This first-gen Corsair racked up interior design awards, earned straight A’s and pulled all-nighters in the studio — all while commuting, working part-time jobs, and helping out with the family cleaning business. Read the full story in SMC in Focus: www.smc.edu/news/in-focu... #SMCInFocus

Santa Monica College Class of 2026, you did it! 🎓✨ Drop a 🎉 in the comments to congratulate all our graduates. To see all photos from SMC's 96th commencement, check out SMC’s official Flickr account: www.flickr.com/photos/13923... #ProudToBeSMC #ClassOf2026

Corsairs forever. 💙⚓️📸 To see all the photo booth photos from the 96th Commencement, check out SMC’s Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/13923... #ProudToBeSMC #ClassOf2026

From exploring different majors to finding a passion for communications, Edgar's journey from SMC to UCSD has been one of growth and self-discovery. 🎓💙✨ Read Edgar's full story: www.smc.edu/spotlight/be... What's your Transfer Story? Submit your story at smc.edu/transferstory!

At Santa Monica College, Madeline Davis transformed years of self-doubt into student success, a passion for teaching—and a future she once thought impossible. Read Madeline's story in the latest issue of SMC in Focus: www.smc.edu/news/in-focu... #SMCInFocus #ProudToBeSMC

SMC Celebrates 96th Commencement with Thousands of Grads and Guests This Year, 13,264 Degrees & Certificates Were Awarded to 7,068 Students; Second Largest Graduating Class in College’s History 🎓✨ Read more about SMC's 96th Commencement: www.smc.edu/news/2026/20... #ProudToBeSMC #ClassOf2026

Good morning, graduates! 🎓 Your big day is finally here. Take it all in, celebrate your accomplishments, and enjoy every moment. Congratulations, Class of 2026! #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

Hey, Corsairs! Check out what’s happening around SMC this week! Find all the details and more upcoming events at smc.edu/calendar 📅 #SMCEvents #ThisWeekAtSMC #ProudToBeSMC

From discovering a passion for law to building lifelong friendships & leadership experience, SMC helped Jolene Prevenas find her path to UCLA! 💙🐻✨ Read Jolene's story: www.smc.edu/spotlight/pr... What's your transfer story? Submit your story at smc.edu/transferstory! #ProudToBeSMC #TransferStory

Don’t miss the 47th Annual Student Photography Exhibit, featuring outstanding imagery by SMC photography students! 📸 Date: June 13-20 Location: Barrett Art Gallery & SMC Photo Gallery Opening Reception: June 13, 6-8 p.m., at SMC's Barrett Art Gallery. #SMCPhotography #ProudToBeSMC

Join us for the 4th Annual Black Graduating Students Celebration as we honor our Black graduating students and their accomplishments! 🎉 Date: Friday, June 12 Time: 5 p.m. Location: JAMS Performing Arts Center Students must RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

You're invited to the SMC Voice Showcase! SMC's advanced voice students perform classical, jazz, musical theatre, and contemporary commercial songs. 🎵✨ Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: SMC Performing Arts Center 🎟️ Tickets: smc.edu/tickets

The future of creativity is on display at the CMD Student Showcase! ✨ Explore inspiring student work across film, animation, graphic design, game design, architecture, journalism, media broadcasting, and more. Date: Tue, June 11 Time: 5 p.m. Location: Center for Media and Design #ProudToBeSMC

SMC's IxD invites you to engage with students, alumni, and other industry professionals at our annual grad show! Join us for a celebration of our senior Interaction Design students. Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 5 - 9 p.m. Location: Center for Media & Design #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

Hey, Corsairs! Check out what’s happening around SMC this week! Find all the details and more upcoming events at smc.edu/calendar 📅 #SMCEvents #ThisWeekAtSMC #ProudToBeSMC

The SMC Wind Ensemble will perform its annual spring concert, celebrating traditional and contemporary works for the wind ensemble. 🎵 Date: Sunday, June 7 Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: The Broad Stage 🎟️ Tickets: smc.edu/tickets

Next week on Monday, June 8, and Tuesday, June 9, stop by the locations below to get some fuel during finals week! For more information, visit smc.edu/fuelforfinals #FuelForFinals #ProudToBeSMC

Reminder: Don't miss SMC's LA Mode Fashion Show, showcasing the talents of our graduating fashion design and merchandising students! More details ⬇️

Join SMC's Music Department for the Spring 2026 Piano Ensemble Recital! See full details below ⬇️

Reminder: Come experience the transcendent power of the combined voices of SMC's Concert Chorale & Chamber Choir, joined by orchestral instruments intended to praise life and lift your spirits. More details 👇🏼

Don't miss SMC's LA Mode Fashion Show, showcasing the talents of our graduating fashion design and merchandising students! 🪡🎓💙 Date: Monday, June 8 Time: 4:30 - 9 p.m. Location: John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center Tickets: www.smc.edu/calendar/tic... #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

SMC's IxD class of 2026 will present their senior capstone projects in a live webinar streamed on YouTube! More details below 👇🏼

Join us this Friday, June 5, as we celebrate our Latine graduating students and their accomplishments! 🎓 More details below.

From SMC to Yale Law School! Congrats to Negar Saatchi on a transfer journey that proves ambition, hard work, & persistence can take you anywhere. 🎓⚖️ Read more: www.smc.edu/spotlight/sa... What's your transfer story? Submit your story at smc.edu/transferstory! #ProudToBeSMC #TransferStory

Santa Monica College & Merritt Community Capital Corporation are launching CA’s first for-credit Affordable Housing Property Management Certificate.🏘️ Certificate launches fall ’26, classes available this summer! 🔗 Read more: www.smc.edu/news/2026/20... #AffordableHousing #ProudToBeSMC

🎓 The countdown to graduation is on! Santa Monica College will hold its 96th Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, June 16. “Student Challenge” to be delivered by graduating Student Speaker Madeline Davis. Read more: www.smc.edu/news/2026/20... #Commencement #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

Friendly reminder: A Statewide District Primary Election Vote Center will be located right on SMC's main campus. Learn more below ⬇️

From workshops and performances to celebrations and special events, there’s something happening all month long at Santa Monica College. Check out what’s coming up this June at smc.edu/calendar and mark your calendar! 📆🖊️ #JuneAtSMC #ProudToBeSMC

Hey, Corsairs! Check out what’s happening around SMC this week! Find all the details and more upcoming events at smc.edu/calendar 📅 #SMCEvents #ThisWeekAtSMC #ProudToBeSMC

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 SMC celebrates and supports the LGBTQIA+ community this month and every month. Pride honors identity, inclusion, resilience, and being authentically yourself. Learn more about SMC’s Pride Center: smc.edu/pridecenter 💙

Exercise your Right to Vote—at SMC! 🗳️✅ Early Public Voting: May 30 - June 1 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Election Day: June 2 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. 📍Cayton Center Learn more: www.smc.edu/community/of... #ProudToBeSMC #Election2026

Join SMC's Music Department for the Spring 2026 Piano Ensemble Recital! 🎹🎶 Date: June 4 & June 6 Time: June 4 at 11:15 a.m. & June 6 at 2 p.m. Location: The Edye 🔗 Tickets: smc.edu/tickets

SMC's Concert Chorale & Chamber Choir invite you to Instruments of Praise! 🎶 Date: June 4 & June 5 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: The Broad Stage 🔗 Tickets: smc.edu/tickets

Santa Monica College's Music Department presents the SMC Collaboration Showcase! 🎶 Students in Music 49 (Combo & Chamber Ensemble) will perform a FREE concert of collaborative works. Date: Tuesday, June 2 Time: 11:15 a.m. Location: The Music Hall, SMC Performing Arts Center

The Santa Monica College Jazz Ensemble presents Miles and Trane 2026 with special guest Clay Jenkins! Date: Monday, June 1 Time: 7 p.m. Location: The Music Hall, SMC Performing Arts Center 🔗 Tickets: smc.edu/tickets

Friendly reminder: Take a campus tour, meet other students, connect with counselors, and get help choosing your Summer/Fall 2026 classes this Saturday, May 30, at Super Saturday Enrollment Lab! Visit www.smc.edu/student-supp... or see post below for more details ⬇️

Three more days to see student group show Well Fed at SMC's Pete and Susan Barrett Gallery. Visit www.smc.edu/barrett/curr... or see post below for more details!

One more weekend to catch SMC Theatre Arts’ production of A Little Night Music! More details below ⬇️

Santa Monica College widened the lens for Charles Butler, helping him go from modeling and background acting to success behind the scenes of hit reality shows. Read Charles's story in the latest SMC in Focus: www.smc.edu/news/in-focu... #SMCInFocus #ProudToBeSMC

Exercise your Right to Vote—at SMC! 🗳️✅ Early Public Voting: May 30 - June 1 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Election Day: June 2 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. 📍Cayton Center Learn more: www.smc.edu/community/of... #ProudToBeSMC #Election2026

Join us for Super Saturday Enrollment Lab! Take a campus tour, connect with students & counselors, and get help choosing your Summer/Fall 2026 classes 🎉 Date: Saturday, May 30 Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: SMC Main Campus More info: www.smc.edu/student-supp...

Hey, Corsairs! Check out what’s happening around SMC this week! Find all the details and more upcoming events at smc.edu/calendar 📅 #SMCEvents #ThisWeekAtSMC #ProudToBeSMC

Join Charles Drew University's hybrid workshop to learn more about how to be a competitive medical school applicant. Date: Tuesday, May 26 Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: SSC 291 or register to participate via Zoom 🔗 Register: smc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Santa Monica College Art Department invites you to their Open Studio Day! Experience the glass studio in action + stop by the Glass Sale. 30% of all sales will be donated to the SMC Art Department. Date: Saturday, May 23 Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: SMC Art Complex #SMCArt #ProudToBeSMC

Join us for SMC Theatre Arts’ production of A Little Night Music, one of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated works! Date: May 22 - 31 Location: SMC Main Campus, Main Stage 🔗 Tickets: smc.edu/tickets #SMCTheatre #ProudToBeSMC

SMC Opera Theatre & SMC Symphony Orchestra present two hilarious 19th-century one-act comedies: Trial by Jury and Rossini’s The Marriage Contract! More details below ⬇️

On Tuesday, May 19, SMC's Career Services Center hosted the Spring 2026 Job & Internship Fair! SMC students connected with 30+ participating employers, explored internship and job opportunities, and grew their professional network. 🤝 #FlashbackFriday #SMCJobFair #ProudToBeSMC

Join us for the 4th Annual Black Graduating Students Celebration as we honor our Black graduating students and their accomplishments! 🎉 Date: Friday, June 12 Time: 5 p.m. Location: JAMS Performing Arts Center RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

SMC's IxD invites you to engage with students, alumni, and other industry professionals at our annual grad show! Join us for a celebration of our senior Interaction Design students. Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 5 - 9 p.m. Location: Center for Media & Design #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC

Don't miss SMC's LA Mode Fashion Show, showcasing the talents of our graduating fashion design and merchandising students! 🪡🎓💙 Date: Monday, June 8 Time: 4:30 - 9 p.m. Location: John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center Tickets: www.smc.edu/calendar/tic... #ClassOf2026 #ProudToBeSMC