Author: Anastasia Thrift

May 1, 2024
#CYPossible: Johnathan Benvenuti, Culinary Arts
"Completing coursework calls for celebration, and we are proud to celebrate with Cypress College’s newest degree- and certificate-holders. By achieving these education goals, graduates and certificate-earners are equipped to continue on their college path or find strong footholds in the career fields they’ve chosen. We’ve taken the journey with these outstanding"

April 3, 2024
#CYPossible: Kevin Crisanto, Aviation and Travel Careers
"Completing coursework calls for celebration, and we are proud to celebrate with Cypress College’s newest degree- and certificate-holders. By achieving these education goals, graduates and certificate-earners are equipped to continue on their college path or find strong footholds in the career fields they’ve chosen. We’ve taken the journey with these outstanding"

March 15, 2024
Second Auto Skills Challenge and Career Fair Draws 275 Area High School Students
"Local high school students got a chance to put their training to the test at the second annual Automotive Skills Challenge and Career Fair this week on campus. Nine schools competed, and two others attended, the combination competition and auto industry professional meet-and-greet, the only one of its kind in the"

January 8, 2024
Toyota T-TEN Graduate Highlighted in Trade Publication
"An automotive trade publication recently featured one of Cypress College’s 2022 Toyota T-TEN graduates. Gage Boisseranc was the subject of an interview in the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of ASE Tech News, published by independent third-party organization the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Boisseranc was an all-star student and the"

December 18, 2023
Cypress Student on Culinary Knockout Competition Winning Team
"Although Cagla Bazley hadn’t planned to enter a recent cooking competition, she wound up joining the winning team. Four current and past Cypress College students in total competed this fall in Downey in the three-round elimination-style SoCalGas Culinary Knockout Competition, in partnership with the California Assisted Living Association, for up to"

December 4, 2023
Vote for Cypress College in the 2023 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards
"The Cypress College Theatre Arts Program is in the running for several 2023 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards, and the public has the opportunity to help them win. You can support recognition for campus productions by voting until December 31, 2023. The 2023 Regional Awards accepts nominations for shows first performed between"

November 28, 2023
Former Cypress Culinary Student on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
"Chef Johnathan Benvenuti, former Culinary Arts student, currently appears weekly as a contestant on the reality series “Hell’s Kitchen,” airing on Fox and Hulu. He has competed on eight episodes of season 22, and has survived the grueling Gordon Ramsey-hosted cooking show so far, edging out other chefs. Episodes air on"

November 21, 2023
Legacy Center Receives ‘Gift of Reading’
"Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Orange County Alumnae Chapter, recently made a valuable donation to the Cypress College Legacy Program. Before an audience of Cypress executives, faculty, and students, they presented the “Gift of Reading,” a donation of more than 80 books. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is a historically Black"

November 8, 2023
Cypress to Partner with Mazda for Technician Training Program
"Members of Mazda North American Operations today visited the Automotive Technology department to kick off a new partnership. Cypress College will be the latest school to feature Mazda Automotive Student Training (MAST), the first to do so in California. “Having a partner like Mazda, and helping our students to see the"

November 7, 2023
Call for Submissions! Sole Image: a Creative Arts Journal
"The English Department’s creative arts journal, “Sole Image,” is now accepting submissions in prose, poetry, visual arts, music, and more from any current Cypress College student. The submission window is open until midnight, January 14; work accepted for the journal will be published in late spring 2024. Here are some guidelines"