Dear SDCCE Community,
For the second year in a row, my family and I are thrilled to walk in the annual Pride Parade this coming Saturday in Hillcrest, and I encourage you all to join the San Diego College of Continuing Education as we proudly support the LGBTQIA+ community. Students, faculty, administrators, and classified professionals will march under the San Diego Community College District banner during the July 15 event that draws up to 100,000 spectators. This year’s parade theme is "Thrive!"
Once again, we will be giving away SDCCE Pride t-shirts, hats, and sunglasses while supplies last!
Register to walk with us
Take a look back at the 2022 San Diego Pride Parade
Share your support on social! The SDCCE Pride Zoom background and social media assets are available for Download in Dropbox.
Enrollment Updates
SDCCE’s overall enrollment for summer stands at 14,771 (20% greater than this time last year and a 1% increase from last week), with a fill rate of 76%, which is lower than last summer’s 81%. SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 10,177, an increase of 24% compared to this time last summer (8,204) and a 1% increase to last week (10,110). FTEF scheduled for the summer semester are 16% higher than last summer (96.53 to 83.50). Enrollment management efforts continue, with 16% of scheduled sections starting July 11 or later (73 out of 468). View the latest enrollment report here.
Campus Updates
Summer is here, and so are SDCCE's Start Here. Start Now. Reg Fests! These events are carefully designed to engage with prospective and current students as well as the communities we serve by connecting them to programs and support services at the SDCCE. Attendees will learn more about SDCCE's classes, certificate programs, and student support services, and have onsite access from application to registration and enjoy music, food, and fun.
Sign-up here https://forms.office.com/r/1AbPC68YQH to host an interactive booth or work at one or all of the Reg Fests (please work with your Dean or direct supervisor).
Start Here. Start Now. Reg Fests
- July 19th - Cesar Chavez Campus, 3 to 6 p.m.
- July 26th - West City Campus, 3 to 6 p.m.
- August 3rd - CE Mesa, 3 to 6 p.m.
- August 8th - Mid-City Campus, 3 to 6 p.m.
- August 9th - North City Campus
- CE Miramar - TBD
Dates and times are subject to change. For details, visit the Reg Fest web page at SDCCE.EDU/reg-fest, contact sdcceoutreach@sdccd.edu, or call 619-388-1285.
Culinary Arts students at the San Diego College of Continuing Education demonstrated their skills during an end-of-year reception, catering to family, friends, and community partners. Congratulations to our student chefs!
San Diego College of Continuing Education has helped students become U.S. citizens at no cost for more than 100 years. Telemundo reporter Sergio Flores recently visited the Mid-City Campus to learn more. Watch the feature segment on Telemundo.
Time Magazine, AP News, and The San Diego Union-Tribune also highlighted citizenship classes at the SDCCE.
MAKE Project, in partnership with SDCCE’s ESL Department, was awarded a state Employment Development Department grant of over $1 million in WIOA Governor's Discretionary funds. MAKE Project is among seven organizations that will serve as a lead grantee for this year's Employment Social Enterprise (ESE) Program and will offer a one-of-a-kind “work and learn” workforce development program to provide living-wage pathways for refugee and immigrant women. This will serve as a unique employment social enterprise in San Diego, operating an urban farm, restaurant, and events/catering company. As part of the design, SDCCE will provide English as a Second Language courses and career certificate programs. Way to go, Dean Jan Jarrell, Kelly Henwood, Anchi Mei, and team!
The San Diego Union-Tribune highlighted the San Diego College of Continuing Education's Juneteenth event in Opinion: Diversity in San Diego’s art scene is progressing, but there is more work to be done, a commentary written by Leah Goodwin.
The July Student Newsletter was sent to current and prospective students on July 6.
A reminder that all requests of the Public Information Office must be approved by a Dean or Vice President and require submission of a Request Form. You can find the Project Request Form link on the Faculty and Staff Resources Page of our website. Please allow five working days for a request to be completed. If a request needs immediate attention, please complete the form and contact the Public Information Office.
President's Updates
I am proud to announce that I have been nominated to serve on the AACC Commission on Economic and Workforce Development. The Commission on Economic and Workforce Development will be charged with examining ways to close the skills gaps by focusing on career education and preparing students with the education and skills required for jobs in regional and global economies. I will utilize this role to support and advance the work that we do at SDCCE!
The Research Corner
This week, we invite you to check out a resource developed by our partners from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), the Adult Education Pipeline Dashboard. The dashboard provides comprehensive, multi-level data on student demographics, enrollment, outcomes, types of services received, and employment using adult education data and accountability metrics. Take a minute to review this resource and email jrivas@sdccd.edu if you have any questions.
Open Surveys: We recently launched the 2023 SDAER Consortium Effectiveness Survey. If you have completed this survey already, we thank you for participating. Otherwise, if you have contributed to the SDAERC either as an official SDAERC voting member or in some other capacity on behalf of one of the Consortium Member Agencies, SDUSD, or SDCCE, please take a couple of minutes to complete this survey; your input will help in the continuous development, effectiveness, and accountability of the SDAER Consortium.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J9FYZYF
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,
Dr. King
