SBVC Faculty and Staff Celebrate the Season at Annual President’s Holiday Gathering
San Bernardino Valley College faculty and staff came together for the President’s
Holiday Gathering on December 5, enjoying a buffet catered by students in the Culinary
Arts program, music by the SBVC Jazz Band, a coffee bar, and a visit from Santa Claus.
Every attendee also received a blue centennial scarf as a present.
“This has been a very special year because of each and every one of you coming together to define a student experience for this college,” SBVC President Dr. Gilbert J. Contreras told the crowd. “That doesn’t happen without each and every one of you pulling together to Valley Up.”
The event gave faculty and staff the chance to reflect on the year, as they watched a 2025 highlight video and were asked to think of something good that happened during the fall semester. Participants praised the return of the football team, expansion of aeronautics, and an Admissions and Records open house.
A raffle was held for holiday baskets donated by different departments, with all ticket sales going to support student textbook scholarships for Fall 2026. Contreras and other SBVC leaders also announced the winners of the office decorating contest. Facilities took home first place and won a lunch with the president, while Adult Education earned second place and Student Accessibility Services came in third.
Santa made his entrance toward the end of the gathering, declaring upon his arrival that he was “an alumnus of North Pole Community College.”
“This has been a very special year because of each and every one of you coming together to define a student experience for this college,” SBVC President Dr. Gilbert J. Contreras told the crowd. “That doesn’t happen without each and every one of you pulling together to Valley Up.”
The event gave faculty and staff the chance to reflect on the year, as they watched a 2025 highlight video and were asked to think of something good that happened during the fall semester. Participants praised the return of the football team, expansion of aeronautics, and an Admissions and Records open house.
A raffle was held for holiday baskets donated by different departments, with all ticket sales going to support student textbook scholarships for Fall 2026. Contreras and other SBVC leaders also announced the winners of the office decorating contest. Facilities took home first place and won a lunch with the president, while Adult Education earned second place and Student Accessibility Services came in third.
Santa made his entrance toward the end of the gathering, declaring upon his arrival that he was “an alumnus of North Pole Community College.”
