Doing Good Close to Home
Casa Dorinda is famous the world over for its magnificent architecture and gardens. Less well known is its longstanding, generous support of the many college students in its midst…
Tunes Play on for Monte Brown
A beloved figure in the community, Monte Brown was by all accounts a man of exceptional kindness and great personal warmth. Those who knew him best say Monte also had an abiding passion for music…
ExxonMobil Boosts STEM Education
Aldrich “Archy” Clark-Sanchez was in sixth grade when the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara first partnered with ExxonMobil to support students pursuing math- or science-related degrees…
Teaming Up for Area Nursing Students
The nursing program at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) enjoyed another clean sweep in 2017: For the fourth time in recent years its graduates scored a 100 percent pass rate on the state licensing exam…
Bowling For Stanford
When Santa Ynez local Gillian Micale joined the Engineering Bowling Group at Santa Barbara City College, she never imagined it might be an activity that got her into Stanford…
Michael Towbes: Community Leader and Champion of Education
For over 50 years, Mr. Towbes was a pillar of the Santa Barbara community, both in business and philanthropy. He was the founder and chairman of the board of The Towbes Group, a construction and property management …