![]() O’Connor mentioned that she did not know if there was any specific reason for this change. Summer session will largely be unchanged, remaining at eight weeks starting from the third week of June to the second week of August. The calendar committee for SDCCD is composed of representatives from different managements and all weigh in to decide the next academic calendar.Īccording to the SDCCD calendar, this change allows spring intersession to be a few days longer, starting Jan. Both the district and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), America’s second largest teacher’s labor union, must be in agreement for the academic calendar to be put in place. Isabel O’Connor, San Diego Mesa College’s Vice President of Instruction, explained that the SDCCD produces the calendar and is approved by SDCCD’s Board of Trustees. 8, 2018 and will affect all colleges in the San Diego Community College District.ĭr. The change in calendar has been approved since Nov. Something students can look forward to with this change is a longer winter break this year than previous years. Consequently, the spring semester will run later, ending in early June, the week after Memorial Day. SD Mesa will wrap up regular season play on November 17th in the PCAC before their post season run.This upcoming spring semester will begin in February, a change from previous semesters, which have for years begun in the last week of January. No one was being unwelcoming and everyone is in the same mindset.” ![]() In terms of comradery, I’ve made some really good friends and in a way it reminds of how close my girls and I were at home. “I am the first Guam person they’ve ever met so it’s fun to be that rare friend in their lives. They’ve never met anyone from Guam before and Tia has compared their embrace to the type of bond she and her teammates from Guam had. ![]() Tia has become more than just an integral part of the team on the court as her teammates have embraced her from the minute she joined their ranks. I’m getting it done and I’m adjusting, but it took some time and my body was shot the first two weeks.” “This really helped me understand what it’s going to take from me if I want to be successful in college and still play volleyball. “I’m struggling,” laughed Mendiola when asked how she manages to find balance. That, and the amount of free time she doesn’t have trying to balance school, sports and now a part-time job. (photo courtesy of Tia Mendiola & SD Mesa) “I don’t think anything could prepare me for the traveling four hours to play a game, but I’m so lucky to have traveled and played out here before ever getting the chance to face ,” added Mendiola. The only real thing Tia wasn’t prepared for was the time it takes to travel to and from games, which could be anywhere between one to five hour trips. As always, adjusting to a new coaching system takes time, but the strategy now is playing and hitting smarter rather than hitting with power like I was able to do in high school,” said Tia. “There wasn’t anything too surprising and shocking, but they do block different and it is a different system and we prioritize things differently. Seeing different styles of play while staying competitive in her own right during those summer tournaments has only better prepared her for what she signed up for when entering the collegiate level. Tia has played in a wealth of summer volleyball tournaments off-island while being part of the Hagan Neni Volleyball Group throughout her middle and high school career. I’ll do whatever the coach asked or whatever the team needed, whether it be libero or hitting, but I told myself that I’d train my ass off to be an outside hitter,” said Mendiola.Īustia won three IIAAG Championships and represented Guam while playing the outside hitter position so she wasn’t ready to give up on the role that shaped her volleyball career even if the height and speed at the college level has presented the most challenging situations for her yet. On the application I always chose outside hitter. “I wanted to give the impression to my coach that I was always striving for the best. She was willing to do anything the team had asked, but she was confident she had what it took to hit at the college level. Despite being one of the shortest members of the team, Mendiola was adamant about playing outside hitter in college.
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