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Genesis Alcantar, graduating this month, has a collection in the annual MODA show on Friday, May 11. His unlikely path to Palomar College began with a second hand sewing machine and a chance infatuation with a designer jacket. SAN MARCOS — It started with a jacket. Genesis Alcantar was scrolling through Instagram one day and saw…

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College webmasters have finished overhauling the Palomar website with a fresh look and smoother navigation, keeping the core functionality students are used to finding at palomar.edu. The rollout begins Wednesday, May 2. SAN MARCOS — In November 2016, the Academic Technology Resources Center (ATRC) team at Palomar College began work on a fresh design for…

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The latest installment of Palomar’s lecture series offers fresh views, latest research on broad array of themes relevant in 2018. SAN MARCOS — During two days of lectures by experts from Palomar College and beyond, students and guests heard presentations on April 11-12 about international relations, immigration, food insecurity, clean energy and more. The semi-annual…

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As the head of the Student Health Center at Palomar College, Judy Harris has advocated for students and urged more community colleges to hire nurse practitioners to run their clinics. SAN MARCOS — For Judy Harris, the path to Palomar College was full of dramatic twists and turns, including 23 years in the Navy and…

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Yuri Rodea’s love of physics began at Palomar College. Now he’s contributing to a project to put a camera with a zoom lens on the Mars 2020 rover. SAN MARCOS — Very few people can say that they helped build something that went into orbit, let alone to another planet, but Palomar College alumnus Yuri…

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Nicholas Williams arrived in 2014 planning to get in and get out; this May, he’ll graduate with a 3.8 GPA on his way to San Diego State University. SAN MARCOS — When Nicholas Williams walks across the stage at graduation this May, he will receive his third, fourth and fifth degrees from Palomar College—an especially…

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Named PCAC Coach of the Year for the fourth time in six seasons, Leigh Marshall and the top-seeded Comets have worked hard to stay on top. SAN MARCOS — Twenty-eight and one. Twenty-eight times this season, Leigh Marshall’s basketball team walked off the court with a victory, and only once did they come back to…

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For Luke Maxwell and others at Palomar College working to destigmatize mental health issues, the resources are better than ever. SAN MARCOS — The depression came on slow and strong, a silent monster that Luke Maxwell spent his early teen years keeping inside. He grew up the third of seven children in a good family…

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