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 MiraCosta College is offering the following music concerts. All concerts will be held in the Concert Hall, Bldg. 2400, on the Oceanside Campus, 1 Barnard Drive. Ticket pricing is general admission $10 and seniors, staff, and students $8. Buy tickets online or call the box office at 760.795.6815.
 They’re taking our jobs. They’re changing our community. They’re importing their diseases. They don’t speak English. Sound familiar?
Welcome to Seadrift, Texas, a Gulf Coast fishing town where tensions between a burgeoning Vietnamese refugee population clashed violently in a white-dominated community suffering with a struggling economy. On November 15, a new critically-acclaimed documentary aptly titled Seadrift, which was co-produced by MiraCosta College sociology Professor Thao Ha, will be screened at the Oceanside Campus Concert Hall. Ha will discuss the backdrop of what happened in Seadrift before the 68-minute film is shown, and a question-and-answer session will follow.  MiraCosta College student Matthew Sheehan is making history. Sheehan, a 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is among the first cohort of students taking part in a groundbreaking Northrop Grumman Corporation-led program offering community college students enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with paid, work-based learning opportunities and a pathway to qualification for careers in the aerospace and defense industries.
 The MiraCosta College Theatre Department presents The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde. The play opens on Thursday, November 14, at the MiraCosta College Theatre (Bldg. 2200), located at 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. Tracy Williams will direct.
 MiraCosta College has secured $1.5 million in state funding to help equip and furnish a new Veterans Center being planned for the Oceanside Campus. A ceremonial check presentation from state Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath, who was instrumental in procuring the $1.5 million, is set for Thursday, November 7, at 1 p.m. on the Oceanside Campus.
MiraCosta College’s Annual Report Celebrates the Groundbreaking Moments during the Prior Year11/4/2019  Themed around breaking [new] ground, MiraCosta College Superintendent/President Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke outlined student initiatives and released the 2018-19 Annual Report to more than 240 civic leaders, community members, district faculty, staff, and students during her Report to the Region address at the Westin Carlsbad Resort and Spa.
 MiraCosta College is launching a new, independently operated, study abroad program with an inaugural trip to Italy in July 2020 that administrators hope will be the first in a series of educational visits around the globe.
 MiraCosta College’s new Student Services & Administration Building at the San Elijo Campus will replace the existing, outdated Administration Building and serve as a modern and welcoming campus gateway. The new building will also consolidate key student services, including Admissions & Records, Counseling, and Financial Aid, into a central location and enhance the ability of staff to serve the student body.
 The MiraCosta College Theatre Department presents Love/Sick written by John Cariani. The play opens on Thursday, October 3, at the MiraCosta College Theatre (Bldg. 2200), located at 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. Eric Bishop will direct.
 A college degree might not be for everyone, but the opportunity to work in manufacturing and engineering could be for the more than 1,100 students who will attend the Second Annual North County Manufacturing and Engineering Day Expo, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., October 1, 2019, at California State University, San Marcos.
 You're cordially invited to the Community Leaders Breakfast: Report to the Region.
Join more than 200 business leaders, elected officials, community members, and MiraCostans at the Community Leaders Breakfast: Report to the Region.  Erica Alfaro is MiraCosta College. A single mom and one-time high school dropout, Alfaro turned to MiraCosta College when she heeded her parents’ advice about the importance of a good education, and has gone on to earn a bachelor’s degree from California State University, San Marcos and a master’s degree from San Diego State University. Her iconic photo in cap and gown with her farmworker parents in a Carlsbad strawberry field after she earned her master’s degree went viral and made headlines around the world.
 MiraCosta College is offering the following music concerts this fall. Unless noted otherwise, all concerts will be held in the Concert Hall, Bldg. 2400, on the Oceanside Campus, 1 Barnard Drive. Ticket pricing is general admission $10 and seniors, staff, and students $8. Buy tickets online at miracosta.edu/buytix or call the box office at 760.795.6815.
 Roadtrip Nation is coming to MiraCosta College. As part of a partnership with the California Community Colleges that included a three-week summer tour for a documentary detailing how notable community college graduates found their field of work, the nonprofit Roadtrip Nation will be parking its signature green RV at the Oceanside Campus on September 26, to introduce its Roadmap to Careers tool and other resources aimed at helping students focus on a pathway to a profession for which they have a passion.
 When it comes to providing for hungry students, MiraCosta College is kicking it up a notch with a new Mobile Food Pantry to complement services that already include a MiraCosta Cares Farmers Market and a long-established campus pantry that provides an emergency sack lunch or snack for any student in need of a meal.
Whatever the hurdle, many people never finish high school, only to discover that the degree they are missing is stalling their career. But now, adult learners can study for and take their high school equivalency test through the MiraCosta College Community Learning Center and walk next door to the college’s new testing center and take their exam--all for free.
 MiraCosta College Community Education is offering the following hobbies and skills, not-for-credit, courses this fall:
 Faculty Art Exhibit: Again
Dates: September 10–26, 2019 Location: MiraCosta College, Oceanside Campus, 1 Barnard Drive, Kruglak Art Gallery, Student Center (Bldg. 3400) Hours: 2:30–7:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday; 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday–Friday Reception: Friday, September 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m.  MiraCosta College is celebrating Spirit Week September 16–20 with a variety of events that include a men’s soccer match against Antelope Valley College, a women’s soccer match against Southwestern College and a women’s volleyball match against Imperial Valley College.
 Award-winning actor and community activist Edward James Olmos, poet and bestselling author Erika Sanchez, and local hero Erica Alfaro will be the keynote speakers when MiraCosta College hosts the Latino Book & Family Festival at its Oceanside Campus on September 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is free.
 MiraCosta College Community Education is offering the following hobbies and skills, not-for-credit, courses this fall:
 MiraCosta College’s fall 2019 late-start classes begin September 3, with hundreds of classes in a range of subjects that conclude at the same time as “regular” courses. Late-start classes are offered days, evenings, weekends, and online. Now is the time to work toward a degree or certificate, get started in the workplace, transfer to a four-year university, enroll for personal enrichment, professional growth, or to gain a new skill.
MiraCosta College’s latest construction project comes complete with a green roof and vertical garden adorned with succulents and solar panels producing energy stored in a row of batteries to illuminate the structure at night. Built by students in the Materials and Construction course and based on plans developed by the Architectural Design class, the Sustainable Design Structure sits along a pathway between the Theatre and Administration Building at the Oceanside Campus and serves as a model of environmentally sensitive engineering.
 It was the trip of a lifetime. MiraCosta College student Melina Martinez returns to school this fall following a three-week summer tour across California for a Roadtrip Nation documentary featuring visits with a dozen notable community college graduates—from Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn to Telemundo co-founder Frank Cruz—who discussed their journey to a meaningful career.
 The English Language Institute (ELI) offers international students the opportunity to increase their English language proficiency and develop the skills needed to succeed at a college or university in the United States. This eight-week intensive English as a second language (ESL) program provides individualized instruction in small class sizes. The program is designed for students with a minimum of one year of English language training at high school or college level. This class may not be appropriate for advanced ESL students or students with a TOEFL score greater than 500 paper-based or 46 IBT. Students must be at least 18 years old or meet our minor policy requirements. Our International Students Office will issue I‑20’s. We accept students with an F-1 or B visitor visa or any visa where “enrichment” or “study” is permissible.
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