Mt. SAC Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) student Luisa Patino recently won the California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) statewide essay writing contest.

The Mt. SAC Student Life Office will host a Community Volunteer Fair for local organizations that would like to recruit student volunteers on Thursday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., on campus just north of the library and west of the Student Life Center, building 9C.

Mt. SAC recently received just over $68,000 through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to establish a Hunger Free Campus program at the college.

Student Services Vice President Audrey Yamagata-Noji was the recipient of the Scott Goodnight Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) during the association’s western regional conference on Nov. 6 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Mt. SAC Forensics team got off to a hot start this fall, winning 26 awards including nine first-place awards in two October tournaments.

Mt. San Antonio College will celebrate its more than one million alumni with a full day of activities at the fifth annual Mt. SAC Alumni Day on Saturday, Nov. 4, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mt. San Antonio College journalism students won 17 awards recently at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges regional conference at Cal State Fullerton.

Gov. Jerry Brown spoke with students and staff at Mt. SAC Veterans Center during a tour of the campus facility with State Senator Josh Newman on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

In conjunction with National Chemistry Week, the Mt. San Antonio College Chemistry Department will host a day full of science activities during the Family Science Festival on Saturday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the college’s Natural Sciences Complex, buildings 7, 60, and 61. This event is...

According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, Mt. SAC loan default rate stands at a low 10 percent in comparison to area peer colleges with loan default rates of 20 to 30 percent.