Dear SDCCE Community,

Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones! Please note that there will be no classes this week, and many of our campuses are closed to the public. CE Mesa and Mid-City will have modified hours for students during Thanksgiving week, while ECC Headquarters will be open for employees only, but not for Holiday Break Campus Schedule (November 25-29):

1. CE Mesa – Open: Nov. 25-27 8am-5pm
2. CE Miramar – Closed
3. Chavez – Closed
4. ECC – Closed
5. Mid-City – Open: Nov. 25-27 8am-4:30pm
6. North City – Closed
7. West City – Closed

During this time, our Call Center and Virtual Welcome Center will be open for students from Monday, November 25th through Wednesday, November 27th, 8 am-5pm.

I hope you have a restful break and I look forward to seeing you all in the new month!

Let's ring in December together. Today is the last day to RSVP for our annual SDCCE Holiday Celebration. Please register here for the holiday party.

Enrollment Updates

SDCCE’s overall enrollment for fall stands at 29,394 (1% less than this time last year, and a 0.3% increase from last week), with a fill rate of 73%, which is greater than last fall (72%). SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,682, a decrease of 1% compared to this time last fall (15,792) and a 0.3% increase from last week (15,635). FTEF scheduled for the fall semester is 2% less than last fall (188.91 to 185.50). View the enrollment report.

I am proud to announce San Diego College of Continuing Education has secured a nearly $1.5-million state grant for the second year of a three-year collaborative effort aimed at building fluency among English language learners while expanding pathways for them to embark upon and diversify in-demand healthcare careers. With careful planning, collaboration, and structured program delivery, we will help transform the landscape of healthcare education for English language learners in San Diego, as well as help satisfy the demand for CNAs, optical technicians, and ophthalmic assistants. These funds display SDCCE’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism and accessibility, and our commitment to our students. Learn more about the grant and the benefits to students in SDCCE’s News Room.

On Tuesday, November 19th the City of San Diego announced new opportunities for city employees to seek higher education and career training . As part of an ongoing effort to recruit and retain a skilled workforce, the City of San Diego is adding new educational opportunities for its employees to further their career growth and development. The San Diego City Council approved agreements with National University, San Diego College of Continuing Education, University of California San Diego Division of Extended Studies, and the University of California San Diego Rady School of Management to be the Official Employee Education Program Partners of the City of San Diego. These partnerships will provide City employees with free and discounted tuition and educational scholarships during the 5-year contract term. The partnerships come at no cost to the City of San Diego and the new educational opportunities will be available for City employees to take advantage of immediately. SDCCE is proud to collaborate with the City of San Diego to offer accessible, equitable, quality education for all.

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Ingrid Greenberg in her new role of SDCCE's first Faculty Distance Education Coordinator starting January 6, 2025. Dr. Greenberg’s career as an educator and leader has included a variety of experiences that have prepared her to work with students, faculty, classified professionals, administrators, and industry partners. She brings over 20 years of experience teaching adult learners, in-person and online. Dr. Greenberg holds an Ed.D. in Leadership for Change from Fielding Graduate University and a Masters in Linguistics and a Masters in Learning Design and Technology from San Diego State University. She speaks French, Spanish, and Mandarin preparing her to develop communication styles that address linguistic differences, meet the needs of students, and work through and equity and inclusive lens. Congratulations Dr. Greenberg!

Please join me in extending an additional congratulations to Thu Tran, who joined SDCCE as the new Accounting Supervisor at SDCCE as of November 21, 2024. Thu comes to SDCCE with over a decade of experience in accounting and fiscal services, most recently serving as an Accounting Specialist at the SDCCD, where she played a critical role in managing student aid programs, preparing financial statements, and leading a team of accounting technicians. Thu holds a Master of Business Administration from Ashford University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from San Diego State University. Her education, coupled with her extensive hands-on experience, makes her an ideal fit for this position. Congratulations Thu!

A special congratulations to our newest Arborist/Utility Line Clearance Training graduates. Thank you Supervisor Nora Vargas for stopping by to congratulate our hardworking students! Graduates become skilled arborists who support California in preventing fires by clearing trees away from utility equipment and lines. They leave the program prepared to be safe and productive workers on a line clearance crew. View Arborist/Utility Line Clearance Training graduation photos on Flickr.

The SDCCE leadership team together with the San Diego Workforce Partnership and San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council celebrated the newest Apprenticeship Readiness Program graduates at the Educational Cultural Complex. Congratulations ARP graduates! View Apprenticeship Readiness Program graduation photos on Flickr.

Last week, we welcomed Lincoln High School students into SDCCE's air conditioning and heating (HVAC) lab to experience "HVAC for a Day". Thank you HVAC faculty, Oscar Aparicio, and SDCCE's Outreach team for supporting this great partnership for future #SDCCEGrads!

The office of Student Affairs and ASCCE, presented at the Student Senate of the California Community Colleges Advocacy Conference. Neill Kovrig moderated a panel, “Advocacy for Inclusion” with student leaders Haydee Zuniga, Adriana dos Santos, Mari Lorenzo, and Melinda Hasselburg.

Friendly reminder, ahead of the holiday season, SDCCE is proud to participate in the California Coast Credit Union and the San Diego Food Bank Pack the Pantry Food Drive. With your generous support, Pack the Pantry will help stock food pantries on San Diego and Imperial County college campuses.

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.

Workshop 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.

The Annual CalWORKs Toys for Tots campaign will be on December 9, 11, and 12 at Mid-City. Toys will be provided by the Marines and Dr. Foy in SDCCE Foundation graciously donated $5,000 to provide 100 gift cards to CalWORKs students who have older children. I want to give a special thank you to those helping make this 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 faculty 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!

Once again, enrollment for the 2025 spring semester at SDCCE opens Monday, December 2nd at 8:00 a.m. Classes will begin Wednesday, January 29th. A reminder email went out to current and prospective students as we prepare for enrollment going live.

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

SDCCE’s Supervised Tutoring increased its enrollment to 59 maintaining a steady pace of adding new students every week.

The new Faculty Learning center is on target at NCC with the build out to be completed by mid-January and open for the Spring semester.

The faculty ILT team provided in-person HyFlex training for ESL faculty including new adjunct and subs. ILT is working in partnership with ESL to encourage faculty to teach online, Hybrid, and HyFlex.

ILT is in development and planning, in coordination with Professional Development, HyFlex training schedule through Spring 2025.

Faculty member Aaron Iffland and Dean Michelle Gray attended the EDC Industry event to showcase SDCCE’s Business, Accounting and Entrepreneurship program in Downtown, San Diego. The event was part of the K-16 Talent Pipeline Regional Grant program that will identify SDCCE as a Verified Program for Administrative Professionals and Accounting careers and allow SDCCE students to compete for paid internships in Summer 2025.

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

I enjoyed attending the 2024 CCLC Annual Convention and presenting with my colleagues on the great work SDCCE and the SDCCD are doing to advance noncredit students through noncredit to credit pathways. We presented, “Revolutionizing Education from Noncredit Credit Pathways". SDCCE's San Diego Advance Noncredit and Credit Alignment supports students to transition with credit to City College, Mesa College, or Miramar College .

Ahead of Thanksgiving, ECC and West City Campus hosted a "Friendsgiving" for SDCCE employees. Mid-City Campus also hosted two Thanksgiving events for students including a clothing giveaway for students on November 20th and November 22nd. It brings me much joy to see our SDCCE family coming together and breaking bread with one another and sharing the spirit of giving during this season of gratitude.

The Research Corner

This week, we invite you to check out the Headcount Dashboard for our institution that looks at the student headcount 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 Headcount 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,