City College’s adult education programs continue to empower learners of all ages through free and career-focused training across San Francisco, from language and technical courses to workforce partnerships that transform lives.
CCSF students push for a transit pass as rising fares and looming Muni and BART cuts make commuting to campus increasingly costly.
The Guardsman’s event roundup for the next two weeks includes a basketball jamboree, a free music festival and an art print workshop!
Without proper funding and staffing, the City College Archive has become lost in the sprawling Ocean Campus.
Trustee Alan Wong proposed a new climate action plan, which, adopted in 2024, continues to guide the college’s steps toward a more sustainable future. The policy sets up the goalposts for City College to address its current status on various sustainability and environmental measurements by 2026 while establishing incremental benchmarks for improvement over the next decade. The policy updates City College’s sustainability plan for the first time since 2009.
“Mr. Yee is a City College success story. Beginning as a physics student and later returning as a faculty member, department chair, Academic Senate president, and, for the last decade, as dean of our Evans Center and the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics before assuming the role of interim Vice Chancellor, Mr. Yee has a four-decade relationship with City College. He has proven himself to be a trusted academic leader, a champion of students, a valued partner and collaborator, and an advocate for our college.” Following the Chancellor’s vision, The Guardsman has explored the remarkable journey of Vice Chancellor David Yee.
The Harry Britt Building, formerly MUB, is most noted for being the meeting place of Trustees. As the work of local politicians is so intricately tied to the politics of City College, so is Britt’s legacy tied to the many Trustees who championed his values on the college’s oversight board.
City College students keep a historical but aging planetarium alive after decades of turmoil. A group of student volunteers, known as the Astronomy Outreach, maintains the planetarium, which is used as a learning and public event space. The brass dome on top of Science Hall has a turbulent and murky history.
Although City College has suffered two extreme losses over the last 5 years, the remaining six campuses are running up to speed. Let’s break them down.
The Ram Plaza on the Ocean campus was filled with colorful designs as the Paint a Tote event took place on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The event, which ran for two hours in the morning, was put on by the Associated Students Council Ocean (ASCO), which provided free tote bags, paint, brushes, and other art supplies.
Thursday’s robbery marks a new trend in crime activity as it is the third criminal incident reported by campus police since the beginning of the semester. Last fall, only one incident was reported to students and it occurred off-campus.
A series of power outages occurred back in late July and early August, which resulted in the shutdown of all City College centers, just two weeks before classes were set to begin.
By noon on May 16, campus police had blocked access to the stairs leading to the tent encampment.
