Faculty and staff produce PPE for hospital
SFCC continues to participate in the regional initiative known as Operation Protective Gowns, producing PPE for health care personnel at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. Media Arts Program faculty member Peter Taussig got the project rolling by taking the submitted pattern and reconfiguring it for a large-scale printer. He […]
Massage Therapy program launches
SFCC has established a new Massage Therapy Program, the first of its kind at a New Mexico community college. The affordable program has been developed in response to industry, where demand for qualified, certified massage therapists continues to grow. The program includes coursework in anatomy, physiology, pathology and kinesiology as […]
President’s Diversity Advisory Committee (PDAC) Juneteenth statement
Black Lives Matter. George Floyd’s life was stolen by a white police officer. We witness that his life was taken as result of systemic racist practice and the authorities who uphold it. A bankrupt system of violence, oppression, brutality and aggression that must be reformed. We respond to this atrocity […]
Noteworthy
SFCC team, student Zachary DeLay earn WERC awards SFCC’s Team Blue Nanno competed for the first time in this event and earned a $1,500 Engineering NM Resource Network Pollution Prevention Award from WERC (Waste-Management Education Research Consortium). SFCC student Zachary DeLay was recognized with one of Intel’s $1,000 Terry McManus Outstanding […]
SFCC responds to crisis, moves online
In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, SFCC closed the main campus and the Santa Fe Higher Education Center after spring break, but student success remained front and center. President Becky Rowley, Ph.D., emphasized that SFCC is here to assist students during this challenging time. The college responded quickly to […]
SFCC Foundation Provides Student Emergency Funds
The effects of the COVID-19 crisis have been heartbreaking. Although the college has responded to its best ability to address the rapid transformation of their educational experience, students are being impacted, directly and indirectly, and in multiple ways: taking online classes for the first time, family situations, loss of income, […]
Student government feeds hungry students
SFCC’s Spring Holiday weekend earlier this month was a bit brighter when it was kicked off with dozens of students receiving nutritious food care packages. Student Government Association (SGA) President Ian Widrick Martinez, who initiated the effort, shares some of the details of the April 10 event. Q: What made […]
LANL, SFCC partner on Machining Engineering Technologies training, expand job opportunities
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Santa Fe Community College have entered into a partnership to provide local students education and training for in-demand, well-paid jobs through SFCC’s Machining Engineering Technologies certificate. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico Higher Education Deputy Secretary Carmen Lopez, Director of LANL Thom Mason, Ph.D., and […]
Operation Bandana New Mexico
Nursing students and CNAs Erin Price and Robin Carrillo Ortiz have been making masks to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. They started the Facebook group, Operation Bandana New Mexico in March to make face masks for NM health care workers. Note, these are not N95 masks, but masks for extra […]
SFCC welding graduates are essential workers
Fortunately during these challenging times, welding has been determined an essential job. SFCC students Monique Lujan and Carlos Zamora will start jobs in construction with UA Local Union 412 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters and will be working at INTEL in Rio Rancho. Monique Lujan AWS Student Chapter Member Award in […]
New faculty publications
sj Miller, Ph.D., releases two new books on gender identity in education Two new books written by sj Miller, Ph.D., about gender identity in pre-K through university education have recently been published. Read more… Dr. Aamna Nayyar co-authors ‘Three Paths, One God: Traditional Scriptures and New Prayers’ Read more… Andrew […]
Sustainability on a world stage
If you’ve stopped by SFCC’s large greenhouse in recent months, you’ve probably noticed that fish and dozens of plants are thriving while temperatures outside plummet below freezing. The reputation of SFCC’s Controlled Environment Agriculture and Sustainable Technologies programs continues to grow, nationally and internationally. More people are coming to see […]
‘The Big Book of Blues Guitar: The History, The Greats―And How to Play’ by Andrew Lovato
Santa Fe City Historian and Associate Professor Andrew Lovato, Ph.D., released his new book, “The Big Book of Blues Guitar: The History, The Greats―And How to Play” in December. About the book, from Amazon website: The book covers the history of the guitar and of the blues, including a personal […]
Aamna Nayyar co-authors ‘Three Paths, One God: Traditional Scriptures and New Prayers’
A message from Aamna Nayyar, Director Department of Dental Health, and member of SFCC’s PDAC: “[I’m] sharing with you the book that I co-authored/compiled. The book is about religious tolerance and hopefully, it will be my small contribution toward world peace. Amen.” From the book description on Amazon.com: Three paths, […]
