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...
Lecture series explores wide range of current events
Political Economy Days draws hundreds of students for lectures ranging from climate change to labor movements to white privilege. SAN MARCOS — In a darkened theater at Palomar College on Wednesday afternoon, 200 people gathered for a one-man show about an influential...
Palomar professor’s work featured in photography show
Amy Caterina went all the way to Iceland to bring home a pair of Polaroids on display Oct. 27-29 in Medium Festival of Photography’s “Size Matters” exhibition. SAN MARCOS — When the photographic elite of San Diego descend on Bankers Hill for the Medium Festival of...
Looking north: Palomar’s Fallbrook site under way
Summer 2018 opening planned for North Education Center near Interstate 15 and Highway 76. FALLBROOK — As a fleet of heavy machinery began moving the first of more than 750,000 cubic yards of earth in preparation for a new Palomar College location this summer,...
Meet Pepper, the face of A.I. at Palomar
Campus debut for robot that can answer questions, interact with students—the first of its kind on a U.S. college campus. SAN MARCOS — On a sunny morning at Palomar College, a four-foot-tall robot named Pepper took its first turns as the mascot and team captain of...
ASG President leading a revival of student involvement
Originally from Wisconsin, Chris Hopp loves to see students represented in college decision-making. SAN MARCOS — As head of the Palomar College Associated Student Government, Chris Hopp’s life on campus extends far beyond the typical class load. In addition to the...
Health care will take center stage at Tarde de Familia
Those who attend the free community event at Palomar College will hear from the leader of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, based in Sacramento. SAN MARCOS — When the doors open for this semester’s Tarde de Familia gathering on Friday, Sept. 29, students...
California Indian Day celebrated with stories, music
Award-winning musician, youth storytellers among presentations hosted by Palomar College’s American Indian Studies Department in 44th annual celebration. SAN MARCOS — Drawing on a long tradition of serving and honoring North County’s tribes, Palomar College celebrated...
Palomar College Student Receives Public Safety Scholarship
Palomar College student Alan Badel is one of two students nationwide selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Phi Theta Kappa and the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics Institute (IPSLEI). The Richard L. Resurreccion Public Safety Scholarship...
A second life of letters for retired professor
Steve McDonald, who spent 28 years at Palomar as a professor and dean, is set to publish a new collection of poems in 2018. CARLSBAD — At the head of the Carlsbad Library’s community room on a recent afternoon, Steve McDonald smiled at each of the 22 people who had...