Last-minute drive underway for scholarship matching funds

May 27, 2011

CUYAMACA COLLEGE (Press Release) – After several years as a stay-at-home mom with three young children, Vicki Watkins faced the prospect of going back to work after a marital split. She struggled at first to make ends meet with a near-minimum-wage job as a retail clerk, and then decided with some...

Student Diedrea Lewis tells of her love affair with Grossmont College

January 28, 2011

GROSSMONT COLLEGE-- Diedrea Lewis, a Grossmont student and recipient of an Osher scholarship, recently talked on camera about what she loves about Grossmont College and how she utilizes her $1,000 Osher scholarship.   Xavier Green, a student in Media Comm 132B, videotaped an interview with Lewis that...

Student with disability among the most active on the campus

Alexis Jacquett

November 18, 2010

  Deidrea Lewis (Photo: Russ Lindquist)       GROSSMONT COLLEGE --Deidrea Lewis is one of the most active students  not withstanding a disability and a work injury, which limit her mobility. She has osteoarthritis, which is a joint disease. “My disability does affect my weight, a lot, but I’ve always ...

Campus diversity on display at Fall Festival

November 9, 2010

  Photos and Story by Russell Lindquist GROSSMONT COLLEGE- The diversity of this college’s student population was on display when the annual Fall Festival was celebrated in the Main Quad, Nov. 2-3. Circle K Club, Grossmont College Art and Design, Muslim Student Association, Challenge Club, Japan Club, Ph...

GCCCD honors its construction teams, scholarship donors

November 9, 2010

CUYAMACA COLLEGE (Press Release) – With construction finishing on 14 projects at Grossmont and Cuyamaca College, leaders of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District recently took time to honor the architects, engineers and contractors who led the work to transform the two East County camp...

52 Grossmont students receive scholarships at campus breakfast

Russell Lindquist

September 14, 2010

GROSSMONT COLLEGE, September 11 –Fifty-two students were awardees at the Fall 2010 Scholarship Awards Breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 11, an annual event presented by the Grossmont College Foundation and the Grossmont College Scholarship Department. In addition to scholarship recipients and their fami...