COM STUDENT BREAKS BARRIERS
First-gen immigrant among 1% of transfer students accepted to Stanford Not only is recent College of Marin graduate Juan Camara the first person in his family to go to college,…
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YOUTH POSTER CONTEST RETURNS
Above: Youth Poster Contest 2019 Producer’s Award, “The Last Straw,” by Andrea Flores Miranda The 2022 Youth Poster Contest opened Jan. 3 for all Marin middle and high school students,…
GIVING MARIN AWARDS $75,000 IN GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS
Giving Marin awarded 12 Marin nonprofit organizations with $5,000 to $10,000 grants for a total of $75,000 for their extraordinary work in 2020. The Feb. 25 Zoom celebration included remarks…
GIVING MARIN GRANTS $60K
The Giving Marin Community Partnership supports local nonprofits with free marketing opportunities throughout the year. At the end of 2019, Giving Marin, through an application process, chose six nonprofits to…
BUILDING SCHOLARS AND SKILLS
Next Generation Scholars celebrated the appointment of their new Executive Director Janeen Mendoza Cruz at Mill Valley Community Center on Nov. 14. Pictured above are Mendoza Cruz (center) joined by several…
BLACK TIE & BLUE JEANS
College of Marin hosted its inaugural Black Tie & Blue Jeans gala on Aug. 30 on the Kentfield campus. The courtyard outside the Performing Arts Building was transformed into a…
SCHOOLSRULE STEPS RIGHT UP!
The seventh annual SchoolsRule fundraising event was held July 1 at the Marin County Fairgrounds with almost 500 guests in attendance. The event is the primary fundraiser for SchoolsRule, a coalition of all…
LEARNING, WORKING, CREATING
The spring semester of the Autistry Comprehensive Adult Program has begun. Students take academic and physical fitness classes at College of Marin. Pictured (above, left to right) are Autistry students…
GIVING MARIN GIVES BACK
Giving Marin held an End-of-Year Awards celebration at the Nugget Markets Demonstration Kitchen at College of Marin‘s Indian Valley Campus in Novato. Six Marin nonprofits each received a check for…
NONPROFITS AIM TO REDUCE HATE, HOMELESSNESS
NOT IN OUR TOWN: More than 300 community members, civic leaders and students gathered at the College of Marin’s Kentfield campus Feb. 13 for two film screenings of “Light in…