SBCC Alumni

SBCC alum brings Afro-Fusion Cuisine and Bantu Styles to Santa Barbara https://www.independent.com//patience-ncube-brings-africa/

SBCC alum Marsha Griggs is a Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Coordinator at Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital. https://www.santaynezvalleystar.com/to-survive-heart-disea/

SBCC alum Carol Folt will serve as the new President of U.S.C.! "Carol Folt, who most recently served as the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will take the helm on July 1, becoming the first woman to permanently be U.S.C.’s president; she follows Wanda Austin, who served in an interim capacity. Ms. Folt is a native of Akron, Ohio, but she first came to California for college, where she went to Santa Barbara City College and then transferred to U....C. Santa Barbara. Later, she earned her doctorate at U.C. Davis." https://www.nytimes.com//university-of-southern-california

SBCC student and local musician Jackson Gillies received a golden ticket to Hollywood on American Idol Monday evening! The 19-year-old San Marcos High School graduate and current Santa Barbara City College student isn't new the stage as he won Santa Barbara's Teen Star competition, a musical and performance-based awards show, in 2016. https://www.edhat.com//local-musician-jackson-gillies-earn

SBCC professor Dr. Danielle Swiontek quoted in NY Times article, Building Grit in Girls Through Mountain Biking: "Bicycles have a storied historical role in empowering women. 'Suffragists used to say, 'Woman is riding to suffrage on a bicycle,’ said Dr. Danielle Swiontek, a professor of women’s history at Santa Barbara City College. "This was independent transportation that allowed women to go and do what they wanted. ... https://nyti.ms/2Fcyhba

SBCC alum Carlos Marquez, new manager of the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence, reflects on a long and fruitful career on campus. http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2019/019305/seizing-opportunity

SBCC alum finds her passion and career in winemaking, through a class at SBCC! "In 2009, I took a wine appreciation course at Santa Barbara City College, thinking it was going to be a fun way to spend Wednesday mornings. The professor was an incredibly passionate, sincere, and knowledgeable person about wine, who also worked for a distributor representing the region. One Saturday in September, he took the willing students to a downtown Santa Barbara winery to participate ...in a day of harvest... "The excitement and energy of that first winery visit was a powerful moment for me...In only a year, my whole life had transformed, and everything revolved around wine and winemaking." https://bit.ly/2RvL4MX

SBCC alum John Trager is Curator of the Desert Collections at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. He studied botany at SBCC and holds a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from Cal Poly Pomona. He will present Succulent Hunter on January 12 at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden. This program surveys the rich diversity of South African succulents, and explores that special climatic conditions and adaptations that allow these plants to survive. Discover the unique species successfully grown in a California garden, as well as the wide array of South African species growing in their natural habitat. https://bit.ly/2SHK7hl

Join the SBCC Foundation tomorrow Wednesday, June 17 at 4:00. p.m. for the next COVID Conversation! "Cosmetology in the Time of COVID" will be presented by Cosmetology Department Chair Michelle Puailoa and Esthetics Lead Instructor Jamie Muse Toste. They will be joined by two current students who will share their perspectives on remote learning. As always, the conversation will be followed by a community Q&A. Register here in advance: https://bit.ly/3e9Rl93

SBCC alum Glen Phillips with his band Toad the Wet Sprocket will play at the historic Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara on January 30 and 31! https://www.lobero.org/events/toad-the-wet-sprocket/

SBCC Alum Michelle Martinez Mercado joins Girls Inc. as a program facilitator in Santa Paula. https://www.noozhawk.com//michelle_martinez_mercado_joins_

SBCC alum Matthew Williams is a former creative coordinator of Lady Gaga’s Haus of Gaga, the team responsible for the singer’s vanguard style. He is the creator of the clothing line 1017 ALYX 9SM. Using his innate understanding of the relationship between youth and the music industry, Williams weaves the communal aspects of street style into his luxury modern design. https://www.independent.com//04/matthew-williams-intervie/

Check out this SBCC alum news story today: "We're thrilled to have Randy Saad and Adventist Health White Memorial as a partner. The goal of TAGNOS solutions is to provide management and care delivery teams the information they need to drive meaningful workflow change in order to increase their ability to deliver patient care and improve their bottom line..." Randy Saad holds an ADN from Santa Barbara City College, majored in Biology/Cell Physiology at University of Californ...ia and completed pre-med at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Adventist Health White Memorial was selected as the health care provider demonstrating the best use of RFID technology to cut costs and improve patient outcomes. https://prn.to/32wDbt8