“Palomar Made It Possible for Me to Reach My Dreams”

“Palomar Made It Possible for Me to Reach My Dreams”

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...
Student Perspectives: Back to Campus for Fall Semester

Student Perspectives: Back to Campus for Fall Semester

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...
Student Musician Taking a Head Start at Palomar

Student Musician Taking a Head Start at Palomar

SAN MARCOS — Nancy Sanchez first picked up a viola in the 3rd grade, as a student at Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary School in San Marcos. The school had recently launched its Fortissimo after-school program, which gives many local schoolchildren their first exposure to...
Palomar Approved for Online Instruction in Virginia

Palomar Approved for Online Instruction in Virginia

Palomar’s Military Leadership program will continue to serve Marines at Quantico, while general education coursework is now available to Virginia residents online through Palomar, following authorization from the Commonwealth’s higher education council. SAN MARCOS —...
The Rising Scholar: Martin Leyva’s Legacy in Progress

The Rising Scholar: Martin Leyva’s Legacy in Progress

Martin Leyva was recently awarded the inaugural Paulo Freire Liberation Through Education Award for his work at Palomar College and beyond. SAN MARCOS — It was a long road that brought Martin Leyva to Palomar College, where he started the Transitions program for...
Palomar Honors 2022 Class of ‘Rising Scholars’

Palomar Honors 2022 Class of ‘Rising Scholars’

The summer cohort of formerly incarcerated students, known as Transitions but soon to be Rising Scholars, gathered for a celebration of completion and new beginnings. SAN MARCOS — Twenty-one formerly incarcerated scholars gathered with family, friends, and faculty at...