SAN MARCOS
Eric Sy wasn’t expecting to spend more than a quarter of his college experience inside his family’s home in Rancho Bernardo.
But that’s where the 22-year-old computer science major at Cal State San Marcos spent much of 2020 and 2021, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
So it was a bit surreal for Sy and the several thousand fellow graduates who massed at the university’s track and field site Saturday in their black caps and gowns. The graduation ceremony marked the first time most of the classmates had stepped foot on the campus or gathered in person since before the health emergency shut things down in March 2020.
California State University, San Marcos — Chief Diversity Officer : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education jbhe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jbhe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than a dozen San Diego County nonprofits will be the recipients of $750,000 in grants from The San Diego Foundation to create more opportunities for youth to study STEM fields.
The foundation is directing funds to 13 programs reaching young people, particularly those from underrepresented communities. The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation recently reported that Latino and Black communities are greatly underrepresented in San Diego’s highest-paying industries and occupations, many of which are related to STEM science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The programs receiving grants are:
San Diego State University Research Foundation, supporting the WE BELIEVE program (Women and Black Empowered Learners Interning in Engineering Environments). The university will provide summer research internships for Black high school and community college students.
A drive-thru coronavirus testing facility in South Korea. Credit: Republic of Korea.
It feels strange to look back on 2020 and try to think of anything good to say about the year, the last 12 months being largely defined by a deadly pandemic and a presidential election that seemed to expose the fragility of US democracy. It’s hard to look past the distressing stuff the pandemic lockdowns, the agonizingly long vote counts, the unexpected national importance of Wayne County, Michigan’s election canvassing board and to remember the positive things that happened.
But throughout the cataclysms of 2020, the
Bulletin, its expert contributors, and its staff produced excellent work. Here are a few stories that are among the best we produced within the category we call disruptive technology.
The County of San Diego opened the region’s third Vaccination Super Station on Saturday in San Marcos the first in North County. The vaccination site opened at the Cal State San Marcos Sports Center, 103 Campus View Dr, San Marcos, CA 92078. It will be open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Supervisor…