“Given that there are 1.8 million students attending California Community Colleges, it is a tremendous honor that four of our students are among the 114 All-California Award winners,” said Kindred Murillo, Interim Superintendent/President of SBCC. “This statewide award honors some of the best and brightest students in the state. Carie, Nicole, Olivia and John are certainly that.”

Carie Millard is an environmental science major at SBCC. By combining her experience in the arts with the knowledge she is gaining in environmental science –  with an emphasis in soils and biogeochemistry – she says her hope is “to make lasting change in creating a viable and thriving environment for all.” She has recently been accepted at UC Davis and plans on starting there in the fall.

Olivia Reed is currently studying psychology at SBCC. Her future plans include transfering to Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio) and earning a degree in psychology with a minor in English. Her goal is to become a cognitive therapist and to open her own practice.

Nicole Pena is an accounting major with a few more semesters to go before graduating from SBCC.

The Multi-literacy English Transfer program at SBCC is proud to host a conversation and book signing with Tommy Orange. Orange is the award-winning author of the bestselling novel “There There,” a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: The lives of urban Native Americans. “There There” was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year and won the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Pen/Hemingway Award. “There There” was also long-listed for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Orange is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California

This event is free and open to the public. Please plan to arrive early on April 22 to register at a check-in table. Masks are required to enter all SBCC facilities

Non-SBCC students, faculty, or staff will need to have proof of full vaccination (primary series) or a negative PCR test result taken within 72 hours or 3 days of the event.

This event is co-sponsored by the Associated Student Government.

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, SBCC Music’s String & Wind Festival returns to the Garvin Theatre Saturday, May 7.

Beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing throughout the entire day, concert bands, orchestras, wind ensembles and string ensembles from throughout southern California will be performing for a panel of esteemed adjudicators, and will receive feedback and coaching on their performance. The festival will conclude that evening with a very special exhibition performance from our own SBCC Concert Band.

Best of all, audience members will have FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY to watch and listen to as many groups as they wish in the beautiful Garvin Theatre. Please note that SBCC’s COVID protocols remain in effect for all audience members – masks must be worn indoors during the performance, and either proof-of-vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test taken less than 72 hours before the performance must be shown at the door.

The SBCC Foundation Spring Forward! Gala will be held Sunday, May 22, 4-7 p.m., outdoors on the beautiful Great Meadow of SBCC’s West Campus. All are welcome to join us in celebration of our community’s college!

The event will benefit the work of the SBCC Foundation, which provides more than $5 million each year to support the SBCC Promise, scholarships, emergency grants, and more.

Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Visit SBCC Foundation Spring Forward! 2022 for more information.