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Students passing through the Humanities Forum during the fall 2024 semester.

Cuesta College Foundation awards historic amount to students

Michaela Mastache, Arts + Entertainment Editor September 15, 2025

The Cuesta College Foundation celebrated the largest scholarship total in the foundation's history for the 2025-2026 school year after rewarding $777,640 in scholarships as well as another $400,000 in...

Cuesta College Police Chief Jesse Herring sits aboard his campus cruising golf cart.

Riding with the chief

John C. King, Multimedia Editor September 11, 2025

Chief Jesse Herring has been with the Cuesta College Police Department for a little over a year.  He started working as a sergeant in July 2024, and the department appointed him interim chief in February...

California Congressmen Salud Carbajal (left) and Jimmy Panetta (right) engage in discussion with panelists at Cuesta College’s SLO Campus on Friday.

Congressmen Carbajal, Panetta hold forum on Medicare at Cuesta

Michaela Mastache, Arts + Entertainment Editor August 25, 2025

California State Congressmen Salud Carbajal, who represents the 24th district, and Jimmy Panetta, who represents the 19th district, held a public discussion and panel with local medical leaders to discuss...

Two employees working at TMHA’s Growing Grounds Garden and Nursery. 
Photo courtesy of Transitions Mental Health Association

Local nonprofits face financial uncertainties

Michaela Mastache, Contributor June 2, 2025

Nonprofits across the country are feeling the sting of the Trump Administration. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that 14,000 jobs have been lost in the nonprofit sector since January, and that number...

The cafeteria sits mostly empty with grates pulled down over what used to be the Cuesta College Cafe.

Cuesta College has no plans to reopen cafeteria

Lia Pagel, Social Media Editor May 28, 2025

The closure of the Cuesta College cafeteria shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began was a loss felt throughout the entire campus. The cafeteria was once a lively place for students to escape the elements,...

Cuesta graduates pose together, creating memories of a special day on May 23.

PHOTOS: Cuesta students celebrate graduation

Lia Pagel, Social Media Editor May 24, 2025

Cuesta College celebrated its 60th commencement on Friday with a ceremony at the flagpoles near the 5000 building. According to President Jill Stearns, 1,211 graduates earned 1,589 different degrees. 

STEM students presenting their research findings at Cuesta College’s science courtyard for undergraduate research week on April 25. Research studies subjects include anthropology, astronomy, biology, engineering, geology, mathematics, oceanography and robotics.

Cuesta students showcase undergraduate research

McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor May 10, 2025

Students gathered in the Science Forum courtyard on April 25 to view Cuesta College students' STEM research. This is the second year of poster presentations collaboration between the Cuesta College Louis...

The Cuesta College campus during fall 2024 semester.

No student visas have been revoked at Cuesta College

McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor May 1, 2025

Cuesta College has not had any international student F-1 visas revoked. An official with Cuesta’s International Student Program told The Cuestonian there has been “no student F-1 visas terminated”...

A crowd waits to enter Cuesta’s CPAC for the town hall with California Senator Adam Schiff and Congressman Salud Carbajal on April 22, 2025.

Cuesta students speak out to Academic Senate about town hall

Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor April 28, 2025

During Friday’s Academic Senate meeting, three Cuesta College students, including ASCC President and Student Trustee Lucia Landeros, spoke to the senate during Public Comment about the town hall that...

Parking lot 2, where a Cuesta College student died on the first day of the spring semester, Jan. 21 in San Luis Obispo.

SLO Sheriff: Investigation into death on Cuesta campus continues

McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor April 24, 2025

Thirteen weeks following the death of a student on Cuesta College’s campus, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office told The Cuestonian that the investigation is ongoing in response to a public...

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50 employers coming to SLO campus for Cuesta’s job fair

Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor April 21, 2025

Cuesta College will host its Spring 2025 Job Fair on Thursday, April 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place on SLO’s campus in Room 5401, and the fair will host 50 employers, ranging from...

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