Palomar students receive scholarships to attend national conference

SAN MARCOS – Three students from Palomar College attended a national technology summit in Washington from Oct. 23-25, as part of a National Science Foundation grant program to promote educational opportunity for students interested in technology.

The students who attended from Palomar College are Isaac Hernandez and Diana Perez, both from the college’s drone technology program, and Quin Smith, who is in his last semester in the geographic information systems program here. All three received scholarships from the NSF and American Association of Community Colleges to cover transportation, lodgin...