Mendocino College is pleased and excited to invite the community to join them as they celebrate Native American Heritage Month. The event will be held in the Lowery Student Center and Plaza on the Ukiah campus Wednesday, November 30th beginning at 4:00 p.m. with a traditional Native American prayer.
The Mendocino College Art Gallery is proud to announce its new exhibit, “Travelin’ Dave presents The BigFoot Family Band,” opening on Thursday, November 3 with a reception from 4-6pm. The exhibit is a mixed media art installation featuring the work of Lush Newton which will transform the gallery with the adventures of a traveling dog, musical bears, and other unexpected delights.
The Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department will present Anton Chekhov’s humorously poignant play, The Cherry Orchard beginning next week. Performances will run October 21-30 in Mendocino College’s Center Theatre on the Ukiah Campus. The play, under the direction of adjunct theatre instructor Jason Davis, features a cast of 22 extraordinary local performers, including 14 full-time college theatre conservatory students. According to Davis, “the play is a comedy about the human condition, economic disparity, and social change.”
Mendocino College is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a five-year, 2.2 million dollar Developing Hispanic Institutions grant from the U.S. Department of Education through a highly competitive process. The goal of this grant is to better serve Latino and high-need students at Mendocino College’s four educational sites in Mendocino and Lake Counties.
The Mendocino Eagles are off to their best start in six years with Saturday’s 32-18 win over College of the Redwoods, the Eagles have improved their record to 3-1.
On September 14th, Mendocino College’s own Joceice Cannon was awarded Offensive Player of the week honors in the American Division of the Northern California Football Conference. Following an explosive 204 receiving yards on five catches, three of them for touchdowns, in the previous weekend’s 52-39 win against Reedley College.
The Mendocino College Art Gallery is excited to announce its new exhibit, “Fresh Ink: Contemporary Printmaking” opening on Thursday, September 15 with a reception from 4 – 6 pm. This exhibit features the work of Jonathan Palmer and Harry Frank, two printmakers who use this versatile medium in very different ways.
The California Community Colleges Board of Governors approved the proposed transfer of territory from Redwoods Community College District to the Mendocino-Lake Community College District (MLCCD) at their meeting on Monday, July 18th. As a result of this action, the coastal communities of Fort Bragg and the town of Mendocino along with the surrounding areas will be incorporated into the Mendocino-Lake Community College District on July 1, 2017.
The Mendocino College Men’s Soccer team is off to a strong start, after just two years of offering the program the team can say they’ve sustained their winning record. Thirteen sophomores played their final season for the Mendocino Eagles in the Fall of 2015, after being part of the inaugural Men’s Team, and now four of them can say they are moving on and continuing to pursue their dream.
The Mendocino College Theatre Arts Department will present the Thirteenth Annual Festival of New Plays on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21 at 8 PM in the College’s Little Theatre, Room 710, on the Ukiah campus.
Dan Jenkins, a tenured professor at Mendocino College, recently accepted the H. Sanford Gum Service Award for his tremendous efforts in the field of Cooperative Work Experience Education (CWEE). Completing his twenty-first year of instructing at Mendocino College, this prestigious award came as no surprise to the College Administration or Jenkin’s colleagues.
