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Leaving high school early was the best decision I’ve ever made

March 15, 2019

I never planned to attend college at 16. I was supposed to graduate at the slightly more reasonable age of 17, the age I will be turning in a couple of weeks, but I took a chance when an opportunity arose and haven’t looked...

Courtesy art of Rafa Esparza. Esparza is in the process of building an adobe structure that will be on view from Oct. 6 to Dec. 1 in the Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Artist builds adobe structures at SBCC, linking labor and culture

September 15, 2017

California Attorney General at “A Conversation with Attorney General Xavier Becerra” event hosted by Congressman Salud Carbajal, Assemblymember Monique Limon and State Senator Hannah Beth Jackson 1:30 p.m. in the Fe Bland Forum at Santa Barbara (Calif.) City College Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Becerra was assuring the audience that he has their backs while speaking about the health care system.

Attorney General visits SBCC to discuss civil rights, environment

August 27, 2017

SBCC prepares students for personal training certification

SAMMY ROWINSKI, Channels Staff

April 13, 2017

The Life Fitness Center offers a program to help students receive the National Academy of Sports Medicine personal training certification to become a certified personal trainer. The program prepares students for the training exam ...

Devona Hawkins relaxes on the hill over-looking the Luria Library before her evening class on Thursday Sept. 8, on City College’s West Campus. Hawkins is the first full-time professor that has been hired for the early childhood education department at City College in several years.

Department hires first full-time faculty member in several years

September 9, 2016

Choosing a major is less important than passion

TANNER WALKER, Channels Staff

February 26, 2016

In my junior year of high school, I made the choice to go to community college. I had no idea what I wanted to study or where I wanted to live for the next four years and choosing a career at that point hadn’t even crossed my...

Voices: ‘What class have you taken at City College that has changed your life?’

November 30, 2015

Voices: ‘What brought you to Santa Barbara City College?’

November 16, 2015

College admission requirements create culture of competition

TAYLOR WILLIAMS, Channels Staff

October 23, 2015

The importance of education is one thing that most Americans can agree on, specifically a college education. College is ideally an opportunity for students to explore a range of different courses focusing on their interests...

Chelsea Lancaster (center) is a student program advisor for the state-funded program Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education, run through the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services at City College, pictured with students Milena Ramirez (left) and Rachel Regalado, at EOPS in the Student Services Building on East Campus. 'The Care program provides necessary support for low income single families to achieve self sufficiency through higher education,' says Lancaster.

CARE program gives helping hand to single-parent students

April 27, 2015

Representing the district of Goleta, City College’s Dr. Marianne Kugler is President of the Board of Trustees, pictured Friday, March 6, in the Occupational Education 184 studios in the Photography Department on East Campus. Kugler has been a Board member since 2012 and was elected president in December for a one-year term after running unopposed.

A passion for education inspires new Board of Trustees president

March 13, 2015

Presidential finalist profile: Eloy Oakley—the environmentalist

Erick Pirayesh, Staff Writer

April 16, 2012

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, 46, joined the Long Beach Community College district in 2002 serving as the assistant superintendent/executive vice president of administrative services. He went on to be appointed superintendent-president in 2...