Palomar College Supports and Celebrates Undocumented Students
Throughout this week, the California Community College system is celebrating its eighth annual Undocumented Student Action Week, as it enrolls the largest population of undocumented students in the nation. The Chancellor's Office in partnership with community allies,...
Palomar College Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship
When she moved to San Diego County from Germany four years ago, Lea Bronson wasn’t sure she would be able to handle college work. With the support of her professors at Palomar College, Bronson excelled in her classes and was selected for a prestigious national...
A Historic Moment for Palomar College Football – First Ever Stadium Opens
For the first time in the 78 year history of Palomar College, the Comet Football program has a home field advantage. The Palomar College Football Stadium opened to a standing room only crowd on September 5, 2024. It was nearly two years ago when the College broke...
Palomar College Offers Online Courses Statewide
After satisfactory completion of all requirements put forth by the California Virtual College (CVC) Course Exchange, Palomar College is now a Teaching College. As a Teaching College, Palomar online courses are now more accessible to community college students...
Putting a Little Play in Ballet
Palomar College Ballet Instructor Dr. Molly Faulkner has had a bit of play in her dance career, performing as a Muppet in a traveling Sesame Street traveling show and as a Disney dancer in Japan, and she wants ballet teachers and students to have that same sense of...
Over 20,000 Students Provided a Path to College
More than 20,000 North County high school students got a better chance to succeed in college over the past seven years thanks to a federal grant to Palomar College that puts tax dollars back into the educational system. The grant-funded program, Gaining Early...
Palomar College Ballet Student Inspired by Instructor
Photo Credit: Paul Helling Photography Before she attended Palomar College, Sydney Huffman never thought of herself as a ballet dancer. Now she is majoring in ballet and was selected to attend a six-week summer workshop to hone her skills as a dancer and...
Anton Greenville is 2024 Alumnus of the Year
Anton Greenville, now a senior vice president at a major construction firm, got his start in the business through an apprenticeship program he took more than 40 years ago at Palomar College. Now he’s leading the construction of major projects where he once took...
Palomar College Student Earns Prestigious Internship
Jerrie Fabrigas got a bachelor’s degree in art history because she thought she wanted to curate other people’s art. It wasn’t until she took a ceramics class at Palomar College that she realized she had a talent for making her own art. Since her first ceramics class...
Palomar College Names 2024 Valedictorian
Sophia Segerstrom has been attending Palomar College since she was 14 years old, and now, five years later, she is graduating as the college’s valedictorian. While attending high school at the Audeo II Charter School, Segerstrom began taking dual enrollment courses at...