COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic was a defining part of 2020 and 2021, prompting a closure of the Delta College campus, a statewide stay-at-home order and causing more than 500,000 deaths nationwide. This is a collection of The Collegian's reporting on the pandemic.
Delta College now a COVID-19 testing location
Delta College is now offering COVID-19 testing to anyone from the general public, made possible through a partnership with San Joaquin County Public Health...
Food pantry cancels drive-thru distribution for Spring 2021
The Delta College Food Pantry has suspended drive-thru events and distribution for the Spring 2021 semester.
The drive-thru events were carried out by the pantry...
Minority Health Institute addresses discrimination, vaccine concerns
The Minority Health Institute and UCLA BRITE Center for Science, Research and Policy addressed the concerns minority groups have about the COVID-19 vaccine on...
Athletics out of early-spring competition
The Delta College athletics program continues to prioritize academic success for students after deciding to opt out from all early-spring competition.
Director of Athletics Tony...
Delta looks to become vaccination site for county
Delta College is in talks with San Joaquin County to become a COVID-19 vaccination site.
According to Alex Breitler, Director of Marketing, Communications and Outreach,...
Delta Drama stages first virtual production
Delta Drama staged a virtual production of “The War of the Worlds,” a famous radio play based off of English author H.G. Wells’ 1898...
Holidays of a different hue
With a recent spike in cases of COVID-19 across the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have...
Holiday traveling takes an unexpected in COVID-19 year
Holiday travel will remain impacted under new stay-at-home orders, even while young people are not seeing as high of cases as others when it...
Holiday outings, gatherings take different with COVID-19 restrictions
How is it possible to celebrate a popular holiday event without being together?
This holiday season has changed due to mandatory state and local...
Food banks receive donations
The importance of giving back during the holidays has never been more critical than now. The COVID-19 pandemic numbers keep increasing, and many families...
Empty fields no more: Athletes make return to campus
Months after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the athletics program to transition to remote training for student-athletes, Delta College’s teams have been given the go-ahead...
General Election sees differences in procedures due to COVID-19, but casting a vote still...
This year has brought many challenges and has caused many things to readapt, this is not any different when it comes to voting and...
Online test proctoring services cause concerns about equity, privacy
The transition to distance education meant institutions had to find a new monitoring system for assessments.
At the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester, instructors...
Public libraries adapt to COVID-19
Public libraries all across San Joaquin County have faced major changes due to COVID-19 guidelines. Suzy Daveluy, interim director of the Stockton-San Joaquin Public...
Enrollment numbers increase despite pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulties that have come with the transition to online instruction, enrollment at Delta College is up at the beginning...
Need help?
Communication between Delta College and students in need of answers has been a source of frustration for students, even as the college looks for...
People looking to escape in nature for leisure from COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our society, with stores and restaurants shutting down and schools shifting to online teaching. No more shopping, concerts, parties,...
Chancellor’s office forecasts continued online presence into fall
On May 12, the California Community Colleges system hosted a teleconference via Zoom, providing updates about plans for the Fall 2020 semester and response...
Virtual graduation ceremony to be held in early June
Delta College has moved the 85th annual commencement ceremony to a virtual ceremony online.
The commencement ceremony was originally set to be held on May...
Delta College promotes mental health during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing mental health issues to the forefront.
With shelter-in-place guidelines forcing nonessential businesses to close and residents to stay at home,...
