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Important
Update Regarding KOCE-TV
As you may know, the sale of the KOCE-TV
station by the Coast Community College District to the
KOCE-TV Foundation resulted in litigation from one of the
bidders for the station, Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (“Daystar”).
There has been a settlement between the KOCE-TV Foundation
and Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (Daystar) that has ended
the litigation and ensured that KOCE-TV will remain an affiliate
of the Public Broadcasting System. As a result of the settlement
between these two entities, all litigation in this matter
will be dismissed.
The District will develop strategies to effectively utilize
previously allocated air time on the KOCE-TV station. With
the completion of the sale of KOCE-TV, the District can continue
to focus its resources toward its core mission of providing
quality instruction to its students.
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Doty Named District Manager of the Year
 COSTA MESA, Calif.—Wanda Doty, Coast Community College District’s Accounts Payable Budget Supervisor, was honored as the 2007 District-site Manager of the Year. Doty’s selection was announced at the District's annual management association picnic in May.
Doty, along with six people she supervises, keeps the District running smoothly. Being in charge of the budget control development department can make anyone crazy, but Doty keeps her team’s spirits up with a positive attitude and a warm smile.
When asked about her award, her reaction was, not surprisingly, humble and genuine. "I’d like to thank everyone for nominating me and for voting for me. It was a real surprise," said Doty. "There are a lot of deserving people at the District, I appreciate it very much.”
"Wanda’s role and her positive attitude are vital to the District's well-being," said Chancellor Ken Yglesias."She constantly provides help to everyone throughout the District and is someone who can always be relied upon. Going above and beyond her job description is an everyday thing for Wanda"
Doty began her career with the District in February 1994 as a Senior Accounting Clerk for the District. She was at Orange Coast College from 1998 to 2004, when she returned to the District. She was the Fiscal Affairs Supervisor at Orange Coast College.
Doty, a local Orange County girl, is a graduate of La Quinta High School.
At the picnic, the District’s three colleges also announced the managers of the year. Coastline Community College selected Jinny Hanson, the Program Manager at the One-Stop in Westminster to receive the award. For Golden West College, the award went to Duane Thompson, director of Institutional Research and Planning, and at Orange Coast College, Kristin Clark, director of Admissions, Records and Enrollment Technology, was given the honor.
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District Student Council Elects New Student Trustee
This month, Paul Bunch, a Golden West and Orange Coast student, was elected as the 2007-08 Student Trustee, replacing Jeri Elder.
Bunch confessed that he knew little about student council when he first started at the District. But he does not see that as a disadvantage, saying that most students probably know as little as he did and his priorities will be outreach and transparency.
“I would like every student to be repeatedly and meaningfully reminded that their input is important to the District’s decision-makers and that the colleges put students first,” said Bunch.
Bunch will be sworn in at the next Board of Trustees meeting on June 20.
Bunch will have a lot to live up to, as Jeri Elder moves on after a very successful year. Elder will be continuing her studies at Coastline and will serve on the Citizen’s Oversight Committee as the Student Representative.
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1,251 Military Grads this year
Members of military make up 80% of Coastline’s ’07 graduating class
On Sunday, May 20, Coastline Community College proudly celebrated the achievements of 1,582 new graduates. Nearly 80% of those graduates have never set foot on a Coastline campus.
Although Coastline offers classes on-site at three local learning centers in Costa Mesa, Garden Grove and Westminster, students who serve in the U.S. military enjoy the ease of taking classes via Coastline’s renowned Distance Learning program. This year, Coastline conferred Associate in Arts degrees upon 1,251 students who had completed their coursework while serving in the U.S. military. For those military students who attended the graduation ceremony, it served as the first time they had ever met their instructors in person or set their sights on an alma mater they’ll call their own forever.
“These military students have balanced their commitment to the military with their personal desire for higher education,” said Ed McKenney, Dean of Coastline’s military education programs. “Serving as a testament to this commitment, we’ve found that nearly 80% of this year’s military graduates plan on transferring to a 4-year college or university.”
Coastline's Distance Learning program combines technologies like telephone, internet, FAX/Modems, CD-ROMs, handheld PDAs and SmartPhones, with textbooks and printed materials to bring course content, instructor and students tightly together, regardless of geographical constraints. Some of Coastline’s military students are as close as Los Alamitos and San Diego, yet some are as far away as Japan and Iraq.
These innovative course-delivery methods have allowed numerous students, including William Sipes of Genva, Illinois, to earn a degree without compromising commitment to military service. “I enjoyed the flexibility of taking online classes at my own pace,” he stated. “Graduation will mean just another stepping stone for my education and my future when I retire from the Navy.”
For other students like Navy enlistee, Jeremiah Freye, Coastline serves as a bridge between the military and a specific civilian career. “Graduation from Coastline means I am halfway to getting my Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, so I can become a teacher,” said Jeremiah.
Distance learning also allows for personal growth as in the case of Rosemary Lauricella, also a Navy enlistee and a native of Buffalo, New York. “This degree is finally something I’ve accomplished on my own and it’s a giant step toward a successful life,” she said.
Coastline’s graduation ceremony was held on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Garden Grove High School’s Don Wash Auditorium.
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Visionary Event Recap
Annual Gala raises $167,285 for Coastline students
 Nearly 600 guests attended Coastline’s Annual Visionary of the Year Awards Gala, held Saturday evening, April 28, at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, California. This year’s event also served as a celebration of Coastline Community College’s 30th Anniversary–the college’s “pearl” anniversary. For such an occasion, the event embraced a tropical theme and recognized the 2007 Visionary Honorees as being the “Pearls of our Community.”
The 2007 Visionary of the Year honorees are truly “Pearls of our Community” because of their strong commitments to individual growth, community improvement, and education.
This year’s list of honorees included Dr. Bernie Luskin, who served as Coastline Community College’s founding president. His dedication to education continues today as he serves as Executive Vice President and Professor at Fielding Graduate University. Mariam Rashid, a philanthropist, is committed to improving literacy through her work with Developments in Literacy, a group based in Los Angeles which she leads as President. The partners of Wahoo’s Fish Taco (Wing Lam, Ed Lee, Mingo Lee, and Steve Karfaridis) are leaders in our business community and constant supporters of the Coast District colleges. The fourth honoree, Lennar, is well-known in Orange County and throughout the country. Locally, they are responsible for many smart, mixed-use projects such as A-Town, Central Park West and the Santiago Street Lofts, a live/work loft environment in the up-and-coming artist district of Santa Ana. Today, Lennar is planning for the development of Orange County’s forthcoming “Great Park.”
Open to the public, the 2007 Visionary of the Year Awards Gala generated $167,285 that will benefit the Coastline Community College Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to securing financial resources to transform lives through education. The funds will be used to support Coastline programs and to provide scholarships for students in need. For more information on the Foundation, contact Executive Director Mariam Khosravani at (714) 241-6159 or e-mail mkhosravani@coastline.edu.
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First Splash Made at Golden West
 Rita Simonton makes a splash at Golden West College. Longtime supporter of GWC Aquatics, Simonton was the first to take the plunge into the new aquatic facility.
In 1966 Simonton moved to Huntington Beach and swam regularly in the Los Altos Y, joining Sally Dillon’s Long Beach Masters team. Her first meet was in 1972. In 1976, she found Huntington Beach’s Golden West College (where the swimming classes had coaches!) she has been there ever since.
Since the 1994 FINA Masters World Championships, Simonton has won 13 gold medals, mostly in freestyle events ranging from 50 to 800 meters. She continues to break records keeping her competitors on their toes. In 1999, Swim Magazine named her Top Masters Swimmer. Throughout her career, Rita has established 49 FINA Masters World records throughout eight different age groups from 50 through 54 to 85 through 89 and has accumulated 1,045 World Points.
The new GWC pool complex includes two separate pools – one for competition, one for training and recreation. The competition pool is 25-yards and has eight lanes, with depths of eight to nine feet. It has movable bulkheads, so the course can be manipulated in a variety of ways. The water depth and gutter system provide swimmers with one of the fastest facilities in the nation.
The 52-meter training pool provides an all-deep, 30-meter course for water polo. With a state-of-the-art scoreboard and timing system, the facility is one of the finest on the west coast.
Golden West College is nationally known for their aquatics program. Since the early 70s, Golden West has won more State Championships than any other program. The opportunity to train and compete in one of the newest facilities in the nation is an automatic draw to our already attractive campus, located just minutes from downtown Huntington Beach.
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E. Charlie Sianez Exceptional Service Award – Ted Palmer
Professor Ted Palmer, Architectural Technology, received the E. Charlie Sianez Exceptional Service Award, May 22, at GWC’s annual Staff Recognition Breakfast. He was presented with an award of $500.
The Charlie Sianez Exceptional Service Award was initiated last year, in Charlie’s memory, to honor a full- or part-time staff member who has exhibited exceptional service to the college, the community or colleagues. Edith Cardinali from Administrative Services was last year’s recipient.
Palmer was selected for his outstanding humanitarian service to our community. For 11 years, he and his wife have taken 100 foster-care newborns into their home through the Orange County Emergency Shelter Home Parents program. Most of these infants have been exposed to drugs and/or alcohol and, as a result, have many physical and learning disabilities. Only eight of the 110 babies they have cared for have gone back to their birth parents. Their daughter adopted two of these babies.
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OCC's Culinary Team Prepares For ACF Nationals
 Orange Coast College’s culinary team will be gunning for its second national championship in three years when it takes part in the American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Championships, scheduled for July 21-24 in Orlando.
OCC captured its fifth West Region crown — and third in four years — in April at the Coeur d’ Alene Resort in Idaho. Now the Pirates will face the three other regional winners in Orlando.
The national competition will be staged at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. It will take place in conjunction with the ACF National Convention.
The national competition will feature three phases: a cold-food presentation; a skills salon; and contemporary hot-food cooking in which each team develops and prepares a four-course signature meal.
The national title has been won the past two years by the school representing the West Region: OCC in 2005 and the Professional Culinary Institute (San Francisco) last year. Johnson & Wales University of Providence, R.I., edged OCC for the national crown in 2004. Johnson & Wales represented the Southeast Region.
"Obviously, we’d like to keep the West Region’s streak going," says OCC culinary team advisor, Bill Barber. Barber is Orange Coast College’s head chef, and an associate professor of culinary arts. "But, at the national level, the competition is always extremely tough. One slip and you’re out of the running. We were so close in 2004, but just couldn’t quite pull it off. That made our championship run the following year all the sweeter."
OCC defeated a strong field of 10 teams in April to win the West Region title. Teams from California, Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon and Washington took part in the Coeur d’ Alene competition.
Members of OCC’s 2006-07 culinary squad are Brodie Curtis and Conrad Malaya of Newport Beach, Marissa Gerlach of Laguna Niguel, Suzanne Nottage of Laguna Beach, and Brent Omeste of Orange Hills. Jeremy Peters and Keith Noriega, who are both professional chefs and OCC graduates, coach the team. They are former members of the college’s culinary team.
Established more than 30 years ago, Orange Coast College’s Culinary Arts Program today has 250 majors. Students in the program regularly bring home medals and ribbons from local, regional and national competitions.
Orange Coast College boasts one of the largest community college culinary arts programs in the nation. It is situated in a geographic region with an expanding hospitality industry. OCC’s program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation Educational Institute (ACFEI), headquartered in St. Augustine, Fla.
OCC’s Culinary Arts Department features three distinctly different programs. The programs include: a one-year Culinary Arts Certificate Program that acquaints students with the basics of cooking; a two-year Advanced Culinary Arts Program that prepares students for employment in the restaurant and hospitality industry; and, a three-year Cook Apprentice Program that provides students with more advanced skills.
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OCC Enters New Academic Territory With Innovative "Year-Ahead" Schedule
Orange Coast College will soon become the first of California’s 109 community colleges to implement a revolutionary new "Year-Ahead" class schedule.
The Year-Ahead schedule will permit students to plan their schedules for an entire academic year: fall, winter intersession, spring and summer.
"The Year-Ahead schedule is this college’s response to student demand," says Melinda Nish, OCC’s vice president of instruction. "Students tell us that planning a schedule can sometimes be a hit or miss proposition.
"A student, for instance, may not take a certain class in the fall, thinking that he or she can pick it up the following spring. If that class isn’t offered, it can be extremely disruptive to a student’s academic progression. Students tell us that, without an ability to do advance schedule planning, it’s difficult to get through community college in two years."
Orange Coast College’s Year-Ahead schedule will allow students to plan their schedule for an entire year. Students will not be able to register for the complete year at one time, however. But Nish emphasizes that planning will be greatly simplified and enhanced.
OCC begins its transition to a Year-Ahead schedule during the 2007-08 academic year. Schedule-planning dates and deadlines have been adjusted to accommodate earlier schedule postings.
Students can plan now for fall ’07 classes. That schedule is posted on OCC’s website, and fall classes begin on Monday, Aug. 27. Winter intersession and spring 2008 classes will be posted by the middle of next month (June). The summer 2008 schedule, available mid-October of ’07, will be posted five months earlier than in previous years.
By June of 2008, OCC’s entire schedule for the 2008-09 academic year (fall, winter intersession, spring and summer classes) will be posted on the website. Actually, fall classes for 2008 will be posted in January of ’08 (seven months before classes begin); spring 2009 classes will be posted in April of ’08 (nine months prior to the start of classes); and summer 2009 classes will be posted in June of ’08 (one year in advance of the classes being offered).
By the 2009-10 academic year, each semester’s schedule will be posted one year in advance
"Schedules that are one-year out will be 85-90 percent accurate," Nish says. "They’ll be subject to change, but most of the changes will consist of adding course sections. We’ll encourage our students to frequently check back with the online schedule in order to see what changes or updates have been made.
"We’ll also recommend that students take advantage of the first availability of a class offering. If a class is listed for both the fall and spring semesters, a student should attempt to schedule that class in the fall so that he or she isn’t disappointed if the class happens to be cancelled the following spring."
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