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	Coast Goes Greener

	Administrators Retire

	Legislative Breakfast

FORMS AVAILABLE ONLINE

We all know that “going green” is good for the environment and can be a money saver for the District. Using less paper is one of the most effective ways to be more eco-friendly in the office. In an effort to save money and trees, many people think twice before printing emails and have switched to double-sided copies. In an effort to be green and to save money, the District has made many of its forms available electronically. Many forms were already available, but we have taken the most popular (and most expensive to print) forms and put on our website for your use. The forms available are:

• Banner Security Account Request Form
• Budget
• CCCD Absence Report
• CCCD Change Request
• CCCD Petty Cash Form
• CCCD Mileage
• CCCD Budget Transfer
• Classified Employee Catastrophic Leave Application Form
• Classified Employee Catastrophic Leave Donation Form
• Classified Employee Catastrophic Illness or Injury Certification of Physician Form
• Classified Job Training
• Designation of Beneficiary
• Direct Deposit Form
• Human Resources
• Material Fees
• Risk Services
• Staff Development Application Form
• Telephone Service Requests
• Transportation Trip Requests

The forms are located on the District’s website at www.cccd.edu/facultystaff/forms.aspx. If you have any questions, please contact x84605.

Administrators Retire

Ken Yglesias, Ed.D.

Both Chancellor Ken Yglesias and Orange Coast President Bob Dees have announced they will retire on June 30. The Board of Trustees is utilizing the services of the Association of Community Colleges Trustees to recruit for both an interim chancellor and an interim president.

Chancellor Ken Yglesias first joined the Coast Community College District in 1985. Prior to becoming chancellor, he served as president of Golden West College and the administrative director of educational services at the district office.

Bob Dees

Bob Dees will retire after more than 30 years’ service to OCC. Acting Chancellor Ding-Jo Currie will be meeting with Dees to discuss options for the transition in administration and will then consult with the Board of Trustees regarding details of a short term transition and the long term succession plans. “We will miss President Dees and wish him well in his retirement,” said Currie. “I have enjoyed working with Bob as a colleague.”

Legislative Breakfast

Members of the Orange County Community Colleges Legislative Task Force (OCLTF) are hosting a breakfast meeting for the county’s elected officials on April 17 at Irvine Valley College. The OCLTF is made up of trustees, chancellors and community representatives and work together to identify common issues and to develop common messages to our legislators. The mission of the Orange County Legislative Task Force is to educate, inform, and influence elected representatives regarding community college issues. This year, the OCLTF has asked students from community colleges throughout the county to participate by asking questions of our legislators regarding issues that are important to them. Legislators will also be a part of a panel discussion that will most likely focus on the budget and economy and future funding for community colleges.

	Walk-A-Thon Raises $17,500 for Brain Injury Students

	300 Teens Attend Latino Youth Leadership Conference

	Transatlantic Global Advocacy Project Names Winners

	The Other John Paul Jones Profiled at Local Art Gallery

Walk-A-Thon Raises $17,500 for Brain Injury Students

Coastline Community College raised $17,500 for its Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) program at the Third Annual Walk for Brain Injury Awareness and Prevention. The event was held at Mile Square Park on March 28.

Nearly 500 participants came out to support Coastline’s ABI program, which offers classes that help retrain individuals who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.

“I suffered a brain injury during my senior year [of high school],” recalled Katherine Chappell, a student in the program. “Coastline’s Acquired Brain Injury program showed me that I’m not alone.”

In fact, each year more than 700,000 Americans sustain brain damage according to the Brain Injury Association. The seriousness of brain injury was recently in the news when actress Natasha Richardson passed away after suffering a brain injury on a Canadian ski slope. While Richardson’s death is a tragedy, it has increased the public’s awareness of brain injury.

The majority of the funds raised at the event will go directly to help students in the program. A portion of THE proceeds will go to the development of programs and to purchasing devices that will help students practice memory-compensation techniques.

“We are so excited about the response to the Third Annual Walk-A-Thon! Walkers, exhibitors, information, and contributions all came together under the beautiful blue sky of Orange County. We can’t wait until next year” said Celeste Ryan, an instructor for the ABI program.

Three Hundred Teens Attend Latino Youth Leadership Conference

Three hundred local high school students attended the Third Annual Latino Youth Leadership Conference on March 27 at the Garden Grove Center. The college developed the event three years ago, in partnership with the Orange County chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).

Carlos Palomino, a former world-champion boxer, kicked off the general session with a speech about how important it is for the teens to earn degrees. "I always knew that if I got a title [in boxing], someday I could lose that title," he said. "But, if I got a college degree, that's something no one could ever take away from me. When people told me 'no,' I used it as motivation to prove them wrong," he said.

After the general session, the students participated in breakout sessions that focused on enhancing their leadership potential. One topic, Ethics in the Media, was hosted by journalist Gustavo Arellano, who writes the "Ask a Mexican" column in OC Weekly, and filmmaker Alfredo Lugo. During this session, teens analyzed the way Latinos are depicted in TV and film and the implications for stereotypes.

Students in attendance hailed from Costa Mesa High School, Westminster High School, Lincoln Continuation School, Garden Grove High School, Fountain Valley High School, Huntington Beach High School, Rancho Alamitos High School, Corona Del Mar High School, OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, Newport Mesa Early College High School, and Fullerton ACCESS-OCDE.

Transatlantic Global Advocacy Project Names Winners

Team Global Green Minds

Three lucky high school students won a trip to England for their work in the Transatlantic Global Advocacy Project competition. The winners were Team Global Green Minds, which is made up of Ramon Calderon, Kayla Donohue, and Donovan Farmer, worked for a year to create a website dedicated to the issue of global warming. The judging was based on the website’s content, look and completeness and the winner was determined by a team of local judges that included environmental researchers and activists.

"I'm so excited I'm shaking," said Donovan Farmer.

"I need to call my mom!" exclaimed Kayla Donohue.

The ceremony was held at Newport Mesa's Early College High School, located on Coastline's Costa Mesa campus. The students and two of their instructors leave for England in mid-June.

The Other John Paul Jones Profiled at Local Art Gallery

Creative spirits can catch a glimpse into the life of John Paul Jones the artist (not the Led Zeppelin rocker) at the Coastline Art Gallery now through April 18. Jones was a printmaker, painter, sculptor and teacher who passed away in 1999. He spent five decades as an artist and had a huge impact on many local residents who took his classes at both UCLA and UCI.

With subject matter ranging from figurative to abstract, Jones has been widely recognized as a master printmaker and an inspirational teacher. His former students and associates have gathered for an art exhibition known as “Inner States: John Paul Jones and His Circle,” which showcases work that pays homage to the artist through drawings, paintings, sculpture and mixed media. Some art featured in the show was created in collaboration with Jones, others by his students.

“John Paul was not only a kindred soul to generations of art students; he was also an inspiration,” said Thomas Dowling, a former student of Jones. “The goal was always to keep working at your art, trust in yourself and be truthful to your vision.”

Jennifer Irani, also a former student, studied with Jones the year before he retired in 1990. Irani vividly remembers working with him, “Art was woven into his life and everything he did - the books he read, his cat named Claude, the way he made coffee and survived on cream pies. There seemed to be no distinction from his work and his soul, they were interconnected and poetic,” she remembers.

The Coastline Art Gallery is located at 10156 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach. Admission and parking are free. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday 1-5 p.m. For more information call (714) 963-8475 or visit www.coastline.edu/artgallery.

	GWC Counselor Wins Hayward Award

	Ray Shackelford Inducted into the CCCFCA Hall of Fame

GWC Counselor, Stephanie Dumont

Golden West College Counselor, Stephanie Dumont, has been named winner of the 2009 Hayward Award for Excellence in Education. Dumont received a cash award of $1,250 and was honored on March 5, at a Community College Board of Governors meeting in Sacramento.

The Academic Senate presents the annual award in four California community college regions. The award honors community college faculty members who demonstrate the highest level of commitment to their students, college and profession. Dumont was the honoree from Area D, which includes all community colleges in Orange and San Diego counties, and the deserts.

Established in 1985, the award was named for Gerald C. Hayward, California’s community college chancellor from 1980-85. Recipients are nominated by their peers and voted upon by representatives of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.

In addition to excellence in teaching, recipients must have a record of outstanding performance in professional activities, as well as a record of active participation on campus.

A member of GWC’s faculty for 10 years, Dumont is a native of California. The Laguna Beach resident earned her Master’s of Science in Educational Counseling at National University.

Dumont served as president of the Golden West College Academic Senate for two consecutive terms and represents the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges on various statewide committees.

In addition to helping students, Dumont is generous enough to give back to her community by volunteering at the Los Angeles Mission and local homeless shelters.

Ray Shackelford Inducted into the CCCFCA Hall of Fame

Retired GWC football coach,
Ray Shackelford

Retired GWC football coach, Ray Shackleford was among a dozen former NFL players and coaches inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Association (CCCFCA) Hall of Fame on March 7, at the Visalia Elks Club.

Shackleford had a record of 166-137-11 in 31 seasons at GWC (1966-1994 and 2002-2004). When he stepped down in 1994, Shackleford was the second-most winning coach among active community college coaches.

Shackleford was the CCCFCA coach of the year in 1978, was named conference coach of the year three times and coached two Avocado Bowl Championship teams.

	Tom Garrison First-Ever Distinguished Professor

	Climate Change Expert was Highlight of Green Energy Day

	Faculty Member of the Year's Passion is Psychology

Tom Garrison, Ph.D.

Marine sciences professor Tom Garrison, Ph.D. has been named as the first-ever Orange Coast College Distinguished Professor by the Academic Senate.

Dr. Garrison, who has taught at OCC for 40 years, was nominated for the honor by Dennis Kelly, chairman of OCC’s Marine Science Department, and Lee Gordon, assistant business professor.

Dr. Garrison “is a champion for our oceans,” Kelly said in his nomination letter. He has influenced students to study oceanography and served as a model to faculty members in the art of teaching, he added.

“Oceanography,” written by Dr. Garrison, is among the best-selling textbooks in the world. He also served as a writer and science advisor for the award-winning television series “Oceanus.”

Gordon commended Garrison for co-founding OCC’s Honors Program with the school’s Librarian Carl Morgan and for directing the program for many years. He praised the professor for “inspiring and leading the college to new levels of accomplishment.” The business instructor said he sits in on Dr. Garrison’s popular oceanography class in the Robert B. Moore Theatre to learn new methods for teaching large group classes.

The nomination was supported by recommendation letters from students, faculty members and representatives of the University of Hong Kong Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California and Colorado University.

“After 40 years of teaching, Tom comes back from his lectures completely thrilled about that day’s topic and his passion to keep improving his game,” wrote Karen Baker, professor of marine science and biology. “For me, Tom Garrison is already a Distinguished Professor.”

Climate Change Expert was a Highlight of Green Energy Day

Eric Rignot, Ph.D.

Internationally recognized expert in climate change, Eric Rignot, Ph.D., spoke on April 8 as part of Orange Coast College’s fourth annual Green Energy Day.

Dr. Rignot was a special guest speaker in Tom Garrison’s marine science class.

A senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Rignot is an expert on glaciology, climate change and ice sheet modeling. He also teaches at UC Irvine. In his presentation, “The Science of Climate Change,” Dr. Rignot discussed the findings of the Copenhagen Climate Summit.

Glaciology mixes many different scientific and engineering disciplines and is at the cornerstone of earth system science, according to Dr. Rignot. “Most of what governs the flow of ice eludes observation because it takes place at the glacier beds, far below the surface.”

“I am interested in understanding the interactions of ice and climate and particularly in determining how the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland will respond to climate warming in the coming century,” Dr. Rignot said.

Dr. Rignot earned his doctorate in radar science and engineering from USC. He holds Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering and aerospace engineering from USC, and a Masters in astronomy and astrophysics from the University Paris VI.

Green Energy Day was sponsored by The International Business Program, The Marine Science Department, and various student clubs organized within the Associated Students of OCC. The International Business Club was the lead planning group for the event, with participation by the campus chapter of the Sierra Club. The Irish Culture Club and Hillel, a Jewish student club, also sponsored Dr. Rignot’s appearance.

As part of Green Energy Day, a showcase of electric and low-emission vehicles was held in the Quad. A parade of alternative energy vehicles to raise student and community awareness began at 1:30 p.m. Vehicles included a Tesla Roadster, a 2010 Toyota Prius, SMART Car, Mini E (Mini Cooper Electric), plug-in hybrid Prius (conversion) and OCC Campus Safety’s hybrid patrol car.

Faculty Member of the Year’s Passion Is Psychology

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Faculty Member of the Year,
James Smolin

OCC psychology instructor and 2008-09 Faculty Member of the Year, James Smolin, planned to become an accounting major until he took a psychology class to fulfill a general education requirement at Cypress College. The class changed his life and gave him a new career goal: educator.

“I had great teachers in community college,” he said. “They were passionate about what they did.”

He went on to earn a B.A. degree in psychology and Master’s degree in experimental psychology at Cal State Long Beach. Then he traveled to Purdue University to complete his doctorate in clinical psychology.

In 2005, Smolin began teaching at Coast and quickly earned a reputation as an engaging, caring professor. Currently, Smolin serves as advisor for the Psychology Department Honor Society, where he mentors students who want to pursue a career in psychology.

Nicole Lloyd, division coordinator for Social and Behavioral Sciences, nominated Smolin as Faculty Member of the Year for his devotion to his students and his profession. As division coordinator, Lloyd reports that students frequently praise the psychology instructor for both his teaching ability and his willingness to help them.

“People love [psychology],” Smolin said. “We all think and behave. It’s a discipline you can feel very connected to. What does it mean to be human?” One of the things Smolin likes best about teaching is that it enables him to be a “perpetual student” himself. “I get to learn and share knowledge.”

When he is not teaching, Smolin describes himself as a “voracious walker – in the snow and in the rain.” He and his wife enjoy long walks down by the water in Long Beach, where the couple resides. A music lover, the psychology instructor unwinds by listening to jazz and solo instrumental artists. He is especially fond of percussionists.

Smolin was the guest of honor at the Outstanding Colleagues of the Year program on April 9, and made a presentation on “Fears and Phobias.”

As 2008-09 Faculty Member of the Year, Smolin will also be a guest speaker at OCC’s 61st Commencement on May 29.