World-renown sculptor Michael Chukes’ love of art began around preschool, when he first saw his mother sewing clothes from her own original patterns. It inspired him to start drawing everything he could, letting his imagination run wild. His mother would call him Michaelangelo, understanding early on that her son was going to be an artist….
San José City College Centennial: Dr. Cindy Huynh
Ethnic Studies Instructor, Dr. Cindy Huynh, spent the first part of her life in Des Moines, Iowa. Her parents were both refugees from the Vietnam War, resettling in Iowa. Shortly after Dr. Huynh began middle school, her mother moved her and her older sister to San José. Dr. Huynh’s formative years growing up in San…
San José City College Centennial: Robert Poynter
Robert Poynter, aka Bobby “the Bullet” Poynter, grew up in Pasadena, California, during a time when Mack and Jackie Robinson lived there. Both brothers attended Pasadena Junior College (PJC), now called Pasadena City College. Before Mack’s last year at PJC, he won the silver medal in 220-yard dash in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and Jesse…
San José City College Centennial: Ethnic Studies
Reflect back on SJCC’s revolutionary past and consistent pursuit of equity with the founding and evolution of the Ethnic Studies Department.
San José City College Centennial: Herminia Villarreal
Herminia Villareal, aka Minnie, was a mother of seven starting a new job teaching preschool and went to San José City College to get her degree to teach Head Start in the 1970s starting her on a new career she loved.
San José City College Centennial: The Arts
To celebrate our Centennial we looked back on 100 years in the arts at San José City College. Learn how arts programs transform and inspire.
San José City College Centennial: Marcos Bretón
Journalist and San José City College alum Marcos Bretón was born and raised in San José and attended San José High School where he had his first exposure to journalism working on the San José High Herald thinking it would be a fun class to take. It was at San José City College under the…
SJCC Centennial: Trailblazing Career Education for Silicon Valley
From Agriculture to Laser Technology and Graphic Design. Learn how Career Education at SJCC has changed over the years and how we’re preparing students for Silicon Valley jobs.
San José City College Centennial: Olympian Dr. André Phillips
Before San José City College alum and Olympic gold medal winner, Dr. André Phillips won gold in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he made a very important decision in high school. Dr. Phillips turned down a full ride at UCLA to go to San José City College his first two years. And…
San José City College Centennial: Olympian Millard Hampton
Learn more about San José City College’s storied track and field program by watching the premiere of Against All Odds: The Olympic Heroes of City College. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a relatively unknown sprinter, San José City College alum Millard Hampton, would go on to win a gold and silver medals in the 4…