Teresa Balmori Perez, Copy Editor

October 11, 2021 • No Comments

Bakersfield College has expanded its four-year Bachelor’s program in Industrial Automation to include high school students.   The program is offered at different locations including McFarland High School, Shafter High School, Wasco High School, Robert F. Kennedy High School, Bakersfield High School, Stockdale High School, and West High School. They will also offer the program at the Regional Occupational Center.  Students who wish to participate in the program could expect to complete their Bachelor’s degree in less than four years if they’re enrolled as a full-time student, according to Carlos Medina, a Program Manager at BC.  “After they graduate high school, they should be able to have their Associate’s degree in Industrial...

Erami Dominguez, Reporter

October 1, 2021 • No Comments

Enrollment numbers at Bakersfield College for the fall semester are low. Professor Nick Strobel, president of the Academic Senate, stated that “enrollment is down 10% from the same time point in Fall 2020.” Strobel listed the missing aspects that will occur later in the semester: dual enrollment of high school students, people in the inmate scholars’ program, and the start of 8-week and 12-week courses.  He added that importance lies in the retention of student enrollment; helping students to complete their classes and enroll for more the next semester. It is a slow start back on campus at BC.  Students’ priorities may have shifted, causing them to rethink their education plan. Alan Rodriguez graduated high school in June...

Raul Padilla, Reporter

September 29, 2021 • No Comments

The Levan Center begins this month’s first Hispanic Heritage Month presentation with Professor Romina Ruvalcaba coming from UC Merced to share her studies on Hispanic culture. The event was hosted on Zoom on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. Ruvalcaba is an expert on history, critical race studies, as well as ethnic studies. She shared her work in a presentation titled, “Our Ranchero Roots: A History of the Mexican Rancho, Development, and Emigration.” Which explores the impact that the ranchero culture has had on not only Mexico but in the U.S. as well. “The goal of my work is to help make these societies visible, and legible wherever these agrarian and agricultural experiences take place.” Ruvalcaba said as she began her presentation. She...