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The Palomar College Community College District is seeking input from local residents during the initial stages of developing the 2035 Education and Facilities Vision Plan.  The 2035 Plan will establish the long-range collective vision and road map to meet the educational goals of Palomar students and support the workforce needs of the region. “This is…

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The 2022 All African Diaspora Education Summit was held in Cape Coast September 19-24, and provided opportunities to learn about African history and culture. SAN MARCOS — Two faculty members and an administrator from Palomar College who traveled to Ghana in September to participate in the 2022 All African Diaspora Education Summit returned with a…

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The Transitions program at Palomar College is helping to address a desperate need for addiction recovery workers in San Diego County. SAN MARCOS — A thriving community of formerly incarcerated students at Palomar College is helping to address a severe regional shortage of addiction recovery counselors, as students who have overcome substance abuse enter the…

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The Anita & Stan Maag Food & Nutrition Center is entering its fifth year of addressing food insecurity through food distributions on campus. SAN MARCOS — The Anita & Stan Maag Food & Nutrition Center at Palomar College has been named “Agency of the Month” for October 2022 by the North County Food Bank, a…

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The college’s 142-seat Planetarium is open after two and a half years of temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and system improvements. SAN MARCOS — The last time anyone watched a simulation of the night sky inside the Palomar College Planetarium was March 13, 2020, days before the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North…

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Palomar College’s innovative partnerships with three local school districts have students earning college credits before they even graduate high school. NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY — From Escondido to Rancho Bernardo to Fallbrook, three unique and innovative partnerships are bringing college classes to high school students within the Palomar Community College District (PCCD). Known as “middle…

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Just getting warmed up: Meet student composer Georgia Phipps, who earned a place on the San Diego New Music “Emerging Composers” concert this summer. SAN MARCOS — Georgia Phipps took her seat with dozens of other music aficionados in the Athenaeum Art Center in San Diego to listen to a piece entitled, “Melodium ad Dolorem.”…

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SAN MARCOS — Thousands of students returned to Palomar College for the first week of the Fall 2022 semester on August 22-26, filling the commons and classrooms with life again, two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Many students said they appreciated the new remote learning options that became available and are…

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