Junki Hamano, from Japan, received his associates degree from SRJC in business this May. He hopes to attend UC Irvine in the fall.

Abdul Razak is one of several J-1 students who came to SRJC as part of the U.S. Department of State's Community College Initiative (CCI) grant program. His studied sustainable agriculture at SRJC for one year and returned to northwest Ghana with new knowledge to share. He has spent the past 2 years applying what he learned at SRJC to help educate farmers in his native country of Ghana become food secure and improve their lives.

Kana Tran, an international student was recently interviewed by Study in the USA. Read the original article on the Study in the USA website.

Santa Rosa Junior College Culinary Arts alumnus Robert Nieto is representing the US this week at a major international competition in France. The USA Pastry Team will compete in the Mondial des Arts Sucres (MDAS) in Paris. The team is composed of three pastry chefs: Oscar Ortega (coach, left, Wyoming), Rhonda Ashton (chef, center, Wyoming), and Robert Nieto (chef, right, California). They have intensively prepared for the grueling 2-day (19 hours) "sugar race" on Feb 5th and 6th.

Five international students enrolled in a Santa Rosa Junior College advertising class took top honors in the 2017 winner-take-all $25,000 Big Ad Challenge with a unique campaign designed to support and promote the Community Child Care Council (4Cs) of Sonoma County. SRJC has won this competition for three years in a row now. The full article was published in the North Bay Business Journal.

Education has the power to raise students’ earning potential and increase their employability. In a study conducted by Economic Modeling Specialists International, Santa Rosa Junior College students were expected to receive higher wages that will continue to grow throughout their working lives. On average, SRJC students were projected to receive a cumulative $2.50 in higher future earnings for every $1 they invested in their education.