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2011
11/3/11--Mesa Press - If you are looking to get out of the country sometime next year, you might want to consider enrolling in the study abroad program offered by the San Diego Community College District. For over 15 years San Diego Mesa College, in conjunction with San ...
Successful projects means successful students
11/03/11-- Mesa Press - Recently, the San Diego Mesa College Board of Trustees held a meeting in the Design Center, where several professors alongside campus President Pamela Luster discussed the benefits and improvements from completed and current ongoing construction ...
11/3/11--Mesa Press - Popa joined San Diego Mesa College in 1964, the year the school was founded, and worked there until his retirement in 1996. In his time at Mesa College Popa coached football and taught physical education courses. Popa was a graduate from the University ...
Virtual death experience forces realization
11/3/11- Mesa Press - The San Diego Police Department, alongside the San Diego Fire Department, held a mock experience of the dangers of drunk driving on Oct. 26 at the LRC of San Diego Mesa College. The mock experience exposed students, as well as faculty, ...
Half-staff wasn't half respect
11/3/11-- Mesa Press - In honor of the late Joyce Skaryak, San Diego Mesa College President Pamela Luster had decided to have the American flag lowered to half-staff, an honor typically reserved for Unites States government officials. An email sent to the staff on Oct. 19 ...
Mesa football team defeats defending champions
11/3/11--Mesa Press - Strong defensive plays in the second half helped lead San Diego Mesa College's football team to a victory of 21-10 against San Bernardino Valley College on Oct. 29. Mesa was down by a field goal and it seemed as though San Bernardino...
Suspects due in court today in shooting death of La Jolla grad
10/27/11--La Jolla Light - The victim lived with his mother in Mission Beach and attended Mesa College. Abernathy is also charged with stealing $600 from a Navy man who responded to a Craigslist ad to buy a similar computer on May 5 in Paradise Hills. All three defendants are ...
Campus averts chemistry crisis
10/25/2011--Mesa Press -The numerous experiments conducted by the San Diego Mesa College Chemistry Department produce waste that must be stored and then shipped off campus. A situation that could have led to a shut down of Mesa College's chemistry labs has been resolved. ...
Olympians practice to lay it up
10/25/11--Mesa Press - After 16 weeks of practice, the women's basketball team at San Diego Mesa College is preparing for the opening of their season in the James Mulvehal Coaches versus Cancer Tip-Off Tournament on Nov. 11. Coach Michael Hootner – who is in his fifth year ...
Athletics retirees continue involvement at Mesa
10/25/11--Mesa Press - After more than 20 years of service to San Diego Mesa College apiece, Head Athletic Trainer Sue Lalicker, former track and field Coach Arnie Robinson and former Physical Education Department Chair Jerry Milburn have begun the relaxing road to the life ...
Flamenco's magestic beauty fills Apolliad Theatre
10/25/11-- Mesa Press - A spectacular flamenco performance was provided through song and dance as the audience watched in astonishment at the San Diego Mesa College Apolliad Theatre on Oct. 12. The atmosphere was set by the dim lighting, which provided a romantic and soothing ...
McCarthy Begins Construction for $92 Million Math and Science ...
10/21/11-- News Wire Today -This is the second major project McCarthy has worked on at San Diego Mesa College on behalf of the San Diego Community College District. ...
Witness Testifies In Craigslist Ad Murder Case
10/19/2011--News10 - Testifying Tuesday in a hearing for three teenagers accused of killing a Mesa College student who responded to a Craigslist ad to buy a computer...
Occupy San Diego a gathering of many tribes
10/10/11-- Sign On San Diego - San Diego Mesa College Student...
Large crowd honors hiker-writer Jerry Schad
10/9/11-- Sign On San Diego - Friends, family and others also remembered him Sunday for his decades as a physical sciences professor at San Diego Mesa College and City College...
Road trip has bad start for Stanislaus
10/8/11-- Modesto Bee - Carwin and Acosta also had 1 goal each in an 8-2 loss to San Diego Mesa College...
A needed rebuke to a shabby abuse of power (Luis Santos)
10/5/11-- Sign On San Diego - Luis Santos, a 22-year-old Mesa College student, had been killed after he and his friends got into a confrontation with another group of young men...
McCarthy Begins Construction for J. Craig Venter Institute on UCSD La Jolla Campus
9/28/11-- Online PR Media -Allied Health Education and Training Facility at San Diego Mesa College, which achieved LEED Gold...
Ground broken for largest classroom building at Mesa College
9/28/11-- San Diego Source - The Daily Transcript The largest classroom building to be constructed on the San Diego Mesa College campus broke ground Wednesday...
Make It Stop! & Neighborhood Cracks
9/28/11-- KUSI - Across town suspicion fell on a big parking project at Mesa College...
9/28/11-San Diego Reader - Schad is an instructor of astronomy at Mesa College...
4-letter word describes book agent: deal
9/28/11-- Sign On San Diego - She taught at Mesa College and San Diego State in the early '70s, while taking a Ph.D in French literature at UCSD..
Human remains found under porch to be returned to Rincon tribe.
9/26/11-- North County Times - "The remains do appear to be archaeological," said Hinkes, a professor of anthropology at San Diego Mesa College...
Construction begins on college's largest complex
9/26/11-- Sign On San Diego - The public is invited to a ceremony Wednesday at San Diego Mesa College marking groundbreaking for a complex that will be the largest on campus...
Maska-Pav and a slice of history
9/25/11-- Mid Day - professor of critical thinking, humanities, and film in the Department of English at San Diego Mesa College..
San Jose native Jerry Schad, author of hiking guides, dies at 61
9/25/11-- Inside Bay Area - Schad, who also was a professor of physical science and astronomy at San Diego Mesa College...
Jerry Schad dies at 61; author of 'Afoot and Afield' hiking guides
9/25/11-- Los Angeles Times - He wrote 16 books, which mainly focused on outdoor recreation, and also was a professor of physical science and astronomy at San Diego Mesa College...
Bears' Martz has pair of TEs he's itching to utilize
9/17/11 --Chicago Sun Times - what kind of tight end was he at San Diego Mesa College...
9/12/11-- Voice Of San Diego - He's written the most beloved book about local hiking trails...
Former Navy SEAL Turned College Running Back Hopes To Salute
9/9/11-- Business Insider- After one year at San Diego Mesa College, he transferred to the University
of San Diego...
9/9/11-- Sign On San Diego -Mesa Community College offers a certificate program in Gallery and Exhibition Skills...
UCSD Promotes Assistants, Becomes Only Division II Program with ...
8/26/11-- College Swimming - Prior to coming to La Jolla, Falcon was the head coach at San Diego Mesa College...
School of Art & Design names six faculty
8/25/11-- AU News - Childers is a member of the College Art Association...
Senate approves commutation bill tied to SDSU killing
8/22/11-- Sign On San Diego -Jerry Brown stands in the way of the 10-day warning from becoming law and providing a small measure of satisfaction to the family of a Mesa College student ...
Journey's end for hiking writer Jerry Schad
8/10/11-- Sign On San Diego -When Peg met Jerry, he was teaching at Mesa College, where he was chairman of the physical sciences department...
Mesa College Welcomes New President
8/5/11-- Mission Times Courier - Mesa College President Dr. Pamela Luster is welcomed by Rich Grosch, President, SDCCD Board of Trustees....
Dempsey Commits To Chico State
8/5/11-- Mission Times Courier - Myles Dempsey played for SanCarlos Little League and Patrick Henry High School before attending Mesa College...
Syracuse Football: Get To Know Your Orange Man
8/5/11-- SB National - #34 Tombe Kose...
County may lose precedent-setting case
8/3/11-- Sign On San Diego - Fred and Kathy Santos, the Concord parents of Mesa College student Luis Santos, who was killed in October 2008, filed the first appeal of the lighter prison ...
Miner Football Enters Interesting Year
8/2/11-- Miner Rush -The 5-11 225 lb junior was a two time first team All Conference players at San Diego Mesa College...
McCarthy Starts $92M Build at San Diego Mesa College
8/2/11-- Globe St. -McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has begun construction for the new 180,000-square-foot, four-story Math and Science Building in the heart of San Diego Mesa College...
University City resident named a Mesa College dean
7/22/11-- La Jolla Light - University City resident Charles Zappia has been named dean at the School of Social/Behavioral Sciences and Multicultural Studies at Mesa College...
7/15/11- NBC San Diego -Local students from San Diego City College and Mesa College brought their robots to the pool, as well as the La Jolla robotics team, iBotics...
Grieving dad battles to get justice for slain son
7/15/11-- SF Gate -Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted the 16-year sentence of a man who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2008 stabbing death of Fred Santos...
From Foster Care to Fostering Independence: Christine Mendoza Tells Her Story
7/15/11-- La Mesa Patch - While she plans on starting off slow, taking a class in English and ceramics at Mesa College...
Community college chancellor's contract extended
7/8/1-- Sign On San Diego - Constance Carroll, chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, has had her contract extened through 2015...
Attorney built legacy of helping poor, needy
7/8/11-- Sign On San Diego - As a part-time student at Mesa College during her first marriage, her young daughter, Amy, accompanied mom to class...
Former Bulldog starts US Air Force Academy
7/6/11-- Ramona Sentinel - Stuart Corbett has completed two years of college, but instead of transferring from San Diego Mesa College where he has been majoring in ...
Student News: Bishop's grad wins National Merit Scholarship
6/4/11-- La Jolla Light -Gabriel Ruiz, 17, of La Jolla, was the youngest graduate of San Diego Mesa College's Class of 2011...
Shriver Files For Divorce From Schwarzenegger
7/1/11--KGTV San Diego - "It takes a lot of ego to run for high elected office," said Mesa College political science professor Carl Luna...
Sparta grad still showing soccer form
6/10/11--New Jersey Herald -McCormack, who attends San Diego Mesa College in California, said a SportsIllustrated photographer chose her from other soccer teammates to do a photo...
High-Profile Candidates Join Race For Mayor
6/9/11--KPBS -We speak to San Diego Mesa College Political Science Professor Carl Luna about the mayor's race...
Political Heavyweights Join Race For San Diego Mayor
6/7/11-- KPBS - Political science professor Carl Luna with San Diego Mesa College said the candidates have all summer and fall to fill their war chest in time for the...
Amid budget cutbacks, California colleges reduce or eliminate ...
6/20/11-- LA Times -- Some, including West Los Angeles College and the three campuses in the San Diego Community College District, have canceled the regular summer session...
6/3/11-- Mission Times Courier -He took his Mesa College students on field trips to the mountains and the desert; two of his favorite places...
'Jerseylicious' fashion designer inspired by Statue of Liberty, Jersey City
5/19/11-- The Jersey Journal - "Going to those spots was my way to escape and create my designs," said LaVone, a graduate of San Diego Mesa College.
Tearful goodbyes for teen killed in Craigslist hold-up
5/18/11--KFMB -They say Garrett, a Mesa College student and La Jolla High School grad, had big dreams. He loved the ocean and had taught himself how to surf.
Fabian Núñez talks about son's role in San Diego stabbing
5/18/11-- Sign On San Diego -Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said he feels guilt for his son's role in a San Diego street fight that left a Mesa College student dead in 2008.
An Invite to Pioneers and the Journey
5/17/11--OB Rag - The Mesa College Theatre Company, working with the San Diego Black Ensemble and Vagabond Theatre Project, is producing a series of staged readings, “Pioneers and the Journey: A Festival of African American Plays” to ...
Nearly 1300 To Graduate From Mesa College
5/14/11--KGTV San Diego -Nearly 1300 students will graduate from San Diego Mesa College in ceremonies scheduled for Saturday at the University of San Diego's Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Details emerge in slaying of college student lured by fake Craigslist ad
5/14/11--Los Angeles Times - Berki lived with his mother in Mission Beach and attended Mesa College, the news channel reported...
Schwarzenegger's reduction of sentence stirs suit
5/12/11--San Francisco Chronicle - The charges arose from a brawl outside a fraternity party at San Diego's Mesa College in October 2008. Prosecutors said Nuñez, son of then-Speaker Fabian ...
Three Investigations Later, Grades Changed Back
5/11/11--Voice of San Diego - A student at the Met reads about college credit. The tiny high school on the Mesa College campus has been embroiled in a dispute over its unconventional ...
Gator by The Bay: San Diego gathers to indulge in Cajun festivities
5/10/11--San Diego Entertainer Magazine -On Sunday, students from the Mesa College Culinary Arts program, Quentin Yates and Cindy Dannon, showed off their beignet-making skills at the Taste of ...
5/10/11--Blue Ridge Now - Following his retirement, he graduated from San Diego Mesa College and later San Diego State University in 1986 with a BA in Applied Arts and Sciences in ...
Santos family speaks on eve of court hearing
5/31/11-- KFMB - The parents of slain Mesa College student Luis Santos finally get their day in court Wednesday regarding a lawsuit they filed against ...
Mesa College Design Centre opens after renovation
5/23/11-- World Interior Design Network -The Mesa College Design Centre in San Diego, US has been opened after completing $5.4 million renovation work. Remodelled by Delawie, Wilkes Rodrigues...
San Diego Mesa College gets new President
5/20/11-- San Diego Union Tribune - a veteran community college administrator, has been named president of San Diego Mesa College...
"Topping out" of Mesa College structure celebrated
4/26/11--San Diego Union Tribune - The final horizontal beam – 45-feet long and 3300 pounds – of the college's Student Services Center will be lifted into place on top of the four-story ...
Educator, Tibet supporter Dorothy Berger dies at 69
4/14/11--San Diego Union Tribune -During her 33-year career with Mesa College, Dr. Berger served as English Department chair, Academic Senate president and chair of chairs...
FAFSA Deadline Wasn't a Dead End: Options You Have Now to Pay for...
4/3/11-- Rancho Bernardo Patch -The maximum amount of aid given for a Cal Grant at the community college level ... said Gilda Mondonado, financial aid director of San Diego Mesa College. ...
Trash talk in San Diego heats up over threat to end free pickup ...
3/7/11--Los Angeles Times - were promised free ice cream for life and they're not about to give it up," said Carl Luna, a political science professor at San Diego's Mesa College...
Poll Shows San Diegans' Thoughts On Mayoral Hopefuls
3/1/11-- KGTV San Diego - Mesa College political science professor Carl Luna said, "She is putting her toe into the mayoral pool. If it's warm enough, she might dive in. ...
$4 Billion Wish List For SD Could Move Forward
2/28/11--KPBS - said San Diego Mesa College political science professor Carl Luna. He said the city is trying to maintain as much local control as it can. ...
Report Compares City Councils In SD, Other US Cities
2/7/11--KGTV San Diego - The downside is you could end up with inexperienced council members," said Carl Luna, political science professor at Mesa College. ...
Commencement photos posted