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  • Losing Everything to War; Finding a Future at San Diego College...
    Zahra Husainy will never forget the date: August 25, 2021. That’s when the Afghan native, then just 17, became a refugee upon fleeing with her family from their hometown of...
  • Designing a Future
    Alexis Durbin always had a flair for fashion. The first-generation American loved dressing up in her mom’s clothes as a child and her passion led her to the retail industry...
  • A Journey Worth Celebrating
    Ospierrenida ‘Nida’ Pierre wasn’t going to let anything stop her. Not the harrowing, 3,000-mile odyssey she endured mostly on foot during an often grueling 18...
  • Student Welders from San Diego College of Continuing Education...
    San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) has been selected for a pilot program on board the USS Midway Museum. As part of SDCCE’s tuition-free welding certificate...
  • Beatriz Cruz: From Migrant Worker to College Graduate
    Anyone wondering about the transformative power of the San Diego College of Continuing Education need to look no further than Beatriz Cruz.As she tells it, Cruz was once living...
  • San Diego College of Continuing Education celebrates record-...
    The San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE), which this year is conferring  a record-breaking 10,537 diplomas and certificates, holds its annual commencement...
  • National Welding Month has Special Meaning at the San Diego...
    The San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) is building our community. Literally.April may be National Welding Month, but at the SDCCE, welding month is a yearlong event...
  • Brain Injury Walk to Raise Awareness, Funds for Recovery Classes...
    The San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) will be a prominent participant at the annual surviveHEADSTRONG Walk/Roll for Recovery, a fundraiser hosted by the San Diego...
  • SDG&E Grants $1.2 Million to SDCCE Foundation to Fill...
    Young adults are doing their part to keep San Diego safe by containing wildfire risk. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has awarded a $1,255,800 three-year grant to the San...
  • Free Clothing and Textile Arts Program at SDCCE Helps Student...
    San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) Clothing and Textiles graduate, Darius Stokes, launches Dluxware, an inclusive high-end underwear, and apparel brand.A...
  • Former Nursing Student Graduates with Seven Industrial Trades...
    Samantha Marasigan, 38, will graduate this June with four automotive certificates and three welding certificates from San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE).The...
  • Orientations Open in April for Free IT Summer Program
     San Diegans interested in computers and information technology (IT) can start training this summer for the well-paying career field. A tuition-free IT program at San Diego...