{"id":2911,"date":"2018-09-21T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:44:58","slug":"congressman-scott-peters-to-visit-palomars-south-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/congressman-scott-peters-to-visit-palomars-south-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Scott Peters To Visit Palomar’s South Education Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

What:<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) visits the Palomar College South Education Center in Rancho Bernardo.<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, Sept. 24
\n1:00-2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palomar College
\nSouth Education Center
\n11111 Rancho Bernardo Road
\nSan Diego, CA 92127<\/p>\n

Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) will be visiting the new Palomar College South Education Center in Rancho Bernardo \u2013 which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) programs.\u00a0 Congressman Peters will meet with students and campus leaders, visit a biology class\/lab, and take a tour of the facility.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The South Education Center was opened in May 2018 and first offered classes during the summer semester.\u00a0 Currently, more than 1,200 students are attending nearly 100 classes at the center this fall.<\/p>\n

The existing 110,000-square-foot building, with its three-story parking structure, was completely redesigned to better serve resident in the Palomar Community College District\u2019s southern communities including Rancho Bernardo, Poway, Rancho Pe\u00f1asquitos, 4S Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Sabre Springs, Santa Luz, and Del Sur.<\/p>\n

Site improvements to the center included completion of a new interior looped road and installation of walkways, landscaping and lighting. The building interior includes a lobby, classrooms for lecture and laboratory, academic offices, spaces for student support services, a bookstore and food services, information services, a library and teaching and learning center, and a community room.<\/p>\n

Parking remains free to students who attend classes at the center during this first year of operation.<\/p>\n

Parking:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parking is available, free of charge, around the campus perimeter and in the parking structure.<\/p>\n

More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152
\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2365<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/p>\n

Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152, lgropen@palomar.edu
\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2960, tpfingsten@palomar.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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