Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Gary Smuts ’70 Retired ABC Unified School District Superintendent Transfer track to a 4-year university, 1970 Before retiring in 2012, Dr. Gary Smuts served as superintendent of the ABC Unified School District, capping off a 37-year career…
Alumni Spotlight: Randy Mees ’83
Alumni Spotlight: Randy Mees ’83 Director of Design, New Product Development at Edwards Lifesciences Associate of Arts in Design Drafting Technology, 1983 When Randy Mees arrived at Cerritos College in the early 1980s, he didn’t have a clear path—only an…
Alumni Spotlight: Brenda Duran ’02
Alumni Spotlight: Brenda Duran ’02 Director of External Affairs at LA County Justice, Care, and Opportunities Department (JCOD) Associate of Arts in Journalism, 2002 As the Director of External Affairs for the LA County Justice, Care, and Opportunities Department (JCOD),…
Alumni Spotlight: Livier Mora ’16
Alumni Spotlight: Livier Mora ’16 Doctor of Dental Medicine Candidate at UCLA School of Dentistry ’25 Transfer to UC with a STEM major, 2016 For Livier Mora, the dream of becoming Dr. Mora started at Cerritos College. As a young…
Alumni Spotlight: Hemat Aly ’23
Alumni Spotlight: Hemat Aly ’23 Administrative Services Technician (EOPS/CARE/LINC/NextUp) at Cerritos College A.A. in Accounting and A.A. in Business Administration, 2023 Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hemat Aly earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science in…
Alumni Spotlight: Lorena Ramos ’22
Alumni Spotlight: Lorena Ramos ’22 Paralegal at Community Legal Aid SoCal A.A. in Paralegal Studies and A.A. in Sociology, 2022 Lorena Ramos is just at the start of her career, but this budding professional is already making waves as an…
Reserve an Engraved Seat Plaque in the Performing Arts Center Theater
The Cerritos College Foundation invites you to “Take a Seat” in the beautiful new Performing Arts Center Theater. Proceeds from this campaign will support student scholarships, cultural and educational programming, and operational costs. An engraved seat plaque is a great…
The Love We Don’t See Scholarship Returns to Honor MLK
The Cerritos College Foundation announces a renewed commitment to offer a scholarship created last year by the nonprofit organization The Love We Don’t See. Cerritos College students who are working to further social justice initiatives or have been impacted by social or institutional…
Drs. Jasvant and Meera Modi & Mr. and Mrs. Harshad and Raksha Shah Create Nation’s First Endowed Jain Scholar at a Community College
Norwalk, Calif. – April 21, 2021 – Today, the Cerritos College Foundation announced it received a one-million-dollar gift commitment to establish the Bhagavan Kunthunath Endowed Scholar of Jain Thought Leadership. This is the first-known Endowed Jain Scholar at a United…
Alumna Creates Martha and Joey Rushing Memorial Scholarship
Cerritos Collage Alumna Creates Endowed Scholarship to Honor Her Parent’s Legacy Martha Rosilie Rushing was born in San Pedro CA, but her heart remained in San Francisco where she was raised. She fell deeply in love with a handsome sailor…