The Continuing Education Parent Education program hosted the San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children’s Fall Conference at West City Campus on October 17.

More than 160 participants from community colleges throughout the region attended the intergenerational conference, and had an opportunity to visit CE’s newest campus.

Attendees commented on the wonderful facility, the sustainability features and the green landscaping at West City. Toursincluded the new intergenerational center, including the parenting room; the multi-purpose room for the Emeritus Program.

CE and City faculty presented workshops on parent education and early childhood education topics. CE Dean Shimazaki led tours of the campus.

Continuing Education instructor, and Conductor of the San Diego Mandolin Orchestra, Jim Trepasso will honor student Gene Vacher on October 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Recital Hall in Balboa Park.

Vacher is getting close to reaching 100 years of age, and is still doing music!

Singers, accompanists, and the conductor for the Continuing Education NOTEables choir volunteered recently in a performance that benefited the work of the NeuroSciences Institute. This was the group’s first experience for this kind of event.

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Good news.  Professor Mary Burns Prine reports that Instructor and band leader Hal Jellison will perform with his SDCE students at the Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fair on April 25.  Last year’s response was phenomenal — over 7000 people attended this daylong event, which included a parade, 3 stages of entertainment, and numerous multi-cultural booths and informational displays.  Kudos for this student band, which has become a fixture in the Linda Vista area!  Here’s a related link:  http://www.lindavistafair.org/htdocs/  A big THANK YOU to Professor Jellison and his wonderful students for all the great things they do!