Salary website

Want to know how much graduates of CA community colleges are earning after completing specific certificates and degrees? Salary Surfer is from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and provides salary info of CA community college graduates over a 5-year period and where a specific program is offered within the California Community College system. The info was forwarded by Megan Soto and Denise Whisenhunt.

UCSD Hot Careers

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UCSD listed its 10 hot career trends for graduates on NBCsandiego.com. Among these careers: teaching English as a foreign language, translation and interpretation, embedded engineering, and healthcare IT. The above link was forwarded by John Gradilla.

Childcare Openings

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The San Diego City College Child Development Center currently has openings for children ages 3 and 4 years.  For info, contact Gloria Lyon, glyon@sdccd.edu and Donna Cecil, dcecil@sdccd.edu.  Unfortunately they do not have any openings for younger children. 

This info was provided by Donna Cecil, San Diego City College CDC. Phone: 619-388-3205

Words of Wisdom

Words of wisdom from recent high school graduates:

"A psychology teacher taught me always to do what I love, even if it doesn't pay well. A gymnastics coach taught me that who I am as a person is far more important than who I am as an athlete. A Spanish teacher taught me never to judge anyone by what they seem because we never truly know what anyone goes through." -- Elana C., La Costa Canyon High School.

"Persistence is more important than talent, and will earn the respect of others." -- Thomas S., Mission Bay High School.

"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do." Christian K., El Camino High School.

High School Graduates Share Words of Wisdom appeared in the "U-T San Diego" on June 11, 2013.

Job opening and internship available

 

 

San Diego City Councilmember Emerald’s office is currently accepting applications from motivated high school and college students looking to gain experience interning for an elected official. Interested applicants should e-mail Abigail Santos a cover letter, résumé and at least one letter of recommendation, along with a brief writing sample, to santosa@sandiego.gov. Please feel free to call (619) 236-7042 with any questions. The internship info was forwarded by John Gradilla. 

18.5 million donated to UCSD

How will UCSD use the $18.5 million donation it received from a graduate of its computer science and engineering department? Read $18.5M Dream to find out. The "U-T San Diego" article appeared on June 6, 2013.

Is College Worth the Cost?

Is it worth the tuition and possible student loan debt to earn a college degree? Compare wage and employment rates for high school graduates versus people who earned a 4-year degree in this U-T San Diego article published on June 4, 2013.