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Cuesta students travel world studying global climate change

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | 19 comments

Led by Cuesta College physics instructor Dr. James Eickemeyer, two groups of Cuesta College students recently traveled to multiple countries around the world to study physics and climate change. The trips spanned the countries of Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia.... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College may ask taxpayers to fund building upgrades

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees is considering asking taxpayers to fund $180 million of new construction and building repair. [Tribune] Cuesta’s North County campus needs four new buildings at a cost of $80 million and the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College receives $8 million donation

Written on 12 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Cuesta College received a donation of more than $8 million, which it will use to eliminate first semester fees for incoming San Luis Obispo County students. Longtime Morro Bay couple Charles and Leeta Dovica donated the money and earmarked it... (Continue reading)

Unloaded BB gun causes scare at Cuesta College

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A prop for a school video project caused a scare on the Cuesta College campus Wednesday. [Tribune] Several students reported that a female was walking through campus with a shotgun. Some faculty members were also alarmed. The female student was... (Continue reading)

More 29th Central Coast Writers’ Conference event photos

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The 29th Cuesta College Central Coast Writers’ Conference featured keynote speaker Rebecca Rasmussen, fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, screenwriters, agents and editors. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print of any of these photos, aside from those of... (Continue reading)

29th Central Coast Writers’ Conference, event photos

Written on 24 Sep, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The 29th Cuesta College Central Coast Writers’ Conference featured keynote speaker Rebecca Rasmussen, fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, screenwriters, agents and editors. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print of any of these photos, aside from those of... (Continue reading)

California community colleges facing accreditation problems

Written on 22 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An increasing number of California community colleges are struggling to maintain their accreditation. [LA Times] This month, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced its plan to revoke the accreditation of the City College of San Francisco in... (Continue reading)

Cuesta summer sessions bloom again

Written on 9 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cuesta College officials are anticipating full classes for summer sessions, a harbinger of better times ahead in most of the state’s two-year colleges in the wake of new Prop. 30 funding. It’s the first hint of positive movement for California’s... (Continue reading)

Teen dies in rollover accident near Cuesta College

Written on 18 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Encino girl died on Sunday after being ejected from a Jeep that drove off Highway 1 in front of Cuesta College. The driver, Sanam Azemoon, 19, of Calabasas drove off an embankment which caused the Jeep to roll several... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College keeps accreditation

Written on 15 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Cuesta College retained its accreditation, overcoming its 2012 placement by a community college commission on the most serious possible sanction. By retaining its accreditation, Cuesta ensures, at least temporarily, that other colleges and universities will continue to accept its students’... (Continue reading)