Dear SDCCE Community,
The holiday season and winter break are upon us! Many festivities have taken place and I enjoy the holiday cheer that has been spread throughout our campuses. Reminder, SDCCE campuses will be closed for winter break from Thursday, December 21 through Monday, January 1. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Spring semester for SDCCE begins January 31 and ends June 8. Open registration for the 2024 Spring semester is underway.
Enrollment Updates
SDCCE’s overall enrollment for fall stands at 29,761 (a 0.1% decrease from last week), with a fill rate of 70%. SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,906, an increase of 0.2% from last week (15,877). FTEF scheduled for the fall semester remains higher than last fall. Enrollment management efforts continue, with 3% of scheduled sections starting 12/19/2023 or later (28 out of 942).
Weekly Enrollment Process Updates
I am pleased to share that as of today, SDCCE’s overall enrollment for spring 2024 stands at 13,890. SDCCE’s overall headcount as of today is 7,764.
Compared to this time last year, two weeks after registration opened, on 12/12/2022 SDCCE’s overall enrollment for spring was 8,707 and overall headcount was 4,852. Based on these parameters, SDCCE’s overall enrollment and headcount for spring two weeks after registration was opened is 60% greater this year than the same registration week number last year (12/12/22).
Additionally, last year on 12/19/2022, SDCCE’s overall enrollment for spring 23 was 11,065 and overall headcount was 6,434. Based on these parameters, SDCCE’s overall enrollment for spring 24 is 26% greater than the same time last year and headcount is 21% greater than the same time last year.
Kudos to our Admissions and Records (A&R) and Outreach Teams for these stellar enrollment numbers just 2 weeks into spring enrollment! Admissions and Records (A&R) will continue to work with District Ed Services on any system issues that arise.
I would like to extend a sincere congratulations to Gregory Smith, who has served as acting chancellor of the San Diego Community College District since March. He has been selected by the SDCCD Board of Trustees as the district’s new permanent chancellor. Chancellor Smith has been a long-time champion of adult learners and noncredit education. We look forward to the next era of our district and our college with his leadership and vision.
Congratulations to Professor Helena Wei and students on a successful Emeritus Holiday Recital 2023. Take a look back at some of the photos from the event.
The SDCCE and USS Midway partnership is featured on KPBS. Tune in to hear from student welders, Andrea and Jake, as well as Welding Instructor Bradley Dorschel.
Congratulations to the graduates from cohort 10 of the Apprenticeship Readiness Program (ARP). The graduation ceremony was held on December 14 jointly with SDCCE, San Diego Workforce Partnership, and San Diego County's Building Trades Unions at the Educational Cultural Complex. View photo gallery.
Thank you to our CalWORKS program for hosting the Toys for Tots event last week. Because of these collective efforts, we were able to bring such beautiful cheer and the holiday spirit to many children and families.
Save the Date! You're invited to march in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade on Sunday, January 14 with SDCCE. The parade will take place on Harbor Drive (Between Grape and Ash) at 10 a.m. Please submit your RSVP.
In our efforts to meet the Vision 2030: A Call to Action and deepening our commitment to serving our diverse student population through equitable and innovative quality education, we will have limited support available this year for employees to attend the 36th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) on May 28 - June 1, 2024, in Honolulu, HI.
Conference details can be found online here. All employees are welcome to apply.
Requests will be reviewed by a subgroup of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
There will be a Professional Development Opportunity on Thursday, January 4 for Flex Training. For more information email Flex & Professional Development Coordinator, Carla Grossini-Concha at cgrossini@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. Please 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.
President's Updates
I enjoyed speaking with the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association (FMA) to highlight our welding program in an upcoming piece for The Fabricator/The Welder.
Pardon our dust: Headquarters at ECC is closed this week and all month of January while construction takes place inside the building. All team members who normally operate out of Headquarters have been relocated to temporary office spaces throughout ECC and the Cesar Chavez Campus.
The Research Corner
We invite you to check out the SDCCE Enrollment Management Trends Dashboard that looks at general data for our institution and it compares the data to the previous week, previous year, and spring to fall term data. The dashboard can be found in the following link. 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,
