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Experience

LMC music professor inspires perseverance within his students

LMC music professor inspires perseverance within his students

Chijioke Onyeagucha, Staff writer
September 22, 2024

At about 9:30 a.m. on a Friday morning, the day was already well underway for Professor Juan Carreon. Sitting behind a mixing console in a Los Medanos College studio, he was nearly an hour into a recording...

Robert Delgado helping Student Ambassador Kat Pangilinan.

Robert Delgado becomes the new LMC Student Life interim director

Angella Dorado, Staff Writer
September 21, 2024

“What my overall goal has been since I started is getting students excited about the semester, getting students connected to LMCAS, to clubs, to Student Life, so they can succeed in their semester and...

LMC professor Jennifer Finnigan lectures during her American Sign Language class.

Meet the face behind Los Medanos Colleges ASL program

Brianna Rose, Staff Writer
September 16, 2024

Upon entering any classroom on campus, you would expect to hear the loud chatter of a class discussion, oral lecture, or students talking among themselves. But when you walk into Jennifer Finnigan’s...

LMC student Layla Lopez in traditional Tahitian dance attire at the Hura Tahiti dance competition in 2022.

Traditional dancing and everything in between

Elizabeth Jacobo, Staff Writer
September 16, 2024

“I never walk into a competition where I expect to win,” said Los Medanos College student Layla Lopez.  Since the age of 6, Lopez’s life has consisted of countless hours dedicated to the one...

Professor Sanchez teaching hands-on in his intro to printmaking art class with his students

LMC professor Eric Sanchez’s journey to teaching art

Lesly Fisiiahi, Staff Writer
May 21, 2024

“There really isn’t a reason to get a master’s (degree) if you didn’t intend to teach in art,” said Professor Eric Sanchez, who is a newly tenured faculty member in the Art department at Los...

Caitlin Mitchell sits outside her office in her signature white chair.

The creative behind the white chair

Gabbie Munoz, Staff Writer
May 14, 2024

“I want to create relationships with my students, I want them to feel like they matter,” Caitlin Mitchell said passionately as she described how she feels about teaching at Los Medanos College. Mitchell...

Head Coach Harmen Sidhu (center) discusses strategy with assistant coach Cliff Coleman as Colton Brooks watches game against Solano.

From player to mentor: LMC’s new head coach

Angella Dorado, Staff Writer
April 14, 2024

“My parents always told me that you have to know where you come from, you have to know your roots. And if you don’t know your roots it’s harder to understand who you really are,” said Harmen Sidhu. Sidhu...

Los Medanos College English professor Jill Buettner dances to "Bluebird Variation" from "Sleeping Beauty."

Photo courtesy of Jill Buettner

From professional dancer to English professor

Ashley Reitz, Staff Writer
February 26, 2024

Joy radiates off Jill Buettner’s face as she talks about finding a career that feels so rewarding.  Buettner, who has been teaching at Los Medanos College for almost 10 years now, recounts how she...

Wheeler captures the wave of runners who begin the marathon on the Staten Island bridge. Photo provided by Melissa Wheeler.

A love for running takes Melissa Wheeler to the Big Apple

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
November 16, 2023

The iconic lines of “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra play in the background as runners prepare for the start. A blare of the cannon sends everyone running, and the music fades into a whisper as...

Chair of the Arts and Humanities department Ken Alexander

Art and Humanities Professor reflects on his accomplishments

Mohammad Najimi, Staff Writer
November 9, 2023

“They are going to need to understand the culture of the department. I always used to say, ‘Nobody gets pulled out of the ocean without the water smoothing out. There is no hole left for you,’”...

Members of the S.T.R.E.A.M. club creates a cardboard sign for the upcoming music festival.

S.T.R.E.A.M club creates new opportunities for musicians

Darcy Meadows, Staff Writer
November 9, 2023

Los Medanos College’s Sound Technology Recording Engineering and Audio Media club gathered in the Music Building Nov. 1 to discuss the final details of their upcoming music festival. The event will serve...

Photo courtesy of Pamela Ralston

President Ralston expands her passion for learning

Aliyah Ramirez, Staff Writer
October 26, 2023

A glimmer of light illuminates the piles of textbooks and homework spread across the kitchen counter as her parents study while her nose is stuck in a book. For Los Medanos College President Pamela Ralston,...

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