Students return to SCCCD campuses with new transportation options and new facilities

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's backmost to people for thousands of students crossed the Valley.

That includes assemblage students arsenic the autumn semester gets underway for the State Center Community College District.

Feel-good euphony was playing astatine Madera Community College arsenic students sought assistance to get to their classes.

Over astatine Clovis Community College, the field was covered with signs welcoming returners and first-time students.

This semester, students are nether impermanent caller leadership.

Monica Chahal is serving arsenic interim president portion existent president Kim Armstrong serves arsenic interim president astatine Fresno City College.

"The assemblage is not caller for me. The Valley and the assemblage are surely not caller to me. I'm excited to effort retired this caller relation for the semester," Chahal said.

This semester, the 'Home of the Crush" is besides present the location of a marque caller gathering - Academic Center 3.

"We person mechatronics, we person occupational therapy assistant, we person tons of subject labs, machine labs, engineering labs, classrooms and tons of survey spaces and hangout spaces. We person a reflection country for our students arsenic well," Chahal said.

A caller entranceway to the parking batch has opened connected Chestnut Avenue to let students easier access.

At Reedley College, students volition besides soon person entree to a caller facility.

A marque caller Performing Arts Center is nether operation and expected to beryllium completed this semester.

At Fresno City College, the invited week unit was connected manus to assistance with directions and exertion issues.

There's besides a speedy and casual mode for students to get around.

"We person physics bikes present connected field -- students tin usage them connected field and they tin usage them disconnected field arsenic well," FCC Marketing Communications Director Cris Monahan Bremer said.

The "Biz Bikes" are present disposable for rent.

Students surviving successful 93706 oregon 93721 zip codes tin rent the motorcycle for arsenic small arsenic $1 a month.

All others tin rent them for arsenic small arsenic $4 a period for 60 minutes of thrust time.

The bikes are supported done the Transformative Climate Communities Program, facilitated by the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce.

Another perk for FCC students is pupil IDs are being offered for free.

It comes with a FAX autobus decal giving them escaped rides for the semester.

"Pick up your pupil ID card, get that autobus decal, positive determination are different discounts excessively connected there," Monahan Bremer said.

Fresno City College and Clovis Community College are seeing an summation successful registered students.

Clovis Community College's field is continuing to grow.

Later this semester, determination are plans to interruption crushed connected a caller athletics facility.

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