As Palomar College pursues a bold and ambitious antiracist framework, campus leaders look back on key moments in the sustained effort to resist and reverse institutionalized racism. SAN MARCOS — From student protests in the 1970s to a pivotal Black Lives Matter Forum...
Pictured above: Nearly 50 years ago, students gathered for a demonstration on campus to push for academic reforms. In the foreground, Rolando Moreno, a M.E.Ch.A. leader, speaks to the assembled protestors. Early efforts to resist and overturn institutional racism at...
Palomar’s new Dean of Counseling comes to North County with 23 years of experience in the California Community College system. SAN MARCOS — During more than two decades of serving in community colleges in the Inland Empire, Leslie Salas worked her way up through a...
Some classes will resume on-site instruction, but most will continue in a remote format, as college continues to navigate the COVID-19 health crisis. SAN MARCOS — The majority of classes at Palomar College will remain online during the spring 2021 semester in...
Palomar College took delivery of a 24-inch telescope donated by the Palomar Observatory in late August. SAN MARCOS — The call came in late 2019: The storied Palomar Observatory was getting rid of an auxiliary telescope with a 24 inch mirror; would Palomar College be...
The U.S. Department of Education issues a grant award of nearly $1.2 million to sustain the college’s work with thousands of high school students in four North County school districts. SAN MARCOS — A groundbreaking Palomar College program that helps prepare middle and...
