2020 News Articles

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5/5/20

Performing Arts students star in audio-only play "Metamorphoses"

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 This year, the Theatre Department had planned to perform Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" in the Outdoor Theatre with an actual pool on stage! However, like the rest of the programs at Bakersfield College, director Cody Ganger...
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5/4/20

300 Households Served in Renegade Pantry Emergency Food Drive

Monday, May 4, 2020 Monday, April 20th was an exciting and busy day on the Panorama Campus as over 300 students lined up in their vehicles to pick up Emergency Food Boxes. Through collaboration with Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) Food...
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4/30/20

Archives Throwback: Student Housing in the 1960s

Thursday, April 30, 2020 In the 1960s, the Home of the Renegades was a literal home for many of our students who lived on campus. The dormitory for men was behind the Campus Center and had their own live-in maid named Eleanor. The women's dormitory...
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4/30/20

Counselors Help Renegades Take the Next Step During the 2020 Transfer Fair

Thursday, April 30, 2020 BC students are not new to making history, so in standard trailblazing practice, the BC Transfer Center held its inaugural Virtual Transfer Fair on Tuesday, April 28. The event opened with Counseling Chair Victor Diaz...
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4/30/20

BC Answers Call for Personal Protective Equipment from Healthcare Workers Fighting COVID-19

Thursday, April 30, 2020 Bakersfield College has put the 3D printer from the Industrial Technology Department to use to manufacture hundreds of high-quality, medically-approved face shields and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Our local...
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4/29/20

Grow Your Business Webinar Series

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 The Launchpad is pleased to offer a free webinar series from the Business & Entrepreneurship Sector, California Community Colleges. These digital skills webinars are organized and hosted by a Grow with Google Partner. Reach...
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4/23/20

Archives Throwback: BC Tutorial Project (1965)

Thursday, April 23, 2020 In 1965, Bakersfield College students got together to tutor disadvantaged elementary and junior high children. The Bakersfield College Tutorial Project is mentioned briefly in the 1966 Raconteur, and you can read a full...
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4/22/20

Umoja Students Learn the Healing Power of Music

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Dr. Terence Elliot, a professor of music at Diablo Valley College, taught our students in the Umoja Community how the simple vibration of humming as we exhale results in healing. During the meeting on Zoom, Dr. Elliot...
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4/22/20

City of Shafter Provides BC Scholarships

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The City of Shafter is providing an incentive for the Shafter High School Class of 2020 to stay local and enroll in BC classes at Shafter High and the Shafter Learning Center. Graduating seniors with a 2.5 GPA or better are...