Growing up in a very traditional Hispanic household, Jennifer Chavez-Ramos, had her whole life mapped out for her by the family. As a child,she stayed at home with her mother cooking and cleaning while her father and brothers went out to experience life. It was expected by the time...
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, astronaut Jose M. Hernandez stopped by Citrus College to share his journey from working in the fields to soaring among the stars. Growing up, Hernandez was raised between Mexico and California. His parents were migrant farm workers from Michoacán, Mexico who had wed...
Because of illegal substance abuse and drug related deaths, raves are getting pushed farther away from Southern California. In order to keep the party going, a group of Citrus College students has decided to bring the good times home.
Batool Jaffer is just like you. She loves her iced coffee and lives on her cell phone. She listens to Coldplay, Tupac, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift. She loves shopping at Urban Outfitters and going to Melrose. Born and raised in Southern California, she teared up for Kobe’s last...
Semester after semester, Citrus College students struggle to find space to park their cars. The parking lot has evolved from rather a simple space to a battle field where students hunt vigorously to stake a spot for the day.
The Hire A Hero event hosted by Assemblyman Roger Hernandez for the past three years is more than a job fair and more than a resource center, it’s a helping hand up and a beacon of hope for veterans reintegrating into civilian life. Heroes on our very own campus...
It’s important to take time to appreciate everything a mother will do to create a better life for herself and her children. For Lissa Bilau, that meant coming back to school after more than twenty years of being a stay-at-home mom to four sons and a daughter, ranging from...
Outside of visiting the country itself, the next best place to find Mexican culture and what it has to offer would be Southern California. Glendora had to look no farther than Citrus College where the curtains rose on Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano in the Haugh Performing Arts...
Fans of the hit television show “Criminal Minds” will be excited to hear that Kirsten Vangsness, who stars in the show as tech whiz Penelope Garcia, will be coming to Citrus College to screen her new film, “Kill Me, Deadly.” Vangsness stars as Mona Livingston, the femme fatale of...
Being a fulltime college student is stressful as it is, but imagine the tremendous pressure that the small team of four, known as the Citrus College Rocket Owls, have on their shoulders from being involved in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Student Launch Program. The Rocket Owls are...