A First: SMC to Host Visiting Fulbright Scholar SMC will host a Visiting Scholar in 2012-13 through the prestigious Fulbright Program – Dr. Paolo Torresan, a renowned Italian language professor whose teaching methods and innovations have kept him in demand as a scholar throughout the world. >>
VIP Welcome Day Rolls Out Red Carpet for New Students Aug. 24
From cheerleaders to department chairs, from deans to police officers, SMC will roll out the welcome mat to new students and their families on Friday, Aug. 24. Above, new students show off their giveaway SMC bags at 2011 VIP Welcome Day. >>
SMC Corsair Sails Into the Digital Age SMC’s student newspaper, the Corsair, is being digitized and is expected to be made available online next spring. Above is the front page of the Sept. 16, 1931 issue of the SaMoJaC, as it was called then. >>
Opening Day Aug. 23: GRIT GRIT is the befitting theme of Opening Day Aug. 23, but it is also the acronym for a new SMC initiative that will be highlighted at the annual school year kickoff. >>
SMC Newsmakers This adjunct English professor's novel has received an honorable mention in the 2012 Hollywood Book Festival. Other newsmakers are Robin Daniels, Carol Davis, Jim Krusoe, Sheila Laffey, Omar Padilla, Patricia Ramos, Eleanor Schapa, and Eve Wood.>>
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SMC on YouTube: Student Mary Joyner on "America's Got Talent"
SMC student Mary Joyner, daughter of legendary Olympic gold medalist Florence Griffith-Joyner, or FloJo, wowed the audience and judges with her audition for "America's Got Talent."
