COS’s Dr. Jennifer Vega La Serna selected for Aspen Institute’s Rising Fellowship

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced today that Dr. Jennifer Vega La Serna, Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Academic Services at College of the Sequoias, is one of 40 leaders selected for the 2024-25 Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. Applying lessons from over a dozen years researching exceptional community colleges, the Aspen fellowship aims to select […]

Dolores Huerta, CSU Bakersfield support recruitment for nation’s largest service force

Today, California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday, Dolores Huerta, president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, and CSU Bakersfield Interim President Dr. Vernon B. Harper Jr. announced recruitment for more than 1,000 service members in the Central Valley, including AB 540 Dream Act students, to join the California Service Corps. Members gain meaningful work experience while […]

State Sen. Hurtado comments on cybersecurity for water infrastructure

Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) released the following statement after the Federal Government, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water resilience, sent a letter to all U.S. Governors inviting state level environmental, health and homeland security secretaries to a coordination meeting on safeguarding the water sector infrastructure from ongoing cyberattacks. “I applaud the coordination efforts […]