The Bay Valley Conference softball coaches have announced their All-Conference selections for the 2017 season. The second-place Mendocino College Eagles garnered five selections, including the Most Valuable Player Award.

This year’s Bay Valley MVP was the Eagles’ freshman first baseman Mykala Ramsey of Ukiah. Also selected, all First Team, were two sophomores, shortstop Aliza Atkins (Clear Lake HS) and third baseman Brianna Johnson (Fort Bragg HS) and two freshmen, center fielder Hannah Norwood (Clear Lake HS) and catcher Hannah Flynn (Middletown HS).

The Mendocino College Board of Trustees approved the naming of “Pomo Plaza” at their monthly meeting held May 10.  Mendocino College established a monument to recognize the Pomo communities and help create a more culturally respectful and inclusive campus climate as part of their continued equity work.

Mendocino College held its 29th Annual Latino Student Retreat on Friday, April 21st.  
 
This successful event hosted over 320 high school students from Mendocino and Lake Counties for a day of motivational speakers and college related workshops.  
 

We are excited to announce that Mendocino College has joined the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL) National Consortium on College Men of Color (NCCMC). Participation in the NCCMC will enhance our commitment to improving the success of historically underrepresented and underserved students, including men of color.

The Mendocino College Spring Dance Festival celebrates the diversity of dance and how it unites people of all ages and ethnicities in its 16th year!  Dancers take to the Mendocino College stage on Friday and Saturday, May 5 & 6 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, May 7 at 2:00 PM to share what they have to say, through movement, with audience members who come to witness this very popular annual event.  Through hip hop, jazz, contemporary, ballet, tap dance, and Middle Eastern dance, this year’s event promises to be dazzling!

Please join us for our largest and most popular exhibition of the year!  The exhibit runs from April 20 through May 21, 2017 with an opening reception Thursday, April 20th from 4:00 – 6:00 PM.  Please join us for this free event!

Mendocino College students have been working hard both in and out of the classroom, producing a wide range of work including ceramics, sculpture, photography, textiles, paintings, drawings, jewelry and mixed media.  

Mendocino College welcomes award winning author, Reyna Grande, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the Ukiah Campus.  The author will share her experiences as a writer, Mexican immigrant and writing instructor.  All are welcome to join us for a special reception from 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. in the Lowery Student Center followed by a reading by the author and question/answer session from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater.  This event is free and open to the public.

The Mendocino College Art Gallery is proud to announce its new exhibit, eXplorations - Paula Gray: taking the X out of anxiety and other stories, which opens with a reception on Thursday, February 9th from 4-6pm. Paula Gray has taught visual arts at Mendocino College since 1986, both as an adjunct and full time professor. After retiring from full time teaching in 2014, she dove headlong into studio projects and has created an extensive and exciting new body of work.

Mendocino College Classified Senate presents it's annual Silent Auction and FUNRaiser, Thursday, December 1st from 10AM to 4PM in the Mendocino College Boardroom.

Proceeds from the event go to the Classified Senate Scholarship Fund to benefit students in need. The event is free and open to the public.

Enjoy unique and handmade gifts, a wine raffle, finish your holiday shopping early, all while supporting a great cause!

On Tuesday, November 29 the Foundation will embark on our first ever Giving Tuesday campaign.  100% of the proceeds collected will be given to support the Mendocino College Food Pantry.  The pantry provides non-perishable food to Mendocino College students in need.  

Help us Help them!  No amount is too small, everything counts!

Giving Tuesday is a global event and has become the “Day of Giving” following black Friday and cyber Monday’s consumerism.