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News for Alumni and Friends of Santiago Canyon College

Echoes of the Canyon: Student Stories in the Ages of COVID-19

What started as an English class assignment in how to use primary sources in academic research such as letters and personal journals ended as a published collection of student stories of loss, courage, despair and hope in the age of COVID-19. SCC English Department faculty members thought the students' letters, essays, poems, and journal entries were so compelling in documenting the impact of the pandemic on real lives that these stories should be shared with a broader audience. The result is Echoes of the Canyon: A Journal in the Time of COVID-19. All net proceeds from the book will go the Hawk's Nest Food Pantry at Santiago Canyon College. To find out more, click below. Click here to see the story on KNBC.

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What Happens Here Matters

Jose Vargas Named Interim President of SCC

With the departure of Dr. John Hernandez to Irvine Valley College, the District Board of Trustees recently named Jose Vargas, Vice President of Continuing Education, to be the Interim President of SCC until a permanent president is named next spring.

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Celebrating the Class of 2020...Virtually

Even though the Class of 2020 couldn't attend their graduation in person, they were celebrated in style courtesy of videos from SCC President John Hernandez, RSCCD Chancellor Marvin Martinez, RSCCD Board President Claudia Alvarez, and many SCC staff and faculty!

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Supporting Students in These Challenging Times

The pandemic has created extraordinary challenges for many students, including how to stay in college or support a family without a job. The Hawk's Nest Food Pantry at SCC has stepped up to ensure that students needn't choose between books and breakfast.

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Kudo Korner

Thank you to the Peter & Ginny Ueberroth Foundation for their recent gift of $15,000 to the Hawk's Nest Food Pantry and Basic Needs Center. The gift came at a critical time when the food pantry was facing higher demand from students affected by the pandemic and resulting economic meltdown.

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Thanks to a generous gift of $15,000 from the Stanley W. Ekstrom Foundation, the Veterans Service Office (VSO) can expand support for military veteran students and their families.

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With donations from SCC faculty, staff, alumni and friends, the SCC Foundation will disburse over $102,000 in Named Annual Scholarships to students this academic year. The Named Annual Scholarship Program allows donors to pay tribute to loved ones by naming a scholarship after them.

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Fall Events

Join SCC faculty and staff on Friday, October 9, 2020 at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine for the 20th Annual "Changing Students' Lives" Golf Tournament benefiting the Hawk's Nest Food Pantry and Basic Needs Center at Santiago Canyon College. It'll be a day of fun and friendly competition following CDC guidelines for social distancing. Foursomes will be assigned scheduled tee-off times from Hole 1 rather than the usual shotgun start mad dash. Masks will be required. For more information, click HERE.

If you don't golf but want to support the Hawk's Nest Food Pantry and Basic Needs Center, there's a solution. You can purchase golf balls for our Golf Ball Drop that will take place the day of the tournament. The golf ball closest to the hole wins $1,000; the second closest ball wins $500. Golf balls are $10 each, 3 for $25, 6 for 50 or 13 for $100. Purchase your golf balls HERE.

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