Innovative Programs for Students in the Rural Mendocino-Lake County Area to Obtain a Bachelor's Degree

Mendocino- Lake Community College District (MLCCD) is inviting submittals from qualified vendors to provide BOOKSTORE OPERATIONS for Mendocino College. Upon completion of this process an Agreement is expected to provide comprehensive professional bookstore services to MLCCD beginning January 10, 2022.

If you would like to submit a response to this Request for Qualifications and Proposals, please send one (1) electronic copy of requested materials to: uvelasco@mendocino.edu.

Mendocino College graduates enjoyed a free dinner and virtual commencement ceremony this year.  

In April, a survey was sent to all graduating students to gather input about how best to celebrate their accomplishments this year. The response from the majority of students was that they preferred a virtual ceremony.  

Mendocino College is pleased to announce its Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program has been awarded another three year cycle grant. The program will receive $76,263 per year for the next three years to continue to help underserved and underrepresented students achieve success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) studies and careers. 

The Mendocino College Symposium announces the next virtual lecture in the series:

Speaker: Vincent Poturica

Asian American communities are suffering acts of discrimination, hate crimes, and micro-aggressions due to fears of COVID-I9.

Since the December 2019 outbreak of the COVID-l9 virus in Wuhan, China, the infection has grown to more than 125.68 million confirmed cases and more than 2.75 million confirmed deaths worldwide. Scientists have confirmed that the COVID-l9 disease does not respect borders and is not caused by ethnicity, and the World Health Organization has cautioned against using geographic descriptors because they can fuel ethnic discrimination.

Mendocino College will continue primarily remote instruction through the summer 2021 semester, announced Superintendent/President Tim Karas.      

LAKE COUNTY, CA—Sonoma State University (SSU) is launching a hybrid Bachelor of Science Business Administration Degree Completion Program beginning in fall 2021. This is the first program developed under the partnership established between Mendocino College, Woodland Community College and SSU.

In a report released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), Mendocino College is one of 13 California Community Colleges to close equity gaps for Latinx students and increase their success rates in English and math courses by broadening access to transfer-level and gateway courses. Titled “A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges”, the PPIC study indicates 

Mendocino College is one of 34 colleges to receive part of the largest philanthropic gift given to community colleges in the nation. The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, in partnership with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC), recently announced that the $100 million pledge