San Diego, CA. — San Diego Mesa College has posted a SNEEK PEEK of their Spring 2021 class schedule. Students can view the schedule now, which includes over 1,800 class sections, so that they can begin planning their classes for next semester. Mesa will once again offer a winter Intercession during January of 2021. Most classes are offered in the conveniently online format so that students can have maximum flexibility in getting courses they need. Priority registration begins this month.

San Diego Mesa College has announced a new partnership with California LAW that will create a pathway for Mesa College students to complete their education and enter the legal profession. Cal LAW collaborates with community colleges to encourage diverse students enter the legal profession in order to represent the diverse population of the state of California. Mesa College will begin accepting interested students into its Pathway to Law School program in Spring 2021. Community colleges such as mesa partnering in the program were chosen due to their high commitment to equity, demonstrated by college leadership and resources that provide transformative educational experiences and support for students on a pathway to a law career.

Add writing a book to Professor Michael Harrison’s impressive list of activities and interests. Most people at Mesa College know him as a Spanish Professor, a member of the LGBTQ+ Task Force, the Co-Advisor for the Mesa Gender-Sexuality Alliance and even as a tenor with the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. In his “spare time” though, he is a comic book fan. Really. Since forever. And, he loves superheroes in comics. And Comic-Con. Just ask him. His face will light up.

Even though the semester is well underway, prospective students can still enroll for open “short-term” classes this fall Mesa College, most of which start on October 12. Seats are still available in over 40 classes, all of which are on-line. Short-term classes are 8-weeks, and designed so that students can earn units more quickly. Students are encouraged to enroll and register as soon as possible. Courses still available include Accounting, Computer Business Technology, Chicano Studies, Exercise Science, Fashion, Health, Nutrition, Multimedia and Philosophy, many of which can fulfill general or specific education requirements for students looking to both earn a degree or transfer.

Due to continuity of instruction and rigorous adherence to guidelines and safety practices, 100% of Mesa College’s 2020 graduating Dental students who were seeking employment, were able to get hired this past summer, despite the global pandemic. Even though Mesa’s Dental Assisting students were not allowed to return to campus until June 22, 2020, during that time frame, the Dental Assisting faculty continued to engage and instruct students in their laboratory courses, remotely, through videos, virtual simulations, case studies role playing and discussions.

Mesa College Alumna, Rose Servida, who earned two degrees during her time at Mesa College, including a Bachelor’s degree, had her senior project article, recently published in the California Health Information Association’s (CHIA) Journal for their July-August 2020 “Focus on Education” issue. The industry journal publishes articles regarding current issues and best practices in Health Information management (HIM), on a variety of timely educational topics, and can include tips, strategies, techniques, case-studies, opinions and commentary.

Today, San Diego Mesa College announced the renaming of their Humanities Institute to the Dr. Constance M. Carroll Humanities Institute. The Institute, which was originally established in 1990, was generously supported by Dr. Carroll upon her appointment as President of Mesa College in 1993, and has continued to be in the forefront of her work during her tenure with the San Diego Community College District.

On July 23, 2020, San Diego Mesa College’s Teacher Education Pathways Program was honored with a League for Innovation’s 2019-2020 Innovation of the Year Award. The Mesa Teacher Education Program (Program) and the recognition via this award, positions Mesa as one of the premiere colleges for aspiring teachers, and prepares the next generation of educators to bring necessary racial and gender diversity to the current teacher work force. The Program was awarded, in part, not only because of the focus on diversity, but because it also offers free tutoring, smaller classes, stipends and a direct path to earning a Bachelor’s degree - all to help ensure student success.