Middle Colleges Give High Schoolers a Head Start in Higher Education
Palomar College’s innovative partnerships with three local school districts have students earning college credits before they even graduate high school. NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY — From Escondido to Rancho Bernardo to Fallbrook, three unique and innovative partnerships...
“Palomar Made It Possible for Me to Reach My Dreams”
Just getting warmed up: Meet student composer Georgia Phipps, who earned a place on the San Diego New Music “Emerging Composers” concert this summer. SAN MARCOS — Georgia Phipps took her seat with dozens of other music aficionados in the Athenaeum Art Center in San...
Student Perspectives: Back to Campus for Fall Semester
SAN MARCOS — Thousands of students returned to Palomar College for the first week of the Fall 2022 semester on August 22-26, filling the commons and classrooms with life again, two and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Many students said they appreciated...
Student Musician Taking a Head Start at Palomar
SAN MARCOS — Nancy Sanchez first picked up a viola in the 3rd grade, as a student at Joli Ann Leichtag Elementary School in San Marcos. The school had recently launched its Fortissimo after-school program, which gives many local schoolchildren their first exposure to...
Palomar Approved for Online Instruction in Virginia
Palomar’s Military Leadership program will continue to serve Marines at Quantico, while general education coursework is now available to Virginia residents online through Palomar, following authorization from the Commonwealth’s higher education council. SAN MARCOS —...
The Rising Scholar: Martin Leyva’s Legacy in Progress
Martin Leyva was recently awarded the inaugural Paulo Freire Liberation Through Education Award for his work at Palomar College and beyond. SAN MARCOS — It was a long road that brought Martin Leyva to Palomar College, where he started the Transitions program for...
Palomar Honors 2022 Class of ‘Rising Scholars’
The summer cohort of formerly incarcerated students, known as Transitions but soon to be Rising Scholars, gathered for a celebration of completion and new beginnings. SAN MARCOS — Twenty-one formerly incarcerated scholars gathered with family, friends, and faculty at...
San Marcos Children’s Orchestra Holds Summer Camp at Palomar
The after-school orchestra program, Fortissimo, brought dozens of local school children to Palomar’s campus for fun and learning in June. SAN MARCOS — A local after-school program investing in the next generation of musicians in North County recently wrapped up its...
Palomar Alum Making Good Waves in Los Angeles
Caitlin Cunningham transferred from Palomar to UCLA, and was recently named to the university’s Bruin Business 100. SAN MARCOS — When Caitlin Cunningham was in the 5th grade San Elijo Elementary School, she took a hip-hop dance class from Fit Kids America. After...
Foundation Announces Two New Endowed Scholarships
The Palomar College Foundation has established two new endowments following a $500,000 donation from Klaus Karsten Kirchhoff. SAN MARCOS — Local philanthropist Klaus Kirchhoff has donated $500,000 to establish two new scholarship funds through the Palomar College...