Beyond the status update

Beyond the status update

New certificate in Social Media trains students in the art of engaging customers online in a rapidly evolving landscape. SAN MARCOS — In the spring of 2013, Palomar Business Professor Mary Cassoni took a sabbatical to learn more about social media and the ways that it...
New Career Education programs under way at Palomar

New Career Education programs under way at Palomar

From social media to manufacturing to drone technology, Palomar College is offering up a variety of innovative programs to get students ready for careers. SAN MARCOS — In classrooms and workshops across campus, students at Palomar College are gaining a variety of...
Machining and fabrication in a computerized world

Machining and fabrication in a computerized world

With a shop full of advanced machines and curriculum to train students in AutoCAD, SolidWORKS and MasterCAM, Palomar College aims to produce graduates who combine two powerful skill sets: design and machining. SAN MARCOS — Inside a tidy, well-lit lab on the northern...
On eve of Veterans Day, Palomar College honors its own

On eve of Veterans Day, Palomar College honors its own

With the largest veteran population of any community college or university in California, Palomar furthers a tradition of serving the military that goes back to the college’s founding in 1946. SAN MARCOS — On a picture-perfect afternoon, students gathered on balconies...
Palomar hosts ‘Exploring Darwin’ lectures

Palomar hosts ‘Exploring Darwin’ lectures

As series founder and coordinator Phil de Barros prepares to retire in December, hundreds of students attend talks on landmark theory. SAN MARCOS — On Tuesday afternoon, as a fellow professor discussed population growth on stage inside the Howard Brubeck Theatre, Phil...
Inside the Palomar College food pantry

Inside the Palomar College food pantry

The Student Affairs team at Palomar tackles food insecurity and plans 2018 expansion of Anita and Stan Maag Food & Nutrition Center. SAN MARCOS — By noon on Thursday, Nov. 2, at least a hundred students had filed through a room filled with free food, picking up...