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Chancellor's Message
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Semester Begins with Historic State Budget for Community Colleges When Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 1802 - the budget trailer bill - on July 19, it marked the final step in approving the best state budget for community colleges in my memory as a community college administrator. It includes the largest funding augmentation in the history of California's community colleges, with $273.4 million in one-time funds on top of $690 million ongoing funds.
Some of the significant augmentations include:
COLA and Growth The budget provides a 5.92% cost-of-living adjustment and 2% enrollment growth.
90th Percentile Equalization Fully Funded The
budget includes full equalization funding to the 90th
percentile ($159.4 million) and $19.7 million to ease
the transition for districts that would have received
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2003-04 budget's formula and
calculations. This installment of equalization funding will
provide about $3 million in ongoing funds to the Coast Community
College District.
Career and College Preparation Funded at $30 million The new career and college preparation noncredit program would receive $30 million to increase the per-FTES rate toward the credit rate. After the Board of Governors adopts the course and program standards, funds will be pro-rated to all eligible career and college preparation FTES.
Student Enrollment Fee Reduced to $20/unit, Effective January 1, 2007 The budget will lower enrollment fees for community colleges to $20/unit, effective January 1, 2007.
Large Block Grants to be Provided to All Districts; Mandates to be Repaid The budget provides a $100 million block grant to be allocated on a per-FTES basis to all districts. Additionally, two separate block grants of $47 million each will be provided for scheduled maintenance and instructional equipment. Additionally, $15 million is provided to begin to address the backlog of community college mandate claims, and restore an ongoing line-item for mandate repayment ($4 million).
Significant Increases for Student Support Services Inflationary (5.92%) and adult population growth (1.74%) adjustments will be provided to matriculation, basic skills, disabled students, EOPS and CARE programs. The budget further augments matriculation by $24 million, providing critically needed counseling and assessment. An additional $9 is included to augment services to students in the community college CalWORKs program.
The next crucial step to finalizing this historic budget year will be the passage of Senate Bill 361 by Senator Jack Scott of Pasadena. Senator Scott's bill implements a new funding formula for community colleges free of the inequities caused by the program-based funding that has been in place since the 80s, and is necessary to implement key funding provisions in the 2006-07 community college budget.
SB 361 was developed through consensus with community college groups statewide and members of the Legislature, and it is supported by the Governor's office. When the Legislature recessed for summer, SB 361 was in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The Legislature reconvened on August 7, and has until August 31 to pass all bills for the year.
The passage of SB 361 is especially crucial to the $159.4 million in equalization funding and $30 million in career development and college preparation funding in this year's budget.
Project
Voyager: Finance Update
by J K Cordova and Eric Wilson
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During the month of July, online materials were updated to reflect changes discovered during the initial Finance implementation process.
Two of the latest additions to the Web-based training are FOIDOCH, document history, and FPIREQN, query requisition.
Below is a list of upcoming training classes. Check the training Web page for updates http://www.cccd.edu/voyager/training/training.aspx . |
Project Voyager consists of four implementation phases. The first phase, Finance, which went live in July, was Project Voyager's first successful phase. The next phase is Financial Aid and Human Resources, which will go live in January 2007. In April 2007, the Luminis phase (portal) will go live and finally, the Student module, which is expected to go live in time for fall 2007 registration!
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Financial Aid |
October/November 2006 |
December 2006 |
January 2007 |
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December 2006 |
January 2007 |
Luminis |
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The Hot Dog Days of Summer!
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| Randy Cole, Sandra Badenoch and Don Cock |
Cake Walkers |
On July 18, the District kicked off the summer with its annual Hot Dog Days of Summer picnic.
With over 60 people in attendance, over 120 hot dogs (beef, turkey and veggie) were barbecued by District staff. After lunch, names were drawn at random to participate in a cake walk where participants walked to win a baked good of their choice donated by various co-workers.
The afternoon concluded with Chancellor Ken Yglesias drawing the winning 50/50 ticket. With $142 in the pot, Leonard Kawabe in maintenance won $71!
This year, the event was planned by members of the Chancellor's office, Educational Services, the Board office and Public Affairs.
It's Official: We're Having a Heat Wave!
Considering the recent record-breaking heat wave and the fact that the warmest summer months are ahead, the possibility of rotating power outages is a reality for Southern California. Understanding this probable situation, the CCCD Environmental Health and Safety office would like to provide you with some information related to rotating outages and a few conservation tips for minimizing energy costs while doing your part to avoid an energy shortage.
How do rotating outages work?
Rotating outages will begin when the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) declares a Stage 3 electrical emergency or when the state's electrical reserve falls below 1.5 percent. Every electrical user is assigned into a circuit group (or outage group) consisting of approximately 800 to 2,000 users. When necessary, Southern California Edison (SCE) will rotate through the list of circuits and shut down each outage group for a period of approximately one hour. Depending on the amount of power that must be reduced, SCE will determine the number of groups interrupted at any given time.
Can I find out if I will be affected?
Yes. Your rotating outage group number is listed at the top of your monthly SCE bill (e.g. A011, M007, etc.). You may contact SCE at 1-800-611-1911 or visit their website at www.sce.com to find out when your neighborhood is likely to be interrupted and if your home will be affected by the outage. Currently, Orange Coast College is the only District-site projected to be affected by a group outage.
How can I prepare for an outage?
Electrical emergencies require preparation similar to any other emergency. The American Red Cross recommends that you assemble the following supplies prior to a blackout: flashlight, batteries, portable radio, small supply of food, at least one gallon of water, and necessary medications. In addition, you should take the following steps to prepare:
- Have an exit plan. Anytime you enter a building, you should familiarize yourself with the evacuation routes/emergency exits.
It is much easier to identify your surroundings when the lights are on
- Make sure that you have at least one phone that will work without electricity (cordless phones require electricity to operate)
- Learn how to manually open electric doors (i.e. powered sliding doors, automatic garage doors, etc.), and if applicable, how to enter or leave gated communities without power
- Have a back-up plan for people with disabilities and people that require electric-powered life-support systems. Critical care customers should notify their local fire department of special circumstances before an emergency occurs. Critical care customers (customers who can not be without electrical service for more than two hours) can apply for an exemption
based on SCE's Medical Baseline program
Can I avoid a rotating outage?
No. SCE can't guarantee uninterrupted service to any customer. However, it is important that all users take steps to conserve electricity, as to collectively avoid the need for outages. SCE recommends that all users take the following steps to conserve energy this summer:
- Set your air conditioning thermostat at the highest comfortable setting. A setting of 78°F, rather than 70°F, could cut your energy costs by as much as 30 percent in addition to largely conserving our electricity supply
- Clean or replace air conditioning filters regularly to help it run more effectively
- Use a portable or ceiling fan to circulate air. Portable fans cost less to run and use less energy than a central air conditioning fan
- Close drapes and shades to keep direct sunlight out and lower your cooling costs
- Insulate your home and caulk/weather-strip around doors and windows to reduce both cooling and heating costs
- Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents. These come in various shapes and sizes that fit regular, screw-in lamps and light fixtures, can last up to 10 times as long as old-fashioned bulbs, and produce less heat while using only a quarter of the electricity
- Consider unplugging consumer electronics when they are not in use. (Even when turned off, CD players in the U.S. consume enough energy in one year to power the Las Vegas Strip for six months)
- Use nonessential appliances such as clothes washers and dryers during off-peak hours (before noon or after 6:00 p.m.)
- Run swimming pool equipment for the minimum amount of time, and during off-peak hours (before noon or after 6:00 p.m.)
- Clean refrigerator coils. Dirty coils on the back or bottom front of your refrigerator make it work harder than necessary to maintain cooling. See your appliance owner's manual for maintenance instructions
- Insulate your hot water piping from the water heater to the wall or ceiling pipe penetration. Wrap the tank in an insulating blanket if the water heater's energy factor is less than 0.59
In addition to these steps, SCE has developed an Online Home Energy Survey which will provide you with customized energy-saving tips specifically tailored to your home energy usage. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and is available at https://websafe.kemainc.com/websitesce/gateway2006.asp.
For more information on this or other health and safety issues, contact Environmental Health and Safety at x84731.
HR News - Coming and Going
The District would like to welcome these new employees to their positions:
Abernathy, Roger W., OCC, Dean, Mathematics & Science,
Gutierrez, Erika M., CCC, Military/Contract Education Technician Intermediate
Hansen, Heather, OCC, Community Services Registration Technician II
Mann, Shawn A., CCC, Manager, Military
Programs Outreach and Off-Campus Operations
Sandefur, Stanley J., GWC, Custodian Senior
Walker, Vanessa K., GWC, Bookstore Clerk 2
Watkins, Derrick D., GWC, Instructor, Criminal Justice
Wong, Susan O., GWC, Registered Nurse |
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Congratulations and best wishes on your retirement to the following employees:
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Montero, Isabel , GWC, Staff Aide
Isabel Montero began her career in the Coast Community College District
in a temporary position in the Programming Department at KOCE in April, 1995, and subsequently became a permanent employee in June, 1996. After the sale of KOCE, Isabel had an opportunity to transfer to the Office of Enrollment Services at Golden West College, where she completed her 10th year with the District. She will be joining her husband, Frank, in retirement and is looking forward to the opportunity to do some traveling and spending time with her new grandson who lives in Denver, Colorado. Isabel will be retiring effective August 1, 2006. We wish her much success and happiness in her retirement! |
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Staff Moves
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Gabe Arroyo was promoted to Maintenance Lead in the Maintenance and Operations Department at Coastline. Gabe will be performing all receiving functions, leading mailroom operations, leading hourly maintenance personnel and coordinating all recycling for the College. |
Rozanne Capoccia-White has recently joined the Contract Ed Department where she'll serve as the department's operational lead. Rozanne has been employed with Coastline since 2003, most recently
at the Orange County One-Stop Centers. |
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Laurie Swancutt , who has been serving as the Administrative Secretary in the Academic Senate Office
and in the President's Office for 15 months, has recently accepted the position of Executive Assistant to the President. In this position, Laurie will assist Dr. Currie
in all facets of this administrative office. |
Swingin' at Sunset
ABI Program hosts dinner dance
The Acquired Brain Injury Program invites you to come "Swingin' at Sunset!" The fifth annual dinner dance will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2006, at the Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa. The evening event opens with a silent auction accompanied by hors d' oeuvres and a no-host bar, followed by a three course dinner and entertainment provided by the Chris Anderson Group. Net proceeds from the dinner dance benefit Coastline's Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Program, which assists adults who have suffered a brain injury from varied causes--auto accidents, violence, falls, or strokes. The program offers hope for a new way of life after an often devastating loss. Student Becky Burch recently shared her story about how she came to Coastline's ABI Program. "I acquired my brain injury in a car crash on February 3, 1999. I was coming home from school when I was t-boned by an enormous truck. I laid in a coma for nine weeks. When I awoke, I was told that I had broken my neck, pelvis, lungs, spleen and diaphragm. I also found out that I had a brain injury. Coastline has helped me realize that I do not need to give up on the dreams that I had before my accident."
For more information on the upcoming Swingin' at Sunset dinner dance,
or to receive an invitation, please call (714) 241-6214.
Communication Workshop
Contract Ed hosts workshop on communication
Spread the word! Coastline Contract Ed has teamed up with the OC One-Stop Center, the OC Business Service Center and Management Associates to offer a FREE one-day workshop on management and supervisory communication. The workshop is titled, "Communication; Creating a Productive Workplace."
Geared towards all levels of managers, the event will offer tips on creating a communication-rich environment, avoiding communication pitfalls, and building relationships that work.
The event will take place at the Le-Jao Center on Thursday, August 10, from 1- 4:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call (714) 241-6161 or visit the following web site: http://sandpuff.ccc.cccd.edu/eventreg/msw.html
Although this is a free event and open to the public, space is limited. Early registration is recommended to ensure your spot.
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Golden West College Chefs For Scholarships
The 2006 Patrons annual scholarship fundraiser will be wearing a new
hat--a chef's hat! Chefs For Scholarships will replace the Fall Fashion Show and is designed for the entire family. Scheduled to be held in the GWC Student Center and surrounding patio and lawn areas, approximately 20-25 food and beverage establishments will be invited to participate by providing samples for the guests. In addition, there will be fashion and merchandise vendors displaying their products as well as entertainment. Look for an afternoon of fun for all ages.
Chefs For Scholarships will be a lead-in
to the college's 40th anniversary celebration and will
be held on Sunday, August 27 from 4-7 p.m. Watch your
mail for reservation information. Adults $40; children
10 and under are $10.
For additional information, contact the Foundation Office at 714 895-8316. |
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Charlie Sianez Exceptional Service Award
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President Bryan
initiated this new annual award in Spring 2006. Charlie
was a valued member of the Maintenance and Operations
department at GWC for 20 years. He passed away unexpectedly
in January, 2006 from chronic health problems. Charlie
exemplified such excellent service to the college, the
award was established in his memory for a full or part-time
faculty member, manager, or classified staff member.
A committee was formed to include one member each from
the following committees or employee groups: Employee
of the Month Committee, Staff Development Committee,
Teacher of the Year Committee, one faculty, one manager,
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A call for nominations was distributed campus
wide. The committee rated the nominations received based
on the following criteria. The nominee must:
- Be a current permanent or part time faculty, manager, or classified staff member
- Have made either a single outstanding service contribution or outstanding service to the college,
students, staff members, or the community over a period of time.
- Exemplify exceptional attitude
- Exhibit enthusiasm for his/her job
- Treat everyone with equal respect
- Set desirable standards of reliability
The committee forwarded four names to the
President as finalists: Edith Cardinali, staff assistant,
Admin. Services;
Doug Larson, dean of Social Science, Learning Resources
and Distance Learning; Gladys Lavoie, switchboard operator,
and
Jim Rangitsch, Maintenance & operations. Each received
a letter of congratulations inviting them to attend the
year-end Staff Recognition Breakfast where the final recipient's
name was to be announced. Edith Cardinali was selected
as the first recipient of this award.
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OCC Ranks 70th in Nation in Awarding A.A. Degrees
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Orange Coast College ranks 70th out of the nation's more than 1,200 community colleges in the number of students it graduated with associate in arts degrees during the 2004-05 academic year.
America's top 100 community colleges
in awarding 2004-05 A.A. degrees are listed in the
June 19 issue of Community College Week, a national
community college publication, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates,
Inc. in Fairfax, Va. |
Enrollment figures were supplied to Community
College Week by the U.S. Department of Education.
OCC graduated a total of 1,348 students with
A.A. degrees in 2004-05. Orange Coast recently awarded
1,712 associate's degrees at its 2006 commencement ceremony. According
to the Community College Week article, 50 percent of OCC's
2004-05 graduates were Caucasian students, 24 percent were
Asian and 15 percent were Hispanic.
OCC ranked 10 th in the nation in Asian-American
student graduates and 88th in Hispanic graduates. Orange
Coast College was positioned in 14 th place in the nation
in awarding degrees to liberal arts and sciences majors.
OCC'S Foundation Raised Record $5.6 Million
During 2005-06 Academic Year
Orange Coast College's Foundation raised a record total $5.6 million in donations during the 2005-06 academic year.
Between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006 the Foundation raised $5,589,829 in cash and in-kind donations. That was a 1.3 percent increase over the previous year's record total of $5,518,481.
Orange Coast College's cash donations for 2005-06 totaled $2,019,601, the second highest cash total in the 21-year history of the Foundation. It was a drop of 21 percent, however, from 2004-05's record total of $2,550,343.
One of the major cash gifts for 2005-06 was a $340,000 gift from the estate of local pediatrician, Richard Houghton. The gift will benefit OCC's Student Health Center and the School of Allied Health. Orange Coast also received a gift of $650,000 from an anonymous donor to benefit the expansion of the School of Sailing and Seamanship.
OCC raised a record total $3,570,228 in in-kind gifts last year, eclipsing the previous year's total by 20 percent. OCC's total was paced by Roy Disney's gift of the 86-foot racing yacht, Pyewacket, valued at $2.8 million.
"Our 2005-06 fund raising efforts have been extremely gratifying," said Dave Cline, chair of OCC's Foundation. "Orange Coast College is the community's institution, and the community has been extremely supportive."
Cline, of Newport Beach, is president of Balboa Instruments in Tustin. Douglas C. Bennett, of Tustin, is the Foundation's executive director.
Since its establishment in 1985, Orange Coast College's Foundation has received a total of more than $49.4 million in gifts. Gifts have been split almost equally between cash ($23.1 million) and in-kind ($26.3 million) donations.
For Foundation information, phone (714) 432-5126.
Honors Program Recognizes 48 Students
Orange Coast College's Honors Program has recognized 48 students who completed all requirements for Honors Program certification in the spring semester of 2006.
The students are required to have fulfilled a minimum of 18 units of honors course work - from at least three different academic disciplines - with a minimum 3.25 overall grade point average. They must have received a minimum grade of "B" in OCC's Honors English 100 class, "Freshman Composition."
Orange Coast's Honors Program has been functional for more than a decade. More than 250 students are currently working toward honors designation at the college, and 600 will be enrolled in honors courses in the fall. Honors Student designation is awarded to transferring and graduating OCC students who receive Honors certification.
Students who complete Honors Program requirements qualify for guaranteed priority consideration for transfer admission to UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, Pomona College, Pitzer University, Chapman University, Occidental College, California State University, Fullerton, California State University, Long Beach, and San Diego State University.
Last year, OCC ranked second out of California's 109 community colleges in the number of students it transferred to the nine-campus University of California and 23-campus California State University systems.
The 48 Orange Coast College honors students are transferring this fall to such four-year institutions as UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, the University of Southern California and UC Santa Barbara.
OCC's Honors Program will offer two-dozen classes this fall. Classes are available in anthropology, art, biology, business, English, geography, history, humanities, political science, sociology and Spanish. The program is designed to provide an enriched collegiate experience for highly motivated students. Instructors enhance their course curriculum by offering more intensive study than is ordinarily possible in regular class sections.
"A primary objective of OCC's Honors Program is to prepare students for transfer, but major objectives go beyond that goal," says OCC Honors Program coordinator, Terry Scarbrough. "Our program is geared toward promoting student initiative, independence, knowledge and curiosity about the world of ideas, and concern for social issues."
For information about OCC's Honors Program, phone (714) 432-5601.
Students who have received OCC Honors Program certification include:
ANAHEIM – Leilani A. Materon, Hangthi B. Nguyen. Kartik R. Patel.
CERRITOS – Tina Ataian.
CORONA DEL MAR – Katy A. Kobzeff, Shannon M. Maguire.
COSTA MESA – Alma Bahman, David Zachary Heine, Vun Ho, Sarah B. Imbriaco, Brandon Leong,
Patricia A. Nielsen, Christina Scarborough, Gregory S. Somers, Travis C. Woolsey.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Syed F. Jafri.
GARDEN GROVE – Oscar Chavez, Lanie Mai, Ha X. Nguyen, John A. Pollard, Darlena Tran.
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Leah A. Best, Shaine Drake, Stacy S. Hachiya, Julie M. Haley, Peter L. La,
David E. Marks, Christina E. Samuel.
IRVINE – Sung-Chul Anh, Alina E. Avelar, Sarah H. Barbod, Ashley P. Ludwin, Taylor L. Osbrink,
Esther H. Shin, Vache A. Thomassian.
LONG BEACH – Ellen C. Kreida.
LOS ALAMITOS – Brenna Christine Taylor-Ford.
NEWPORT BEACH – Kendra A. Leak, Reed I. Ramirez.
SAN DIEGO – Ryan T. Dosumu-Johnson.
SANTA ANA – Jennifer A. Hirst, Emilie V. Nguyen, James Nguyen, Sheena K. Tran, Thai T. Tran.
TRABUCO CANYON – Jessica E. Dryer.
WESTMINSTER – Nhu H. Do, Duy B. Pham.
OCC is a Popular Place
A recent survey, reported this summer in the Orange County Register, revealed that Orange Coast College is the most popular community college campus for Orange County high school graduates.
The article stated that OCC attracted the most students from county high schools of any county college or university during the 1999-2002 academic years. During the four-year period, 8,345 Orange County high school students enrolled at OCC, accounting for 17 percent of all college entrants in the county during those years.
UC Irvine accounted for five percent of
Orange County high school graduates.
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