When life put him in the hot seat, Ignacio Marin kept his cool. In just 10 months, the Riverside City College student went from commuting to class on public transit… Read More – Conditioned to Conquer: RCC ‘Go-Getter’ Defies Setbacks in Search of Chill Career

It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, and in the Inland Empire, innovation is always the answer to a tough challenge. So, when the economy found itself languishing… Read More – Empowering Entrepreneurs: VVC Makes Big Commitment to Small Business

Offering cutting-edge industry equipment and inclusive, collaborative spaces, the region’s community college makerspaces are the cornerstone of creative, hands-on learning. Though the pandemic temporarily closed campus innovation centers and mobile… Read More – Full STEAM Ahead: Inland-Desert Makerspaces Hack the Pandemic

When malware brought the entire city of Atlanta to its knees for over five days in 2018, it revealed a glimpse of the economic chaos that a lack of a… Read More – Hackers Aweigh: Navy Internship Goes Beyond Basic Training for IT Students

While doctors and nurses hold the line against COVID-19 with their heroism, another equally essential – if little known – group of frontline workers have been bustling behind the scenes.… Read More – Essentially Unstoppable: VVC Apprenticeship Yields New Health Care Heroes