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Interview: Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian On "Kern Promise"

KVPR | By Joe Moore
Published May 16, 2017 at 10:56 AM PDT
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Bryon Schaefer of KHSD, Sonya Christian of Bakersfield College and Horace Mitchell of CSUB are all partners in the project known as "The Kern Promise"

A new collaboration between the Kern High School District, Bakersfield College and CSUB aims to get students on a speedy pathway from high school to community college, and eventually a four-year college degree. It's called the "Kern Promise" but Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian calls it the key to revitalizing the community. She joined us on Valley Edition to talk about how the project works, and also how the campus is planning to spend money approved by voters last fall when they passed a $503 million district-wide bond known as "Measure J."

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Joe Moore
Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of Valley Public Radio. During his tenure, he's helped lead the station through major programming changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining the station's financial health. From 2010-2018 he served as the station's Director of Program Content. In that role, he also served as the host of Valley Edition, and helped launch and grow the station's award-winning local news department. He is a Fresno native and a graduate of California State University, Fresno.
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