San Diego, CA. — Today, San Diego Mesa College announced that the “Mesa Promise Match Challenge 2018”, which launched on August 10, 2018, has already raised nearly $40,000 in only 10 days. For the Challenge, the Mesa College Foundation is generously matching up to $25,000 of all monetary donations made towards the San Diego Promise on behalf of Mesa College through Friday, September 14, 2018. A new exciting feature for Mesa College is the ability to track donation progress live on the Match Challenge webpage at www.sdmesa.edu/PromiseChallenge18.

Four San Diego Mesa College students, Alexander Beltzer-Sweeney, Ana Parra, Rob Ronayne and Alex Hewett, have been selected to participate in the National Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program. The National Community College Aerospace Scholars, or NCAS, program is an educational experience for community college students interested in exploring careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

San Diego, CA ---- This past weekend, San Diego Mesa College’s former Cross Country/Track and Field Coach Manny Bautista was honored at the 2018 California Community College Cross Country and Track Coaches Association (5CTCA) Annual Convention held at the Renaissance Club Sport Hotel in Walnut Creek. As part of the Ceremony, Bautista was inducted into the 5CTCA Hall of Fame.

The San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery opened its doors to host the first Summer Art Gallery exhibit, POSTMARK, SAN DIEGO. The art exhibit is free of admission and will be open from July 19th through August 3rd, 2018.

New study finds shortage of qualified “middle-skill” workers in San Diego region; New regional Career Education campaign promotes programs targeting these well-paying, in-demand jobs

The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) today announced a major expansion of its tuition-free program known as the San Diego Promise making all recent high school graduates who are first-time, full-time students eligible to receive two free years of college.

San Diego, CA ---- On Friday, June 1, 2018, San Diego Mesa College will host the San Diego Community College District’s first hackathon, entitled “MesaHacks”. The event will take place the Mesa Commons from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. The hackathon theme is sustainable living – over 100 students, faculty, staff and community members are expected to participate.

San Diego Mesa College, Sacramento City College and Butte College are the latest community colleges to launch a student support program geared toward foster youth in higher education.