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SBCC update for Feb. 8

by Community Contributor • February 8, 2018 • Comments Off

Message from the President – February 2018

Due to the disaster that continues to impact our community, our Spring semester was shifted one week later. I’m happy to report that our semester is in full swing and the campus is getting back to a normal routine.

There is one story about the disaster response that I’d like to share with you. The combination of the Thomas Fire and the recent flood rocked our community. Through it all, I have witnessed an unprecedented outpouring of support for staff, students, and our community.

I have witnessed SBCC step up to provide assistance wherever we could. We opened our main campus to serve as a Red Cross evacuation center and offered shelter to hundreds of firefighters from outside the area in our Campus Center.

In addition, SBCC happily agreed to help our colleagues at Montecito Union School (MUS). Although their school was not significantly damaged, they were within the mandatory evacuation zone and in need of an emergency, temporary school site. When asked if they could come to SBCC, our response was a proud, “yes!”

We were very pleased to have MUS on our campus from Thursday January 18 – Friday, January 26. We were prepared to allow them on our campus as long as they needed, but also glad they were able to return to their home school.

These are just a few examples of how our entire community has come together to provide support to our neighbors, friends and colleagues. The recent disasters have made me feel very proud to be part of this community and part of the SBCC community. We look forward to sharing with you all of the exciting things we are working on this semester.

Dr. Anthony E. Beebe, Superintendent/President

Vocational Nursing Program Ranked Top 5 in California

The School of Nursing at Santa Barbara City College has once again received recognition as one of the top five colleges in California offering the best Vocational Nursing Programs by TopNursing.org. Earlier in the yearPracticalNursing.org also rated SBCC’s Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) program among the top five in the state.
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Student Awarded Sigma Chi Eta National Student of the Year

Abigail Perry, this year’s SBCC chapter president for the Sigma Chi Eta Communication Honor Society, was selected by the National Communication Association (NCA) as the Sigma Chi Eta National Student of the Year 2017. She accepted the prestigious award at the National Communication Association conference in Dallas, Texas. Read more…

Express to Success Program Wins Exemplary Award

SBCC received the California Community Colleges Board of Governors Exemplary Program Awardfor its Express to Success Program (ESP). Read more…

MESA Students Attend Leadership Conference

On October 27 and 28, 2017, four hand-picked engineering and computer science students from Santa Barbara City College attended the invitation-only MESA Student Leadership Conference in Los Angeles where they had the opportunity to interact one-on-one and in small groups with executives from such companies as Disney, Wells Fargo, AT&T and Applied Materials. Read more…

SB International Film Festival Screens Short Film by SBCC Students

With filmmakers and films from around the world in town for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the public had the opportunity to see not only Oscar contenders and indie favorites, but the cinematic talents of a group of SBCC students as well. “Virtually Yours,” a 24-minute short film written and produced by students in SBCC’s Capstone Film Production class… Read more…

Coaches vs. Cancer event, raises funds for the American Cancer Society

SBCC Vaqueros will once again participate in the California Community College Athletic Association’s “Coaches vs. Cancer” initiative, donating all proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Members of the community are invited to support the effort by attending a fun night of basketball. Read more…

The Theatre Group to present “Communicating Doors”

The Theatre Group at SBCC will present the comedy thriller COMMUNICATING DOORS by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Katie Laris, February 28 – March 17, 2018 in the Garvin Theatre. This intricate, time traveling, comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. Read more…

SBCC Board Appoints New Trustee

On February 2 at a special meeting of the SBCC Board of Trustees, Robert Miller was selected as provisional Trustee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Marianne Kugler for Trustee Area 2 – Goleta. Read more…

SBCC Board of Trustees Elects New Officers

At its organizational meeting on January 18, the Board of Trustees elected Veronica Gallardo as president of the board for the 2018 calendar year. This organizational meeting was postponed from December due to impacts from the Thomas fire and January storm event. Jonathan Abboud was elected to another term as board vice president. Read more…

February Holidays

All three of the SBCC campuses (Main campus, Schott campus and Wake campus) will be closed on Friday, February 16 and Monday February 19 for the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend.

SBCC Board of Trustees Meetings in February

The SBCC Board of Trustees are scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. in CC-223 at SBCC on February 8. Click here to view the agenda. On February 15 the Board will meet for a Board Retreat in CC-223. The agenda for that meeting can be found at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the Board webpage. All of the SBCC Board meetings are live streamed and archived for public viewing. C lick here to watch previous or live Board meetings.