Professor Tanya Hertz, executive director of the REC Innovation Lab at San Diego Miramar College, has been nominated for the Startup Champion of the Year Award at San Diego's Startup Awards and Reception event held in late Oct. The Startup Awards and Reception was hosted by Alexandria and sponsored by AWS and Cox Business. At the event, high performance nominees were selected to win the awards of Investor of the Year, Startup Champion of the Year, Impact Company of the Year, Think Big Lifetime Achievement Award, and Startup of the Year.

Instructional Support Services wanted to provide the following update to our hours of operations for the remainder of the semester:

Miramar College ASG President Edward Borek along with SDCCD Chancellor Dr. Carlos Cortez appeared on the KPBS Midday Program to discuss the financial challenges students are facing and the district’s recent decision to forgive the debt of more than 11,000 students. You can hear the interview here: https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2021/10/28/san-diego-community-college-program-to-waive-thousands-of-students-debt

On October 14, 2021, the REC Innovation Lab at Miramar College partnered with San Diego State University, Tech Coast Angels San Diego, and Connect All at the Jacob Center,  to host the San Diego Startup Month Pitch Competition and Tournament.

On October 8, 2021, Miramar College’s REC Innovation Lab and its student founders attended the Startup San Diego Fair, hosted by Startup San Diego at Downtown Works Carlsbad. Startup San Diego is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping those in the entrepreneurship ecosystem here in San Diego.

Miramar College mental health counselor, Dr. Marian Edelbrock, appeared as a faculty expert for a CBS8 news report on concerns over suicide among college students. Miramar College was the only area college willing to speak to the media about such an important topic. You can click here to view the story as it aired Oct. 26.  

The mother-son Miramar College student athlete duo of Brandi and Maverick Mitchell appeared on ABC News World News Tonight with David Muir on October 20th.

The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) is forgiving $3.9 million in student debt for more than 11,454 students at San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges using federal pandemic relief funds.

Recently, the Coast News of San Diego dropped by campus to cover Brandi and Maverick Mitchell our mother-son intercollegiate duo. 

https://thecoastnews.com/sports-talk-soccer-mom-having-a-kick-in-college/

A story on Miramar College's Soccer Mom Brandi Mitchell!