MASeptember 3, 2020H 26, 2020
A reminder for employees working on a campus
For employees working at the campuses, be sure to follow the steps below before reporting to work each day:
  1. Check the symptom list.
  2. If you have any of the symptoms listed, call your supervisor and let them know you are staying home AND
  3. Notify Human Resources with an email to cheryl.detwiler@gcccd.edu.
  4. Employees who have symptoms or may have been exposed to COVID-19 are strongly encouraged to contact their primary care physician.

All employees reporting to work at the campuses must immediately have a temperature check on arrival in accordance with San Diego County Public Health directives. Anyone with a temperature of 100.0 or more will not be permitted to remain on campus. Those with a temperature of less than 100.00 degrees will be given a wristband that must be worn while on campus.

Thank you for helping to keep our campuses safe and healthy!
Colleges receive iCommute award
For the fourth year in a row, both Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges have been recognized with a gold tier award from the iCommute Diamond Awards program run by the San Diego Association of Governments.
The program recognizes employers in the San Diego region that have made strides to develop and implement commuter programs that encourage alternative commute choices.

The District’s Public Safety Department has encouraged commuting alternatives by promoting the Waze carpool app and events on the campuses such as bicycle tune-up classes. Although events were limited this year while the campuses are shut down, Public Safety will continue to encourage ways for people to get to work and school that limit additional traffic to area roads and freeways.
Don't get caught
in a phishing net
The start of a new school year is prime time for bad actors to ramp up their efforts in targeting educational institutions with email phishing campaigns.
Phishing emails come in a variety of types. Recent common types we have seen include:

  • Email message spoofing someone inside our organization, asking are you available/respond right away/urgent request. These messages appear to be from someone inside our organization, but upon checking the sender’s address you will see that it is an external email account. These phishing messages are often attempting to trick the recipients into acquiring gift cards and providing the redemption codes to the sender.

  • Email message containing a link to a site asking for your login information. The message may appear to be official, and the site being linked to may even look official. The message in these types of emails could reference HR or Payroll notifications as a way to trick the recipient into responding or taking action. Carefully scrutinize the sender’s address and the web address that the link resolves to.

As a reminder, we now include a “Caution” banner on all email that originates from outside our organization.

Please be sure to carefully review the sender and contents of any email before responding or taking action. If you ever have any doubts about the nature of an email, please do not hesitate to ask your campus help desk. 
We’re in the news! The District Marketing and Communications Department regularly writes press releases and works with the local media to get the word out about the amazing things happening at
GCCCD. Below Are recent news releases, media coverage and blog posts.

News Releases

Media Coverage


News releases are posted on the home pages of the District and college websites. If you’d like to receive the District’s blog posts as they are published, go to Refresh, the district blog and scroll down the right-hand side and sign up to Follow by Email. If you’d like to request a press release about an upcoming event, please contact Anne Krueger.