Solano Community College to debut new Science…
Solano Community College to debut new Science and Veterans Resource Center
By Kim Fu | kfu@thereporter.com | Vacaville Reporter
PUBLISHED: August 19, 2019 at 5:19 p.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.
Aside from a new school year, Solano Community College officials are celebrating the upcoming debut of the new Science and Veterans Resource Center.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is slated for 5 p.m. Wednesday at the school's Fairfield campus.
"This is a 44,000 square foot, state of the art facility that allows the college to increase offerings in the sciences and increase support services for veterans, active military, and their families," said SCC Superintendent-President Celia Esposito-Noy in a press statement.
The facility boasts a state of the art anatomy cadaver dissection area, labs for Chemistry and other sciences and an upgraded Chemistry instrument room.
"Our new labs rival undergraduate labs at many of the CSU and UC campuses," Esposito-Noy said.
The Veterans Resource Center, officials said, "is designed to act as a liaison between the college and military students.
Military veterans and active duty members and eligible dependents can receive assistance in filing for benefits and receiving academic counseling here. As well, agencies such as the Veterans Affairs Vet Center, VA Health Care Services, Workforce Development Board of Solano County, and Solano County Veterans Service Office will have an active presence in the VRC.
Which is why the college, at Wednesday's ceremony, will be recognized as the first Purple Heart Community College on the West Coast.
Slated to attend are Charles Earthman, US Army paratrooper, veteran, and Commander of the Department ofCalifornia Military Order of the Purple Heart; John "Doc" Richards, Navy Corpsman veteran and Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #78; and American Legion Post 603 of Vallejo.
Kim Fu | Reporter