Category: Press Release

March 7, 2019
California Community College #RealCollege Survey Identifies Need to Provide More Aid to Students
"Cypress College is one of 57 colleges to participate in the #RealCollege Survey, which evaluated access to affordable food and housing in the California Community College system in the fall of 2018. The report, which is released today and will be detailed during a conference call this afternoon, identifies a need"

March 5, 2019
$1.4 Million Cybersecurity Grant Awarded to Cypress College for K-12 Dual Enrollment Pathway
"A $1.43 million grant will facilitate a new K-12 dual enrollment pathway at Cypress College to educate high school students in the field of cybersecurity. Cypress College is one of six recipients — and the only one in Orange or Los Angeles counties — of the California College and Career Access"

March 1, 2019
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces Two Cypress College Students as Semifinalists
"Cypress College students Madison Morris and Raymond Pi Oliver are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced that the pair were selected from a pool of nearly 1,500 applicants representing 369 colleges across 45 states and the District of Columbia. Morris, a"

October 31, 2018
$1 Million Donation to Aviation Program is Largest Individual Gift in Cypress College History
"Cypress College has received its largest individual gift in the campus’ history, a $1 million donation to its aviation program. The commitment, made this semester by an anonymous donor, is being used to transform the program’s state-of-the-art flight-simulator lab into the region’s best public facility. The simulator lab, which has already"

October 22, 2018
Forest Lawn Incorporates $100,000 Donation to Cypress College VRC at Patriots Chapel Dedication
"Cypress College’s Veterans Resource Center received a second $100,000 contribution this month — this time as the centerpiece of a ceremony dedicating the new Patriots Chapel at Forest Lawn’s memorial park in Cypress. A ceremonial check was presented to Cypress College President JoAnna Schilling, Ph.D. and representatives of the VRC by"

October 10, 2018
Cypress Earns $100,000 State Grant to Help Expand Veterans Resource Center, Service to Student Vets
"Cypress College is the recipient of a $100,000 state grant intended to expand and bolster the campus Veterans Resource Center. Already known for its premier status, the Cypress College VRC is slated to move into a new, state-of-the-art facility adjacent to the pond. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this winter. The competitive"

April 25, 2016
Holocaust Survivors, Unique Portrait Collection by Photography Professor Highlight First Yom HaShoah Event
"Multiple Holocaust survivors and a pair of children of survivors highlight Cypress College’s first-ever Yom HaShoah event on May 4. The event is inspired by Cypress College Photography Professor Clifford Lester’s unique portraits taken of survivors. The portraits will be on display during the event and Cypress College students will perform"

February 19, 2014
NBA Record Holders, Alumni Nater and Eaton to be Honored
"Two Cypress College alumni — Swen Nater and Mark Eaton — will be honored as the 2014 Americana Awards Men of the Year. Both men played for legendary Cypress College basketball coaches Don Johnson (for whom the college’s court is named) and Tom Lubin before continuing to successful careers in the"