Things to Know

As we race toward commencements and the celebrations of our student’s success, we will celebrate our employees this late this afternoon with a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. in the Student Union East. Congratulations to all our faculty, staff, and leadership for a year of...

We are counting down to SWC Commencement and the celebrations continue on our campus. At the same time, we had a protest regarding a very serious subject; sexual harassment, assault, and discrimination. As this serious subject is a part of other college internal processes...

We made it to @SWC Commencement week. This is Classified School Employees Week. Please take a few minutes, stop, and say thank you to our classified professionals for their continued service and support for students and our community. If you want to have a really...

We are counting down to Commencement. This seems like an appropriate time for us to explore the history of academic regalia. As noted on the Colorado State University Commencement website, academic regalia has been around for a long time. I have always been a...

Yesterday, the Bakersfield College sponsored a summit – Leadership Matters: Re-Imagining Leadership to Sustain Transformative Change to Advance Student Success and Equity. We sent a team; Dr. Andrew Rempt, Dr. Angelica Suarez, and Marie Vicario. I participated via web for the morning and noon...

Today is Commencement Day – A Day to Celebrate our student’s achievement, and our role in supporting students. I always believe this is the best day of the year as we celebrate student’s “rite of passage” (a ceremony or event marking an important stage...

Commencement at Southwestern College is an inspiring event. A huge thank you to the Commencement Committee, the facilities department, the volunteers who worked, and the police department for a beautiful event. Our @SWC students are amazing and deserve our support as a college community....

Today @SWC Summer School starts. We were very busy with #SWC Commencement and many high school and middle school commencements last week. There were thousands of people on our campus, and while it is a bit troublesome finding parking spots, having middle school and...

Tomorrow, the Southwestern College Follow Up Accreditation Report and Visit will be heard by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). As we hopefully regain our accreditation, we will work as an institution to ensure that we integrate accreditation into our everyday...

So yesterday, I noted I would talk about leadership today. This is on my mind because we need to develop or retool a leadership program at Southwestern College, develop better onboarding, and I am and will be hiring new leaders this upcoming year. So,...