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A new partnership between Willow International and Clovis North High School gives select high school seniors the chance to take college courses and earn college credit.
John Perkins, former Reedley College football coach and current men’s golf coach, has been inducted into the California Community Colleges Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Janice Wong, FCC college center assistant, has been named SCCCD Classified Professional of the Year. Janice helps organize many of the campus’s most successful events.
After 35 years in higher education, Reedley College President Dr. Barbara Hioco is retiring. She oversaw tremendous growth at Reedley College and will continue to impact higher education in the Central Valley.
Almost four decades since he last attended college, FCC student Sammy “Pro” LoProto jumped back in and continues to take advantage of all that college has to offer—from newspaper writing to jazz saxophone.
Last month, AsianFest drew hundreds of students, community members, and performers to the FCC campus for an event celebrating Asian culture, food, and music.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims is this year’s Reedley College Distinguished Alumnus. As Fresno County’s first female sheriff, she continues to break down barriers in law enforcement.
Two Fresno City College students advanced to the semi-finals stage of the Student Venture Challenge, held by the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State.
The lively, participatory Oxford-style debate has become an annual event at Willow International Center. It’s an educational experience for students and audience alike.
The seventh annual Renaissance Feast for Scholars transported attendees through time and space to Renaissance-period India, where they dined and were entertained, while raising funds for SCCCD scholarships.
The first Madera Center PBL Carnival Mardi Gras was held in early March. The event, which included food and music, raised funds for Phi Beta Lambda, a student business organization.
The city of Reedley is known as the Fruit Basket of the World. At Reedley College, students in the Plant and Soil Sciences Program are learning to grow and tend the produce that keeps the world fed.

