Author: Anastasia Thrift

May 21, 2022
Cypress College Celebrates 55th Commencement
"Cypress College hosted its 55th Commencement on Friday evening — the first in-person graduation ceremony in 3 years — with a record number of graduates and guests participating. The event was held in the college’s Gateway Plaza with more than 800 graduates from the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020 in"

May 11, 2022
New Accounting Pathway Program Guarantees Transfer to University
"The College of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton, and Cypress College recently signed an agreement that creates a program for students to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting in four years and continue to earn a master’s degree in the fifth year with Guaranteed Transfer. The Cypress Collage Accounting"

May 9, 2022
First Lavender Graduation to Take Place at Cypress College
"Cypress College will hold its first-ever Lavender Graduation on Monday, May 23 from 5-8 p.m.! All current, former, and future LGBTQ+ graduates are invited to attend! Lavender Graduation is a special graduation ceremony for our LGBTQ+ graduates to honor and acknowledge their achievements, contributions, and unique experiences at Cypress College. It is an opportunity for our LGBTQ+"

May 6, 2022
Nursing Workshop Promotes DEI, Appreciation Day
"The Cypress College Nursing Department held an end-of-year celebration for current students with a luncheon, teacher acknowledgement, and interactive workshop today. Interim Director Thu Pham welcomed Sharonne Herbert, Ph.D. ABPB, of Children’s Health Orange County, to the workshop, which centered on implicit bias in health care. Herbert spoke via Zoom"

November 15, 2021
Cypress College Named One of the Best Community Colleges in California by Intelligent.com
"Intelligent.com, a resource for online/on-campus program rankings and higher education planning, has included Cypress College to its list of the Best Community Colleges in California in 2022. The research identifies 50 top programs in the nation based on flexibility, faculty, course strength, cost, and reputation. Cypress College was awarded Best Geology"

September 29, 2021
Aviation & Travel Careers Chair Flies with Blue Angels
"Ed Valdez, Cypress College’s Aviation & Travel Careers Department Chair, today reached one of aviation’s heights by flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Valdez flew in one of the new F/A-18 Super Hornets out of the Los Alamitos Army Airfield/Joint Forces Training Base, breaking the sound barrier, reaching a g-force"

September 27, 2021
T-TEN Students Earn Statewide Grants
"Two Automotive Technology T-TEN students received awards from the California New Car Dealers Association Scholarship Foundation this month. This year’s annual “Car Careers” Scholarship program selected 20 total grant recipients and one overall statewide winner, a Cypress College student, to receive an additional $5,000. Molly Poer, a Year 1 T-TEN student,"

August 27, 2021
DMS Instructor Goes Back to the Field and Refreshes her Industry Knowledge
"Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Director Lynn Mitts completed an externship in Radiologic Technology this summer, made possible through an OC Regional Strong Workforce project. Mitts went to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Downey for her externship, which began in July. “It has been some years since I have been in the hospital"

June 4, 2021
MAD Student Is a Festival Finalist
"A Media Arts Design student at Cypress College is a finalist in the 2021 MODE: Motion Design Educational Summit festival and conference, being held June 10-13, 2021. Jocelyn Hernandez and 11 other Cypress College MAD students submitted work and earned free admittance to the annual conference. This student competition is part"

June 2, 2021
Cypress College Instructor Voted California Automotive Teacher of the Year
"Cypress College Automotive Technology Instructor and Toyota T-TEN Program Coordinator Michael Klyde was selected by his peers in the California Automotive Teachers (CAT) Association as Automotive Teacher of the Year, 2021. The CAT board plans to honor Klyde for this achievement with a virtual ceremony and plaque presentation this fall. CAT"

January 20, 2021
Culinary Instructor Nominated for Teacher of the Year
"Hotel, Restaurant, and Culinary Arts instructor Chef Amanda Gargano has been nominated as a 2021 Orange County Teacher of the Year. The award is bestowed by the Orange County Department of Education and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, and would have been granted to Gargano at a gala, however, the pandemic has"