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District Fleet
Goes Green
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The Coast Community
College District transportation department has converted
its fleet vehicles from petroleum diesel fuel to a
cleaner burning BioDiesel alternative fuel.
BioDiesel, the name of a clean burning
alternative fuel, is produced from domestic, renewable
resources. Pure BioDiesel contains no petroleum,
but can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel
to create a BioDiesel blend. It can also be
used in regular diesel engines with no major modifications. |
Currently, CCCD is using a B20 BioDiesel blend, which contains 20 percent BioDiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel.
"After much research regarding compatibility and feasibility, converting over to BioDiesel is the first step in Coast District's effort to reduce overall air emissions," said Transportation and Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Jerry Marchbank. "It provides a seamless transition to a cleaner burning vehicle fleet."
According to a U.S. EPA study, B20 BioDiesel blend reduced total hydrocarbons by up to 30 percent, Carbon Monoxide up to 20 percent, and total particulate matter up to 15 percent. Furthermore, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture study states that BioDiesel reduces carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) emissions by 78 percent compared to petroleum diesel.
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court gave California permission to adopt the nation's first greenhouse gas vehicle emissions standards.
California's attempt to cut tailpipe emissions is a key component of the state's broader effort to reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 because California is the world's 12th largest producer of greenhouse gases.
Generally, the cost of BioDiesel is within five cents of petroleum diesel prices.
"Unlike daily-fluctuating petroleum fuel prices, the cost of BioDiesel is fairly constant," Marchbank said. "As the price of petroleum increases, BioDiesel may become more cost effective than petroleum diesel. On the other hand, as petroleum prices decrease, BioDiesel may become slightly more expensive."
Health effects testing reveal that BioDiesel is biodegradable, nontoxic, and poses no threat to human health. Tests sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture confirm that BioDiesel is 10 times less toxic than table salt, and biodegrades as fast as sugar.
"I foresee that air emissions will be a national focus for the next ten years, and the CCCD Environmental Health and Safety department prides itself on being in front of the curve" Marchbank said.
For more information, please visit the National BioDiesel Board Website at www.biodiesel.org .
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new District Facility
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Last month, the Board
of Trustees and district-site employees celebrated
the groundbreaking of the new district facility. The
new building, scheduled to open fall 2008, will house
all district employees under one roof for the first
time ever. With everyone working together, support
services will be streamlined for all the students and
instructors served by the district. The new facility
will be a vast improvement over the four "temporary" buildings
that employees have been using for more than 35 years.
The new, one-story building will include Board of Trustees
offices, Board Meeting Room, Chancellor's office, Human
Resources, Administrative Services, District Information
Services, conference rooms and training rooms. The
project will be completed in two phases to keep the
current facilities operational during construction.
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Board
President Jerry Patterson
welcomes employees and
contractors to the event |
The current phase
is construction of the building (to be completed by
fall 2008) and the second phase will berazing of existing
facilities and the construction of the parking lot
(to be completed by winter 2008). |
At the ceremony, district employees and representatives from our construction and architectural partners took photos on the site and enjoyed a construction-themed cake. When the new building opens another photo will be taken of the same site.
The District team stands in front of
what will be the
new building
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The District would like to welcome these new employees to their positions:
Shaunick Guillory, CCC
Richard Hacker, GWC
Nicolas Soto, GWC
Lurecca Jefferson, District
Leslie Hargrove, CCC
Miguel Rivera, District
Toan Tran, District
Jonathan Pham, CCC
Lanie Tiongco, CCC
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New District-Wide Meet-Me-Conferencing System
The Telecommunications Department has set
up a new District-Wide meet-me-conferencing system. The system
will allow up to 6 parties to call-in and converse without
costing the District extra money. To use the meet-me-conferencing
system, each member of the conference dials the meet-me-conference
phone number followed by the access code. For more information
or to schedule a conference please call Michelle Neal at
84775.
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Outstanding Banking for College students to be recognized May 18
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Coastline, which
offers classes on-site at ten area high schools within
the Newport Mesa Unified and Huntington Beach Union
High School Districts, is hosting a special event to
honor the outstanding Banking for College students
of the Spring 2007 semester. The event will take place
on Friday, May 18, from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Westminster
Rose Center. The Rose Center is located at 14140 All
American Way in Westminster.
Students, friends, family, and supporters
from participating Banking for College high
schools are invited to attend the ceremony. Currently, Banking
for College high schools include: Corona del Mar,
Costa Mesa, Estancia, Newport Harbor, Edison, Marina,
Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Ocean View, and Westminster
High School. |
In addition to recognizing of the accomplishments of Banking for College students, attendees will also enjoy a presentation by Al Mijares, Western Regional Vice President of The College Board. The College Board is a non-profit, national association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Each year, the association serves seven million students and their parents, along with thousands of high schools and colleges, through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement (AP) Program.
Coastline's Banking for College program enables students to earn college credit while still in high school. To do so, students take college-level courses after school on their high school campus. The courses are taught by Coastline Community College faculty and include core classes that are usually required at any college. These courses are transferable to community colleges and 4-year universities, allowing the high school students to "bank" their units for later use towards a degree or certificate. As an added benefit, community college per-unit fees are waived for high school students. Available courses include Psychology, Political Science, Counseling and many other core (also known as "G.E.") classes.
For more information on the event or on Coastline's Banking for College program, call Coastline at (714) 241-6184, ext. 17405.
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Coastline's Art Gallery is Huntington Beach's newest attraction The new Coastline Art Gallery, located at 10156 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach (near the intersection of Brookhurst and Adams), features nearly 1700 square feet of exhibit space dedicated to showcasing the works of international artists, local artists, and student artists.
The facility that has educated, entertained,
and attracted hundreds of people from the local area since
its official grand opening on March 14. The grand opening
show alone, entitled "Watermark", attracted 450 patrons.
We invite you to visit the new gallery during their regular operating hours, which are Wednesday - Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.For more information on the Art Gallery, or art programs at Coastline Community College, call (714) 241-6213.
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Congratulations to GWC Digital Arts Student Regina Barnes!
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The Multimedia and Entertainment
Initiative (MEI) awarded Golden West College Digital
Arts student Regina Barnes a Design Merit Award in
the Illustration category at the 2006 California Media
Arts Competition on March 22, 2007.
Regina's digital illustration "Victorinox" was
created in Adobe Illustrator from the Fall 2006 DA222
class with instructor Lori Sineri.
The Multimedia & Entertainment
Initiative judged entries in its seventh annual Media
Arts Award Competition recognizing outstanding student
work in 14 categories of media arts. The almost 400
entries were screened by 50 faculty and judged by another
50 industry professionals.
The Multimedia and Entertainment Initiative
is a statewide network of Community College educators
working in strategic partnerships with industry and
community organizations to identify and meet California's
workforce and economic development needs.
More info on the showcase is available
at www.cccewd.net/mediaarts |
| Barnes'
winnings entry. "Victorinox" |
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Coach Brazney honored for 20 years at GWC
Head softball coach, Suzy Brazney was honored in a surprise ceremony at the Golden West College Softball Invitational on March 10. Team members, alumni and assistant coaches presented Brazney with a golden glove trophy to commemorate her 20 years of service to GWC Softball. She also received a board listing all of the GWC softball records, some of which have lasted for decades. 
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Orange Coast College will host its 59th commencement ceremony on Friday evening, May 25, at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa.
 The ceremony is set to begin at 5:30 p.m., and a crowd in excess of 7,000 is expected to attend. The Pacific Amphitheater, located at the Orange County Fairgrounds & Exposition Center, is situated on Fairview Road, directly across the street from OCC's campus.
The college will honor 2,145 students at the ceremony. A total of 1,435 students will receive A.A. degrees, 273 will receive A.S. degrees, and 437 will be awarded certificates.
Commencement speaker will be OCC Faculty Member of the Year for 2006-07, Dr. Terry Timmins. His speech is titled, "The Next Greatest Generation." Timmins, a Laguna Beach resident, is an Orange Coast College professor of sociology and anthropology. He has been a member of the college's faculty for 36 years.
Orange Coast College will present its annual Outstanding Citizen Award to Paul Selecky, M.D., medical director of the Pulmonary Department and Hoag Sleep Disorders Center at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach.
Honorary A.S. Degrees will be awarded to retired aerospace engineers, Henry Blaes, Francis Eastman and Don Nankivil, who have volunteered for a total of 39 years in OCC's Tutorial Center.
The graduates will be presented by OCC president, Robert Dees. OCC's class of 2007 will be accepted by Jerry Patterson, president of the Coast Community College District Board of Trustees.
A gala reception for all graduates and certificate recipients, and their friends and family members, will be held at the Amphitheater following the ceremony.
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Youngest Student Speaker in OCC's History to be Featured at May 25 Commencement
 Michaela Bryant is about to become the youngest student commencement speaker in Orange Coast College history.
Bryant, 17, a marine science major, will deliver the student address at the college's 59th commencement ceremony. The Anaheim resident has labeled her five-minute speech, "Under Construction."
"I've been an OCC student for three years, and for my entire time on campus there have been new buildings going up," she says with a smile. "I thought I'd carry that theme into my graduation remarks."
"While OCC is building itself into a more modern, high-tech campus, we are constructing our future," says the script that she wrote for Friday evening's ceremony. "As new buildings flourished, so did our minds.
"These buildings remind us of how OCC has built pathways for us to graduate, make new friends, and join the community."
Bryant, a scholar and athlete, graduates from Orange Coast College with a brilliant 3.7 grade point average. She's completed the college's rigorous Honors Program, and has "Honors Graduate" stamped on her diploma and transcripts.
Michaela was a member of OCC's women's crew this year and will transfer to the University of San Diego next fall. She'll row next season for the Toreros' women's crew.
"I've dreamed of going to the University of San Diego since I first enrolled at OCC in 2004," she says. "It has three things that I wanted most in a university: a Catholic education; a marine biology department; and a women's crew. Orange Coast College has turned my dream into a reality."
Born and raised in Orange County, Michaela was home-schooled by her mother, Carolyn Bryant. After completing the 10th grade, Carolyn felt her daughter would be better served attending a community college.
"I enrolled at Orange Coast College in the spring of 2004 as a 14-year-old high school sophomore," she recalls. "I took just a couple of classes that first semester, along with a high school class. I also took my California High School Proficiency Exam in the spring."
While attending OCC, Michaela rowed for two years on the high school team sponsored by the Newport Aquatic Center. Last fall, shortly after turning 17, she went out for Orange Coast College's crew.
Michaela says she's grown up at OCC over the past three years.
"I came here as a sheltered, 14-year-old, home-schooled student. Now I get it. I'm fully a college student! I feel like I've come a long way, and I have Orange Coast College to thank for that."
Michaela says her commencement speech is a love letter to OCC.
"I've had such a great experience at Coast that I wanted to thank my professors for all the support they've given me. Coast changed my life...and helped me to grow up."
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