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Former Obama era foreign affairs officer changed lives of refugees

TOVA KIBAL, Channels Staff

April 11, 2017

Over 10 years ago, Marina J. Andina suffered with sleeping problems due to the horrific stories she would encounter while working with refugees for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program overseas. In Ghana, Austria and Kenya, Andina got a...

SBCC Italian club shares culture with students after 2-year hiatus

BRANDON DAVIS, Channels Staff

April 7, 2017

The Italian Club was reestablished this semester after being on hiatus for two years due to the lack of students enrolled in higher-level Italian-language courses. Global studies major Lorenzo Marchetti, a third-year international...

Philosophy Instructor Mark McIntire (left) shakes hands with Biological Sciences Associate Professor Adam Green after their debate about climate change put on by 2020 A Year Without War on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at City College. The two agreed on several points regarding climate change but differed on how to fix the problem.

SBCC instructors face-off in debate on climate change

November 17, 2016

Lorenzo Marchetti, Italian ambassador for 2020 A Year Without War, sits at the desk in their newly acquired office on State Street on Friday, Sept. 9, in Santa Barbara. The group got the office to have more of a professional setting for their non-profit organization.

SBCC organization departs from campus to new global office

September 12, 2016