Author: Marc S. Posner
News
March 26, 2024
It’s Official: Second Bachelor’s Degree Coming to Cypress College
"Cypress College is excited to share this news hot off the press from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office: we are adding a second bachelor’s degree. Joining our Funeral Services baccalaureate degree is a new undergraduate degree in Dental Hygiene. Here is the release from the CCCCO: Six New Bachelor’s Degree"
Career Education
August 30, 2022
From SoCal to the Evergreen State: Cypress Alum Drafted to the Seattle Mariners
"It was a day just like any other when Troy Taylor got the phone call he had hoped for since he was a little boy. “It was like a dream,” said Taylor. “I was sitting at home with my family when I got the call, which was really cool because it"
News
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"
Press Release
November 22, 2021
Cypress College Voted Favorite Community College by Long Beach Publication Readership
"For Immediate Release November 22, 2021 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 Readers for a Long Beach community newspaper voted Cypress College as their favorite community college in the region for the third year in a row. Readership for The Grunion Gazette voted Cypress College as their favorite community college, along"
Press Release
November 2, 2021
Cypress College One of 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for $1 Million 2023 Aspen Prize
"For Immediate Release November 2, 2021 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today recognized Cypress College as an Aspen Prize Top 150 U.S. Community College. Cypress College President JoAnna Schilling shared these comments about the prestigious recognition: Today, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced"
Press Release
October 15, 2021
Cypress College to Hold Grand Opening of Two New Buildings from Measure J
"For Immediate Release October 15, 2021 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 Cypress College officially unveils its two newest buildings — Science, Engineering, and Math (SEM) and the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) — the first new construction completed under the Measure J Bond project. The buildings are centerpiece projects of Measure J,"
News
October 13, 2021
Cypress College’s New HACU Fellows Honored
"Cypress College’s three HACU fellows — Yanet Garcia Padilla, AnnMarie Ruelas, and Gisela Verduzco — were honored by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva during an on-campus ceremony on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Quirk-Silva, who represents Cypress College as part of California’s 65th Assembly District, presented the three campus leaders with certificates of recognition"
Press Release
September 30, 2021
Trees Memorialize Two Former Cypress College Employees, Thrive in Spite of Recent Restoration Projects
"For Immediate Release September 30, 2021 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 For over 50 years, Cypress College has occupied a gorgeous location in the greater Orange County area where it resides. The campus itself is a beautiful mix of original architecture and contemporary design that wrap around a central pond where"
Press Release
August 24, 2021
Cypress College Alumni Compete in Tokyo Olympics
"For Immediate Release August 24, 2021 Contact: Marc Posner (714) 484-7006 Cypress College can now add two more names to its list of Olympians after two of its former students participated in the Tokyo Olympics this year. Amanda Fama, of the Italian softball team, and Alon Leichman, of the Israeli"
In Memoriam
June 1, 2021
Remembering Alumnus Mark Eaton
"Mark Eaton’s path to a record-setting NBA career could have been a Hollywood script. But, dig deeper and it also accurately depicts the role of community colleges: an instructor sees possibility and sets a student on a path they never expected. Eaton — the college’s 2004 Alumnus of the Year, the"