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MiraCosta College 2015 Graduates Prove Anything is Possible

5/28/2015

Approximately 520 of MiraCosta's estimated 2,000 graduates celebrated the college’s 80th commencement ceremony. Let's learn more about some of this year's standouts.

Student Graduate Speaker: Samantha Webb  Samantha Webb delivered this year’s commencement address. Webb is a foster youth student who has achieved tremendous success against all odds.  When she was a young teenager, Samantha Webb’s mother passed away unexpectedly. The 13-year-old, along with her 10-year-old brother, Thomas, packed up their bags and moved from central to southern California to live with their father. Read the rest of Samantha’s story here.

5th annual Oceanside International Film Festival blasts off

5/26/2015

The annual Oceanside International Film Festival has a lot to offer, its 2015 schedule and list of venues have now been posted on its website. North County San Diego’s biggest film festival's popularity is attributed to the following success formula since its very foundation in 2009: “Vacation-Feel / Kickback Attitude (near San Diego) + Profound Film Culture (close to Los Angeles) = Artistic Freedom. Yes, this is Oceanside!” And local, out-of-state, and international filmmakers have an opportunity to showcase their films in front of OIFF-2015 audiences, submerge into its atmosphere, and experience the artistic freedom professed by the festival.

MiraCosta College Student Receives Young Latino of the Year Award

5/12/2015

UT San Diego has named MiraCosta College student David Garcia as Young Latino of the Year at the 2015 San Diego Latino Champions Awards ceremony.

Garcia immigrated to the United States when he was five years old and has lived in the Libby Lake Community his entire life. In March of 2013, Garcia was shot seven times, including a bullet to his head at Libby Lake Park.

After recovering, the once “aimless” kid used his traumatic experience as a wake-up call and began focusing his time and energy to serving his community. Garcia helped launch the STEP UP mentoring program between Project REACH high school students and Libby Elementary students.

Ode To Oceanside- June Art Walk

5/12/2015

The Oceanside Art Walk is growing and becoming bigger and better than ever before. The theme for the June 5th Art Walk is "Ode to Oceanside" featuring artists that represent our favorite city. Oceanside Art Walk began in August 2015 with over 21 venues in downtown Oceanside participating. Over the months, venues have traded in and out and artists have come and gone as well. However the art has remained alive and strong and the Art Walk has worked towards its never ending goal of cultivating the culture of art throughout the city.

Ode to Oceanside brings the Art Walk back to its roots and truly allows the art to connect to the city, which is fitting for this stage in the Art Walk’s life. Downtown Oceanside is the hub of this city and that is where our growing art scene needs to be fostered, loved and appreciated. There is no better way to remind the city of this art bounty in our back yard than dedicating an entire night to the beauty that surrounds Oceanside every day in the sea, mountains, murals, streets, people, architecture and more.

5th annual “Write On, Oceanside!” Literary Festival

5/12/2015

Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation will hold the 5th annual “Write On, Oceanside!” Literary Festival underwritten by Oceanside Public Library in partnership with the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library. The event celebrates San Diego’s North County authors. This year North County’s largest literary event will be held Saturday, July 18, 2015, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm in and around the Oceanside Civic Center Plaza and Community Rooms.

MiraCosta College Names Student Employee of the Year

5/6/2015

MiraCosta College has presented the 2015 Student Employee of the Year award to Health Services mental health peer educator, Colt Gordon.

Nominated by Coordinator of Health Services, Marge Reyzer, Gordon is described as a leader, role model, great listener and educator. As an educator, Gordon helps raise awareness about suicide prevention and other mental health topics in the college community through classroom presentations and other weekly events.

Tri-City Takes Quantum Leap in Medical Imaging

5/4/2015

Tri-City Healthcare District approves acquisition of $3 million GE Healthcare Revolution CT computerized tomography scanner

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The Tri-City Healthcare District Board of Directors has approved the purchase and installation of the most advanced computed tomography (CT) scanner on the market enabling its radiologists to make the quickest, most accurate diagnoses possible for their patients.

The GE Healthcare Revolution™ CT scanner is expected to be operational as early as December 2015 which would make Tri-City Medical Center the first provider to offer this medical imaging technology in San Diego County. It can create a full, three-dimensional image of an organ in just one pass and will provide more options for the hospital’s radiology program.

MiraCosta's Homeland Security Program Provides Valuable Opportunity for Local Vets

5/4/2015

On September 11, 2001, while sitting in a high school classroom, Richard Garcia witnessed the World Trade Center in New York City catch fire and collapse. That day, Garcia marched into a recruitment office to join the Marine Corps. “I was only 17, so my dad didn’t want to sign for me at first,” said Garcia. “I told him he served in the Marine Corps, so why can’t I?” Without further argument, Garcia’s dad signed the release and sent his son off to boot camp. Garcia spent almost a decade in the Marine Corps, including a tour in Afghanistan. In 2011, he left as a sergeant and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

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MiraCosta College 2015 Graduates Prove Anything is Possible

5th annual Oceanside International Film Festival blasts off

MiraCosta College Student Receives Young Latino of the Year Award

Ode To Oceanside- June Art Walk

5th annual “Write On, Oceanside!” Literary Festival

MiraCosta College Names Student Employee of the Year

Tri-City Takes Quantum Leap in Medical Imaging

MiraCosta's Homeland Security Program Provides Valuable Opportunity for Local Vets

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