MiraCosta College Superintendent/President Sunita “Sunny” Cooke recently announced plans to retire next year after a decade with the district and nearly 40 years in higher education.
MiraCosta College celebrated its 2025 Commencement on May 23, honoring 1,678 graduation applicants whose personal journeys and academic accomplishments exemplify the college’s mission of transforming lives and communities through education.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned March 26 to mark the opening of a new state-of-the-art Media Arts Complex at MiraCosta College’s Oceanside campus.
MiraCosta College has received a grant from The Prebys Foundation to set up a project to enhance the mental health and wellness of formerly incarcerated and marginalized students through hands-on outdoor experiences.
With the election year in full swing, community colleges across San Diego and Imperial counties, including MiraCosta and Palomar colleges, are rolling out a variety of civic engagement activities to encourage students to exercise their voting rights.
The Palomar College Comets football team will be able to play home games on campus for the first time in the institution’s nearly 80-year history when a new stadium opens in September.
California State University San Marcos has canceled in-person classes and activities for Monday, Aug. 21, to mitigate potential impacts from Hilary, a hurricane that is expected to hit the San Diego region as a tropical storm over the weekend into the start of the week.
Major construction and renovation projects are underway as MiraCosta College’s fall semester approaches, with new buildings and significant upgrades to the Oceanside campus set for completion in the next two years.
When Advanced Web Offset, San Diego County’s last large-scale offset printer, closed and subsequently merged with Anaheim-based Advantage ColorGraphics, the fate of local print publications — including those from high schools and colleges — hung in the balance.
The leading institutions of higher education in North San Diego County are all without printed student news publications as of Oct. 12, ending a nearly 80-year tradition in the region.
