Margaret Prothero, the project lead, pictured with the thank you sign in the Path Maze on Feb. 7, at City College’s East Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. Prothero is the Guided Pathways faculty coordinator, who organized the maze to represent the program.
On Friday, Feb. 8 Guided Pathways held it’s grand opening of the Path Maze in front of the Student Services Building. After a few months of construction, the maze has opened up for students to hang out, do homework, and get a clear visualization of the many pathways in college.
Lenore T. Hughes receives a gold painted rock honoring her artwork in the Path Maze, on Feb. 7 at City College’s East Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. Hughes, a local artist was the designer of the maze and its arrangement. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)Sam Adams, a local guitarist plays at the Path Maze opening event on Feb. 7, on the East Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. Adams specializes in flamenco, classical and Brazilian, and is often performing at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)
Organizers and artists from left to right, craftsmen Guner Tautrim, project lead Margaret Prothero, Superintendent-President Erika Endrijonas, and designer and artist Lenore T. Hughes gathered for a photo in the maze on Feb. 7 in Santa Barbara, Calif. East Campus. The mazes grand opening was at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7 and is now open for students to enjoy. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)
David Starkey is the founding director of the Creative Writing Program at City College and has written many poetry collections and a handful of his own books. Starkey reads his own poem about the Path Maze on Feb. 7, on the East Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)
On Feb. 7, students Javier Garcia and Daisy Zecua enjoy the maze after class, located on the East Campus in Santa Barbra, Calif. Having waited for the grand opening, the two students were pleasantly surprised to see it open after getting out of class. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)
Student Phoung Pham, enjoys the snacks provided on Feb. 7 at the grand opening on the East Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. Pham is also a volunteer painter and helped paint the rocks that are laid out throughout the maze. (Kahlo Friel-Asay)