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A Mural’s Home is Hard to Find NEWS BRIEFS Commencement 2023 Set for May 25 It's commencement time! The 2023 Commencement takes place on Thursday, May 25 at 11 a.m. in George M. Rush Stadium. The two-hour program features Jenny Ming as the keynote speaker. Ming is a former retail fashion industry executive who currently serves as a Board of Director member for Levis Strauss & Co. Volunteers are needed to help on commencement day. You can sign-up on the CCSF Commencement Website. Parking is free for the event. Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural on loan from City College as displayed in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Renée Bartlett-Webber / The Guardsman

By Renée Bartlett-Webber rbartle8@mail.ccsf.edu

City College’s cherished Diego Rivera mural is scheduled to return to the Ocean campus in September this year. After its three-year debut at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, known to locals as SFMOMA, the Pan American Unity mural will return home to the Diego Rivera Theater, but not quite as planned.

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When City College and SFMOMA signed the Memorandum of Understanding to loan the mural to the museum in 2017, it seemed like a perfect arrangement. The intricate plans were paid for by the museum to feature the masterpiece as part of their Diego Rivera exhibit. The renowned museum also guaranteed deinstallation and a safe return in three years’ time. The mural would gain more viewership and City College would earn more recognition at MOMA during its display from Sept. 13, 2020 until Sept. 1, 2023. Mural, continued on page 2

Is There a Recent Surge in COVID Cases at CCSF? By Logan Dang logandang123@gmail.com

For the past few years as COVID-19 swept the nation, students and workers had to convert to online activities; however, starting this summer with transition to in-person classes, students will not be required to show proof of vaccination at City College as coronavirus has become less of a fear factor. Students and staff members are encouraged to continue wearing masks as symptoms of infection may not show up during the first day or two and Student Health Services asks students and faculty to submit a COVID-19 positive case report to the COVID response team if infected or if someone they know has contracted the virus. Student Carson Chow shares,

“COVID is still a thing. As long as I wear a mask and stay up to date with vaccines, I should be fine, but I think [City College] should do more to announce those changes.” According to data published on City College’s COVID-19 update page, there are 1,613 faculty and staff who have had their vaccination status confirmed with 34 exemptions and the number of students who have had their vaccination status confirmed is 31,336 with 275 exemptions. From Jan. 9, 2022 to March 19, 2023, there have been a total of 252 reported cases on campus. In 2023, the current highest number of positive cases in a single week is 10 with averages of one to four per week. You may find more information at https://www.ccsf.edu/covid-19-updates/ safety-dashboard.

CCSF Acts to Prevent "Ghost" Students In an effort to thwart the enrollment of ghost students in the summer and fall sessions, the college is creating a process to verify who are real students. The move is in response to a surge in ghost students appearing on class rosters in recent semesters that often time prevented real students from enrolling in classes they needed to graduate. Reportedly, unidentified hackers seeking access to financial aid targeted California's community colleges. Some City College departments reported they were hard hit with ghost students that accounted for a significant number of enrollments in their classes.

Active Shooter Training Planned for Fall 2023 With the rise in active shooter incidents on the nation's school campuses, City College will hold two formal training sessions for faculty in Fall 2023. The sessions will focus on how faculty should respond to an active shooter on campus and how to protect students. The sessions will be led by City College Police ChiefMario Vasquez.

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