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Twenty-one people - 19 of them children - were murdered yesterday. Their promising lives ended by a gunman who barged into their school and opened fire. Three other children are in critical condition. We pray for their recovery. We pray for those who were senselessly murdered.

Noa Juco had never taken an online class when he arrived at ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ in Spring 2019. Despite the new challenge, though, the Murrieta resident will graduate with three degrees on May 26.

ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ (ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ) celebrated 36 Adult Education students last week for earning their GED at the college this year.

The ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ EOPS program held its Recognition Ceremony and Dinner on Friday night at Soboba Casino Resort to celebrate more than 90 graduates.

Lauren Montano started at ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ in 2008, taking the slow and steady route to earn her degrees. "If you remain consistent ... eventually you will get there."

ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ held a Student-Veterans Celebratory Graduation Dinner on May 19 at the Temecula Valley Campus to celebrate the college's 72 student-veteran graduates.

The pandemic may have derailed psychology major Milly Lopez's plans to take her ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ classes in person when she started in summer 2020, but COVID-19 did not prevent her from earning her associate degree this month.

After high school, in 1985, Rosalinda Gutierrez began her collegiate journey at Cal State Bakersfield. She soon married and then had children, delaying her academic goals.

ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ Student Trustee Jaidalyn Bradley will earn associate degrees in Political Science, Law (Public Policy & Society), and Liberal Arts (Social & Behavioral Sciences) when she graduates on Thursday, May 26. After that, the Murrieta resident plans to attend UC Berkeley and then go to law school to pursue a career in civil rights.

ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ (ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ) business major Enrique Baranda has been awarded a prestigious 2022 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.