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Heidi Hutton Rigoli

Heidi Hutton Rigoli, Staff Writer

Spring 2021

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Voices: “What’s the first major concert/large gathering you plan on attending when you can?”

May 3, 2021
File image of the East Campus Cafeteria from January, 26, 2021.

Ever-changing summer plans bring uncertainty to current students

May 3, 2021
Amanda Lunsford, the local chapter leader of the Young People in Recovery group, on East Campus at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Lunsford hosts Rainbow Recovery and other LGBTQ+ YPR online support groups.

Teenage trauma led Amanda Lunsford to a path of service

April 23, 2021
Image courtesy of CreativeCommons.org

SBCC health services evolve to meet demands of virtual campus

April 19, 2021
Naloxone Hydrochloride, both in injections and nasal applications, is used along with emergency medical treatment to reverse the life-threatening effects of a known or suspected opiate (narcotic) overdose. Naloxone is also used after surgery to reverse the effects of opiates given during surgery. Image Courtesy of CreativeCommons.org

Naloxone training and distribution at City College to fight opioid crisis

April 16, 2021
Courtesy image of Heidi Hutton Rigoli at age 3 in her crib from 1958 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Trauma in childhood, substance abuse led to fulfilled life as nurse

April 2, 2021
Program Manager Grant Dillon sits in front of the New House sober living home on March 14, 2021, at 227 W. Haley St. in Santa Barbara, Calif. Dillion is in recovery after a car accident led to an addiction to painkillers; and now three years sober, he is pursuing a counseling certificate by attending classes in City College's Addictive Disorders Counseling program.

From car crash to addict, recovery and school has turned life around

March 15, 2021
File photo of the entrance to City College's main campus taken on Feb. 17, 2021, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

City College evaluates its strengths and weaknesses in lengthy report

March 1, 2021
Radiography student Mea Escruceria uses a Virtual Reality program to take simulated X-rays on Feb. 19, 2021 in room A-236 in the MacDougall Administration Building at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Gaming equipment and VR software have transformed the City College radiology lab into an environment that enables students to practice positioning the patient, setting up the X-ray machine and capturing images without the use of radiation.

SBCC students use virtual reality in class to learn medical procedures

February 22, 2021
Brea Cook examines her tray of medical supplies set up to ensure everything is in order before changing the dressing of the mannequin tracheostomy patient on Feb. 9 2021 at the Nursing Lab in the City College Administration building in Santa Barbara, Calif. Nursing students work in groups of 2-3 during labs where they work on fake patients that simulate real experiences.

Maintaining stability, SBCC nursing program survives in-person classes

February 15, 2021
Student Program Advisor Becky Bean in front of The Well's headquarters at Santa Barbara City College. The Well collaborates with City College faculty, personal counselors and clubs to facilitate events, such as mindfulness and stress reduction groups. Image courtesy of SBCC/The Well

SBCC adapts to help students with mental health through pandemic

February 8, 2021
Illustration by Alloy Zarate, 2020

Cross Currents: Should restrictions be lifted, or more heavily enforced?

February 5, 2021
Chef Stephane Rapp teaches his Principles of Pantry class how to cut a carrot from his teaching station at the front of a socially distanced class where each student has his or her own workstation on Jan. 25, 2021 in the cafeteria where the culinary department is temporarily holding classes at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Chef Rapp originally came to America in the 80’s and ultimately stayed because of his passion for culinary education.

Culinary arts instructor channels passion for food and education

February 1, 2021
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