Author: Marc S. Posner

"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"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"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,"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"Cypress College is remembering retired professor and coach Tom Lubin. One of the college’s pioneering faculty, Lubin was a chemistry professor who is fondly recalled for his memorable lessons — including jumping off a building — and for his devotion to students, including standouts Swen Nater and Mark Eaton. The Lubin Family has"