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Sierra Vista Junior High School is hosting a virtual toy drive until Dec. 13 to help students and families in need. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Sierra Vista Jr. High hosting a toy drive 

Sierra Vista Junior High School is hosting a virtual toy drive until Dec. 13 to help students and families in need.   Julia Murray, a social work intern and wellness coordinator,

College briefs

College Briefs for Dec. 5

Local student named to University of Wyoming dean’s freshman honor roll  Cole Erik Howard, of Canyon Country, was listed on the University of Wyoming spring semester academic dean’s and dean’s

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COC winter registration underway 

News release  Registration is underway for the College of the Canyons winter 2025 session, which offers more than 300 class sections.  Running from Jan. 6 to Feb. 8, the 2025

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Torres named De Anza College president 

News release  Omar Torres, chief instructional officer at College of the Canyons, has been named president of De Anza College in Cupertino, effective Jan. 3.  “I wish to congratulate Omar

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College Briefs for Nov. 28

2 local students named to University of Tampa dean’s list   The University of Tampa has honored 2,221 students who were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester.

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COC receives award for antiracism project 

News release  College of the Canyons was one of 25 winners to receive a 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence. The college was recognized for its Open for Antiracism project,

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College Briefs for Nov. 21

Phi Kappa Phi inducts 2 new local members  The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and collegiate honor society for

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COC to host STEM speaker series 

News release  College of the Canyons is scheduled Friday to host a science, technology, engineering and mathematics speaker series in an effort to engage, inform and inspire students interested in