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George
Brown Retires as Trustee
George Brown |
George Brown will attend
his final board meeting as a Coast Community College
District Trustee on December 13 after eight years of
service. Brown has served as the Area 1 representative,
which includes the cities of Seal Beach and Westminster
and portions of Huntington Beach.
Brown has served the community
and the three colleges admirably during the last
eight years. In June 1998, Coastline Community College
honored Brown with their Visionary of the Year award.
Brown has represented the Coast District on the Orange
County Community Colleges Legislative Task Force,
as well as the Community College League of California’s
Committee on Legislation and Finance. He has also
served as an elected representative of the California
Senior Legislature.
“George
Brown has always been an active member of his community
and has served the Coast Community College District in
so many positive ways,” said Chancellor Ken Yglesias. “We
will miss him and wish him much happiness in his retirement
from public service.” |
Brown served on the Seal Beach City Council from 1983 to
1998, including two terms as mayor. He has been an active
member of several government and community organizations,
including the Orange County Sanitation District, Orange County
Fire Authority, Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System,
Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission, Los Alamitos
Medical Center and the Cancer Support Foundation. He is also
active in Seal Beach’s Leisure World community.
A commissioned officer in the Navy during WWII, Brown served
as commander of the American Legion Post 327.
Jim Moreno will fill the Area 1 seat left vacant by George
Brown. Trustee Mary Hornbuckle, who was appointed in March
2005 after the death of Paul Burger, won election to her
seat and Walter G. Howald, who ran unopposed, was reelected.
All three will be sworn in at the December 13 meeting.
Jim
Moreno Elected to Board
Jim
Moreno |
Jim Moreno
will be sworn in as the new Coast Community College
District Board of Trustee at the December 13 board
meeting. Moreno will fill the Area 1 seat left
vacant by Trustee George Brown, who did not run for
reelection this year.
As Trustee, Moreno is enthusiastic
about helping students have great experiences in
college who are from working families and who want
to make a good life for themselves.
"I will work closely with my colleagues
on the Board, the Chancellor, the college Presidents
and their staff to find ways to provide the best level
of faculty and resources to expand the academic, technical
and certified subjects for students," Moreno said.
Moreno
worked 35 years with the County of Los Angeles as a
Board of Supervisors Deputy, and an assistant administrator
of two county general hospitals and multiple clinics. |
He also taught Spanish to medical professionals.
"I was a budget analyst for the Department of Health,
and during the 80s and 90s I was a Senior Deputy for County
Supervisor Ed Edelman," Moreno said. "My duties as the Supervisor's
Deputy were to assist in policy development, health issues
and as budget analyst of a $12 billion budget."
As a product of the community college system, Moreno knows
first hand what good instructors mean to students trying
to find their way in the higher education system.
"Community colleges provide an invaluable role to our community," Moreno
said, "and I am a proud product of the community college
system."
A resident of Huntington Beach, Moreno has served two terms
as Chairman of the Citizen Participation Advisory Board for
the City of Huntington Beach. He also volunteers at
the Live Oak Adult Literacy Program teaching English and
Citizenship, and is a former member of the Coastline Community
College Paralegal Advisory Board.
Moreno earned his bachelor's degree from California State
University, Long Beach, and earned a Master's Degree in Public
Administration from California State University, Northridge.
CCCD
Hosts 2006 Orange County Legislative Task Force Breakfast
Chancellor Ken Yglesias |
Left to Right: Orange County Chancellors
Jerry Hunter - NOCCCD, Eddie Hernandez - RSCCD, Ken Yglesias
- CCCD, Raghu Mathur - SOCCCD |
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The Orange County Legislative Task Force (OCLTF), comprised
of representatives from the four Orange County Community
College Districts, get together each year to advocate for
community college issues before local legislators.
Each year, the Coast CCD, North Orange County
CCD, South Orange County CCD and Rancho Santiago CCD chancellors
rotate chairmanship; this year Dr. Yglesias chaired the breakfast
event at OCC's Captain's Table.
“Working together with all four Districts unifies
our voice in Sacramento making our colleges stronger,” Yglesias
said.
Senator Dick Ackerman, legislative representatives, Board
Members and college presidents from all four districts as
well as public relations representatives also attended the
breakfast.
United
Way Raffle Winner
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Each year
Coast District employees make contributions to the
United Way. As a way of saying thanks for participating,
a gift card is raffled off to one lucky winner.
This year Jacquie
Pomeroy in Benefits won a $40 gift certificate to Mimi’s
Café for
contributing to the Untied Way. This year, 36 employees
contributed in this year’s campaign contributing
$5,520.
The United Way serves our local community by funding
various programs within Orange County. |
EHS
Safety Bulletin
Safe Holidays
Decorating for the holidays is a common household activity. Having
a Christmas tree along with holiday decorations adds a special
touch to any home or business. Unfortunately, according
to the statistics from the National Safety Council, hospital
emergency rooms treat about 8,700 people for injuries related
to holiday lights, decorations, and Christmas trees each
year. In addition, Christmas trees are involved in
about 400 fires annually, resulting in 20 deaths and an average
of more than $15 million in property loss and damage. Here
are some tips to help everyone ensure safe and happy holidays.
Christmas Trees:
Select a fresh tree. The needles of pines
and spruces should bend and not break, and it should be hard
to pull off the branches.
Give the tree a drink. Cut off about
two inches off the trunk and put the tree in a sturdy, water-holding
stand.
Keep the tree away from heat sources. Heat
can be an ignition source for dry trees.
Use a certified artificial tree. If
you use an artificial tree, use one that is tested and labeled
as fire resistant. Artificial trees with built-in
electrical systems should have the Underwriters Laboratory
(UL) label.
Lights:
- Only use indoor lights indoors, and outdoor
lights outdoors. Before putting up lights, be sure
to inspect for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare
wires, and loose connections. Replace or repair any
damaged light sets before putting them up
- Use
no more than three light sets on any one extension cord.
This includes not linking more than three strands of lights
together on any one outlet
- Turn off the lights
on trees and decorations when you leave the house or office
Home Safety:
- Install a smoke detector or install new batteries in
the one(s) you have and TEST it
- When using candles, place
them a safe distance from combustibles
- Place candles in
sturdy containers. Remember, hot wax burns
- Extinguish candles
prior to going to bed
- Dispose of fireplace ashes in a metal
container
- After parties, check around and under sofa and
chair cushions for smoldering cigarettes
- Install at least
one carbon monoxide detector in your home
- Have an operable
fire extinguisher readily available
- Plug lights and decorations
into circuits protected by ground fault circuit interrupters
(GFIs) for protection against electrical shock
- Always use
safe ladder practices to reach high places
- Read labels before
you use materials that comes in jars, cans, and aerosol
cans. Follow instructions for usage,
storage, and handling
- Avoid placing breakable tree ornaments
on lower branches where children can reach them
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml03/03044.html
This website provides the Consumer Products Safety Commission’s
Holiday Toy Recall List.
http://www.personality-creations.com/xmas/Safety.htm
This website contains information on household and personal
safety for the holidays.
Coming
and Going - HR News
The District would like to welcome these
new employees to their positions:
Johnson,
Daniel R.,
GWC, Sports Information and Marketing Assistant
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Congratulations and best wishes on
your retirement to the following employees:
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Hadley, Sharon, DIST,
Educational Services Coordinator
Sharon Hadley, Educational Services Coordinator at
the District, is retiring as of December 30, 2006.
She has worked in the Educational Services Department
for the past 8 years starting as Educational Services
Staff, then Educational Services Senior Staff, to Educational
Services Coordinator. Sharon came to the District from
Chabot-Las Positas Community College where she worked
for 21 years in a variety of position starting as a
clerk in the English lab to Supervisor in Admissions & Records. In 1997, Sharon worked at Santiago Canyon College
in Admissions & Records as an evaluator for one year
before coming to the Coast District. After retirement,
Sharon and her husband, who is also retiring as a Newport
Beach fire captain after 36 years, are planning on traveling,
spending more time with their grandchildren, and spending
more time in Bahia de Los Angeles on the Sea of Cortez
(Baja California) where they have a house. |
Le Loup, June A., CCC, Staff Specialist
June Le Loup, Staff Specialist at Coastline College, is
retiring as of December 30, 2006. She has been with Coastline,
in the Fiscal Services department, for more than 15 years.
With her strong accounting background and with an extensive
knowledge of the various software applications, June was
instrumental to the Fiscal Services department during the
PNI conversion process back in 2000/01 by providing not only
assistance to the staff but also serving as the primary person
to troubleshoot in all areas of fiscal services, such as
processing requisitions, verifying the Expenditure and Budget
Transfer requests, converting FMS budget numbers into PNI
numbers, and reconciling the chargeback expenses for various
departments within the college. In July of 2006, June again
demonstrated her skills and talents in these same areas as
the college proceeds with the Banner conversion project,
starting with the Finance implementation. June is retiring
to her newly purchased home in Tennessee, where she plans
to pursue her hobbies and visit the various local historical
sites.
Tallman, Judith A., CCC, Instructional Programs Facilitator
On September 1, 2006, Judy Tallman announced her retirement
from Coastline Community College. Judy began her employment
with the Coast Community College District at Orange Coast
College in 1970, where she assisted in the development of
the Cooperative Work Experience program and the campus Career
Center. Following the Prop 13 changes, Judy was selected
to fill a position in the Public Information Office and Foundation
at Golden West College. While working at GWC, she completed
her B.A. in Business Administration, Cum Laude. Judy saw
an opening for an Instructional Programs Facilitator at Coastline,
allowing her to return to vocational education. While at
Coastline, Judy served on the State Chancellor’s Advisory
Committee for Cooperative Work Experience from 1989 to 1996,
and other Coastline committees. She is a long-term member
of the California Cooperative Education and Internship Association,
the California Placement Association, and the American Association
for Women in Community Colleges, serving in various positions
in our local AAWCC chapter. As a third generation native
of Orange County, Judy has no plans to move from her home
in Santa Ana, but will spend quality time in her garden and
completing various home improvement projects. Judy’s
extended family lives nearby and will also receive much of
her attention. Colleagues are encouraged to stay in touch,
or drop by for a cup of coffee.
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Dinner
Dance Raises More than $6000 for Students with Brain Injuries
ABI
program instructors and administrators organized
the
event, including Sue Shepard (left), Lisa Winger
(middle),
and Rich Fitzgeorge (right). Fitzgeorge
developed and implemented the original ABI dinner
dance in 2001 |
ABI graduate Daniel Pokracki donned
his
best “Swingin’ at
Sunset” attire along with
his date
Misty Rivera
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The Coastline Community College
5th annual “Swingin’ at
Sunset” dinner dance, held on Saturday, October 21,
2006 at the Mesa Verde County Club in Costa Mesa, raised
$6250 for the Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Program. The program,
based at the College’s Costa Mesa Center, is designed
to provide structured cognitive retraining for adults who
have sustained a brain injury due to traumatic or non-traumatic
injuries.
Approximately 70 people attended the evening
event. Attendees of note included: Dr. Ding-Jo Currie, President
of Coastline Community College; Mary Hornbuckle, Coast Community
College District Trustee; Dr. Robert Patterson, Behavioral
Psychologist; Dr. Sandra Klein, Consulting Neuropsychologist
to the ABI program; Larry Goodman, Founder/Owner of Winways,
a transitional living center located in Orange; and Pam Kauss,
Director of Winways.
Coastline
Hosts Annual Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute for Women
of Color
The 2006 Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute participants
Did you know that women of color occupy less
than one percent of the leadership positions in higher education?
As the minority student population grows with each passing
semester, these same students are less and less likely to
see a similar face in a leadership role at their college
or university. The Kaleidoscope Leadership institute was
developed to change this.
Kaleidoscope is a leadership institute
designed to celebrate and enhance the achievements of women
of color in higher education. Within the context and experiences
of women of color, Kaleidoscope offers attendees a forum
for:
- Discussing issues facing leaders of educational
institutions
- Exploring the workplace challenges
within higher education
- Creating national networking
and mentoring opportunities
- Providing guidance and strategies
for career planning
- Building skills for success
- Increasing communication
Here, women of color who are currently
succeeding in roles as presidents and CEOs share their
professional and personal experiences relating to leadership
and achievement. This Institute also prepares other participants
for similar leadership positions by exploring issues in
higher education and analyzing barriers that prevent different
cultural groups from connecting. Kaleidoscope provides
guidance on setting and achieving personal and professional
goals.
This year’s Institute took place from November
29 – December
3, and was attended by 30 women. To obtain information
on next year’s event, send an e-mail to: kaleidoscope@coastline.edu.
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Golden
West College Wins the 'Beach Bowl' and Takes the Victory
Bell
Beach
Bowl |
Homecoming Queen Tahnee Le
and Homecoming King Michael Caldwell were crowned
during half-time ceremonies at the 40th Anniversary
football game |
On Golden West’s 40th anniversary,
head coach Nick Mitchell and his squad defeated district
rival Orange Coast College, 20-13 to claim the Victory
Bell on Saturday night at LeBard Stadium.
The Victory Bell is a symbol of bragging
rights between GWC and OCC. The team that wins the yearly football
face-off takes it home for a year. Golden West now leads the
head-to-head series (now called the ’Beach Bowl’)
20-17-2.
The Rustlers' win, snapped an eight-game losing streak and
put a positive exclamation point on first-year coach Nick Mitchell's
season.
Be an
Angel...Surprise a Child
GWC Angel Tree |
The Associated Students
of GWC will again have an Angel Tree in the
Student Center Lounge, as they have had for the past
10 years. On the tree are paper angels with the name,
age of child, and three wished for gift items from
the children of our C.A.R.E. students.
This fall semester GWC has 36 students
in the C.A.R.E. program (Cooperative Agencies Resources
for Education). Typically single parents in their
mid-twenties with one to three children, they struggle
from month to month with personal issues like how
to survive on the $580-$584 per month provided to
them by CalWORKs. They search for a balance in their
lives between school, work (program eligibility requires
them to be full time students), family life, and
in some cases, a part time job. Life is a challenge
for them, and with limited financial resources, even
more difficult when it comes to holiday gifts for
their children If your holiday budget allows, choose
an angel from the tree and take your (unwrapped)
gift to the Student Activities office along
with the angel tag. The children will get at least
two of the three items on their list because the
Associated Students have generously set aside a budget
to make up for any shortfall from the campus community.
We hope you are in a position this year to be a secret
angel to a child. It might be your best gift. |
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OCC
Fashion Students Lift Holiday Spirits of American Troops
in Iraq
Orange Coast
College fashion students are generating some Christmas
cheer this holiday season for American troops stationed
in Iraq.
Students enrolled in two sections of
OCC’s “Beginning Construction Techniques” (Fashion
100) class are presenting fitted sheets, personalized
pillow cases and homemade greeting cards to a U.S.
Army intelligence unit that recently deployed to Iraq.
The students worked together on the project
in OCC’s Clothing Lab.
“Each semester, our students involve
themselves in a community service project,” said
OCC fashion professor, Chris Amaral. “We’ve
made blankets and pillow cases for the Orangewood Children’s
Home, bags for homeless shelters, and blankets |
Nancy Edwards |
and pillow cases for the Huntington Beach
Community Center. This fall’s project has stirred the
emotions of our students, and boosted our holiday spirits.”
“A student in my class – Nancy Edwards – told
me a few weeks ago that her son, a U.S. Army staff sergeant,
was redeploying with his unit to Iraq the day after Thanksgiving.
We decided that our two Fashion 100 classes should do something
for the soldiers.”
“My son told me that the troops sleep on twin cots
in Iraq,” Edwards said. “They only have access
to flat sheets, which are a mess on cots. The students in
the two OCC classes decided that they wanted to do something
to help my son’s unit out.”
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The students pooled their
money and purchased 35 fitted sheets. They then made
40 pillow cases.
“We weren’t certain what
Army regulations called for,” Amaral said. “Did
everything have to be white? We learned that we could
take some liberties with the pillow cases. The students
selected their own materials for the cases, and most
chose patriotic themes with American flags and red,
white and blue bunting.”
To top things off, the students created
personalized greeting cards. Each soldier will receive
a packet that includes a fitted bed sheet, a handmade
pillow case and a card.
“At the time that we made the cards,
we didn’t know the names of the guys in the unit,
so most cards are addressed ‘To An American Soldier,’” Amaral
said. “The students included their return addresses
in the cards so that the soldiers could write back
if they wished.”
Sentiments expressed in the cards were
highly emotional. |
“I decided to read all the cards just to make certain
that nothing was said that might be offensive to a soldier,” Amaral
said. “Well, I managed to get through only three or
four of them. They were so touching that I had tears rolling
down my cheeks.”
“To a Brave American,” wrote one young man in
the class. “We watch blockbuster films and read comic
books about heroes all the time, but characters like Superman
and Captain Planet are no match for today’s real heroes.
Today’s heroes are the ones who risk their lives for
the sake of others. They are the ones who protect us – all
citizens – from threats and harm. They are you…and
that makes me proud to be an American. Words cannot display
the gratitude and thanks that I feel. I wish you a safe return.”
“I feel good about doing something positive for our
soldiers,” said Tracy Taniguchi, an OCC fashion design
major from Yorba Linda. “We’re always making
stuff for ourselves; it’s good to do something for
someone else.”
Nancy Edwards, a Huntington Beach resident,
shipped the sheets, pillow cases and cards to her son’s unit immediately
after Thanksgiving. They’re expected to arrive before
Christmas.
OCC’s Fashion Program trains students for Orange County’s
burgeoning active sportswear industry.
OCC
to Open Campus Starbucks Dec. 11
Orange Coast College will open its campus Starbucks Coffeehouse
on Monday morning, Dec. 11.
The 1,560-square-foot facility is located
in the college’s
new $6-million Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. The Pavilion,
situated next to the Arts Center, includes an Art Gallery
and a Young Artists Gallery. OCC’s Foundation has raised
more than $2.25 million to help fund the building.
The Doyle Arts Pavilion will officially
open on Friday, Feb. 2, with an exhibition honoring the
college’s 60th
anniversary. The Starbucks Coffeehouse will open Monday for
one week, then will close for the winter holiday. The coffeehouse
will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 2. Spring classes begin on Monday,
Jan. 29.
OCC’s Starbucks will maintain regular
store hours Mondays through Thursdays, from 7 a.m. to 9
p.m., Fridays, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays, from
7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“Our store will feature the full line of beverages
that you’ll find at standard Starbucks retail stores,
and we’ll also have a full lunch menu,” said
Thomas Selzer, general manager of OCC’s Instructional
Food Services Program. The Food Service Program is running
Orange Coast College’s Starbucks store.
Sixteen employees have been hired by the store, and most
are students who attend OCC classes.
The store seats up to 48 persons inside, and 40 on an outside
patio. The area in and around the store is wireless, and
customers can access the Internet on laptop computers.
“UC Irvine opened a campus Starbucks earlier this
fall, and it’s doing extremely well,” Selzer
said. “We expect our Starbucks to be equally successful.”
Founded in Seattle’s Pike Place
Market in 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has more than
5,600 company-operated coffeehouses in the United States.
It also operates in 36 countries outside the U.S. Starbucks
is the leading retailer, roaster and specialty coffee brand
in the world, with more than 40 million customer visits
per week at coffeehouses located throughout North America,
Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific
Rim.
Much of the cost of OCC’s Arts
Pavilion construction has been paid for with private funds.
A $1-million gift was received in 2002 from the family
of former Orange County developer, Frank M. Doyle. Doyle
built homes in Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley,
Westminster, Garden Grove and Anaheim. He built the first
condominiums to be constructed in Southern California.
He died in 1996.
For information about the Arts Pavilion or Starbucks Coffeehouse,
call x25707.
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