The long-awaited college campus project for southwest Fresno will take a big step forward on Tuesday when State Center Community College District trustees consider awarding a $66 million construction contract to Harris Construction Company, Inc. of Fresno. Harris' bid was the lowest of four submitted under the project-labor agreement format...
Chancellor: State Center Classes Will Be Online for Spring Semester
Most classes for students in the State Center Community College District will continue to be online for the spring 2021 semester, chancellor Paul Parnell announced in an email. The district's top priority is the safety of students, faculty, and staff, and so officials have remained in closed contact with local...
Fresno Police Academy Training Will Be Examined for Racial Bias
The Fresno City College task force that's reviewing the Police Academy curriculum will look at how future officers are instructed on the use of force when they next meet, said Robert Pimentel, Fresno City College vice president of Educational Services & Institutional Effectiveness and the task force chairman. At its...
COVID-19 Knocks Out Football, Other Fall Sports at Fresno City, Clovis Colleges
The 2020 football season at Fresno City College ended before it even began, one of seven sports at the college that have been cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And Clovis Community College is not immune — its soccer and cross country fall seasons also have been cancelled because...
Derek Carr to 2020 Grads: Don’t Miss Out on Alternative Ceremonies
COVID-19 has put the kibosh on traditional large-scale graduation ceremonies in May and June for the Class of 2020, but graduates are being celebrated in new and different ways. The celebrations are virtual for now, but districts and colleges are vowing still to have the real deal, either later this...
Clovis CC’s Top Scholar-Athletes Recognized in Virtual Celebration
There was no Kiwanis Torch of Excellence Dinner this year to honor the area's top community college scholar-athletes, an annual event since 1997, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Clovis Community College wanted to make sure that their hard work did not go unrecognized. Five of the college's 39 honorees...
Dropouts, Dropped Classes at State Center Soar in COVID-19 Semester
More than twice as many State Center Community College District students dropped all their courses this spring semester compared to a year ago, and the number of courses dropped this semester is up 15% compared to spring 2019, officials report. At Fresno City College, 1,000 students dropped courses after mid-March,...
State Center Faces Massive Budgets Cuts as COVID Strips Revenues
Community college trustees likely will have to make massive budget cuts for the next several years. That's the district's analysis based on forecasts of tax revenue losses caused by workplace and school shutdowns ordered to forestall the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. State Center Community College District trustees will get...
Fresno City College Will Be New Site for Free COVID-19 Tests
Fresno City College has been selected as one of 80 COVID-19 testing sites in California, marking an expansion of the state's test capabilities, Fresno County Health Director David Pomaville said Friday morning. The state's goal is to conduct 10,500 tests daily, which will enable health officials statewide to more quickly...
'It's Scary,' Says FCC Nursing Student on Entering COVID-19 Workforce
To graduate, or not. That was the question facing prospective California nursing students until state regulators took action late Friday. But another track is emerging in the medical profession: Those who have job prospects even as other medical professionals are now hurting for work. GV Wire spoke with a Fresno City College...