San Diego City College student commencement speaker Bernie Casey, age 48, reminded his fellow students that spring was a time of new beginnings for everyone. Named the #1 community college student in California by the American Association of Community Colleges and one of the top 40 students in the nation by USA Today in 2006, Casey said that his recent achievements and awards were "something he never dreamed possible" in his troubled life.
YES ON PROPOSITION 92 Californians for Improving Community Colleges, a coalition of educators
and community college organizations with major funding by the California Federation of Teachers Prop/Ballot Committee,
the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges.
