Cabrillo College’s Watsonville Center sees 71% enrollment surge – and rising pass rates
Cabrillo College’s Watsonville Center has seen enrollment jump 71% and course pass rates climb from 70% to 84% since fall 2022, a surge that Watsonville Center Dean Eduardo Cervantes credits to dual-enrollment growth, pandemic-recovery outreach and new programs tailored to local students’ interests. Read the story from Hillary Ojeda.
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Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters | Rhia Hurt
“Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters” is a new video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County’s creative landscape. Each episode offers a peek into an artist’s practice, the places and experiences that inform their work, and the ways creativity helps us see our community differently. Today’s artist is Watsonville painter and art educator Rhia Hurt. Check out Part 2 here.













