Chancellor Bill Vega
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2003-04 Budget
News
Welcome back! We begin
this academic year with a State Budget in place. That budget includes
a 1.78% cut
to community colleges statewide. For us, expenditures will have
to be reduced in 2003-04 by $3.4 million. Please read the latest Budget
Bulletin for details on the District budget and find out why
we may not yet be out of the woods.
Fee Increase
One component of the
2003-04 State Budget included a student enrollment fee increase
for
community
college students. Effective for this fall 2003 semester, the State
Legislature increased enrollment fees from $11 per unit to $18 per
unit. Students who had previously paid their fees for the semester
have been
billed for the difference. If the additional fees are not paid in
full by September 5, 2003, a hold will be placed on a student’s
records after that date, and students will not be able to obtain
transcripts, use the Touch-Tone system, or enroll in future semesters
at any college within the District.
It is important
to note that community colleges do not retain the revenue generated
by the fee increase. Instead, the additional revenue must be returned
to the State’s General Fund to help offset a $38 billion
state budget shortfall.
Board of Trustees
Continue to Consider Possible Sale of KOCE
At their regular meeting
on Wednesday, August 20, the Board of Trustees heard input from the
public regarding the potential sale of KOCE-TV. Due to heightened
public interest, the Board meeting was moved to the Robert B. Moore
Theater. More than 200 people attended the meeting, at which the
Board heard a report from its media broker detailing the nature and
substance of the proposals received from organizations interested
in purchasing the KOCE-TV license. Of the 10 proposals received in
July, five organizations remain interested.
During a public comment
period that lasted more than three hours, many supporters of public
television and KOCE urged the Board not to sell KOCE. Many others
told the Board that if they did choose to sell the station, they
should accept the joint proposal from the KOCE-TV Foundation and
KCET. According to a summary of the bids provided at the meeting,
the KOCE-TV/KCET proposal offered a purchase price of $10 million.
Four other bids for the station – all from religious broadcasters – offered
up to $25 million.
The Board directed its
media broker to continue negotiating with the five remaining bidders
in pursuing the best possible partnership or sale of KOCE-TV, while
retaining the right to reject all proposals or bids if necessary.
A report on those bidders’ “best and final” offers
will be presented to the Board at their meeting October 15. The meeting
will be held at OCC's Robert B. Moore Theater.
Measure C Update
Since Measure C – the
District’s $370 million general obligation bond measure – was
passed by the voters last November, much progress has been made to
improve infrastructure within the District.
Last spring, the District
issued $110 million in its first bond series. These funds will be
used first for a major infrastructure planning process at the District
and at each college, then for the first phase of bond projects. At
the close of the 2002-03 fiscal year, the District had spent $17,976,395.03
of the bond funds. Most of that was used to retire existing debts
for the District, freeing up approximately $2 million a year in debt
service that will be used this year to offset cuts in state funding.
Over the next year, we
will be able to begin work on some exciting projects throughout
the District. Several projects have already been submitted for approval
to the State Architect’s Office, and are likely to break ground
this year. Information on those projects is provided below:
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Coastline
Community College News |
Consultants
Selected for Master Plan
The College's Master
Plan Steering Committee joined the College Council in interviewing
three firms to assist with the College Master Plan. Eaton Cummings
Group was the firm selected. Senior partners Dr. Bill Crafton
and Kathleen Guy began working with Coastline following the Board's
approval of the company's contract on August 20. The Eaton Cummings
Group has extensive experience in strategic planning and resource
development with public, private, and higher education institutions.
Coastline ABI Program Prepares New Yorkers for
Replication
Faculty and administrators
from Suffolk County Community College spent three days at Coastline's
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Program from July 22 to 25. The team
is preparing for a fall launch of their own ABI Program, modeled
after Coastline's.
"What an impressive
program you have," commented Dr. Joseph Vollaro, a neuropsychologist
and psychology professor at the Long Island college. "I have
visited many programs, and yours is by far the most comprehensive." Vollaro
will be the program's first faculty member, teaching cognitive retraining
to adult survivors of brain injuries.
Pina Arcomano Britton
will serve as the new program's director/bookkeeper/registration
clerk. "It's such a pleasure to finally meet all the people
I've been talking to at Coastline for years," she said. Britton
has worked passionately for the last three years pursuing support
from her college and among state and county legislators. She assumed
the role of ABI Program shepherd after community members approached
the college and asked why their state couldn't offer a program like
Coastline's. A visit to Coastline by a college official and another
neuropsychologist three years ago soon followed, and the momentum
grew.
Britton arranged for
her college to purchase the prescriptive curriculum package created
by Coastline's ABI faculty in the mid-1990s. Finally, last spring,
Britton was successful in winning a state grant competition in which
applicants were asked to demonstrate their potential to develop a
cognitive retraining program. The request for proposals actually
specified the Coastline model by name.
All three visitors expressed
gratitude to the Coastline ABI team for their time and positive attitudes.
Faculty and students welcomed them into their classes so that the
visitors could observe the wide range of students served and the
variety of retraining components offered. The visitors also received
13 hours of in-service training from the ABI team. Topics included
psychosocial instruction, cognitive instruction, computer programs,
use of the prescriptive package, counseling, recruitment and supervision
of undergraduate and graduate trainees, discipline issues, budget,
fundraising, assessment, admissions procedures, orientation, and
career development.
Suffolk County Community
College Executive Dean John Pryputniewicz was struck by the strength
of Coastline's team. "You clearly have an outstanding group
of faculty and staff here," he told Coastline Dean Stacey Hunter
Schwartz. "Their talent and commitment to their students shows
in everything they do."
ISD/Coast Learning
Systems Surpasses Two Major Milestones
In addition to garnering
its 13th Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for instructional excellence
(Transitions throughout the Life Span), the department's revenue
for 2002-03 has exceeded $2 million! This revenue achievement not
only exceeded budgetary projections, but also represents the highest
gross revenue in the department's 30-year history.
Telecourse licenses and
usage decreased slightly with all the online excitement in 2000-01.
However, budget cuts have spurred administrators across the country
to carefully review total course expenses associated with distance
learning offerings, and telecourse licensing is once again on the
rise. ISD/Coast Learning is off to another great year with some 90
license agreements (83 new licenses). Another record-breaking year
could be in the making!
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Coast Community College District Chancellor Receives
National Recognition
The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), Pacific Region,
has selected Dr. William M. Vega, Chancellor of the Coast Community
College District, as the 2003 Chief Executive Officer of the Year.
Vega has served as chancellor of the District for 10 years.
An educator for 31 years, Vega began his career with Coast Community
College District 18 years ago as president of Coastline Community
College. As chancellor, he serves as the District’s CEO
and is responsible for a three-college district that employs
more than 5,000 full and
part-time faculty and staff and has an annual budget of over $200
million.
The ACCT Chief Executive Officer Award is named in honor of Marie
Martin, former director of the Community College Unit for the U.S.
Office of
Education and former Los Angeles Community College District CEO.
This prestigious honor is awarded each year to a CEO in each of ACCT’s
five regions. As the Pacific Region CEO of the Year, Vega is now
nominated for the national CEO award.
Vega was selected for his many accomplishments over the past decade,
including as a pioneer of distance learning and the use of technology
to expand access to higher education to students from all walks of
life. While serving as President of Coastline Community College,
Dr. Vega’s visionary leadership helped re-launch a fledgling
distance learning operation into what is now considered one of the
top three
producers of high-quality telecourses in the world. Vega is committed
to the mission of the California community colleges to provide access
to higher education to all those seeking to fulfill their dreams
and reach their goals.
Pagel Named Coast
Community College District's Site Manager of the Year
Richard Pagel
Rich Pagel, Coast Community
College District’s director of Internal
Audit Services, has been named District-site Manager
of the Year for 2002-03.
Pagel, a Huntington Beach resident, received the award from Chancellor
Bill Vega at the spring luncheon hosted by the Coast Community College
District Management Association.
Pagel has been a member of the District staff for
almost four years. Last year, under his direction,
the Internal Audit department was responsible
for the management of internal control structures,
evaluation of District accounting and reporting systems,
review of construction projects and
assisting in tax-related matters. Pagel also served
as Coastline Community College’s Interim Vice President of Administration and volunteered
extensively on the District’s successful Measure C bond campaign. "I'm
so proud to be a part of the Coast District team," Pagel said. “When
I think about the great managers here at the District,
I am humbled and honored by this recognition.”
Active within his community, Pagel volunteers for the Big Brothers of Orange
County. Pagel earned his MBA degree in 2003 from the University of Phoenix.
Lynne
Thissell Named 2003 Classified Employee of the Year
Lynne
Thissell
Lynne Thissell, Senior
Secretary in Risk Services, has been named District-site Employee
of the Year for 2002-03.
Thissell has been a part of the District team for 17 years. Her duties
in the Risk Services department include providing support for several
departments, including Legal, Insurance, Workers Compensation and Environmental
Health and Safety.
“
The greatest thing about working at the District is the people,” Thissell
said. “I enjoy coming to work every day.”
Thissell was not present when the awards were announced,
but her co-workers gave her a call.. “They told me all about the picnic and then
casually mentioned that I was selected as employee of the year,” Thissell
said. “Needless to say, I was completely shocked
and honored.”
When not at work, Thissell, a resident of Trabuco Canyon, enjoys spending
time with her husband and two children.
Coast
Faculty Honored
Three Coast District
faculty members will be honored at the annual Orange County Department
of Education’s Teacher of the Year celebration.
The three nominees will be honored at a ceremony on October 30, 2003
at the Disneyland Hotel. The honorees are Coastline’s Kathy Andruss,
Golden West’s Charles Whitchurch and Orange Coast’s Sharon
Callaway Daniel.
Kathy Andruss, an emeritus aerobics instructor, was selected to
represent Coastline. Andruss has taught at Coastline for over
17 years and has
been involved in curriculum development and the Academic Senate.
Andruss’ educational philosophy is not just about teaching aerobics,
but about making a difference in the lives of seniors. “In her
care we keep our muscles toned; our heart rates up; our flexibility
good and share laughter and caring while we are doing it,” said
one student. “Kathy Andruss is truly an inspiration to [her
students].”
Golden West College has nominated English professor Charles “Chuck” Whitchurch.
Whitchurch has been teaching at the District since 1973 and is the
co-founder of the Golden West Honors program. Whitchurch’s
students credit him with pushing them to achieve their best.
“
In my teaching I try to help my students connect with the best part
of themselves,” Whitchurch says in his statement of educational
philosophy. “I try to create an atmosphere of serious play
in which we all have a great time learning from each other.”
No stranger to being honored, the Board of Governors of California
Community Colleges awarded Whitchurch the 2003 Hayward Award for
Educational Excellence.
Biology professor Sharon Callaway Daniel will represent Orange Coast
College at the award banquet. Daniel joined the college’s faculty
30 years ago and is an active member of several science and higher
education organizations.
Daniel has inspired many of her students to continue their scientific
studies and several of them have gone on to become doctors. “Daniel
saw something in me that I was not able to see,” said UC Davis
medical student and former OCC student Tim Horeczko. “Because
of her encouragement and guidance I am now doing what I know to be
my calling.”
Dr. Ana Fajardo, a Costa Mesa family practitioner and Daniel’s
former student credits Daniel for being “the one person who
has had the greatest impact on my academic and professional life.”
When asked why she chooses to teach, Daniel happily replies, “Why?
Because I am grateful for the memory of my students' smiles, the
spark in their eyes and the hope they have given me for the future!”
Congratulations to all the Coast District nominees!
Coast Surfin’
Never could figure out
how to transfer a call to voicemail? Wondering when the next holiday
will be? The District
web site is chock-full of information to help
you get through your day.
Many use the convenient
online directory to find phone numbers, but often
overlook the wealth of information that is available on other District
web pages. On
the Faculty & Staff Resources page you can
compare benefits providers, read what happened
at the last board meeting, find out when your
next paycheck is coming and even learn how to use your phone.
Several forms are also
available on this page. While the form to request new forms is conspicuously
absent, there are several others including forms for budget transfers,
reclassification, hazard alerts and requests for staff development
funds.
Think that’s all?
There’s more! Just a take a look at the Faculty & Staff
Resources page and let your fingers do the walking!
HR News - Benefit
Changes
Employees and Retirees who are enrolled in the District's Indemnity plan will
have a new Claims Administrator paying their medical claims as of October 1st.
The new administrator is Delta Health Systems (DHS). Members will be sent new
ID/Prescription cards in the mail later in September. Members should continue
to use the current card through September 30th. If medical services are incurred
on or after October 1st providers should mail claims to the new administrator
at:
DHS
PO Box 2049
Stockton, CA 95201-2049
The new Group Number is "792."
In addition to a new administrator, the Indemnity medical plan is using a new
Preferred Provider Network, CCN (Community Care Network). Members will receive
a list of Orange County providers. CCN has providers nationwide, too.
No changes are occurring to the prescription plan.
If you have any questions
please contact Martha Coyne.
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Golden
West College News |
Retired GWC Professor Conducts Himself Accordingly
Tom Hernandez
By
Marie McHerrin, GWC Public Affairs
The Golden West International
Symphonic Band, featuring conductor Tom Hernandez, performed for
national bigwigs at the 50th anniversary concert of the Assemblies
of God conference held in Washington, DC, on August 3.
Attorney General John Ashcroft was on hand to welcome
an audience of approximately 30,000 invited guests and dignitaries.
“What a show! The audience’s energy and appreciation made [the band]
feel so special. This performance will always be remembered as one the most uplifting
experiences in our lives,” said Hernandez.
Hernandez retired last May from Golden West College, where the Garden Grove
resident was an instrumental music professor for 37 years. Hernandez has played
for dignitaries around the world, but is still flattered by the invitations
he receives and humbled by his experiences.
“On July 4, 2001, we played for the Pope and 250,000 other people in Rome,” Hernandez
remembered. “What was scheduled to be a 45-second piece turned into a 90-minute
performance.”
In the 1980s, Hernandez and his band played for President Reagan aboard the
Queen Mary in Long Beach. “When our band was selected to perform at this
distinguished event, I was shocked. The fact that we were selected to play
in front of President Reagan was an honor that I will never forget.”
Next on the “retired” Hernandez's agenda is travel to Granada,
Spain to work with local choirs and orchestras. “It’s a fantastic
feeling to know that you will be helping to enhance the talent of other musicians,” said
Hernandez. “I’m honored to be their guest.” In past years,
Hernandez has conducted three, sold-out concerts in Granada.
Do You Enjoy Grappling with Ideas by Great Thinkers? . . . An Inside
View of the Honors Program
By Charles Whitchurch,
GWC Professor, Honors Program Coordinator
The purpose of the Honors Program
is to serve another minority—those
students so committed to excellence in their education that they are
eager for a greater challenge than they find in the regular classes,
which in themselves can be quite demanding.
The GWC Honors Program is designed to make our students more desirable
to schools like UCI, UCR, Chapman, Occidental—just about any
university looking for students who have shown exceptional interest
in their educational development.
What Are the Benefits?
• Special recognition at
graduation, plus nominal scholarship awards. Each year the Honors
Transfer Council of California (HTCC)
sponsors a scholarship essay contest that awards about 15 cash grants
to honors students. The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) sponsors
a similar one.
• Improved transfer
potential. Top institutions actively seek honors graduates. Ours
receive special consideration by four-year schools
having agreements with the HTCC. Schools like UCI and UCLA, for example,
treat B’s in honors classes as favorably as A’s in regular
classes. So honors students enjoy better transfer prospects. They also
find out weeks earlier about their acceptance. During monthly HTCC
meetings, Stephanie Dumont and I speak with admissions personnel of
universities such as UCI, UCLA, Fullerton, Pepperdine, and others.
These personal connections enhance the likelihood that our Honors Graduates
will be accepted early by the colleges of their choice.
• Students taking honors
classes receive specialized counseling with a first-rate honors counselor,
Stephanie Dumont.
• Our students
participate in small classes filled with students who are as enthusiastic
bout
learning as they are.
• They study and relax in the Honors Commons—a room in the library
designed just for them. It has sofas, a conference table, and a desk with an
online computer.
• Our students enjoy a variety of cultural activities. This
fall semester they attended George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara
at South Coast Repertory. They visited the Norton Simon Museum, the
Nixon Library, and the Museum of Tolerance. These enrichment activities
are generally free of charge to our students. And we always have a
good time!
• Our students
give excellent presentations in the annual HTCC Scholarship Conference
at UCI. Program
members may also participate
in the HTCC scholarship awards competition.
• Students
also have access to a fairly extensive library of audio-visual materials
we’ve compiled with funds granted us.
Membership in the program is limited
to those who meet our criteria. But we are growing, attracting first-rate
students—fun people
who are intellectually alive and not afraid to work hard to develop
themselves.
About 120 students were enrolled in honors classes at the beginning
of the fall semester, but normal attrition reduced that figure to around
85.
Anyone qualifying for
the regular class can enroll in an honors class, but to become a
member of the program itself, a student must meet certain
requirements.
We have regular faculty meetings, and once a month the Honors Council
meets—that includes faculty and certain interested partisans
such as our wonderful counselor, Stephanie Dumont, plus at least two
student representatives, and an occasional guest. The purpose of the
Council is mainly to advise and support the honors program as it continues
to develop.
Membership Criteria
To become a member of
the Honors Program, students from Golden West need a 3.0 GPA. High
school applicants need a 3.25 GPA. In addition,
they must write a short essay and submit a recommendation from one
of their teachers. A committee of honors staff reviews the applications
to decide on acceptance. To graduate, students must maintain a 3.0
GPA and write an Honors Thesis, plus perform 18 hours of community
service, which they accomplish through Humanities 190H: The Honors
Seminar.
Be Careful What
You Wish For
Keith Yamashita
The
GWC class of 2003 really connected with the commencement
address given by Keith Yamashita
of Stone Yamashita Partners in San Francisco last
Spring. After the ceremony, several graduates asked
for a copy of his inspirational speech as did a number
of GWC employees. There has not been this much interest generated
in a commencement speech
in the last five years. The Wavelength staff decided
to include some of Keith’s one liners from his speech which
provide a philosophical direction for the graduates to live by. The
full speech, which we encourage
you to read, is printed in the online version of GWC's Wavelength at www.gwc.info/publicrelations.
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News
From KOCE |
KOCE in the Emmy
Race
This year, KOCE was honored with three Emmy nominations and a juried Emmy Award.
Nominations are for "Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos Los Ninos (For
All the Children)" in the Arts and Culture category, "Sound Affects" in
the Informational and Public Affairs Series category, and in the Education
Category "Calworks: Steps Towards Success." A juried Emmy was awarded
in the Instructional Programming Category for "Transitions Throughout
the Life Span," a Coastline Community College production in association
with KOCE. Emmy winners will be announced in early September.
"Help Me
Grow" Goes Bilingual
Beginning this month, airing every Friday at noon through next March 23, "Help
Me Grow" can be seen on KOCE with Spanish language translation available
on the Secondary Audio Programming channel (SAP) of TV sets. The series, hosted
by Sandra Robbie and made possible through a partnership with the Children
and Families Commission of Orange County and KOCE, offers parents and child
care providers valuable information about raising healthy kids from the cradle
to first grade.
KOCE DT Now Available
In April, KOCE joined the ranks of television stations now broadcasting digital
transmissions. The new KOCE digital facility atop Mt. Wilson allows KOCE
to claim carriage rights on the digital cable service of selected cable
companies and will increase KOCE's potential viewing audience by about
40 percent. Channel 48-DT signifies KOCE's compliance with the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) mandate to transmit in digital by May 1,
2003. For more information about KOCE 48-DT visit www.koce.org/digital/index.cfm.
KOCE Offers Streaming
Video Service
Want to see an earthquake? Or watch an award-winning book read to first graders?
Surveys prove that students learn better and faster when media is available
in their subject area. KOCE now sends videos to schools 24-hours a day through
the Internet. Teachers and educators can search through a library of thousands
of titles by keyword or by state standards to find the right program to complement
their lesson plans. These videos are easily downloaded to the instructor's
computer and streamed right on the computer monitor. This video service is
available to all member schools of KOCE's media consortium, Telecommunications
of Orange County (TOC). For more information, please contact KOCE Educational
Television Services.
New Media Alliance
Formed
KOCE and Freedom Orange County Information, publisher of The Orange County
Register, OCRegister.com and MyOC.com are now partners to expand news delivery
across television broadcast, print and online platforms. KOCE's "Real
Orange" weeknight news program will include daily interviews with reporters
and editors from the Register and reference content appearing in the following
day's newspaper. KOCE will regularly broadcast announcements about Freedom
Orange County Information services and FOCI will promote KOCE and "Real
Orange" in newspaper advertising.
KOCE
4th Annual Aristeia Awards Best Ever
With more people than ever before in attendance -- 300 -- and more money
than ever before raised -- $145,000 -- KOCE's 4th Annual Aristeia Awards
earlier this year honored three of Orange County's finest citizens: Ralph
Cicerone, UCI Chancellor; Valerie Imhof, teacher and community leader,
and Henry Segerstrom, Managing Partner of C.J. Segerstrom & Sons in
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Orange
Coast College News |
OCC Experiences
Lowest Incidence of Crime In a Decade
Crime on Orange Coast
College’s campus during the 2002-03 academic year was the lowest
it’s been in a decade according to figures released this summer
by OCC’s Campus Public Safety Department.
Campus crime stats
for the recently completed 2002-03 school year are 5.1 percent lower
than last year, and 35.8 percent below 2000-01 totals.
Orange Coast College had no crimes committed in seven major categories in 2002-03.
Those categories included: murder, rape, sexual assault, indecent exposure,
robbery, hate crimes, and aggravated assault. The college recorded three crimes
in those seven categories in both 2001-02 and 2000-01; five in 1999-2000; and
seven in 1998-99.
Minor or verbal
assaults were down 33 percent this past year, from 12 in 2001-02 to
eight in 2002-03. Petty theft of personal property dropped by 18 percent,
and grand theft of personal property dipped by 12 percent.
A total of 111 crimes in selected categories were listed in the 2002-03 report,
which covers the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. A total of 117
crimes were recorded for the same categories during the 2001-02 academic year.
One hundred and seventy-three crimes were recorded for those categories in
2000-01.
In compliance with the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, OCC
makes its campus crime figures available to students and the public through
its class schedule. The Campus Public Safety Department also produces an annual
crime statistics brochure that lists all crime stats for the college for the
previous calendar year.
Transfer Rates To Four-Year Universities Are Up
Orange Coast College’s
student population is getting younger and more diverse according
to the OCC Atlas for 2002-03, published this summer.
The Atlas is an annual compilation of college facts, figures and institutional
effectiveness indicators, published by the Office of Instructional Research.
Over the past decade, from the fall of 1992 through the fall of 2002, OCC’s
Hispanic/Latino enrollment has grown by 52.7 percent, from 11.0 percent of
the college’s total enrollment to 16.8 percent. The Asian/Pacific Islander
population has increased by 24.6 percent, from 19.9 percent of the campus population
to 24.8 percent.
OCC’s Caucasian student population has declined by 18.9 percent, from
62.5 percent of the population in 1992 to 50.7 percent in 2002.
The ethnic breakdown of OCC’s students in the fall of 1990 closely reflected
the ethnic breakdown of the college’s service area in general. Since
that time, however, the institution’s student population has become more
diverse. The college’s 2002 enrollment was more diverse than the adult
population of its service area. OCC’s total student population grew by
14.6 percent from the fall of 1995 (22,864) to the fall of 2002 (26,193).
The percentage of students under the age of 21 has soared by 31.9 percent over
the past decade. In 1992, 31.7 percent of OCC’s enrollment was under
the age of 21. In the fall of 2002 that figure had jumped to 41.8 percent.
In 1992, 56.2 percent of the students were under the age of 25. In 2002 that
figure had leaped to 65.6 percent.
“Although Caucasian students still account for the majority of OCC students,
this group has showed the largest decline among any other ethnic group since
fall of 1992,” the report says. “Younger students (under 21) are
the largest and fastest growing group of OCC students. While growth for all
other age groups remained constant or declined, students under the age of 21
have increased
in number and in percent of the total student population.”
- OCC transferred 1,031 students to the 23 California State University campuses
in 1997-98, and increased that figure by 21.7 percent four years later, transferring
1,255 students in 2001-02. Orange Coast College ranks number one out of California’s
108 community colleges in the number of students it transfers to the CSU system.
OCC increased its transfers to the nine-campus University of California system
by 33.9 percent in three years, from 1999-00 to 2001-02. Orange Coast ranks
fifth in the state in the number of students it transfers to the UC system.
Foundation Raises
Record $5.1-Million During 2002-03 Academic Year
Orange Coast College’s
Foundation raised a record $5.1-million in donations during the 2002-03
academic year.
Between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003 the foundation raised $5,100,686 in
cash and in-kind donations. That's an 8.3 percent increase over the previous
year’s total of $4,711,489.
OCC’s Foundation ranks fourth out of California’s 108 community
colleges in fund raising, according to figures released this summer by the
Community College League of California.
Orange Coast College’s cash donations for 2002-03 totaled $1,616,581,
a 17.3 percent decline over the previous year’s total of $1,956,379.
The college, however, raised $3,484,105 in in-kind gifts last year, up more
than 26 percent over the previous year’s total of $2,755,110.
OCC’s Foundation has total assets valued at more than $12 million. Major
gifts for 2002-03 included “Bella,” a luxurious 88-foot motor yacht,
valued at more than $2 million, presented to the college by Orange County entrepreneur,
Milan Panic, and Rabbit Island, a beautiful 36-acre British Columbia island
donated to the college by Southern California yachtsman, Henry Wheeler of Downey.
The heavily wooded island, located 50 miles north of Vancouver, has been appraised
at $750,000.
“Our 2002-03 fund raising efforts have been very gratifying,” said
Del Heintz, chair of OCC’s Foundation. “Orange Coast is the community’s
college, and the community has been extremely supportive, even during a difficult
economic year.”
Since Orange Coast College’s Foundation was first established in 1986,
the total value of its gifts have exceeded $35 million.
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Coast
Survey
Did you take the Coast
Survey (link to the survey here on the left hand navigation
bar)? Answer our silly survey question and you will be entered
into a drawing to win fabulous prizes! This month, we’ll
gear you up for cooler weather this fall with a Coast Community
Colleges sweatshirt.
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Assistant Editor: Martha Parham
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