Planetarium Reopens With Key Upgrades at Palomar College

Planetarium Reopens With Key Upgrades at Palomar College

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...
“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...