Education

Chaffey College’s Industrial Technical Learning Center has opened a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration training center. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held June 14 that attracted about 100 community members and local dignitaries, according to a statement. The HVAC-R center, located at Chino Valley Adult School, can train about …

Starting this fall, Mt. San Jacinto College will offer free tuition to full-time students who are attending the college for the first time. “We know that tuition can be a major financial barrier that prevents people from attending college,” said Roger W. Schultz, superintendent and president of Mt. San Jacinto …

A partnership between a local trade association chapter and a community college district looks to fill construction jobs that are not being filled. It’s common knowledge to anyone who lives in California and follows the news that not enough single-family homes are being built in the state. The lack of …

The California Arts Council has donated $14,400 to the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra. The grant, which is part of the council’s Arts Education Exposure Program, will allow more than 3,000 students to see the local orchestra’s performance of Cirque de la Symphonie, according to a statement. Announced Monday, the donation …

More than 6,000 graduates received degrees from the three schools in the Riverside Community College District Friday. Moreno Valley College, Norco College and Riverside City College presented 9,881 degrees and certificates during separate graduation ceremonies, more than 2,800 than they gave out last year, according to a statement. Moreno Valley …

For the seventh year in a row, LoanMart will award three scholarship winners of $1,000 each. The scholarship program, which LoanMart conducts in partnership with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, has given out more than $20,000 since it began in 2013, according to a statement. Winners of the LoanMart Rancho Cucamonga …