the classroom.

Please remind your students enrollment support workshops are available with our outreach ambassadors.

• Monday, 12/2 – ECC (Educational Cultural Complex), 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, 12/3 – César E. Chávez Campus, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, 12/4 – Mid-City Campus, 9:00 - 12:00 a.m. & 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
• Thursday, 12/5 – CE-Mesa, 10:00 - 1:00 p.m. & North City Campus, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, 12/6 – CE-Miramar Campus, 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. & West City Campus 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Enrollment Updates

SDCCE’s overall enrollment for fall stands at 29,420 (1% less than this time last year, and a 0.1% increase from last week), with a fill rate of 73%, which is greater than last fall (71%). SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,683, a decrease of 1% compared to this time last fall (15,809) and a 0.01% increase from last week (15,682). FTEF scheduled for the fall semester is 2% less than last fall (188.76 to 185.48). View the enrollment report.

BlueForge Alliance Partner Feature SDCCE: Training Our Future

Back in October 2023, SDCCE secured $1.175 million in funds from BlueForge Alliance to double the size of our welding lab at the Educational Cultural Complex as part of a comprehensive effort addressing a shortage of skilled welders. Plans for expansion are in progress. Facilitated through its work with the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base. SDCCE is expanding its welding program on multiple fronts, including new welding booths, upgraded ventilation and electrical, and new faculty members. I am happy to report SDCCE's welding program is the workforce partner feature for BlueForge Alliance.

SDCCE's ESL Go Green Committee Team meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, December 3rd from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Flex Number: 36072. All are welcome. For more information contact, Co-Chairs Diana Larsen at dlarsen@sdccd.edu, Diana Vera-Alba at dveraalb@sdccd.edu and Elissa Claar at eclaar@sdccd.edu.

The next Community Health & Resource Fair is Wednesday, December 4. December December is HIV / AIDS Awareness and FLU vaccination month, many free resources will be available. Shuttle rides are available to the Jackie Robinson YMCA from our ECC campus. All community members are welcome!

Note, this is the last Community Health & Resource Fair for 2024 and will resume on February 5, 2025. The list of the 2025 Health Fair event dates is attached.

SDCCE is excited to offer complimentary tickets to the production of Black Nativity, a gospel musical by Langston Hughes. Presented by Common Ground Theatre, the show runs from December 6–15, 2024, at the Educational Cultural Complex. As part of our commitment to fostering community engagement, the first 20 employees or students who register will receive free tickets. To reserve your seats, email your name and preferred show date to Patricia Lopez at palopez@sdccd.edu. Each employee may request up to two tickets.

SDCCE's Immigrant Support Program, Black Student Success Program, and Be Well Program are proud to partner with Jewish Family Services to host a "Know Your Rights Workshop" for our students. This essential workshop will help students learn about their rights regarding immigration status. Resources from SDCCE’s affinity programs will also be available to attendees.

Event Details:
Date: December 4, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Room 117, Mid-City Campus
Hybrid Option: Attend virtually at: https://sdccd-edu.zoom.us/j/89278598811

As an additional resource, SDCCE students and employees can access Red Cards, all people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home. Red Cards are available for print. SDCCE's Student Affairs will soon have Red Cards available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Stay tuned for more information.

Our annual CalWORKs Toys for Tots campaign will be held on December 9, 11, and 12 at Mid-City Campus. Toys will be provided by the Marines and Dr. Tami Foy from the SDCCE Foundation, who graciously donated $5,000 to provide 100 gift cards to CalWORKs students who have older children. For more information please contact SDCECalWORKs@sdccd.edu or call the CalWORKs department at 619-388-4933 or 619-388-4530. A special thank you to all who donated to make this December a joyous holiday season for our deserving students and their families.

You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Emeritus Holiday Concert on Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024, starting at 1:00 PM-3:30 PM at Scripps Miramar Ranch Library. Kindly put it on your calendar if you can make it! This concert will feature faculties and students mostly from our piano and guitar applied music classes of the Emeritus program. We hope to send you off with a wonderful musical celebration before our winter holiday break. No need to RSVP, just come and be joyful with us!

Focus groups for the new SDCCE website are taking place this December 3 and 4, if you are interested in participating contact our PIO, Brenna Leon Sandeford: bleonsandeford@sdccd.edu

A reminder that all requests of the Communications Department must be approved by a dean or vice president and requires submission of a request form. You can find the Project Request Form link on the Faculty and Staff Resources Page of our website. Allow ten working days for a request to be completed. If a request needs immediate attention, please complete the form and contact the Public Information Officer.

For SDCCE professional development opportunities, visit the professional development web page for upcoming workshops.

President's Updates

Let's ring in December together. I look forward to seeing many of you at the SDCCE Holiday Celebration today, December 2, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Marina Village.

The Research Corner

This week, we invite you to check out the Awards Dashboard for our institution that looks at the program certificates and course certificates awarded to students in the last 5 years and has been updated to include data up to 2023/24. This dashboard allows user to break down the data by Term, Academic Year, and even different types of demographics such as Gender, Ethnicity, Age Group, among many others. The Awards Dashboard is located on the CE website under Organization -> Institutional Effectiveness -> Institutional Research -> Data Dashboards. Take a minute to review this resource and email jsalcedo001@sdccd.edu if you have any questions.

President's Office Hours

President's Office Hours are back! Individual zoom meetings will be 20 minutes and are available on a first come first serve basis. If you would like to schedule a virtual appointment with me, please email sdccepresident@sdccd.edu for detailed information.

Best,