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Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills that Benefit CCCD Students
On October 11, the Governor signed AB194, the Basic Skills Initiative. By signing this amendment to the budget, the Governor appropriated about $33 million to community colleges that are offering services to support students who need help with basic skills and those community colleges that offer ESL programs.
There is a portion of the money that will be used for faculty and staff development ($1.6 million) to improve curriculum, instruction, student services and program practices in the areas of basic skills and ESL programs.
The rest of the money ($31.5 million) is allocated for improving outcomes of students who enter college needing at least one course in basic skills or ESL. The Chancellor to community colleges will determine which schools will receive the funds based on two factors: the number of FTEs in basic skills and ESL courses in the preceding fiscal year; and the number of ESL courses by students transitioning from high schools in the preceding fiscal year.
The Chancellor is expected to establish a minimum allocation of $100,000 per each eligible college.
The Governor also signed SB854, the Student eVoter Registration Act of 2007. This bill allows California colleges and universities to add a voter-registration box to their registrations forms. If a student checks the box, they will receive a nearly-completed voter registration card in mail, beginning in 2010.
Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles), who sponsored the bill, said “We must take reasonable and creative means by which to encourage eligible voters to participate in our democracy. Institutions of higher learning are appropriate and direct links whereby we can reach new voters.”
The project was created as a partnership between the Secretary of State’s Office and the California community colleges.
Only 23% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2006 June primary, the lowest turnout rate since 1928. The problem is especially severe among California’s youngest eligible voters. A recent study found that less than 60% of 18 to 24 year-olds is registered to vote, compared with higher than 90% of registered Californians who are older than 65 years of age.
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American Association for Women in Community Colleges Remarkable Women Nominee
Remarkable Women Nominee: Cheryl Tittle
Nominator: the American Association for Women in Community Colleges
Position held in the Organization: President of the Coast Community College Chapter of
AAWCC and Executive Board Member of AAWCC’s Women Hold Up the Sky Conference Board.
Cheryl was born in Oahu, Hawaii and is the oldest of four children, one brother and two sisters. She considers her siblings the best presents she ever received from her parents. Her father was a career military man and her mother is a retired teacher, as a result she has had a life long passion for traveling and learning.
Prior to working for the Coast District Cheryl worked for Xerox Corporation in the Southern, Mid-Atlantic and Western Regions for eight years. She also worked for the Placentia School District in the ESL and Chapter I programs for thirteen years. Since joining the Coast District she has worked at the District Offices, Orange Coast College and Golden West College. She has also worked as a market researcher, preschool teacher, and as a small business owner she was a florist, wedding director and event coordinator. She even test drove cars one summer logging in 300 – 500 miles a day for a major U.S. automobile company.
Cheryl has been a member of the American Association for Women in Community Colleges the last sixteen years and on its Board for the last fifteen years. She believes strongly in mission of AAWCC, it is a national organization that strives to create awareness in the value of women as leaders in the community colleges. The Coast Chapters has established a scholarship program that gives women the opportunity to attend conferences and that develop their leadership skills.
Some of her accomplishments on Golden West College and in the community include:
• Golden West College Foundation Board Member- 7 years
• Advisor: Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society – 5 years
• Classified Connection Facilitator – 5 years
• For Your Eyes Only Conference Board Member – 5 years
• President‘s Cabinet and Pac Committee – 5 years
• Employee of the Month Committee Leader – 5 years
• Staff Development Committee – 11 years
• Retreat Facilitator for GWC at the UCLA Conference Center, Arrowhead, California – 3 times
• Marketing Committee - 1 year
• Grandlabackian Leadership Training, Lake Tahoe
• GWC Foundation Gala Board Member- 4 years
• Student Equity Committee
• Intercultural Committee
• Member of the Patrons of Golden West College
• Small Group Co-facilitator for Divorce Recovery Workshops
• Tutoring Students
• Walk American – March of Dimes
• PTA Board Member
• Sang as a member of the Billy Graham Crusade Choir
• She was honored to receive the Golden West Employee of the Month numerous times
• Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society honored her as one of the most influential people on campus.
• Student Activities honored her commitment to students as club advisor.
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Project Voyager MyCCC, MyGWC, & MyOCC:
 Faculty
and students watch your mailboxes for a detailed flyer about
MySites! The flyers will have user instructions and login
information.
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Free concert raises money for Africa Project
Music fans and music bands flocked to Coastline Community College’s Garden Grove Center to hear a free concert and help raise funds for the Africa Project.
The Africa Project was adopted by Coastline’s Student Advisory Council (SAC) last year as a service project. The Project’s goal is to enhance access to education for underprivileged children in South Africa.
This particular effort raised $500 dollars which will be donated to the village of Nkandla in South Africa. Nkandla which is home to 140,000 people (nearly half of which are younger than 15 years of age), where one in four people are infected with AIDS.
The Africa Project was developed to promote empowerment and self reliance among African refugees, immigrants and the economically disadvantaged through socioeconomic development, education and cultural diversity.
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12-year old raises $539 for Coastline Foundation
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Matthew Kahrs, young philanthropist
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Funds will benefit Early College High School
Foundation Board Member, Hank Kars, always knew that his son was extraordinary. It wasn’t long until others realized the same when 12-year-old Matthew Kahrs, a student at Columbus Tustin Elementary School, sought out a community service project. Matthew chose the Coastline Foundation as his cause and quickly developed a way to raise money– a 50/50 raffle. In a short amount of time, Matthew had collected $539. But, as Matthew approached the winner to turn over the prize, the winner opted to donate his half to the Foundation as well, a great surprise to Matthew and to the Foundation. The funds will be utilized in the Early College High School Program for books and supplies.
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Mark your calendar…Coastline announces fall events
10/31/07 to 11/21/2007
“Streets” art show
Special exhibit at the Coastline Art Gallery located at 10156 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach. Gallery hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. For more information, call (714) 241-6213.
11/2/2007
Special reception for “Streets” art show
Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public. Held at the Coastline Art Gallery located at 10156 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach. The reception is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (714) 241-6213.
11/28/07 to 12/2/07
Coastline hosts the annual Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. This three-day workshop is designed to celebrate and enhance the achievements of women of color in higher education. For details, call (714) 241-6154 or visit Coastline’s website.
12/6/07 to 12/8/07
Holiday Art Sale
The 2007 Holiday Art Sale will be held at the Coastline Art Gallery located at 10156 Adams Avenue in Huntington Beach. Sale items include paintings, drawings, photographs, jewelry and ceramics, all made by local artists. Art Gallery hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. For more information, call (714) 963-8475.
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SAC President reveals features of the new MyCCC Site
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Chelsea Svir, President CCCSAC
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By: Chelsea Svir, President Coastline Student Advisory Council
I’m Chelsea Svir, President of Coastline’s Student Advisory Council (SAC). We are so excited to see the new MyCCC site implemented and available for all Coastline students. With the MyCCC site, you can now register for classes online. In addition, you can pay for your classes with a credit or debit card, add or drop a class if you change your mind, and check your grades throughout the semester. When a semester is complete, you can print out unofficial transcripts with the click of a mouse, making it easy for you to stay on top of your GPA.
All students who register using the MyCCC site will also get a free e-mail account through G-mail (Google Mail). Through this new e-mail account, your instructors can reach you with news and information about your classes, communicate with you on class assignments and more!
Plus, the new MyCCC site will provide e-networking opportunities for all Coastline students. You can subscribe to RSS (really simple syndication) feeds to stay in the loop with that latest campus events and activities, or just stay connected with your classmates by e-mailing others through their Coastline G-mail accounts.
MyCCC is a great enhancement to Coastline’s already stellar programs and services, and all of us in the Student Advisory Council hope you will take advantage of everything this new system has to offer.
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Helping Combat Veterans Pursue a Career in Law Enforcement
By Capt. Bob Mosley (Ret.), GWC Criminal Justice Center Coordinator
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Golden West schorlarships support veterans
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A blood smeared combat rifle laid on a table at the SureFire Corporation. People who are in its presence look upon it with awe and reverence. The rifle’s symbolism of the ultimate sacrifice of our country’s fighting forces — a courageous son, daughter, father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, or friend — cannot be denied. This sentiment inspired the development of the Returning Combat Veterans Scholarship Program (RCVSP) at Golden West College.
The RCVSP is available to combat veterans, empowering them to continue to serve their communities as law-enforcement officers. Through this program, qualified combat veterans can attend the GWC police academy as a self-sponsored recruit with all school related expenses covered by this scholarship. SureFire, a sponsor of this program at the GWC police academy, is committed to investing in higher education for combat veterans who separate from military service and wish to enter the law-enforcement field. GWC and SureFire strongly believe that this investment will yield countless benefits to our communities.
This scholarship program is a partnership between Golden West College, SureFire Corp, Newport Beach Exchange Club, KRC Range Corp and leaders from the city of Huntington Beach. GWC is currently seeking additional sponsors. Becoming a part of this admirable effort shows support for the troops who will come home to a chance to make a solid future for themselves and their loved ones. This is just a small thing you can do to thank veterans for their commitment to our country.
Phase I has sponsored three veterans in Class 135 starting on Feb. 11, 2008. Contact Capt. Bob Mosley (Ret.), Center Coordinator for details.
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CCPRO Unveils the Jim Carnett Feature Article Award
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Jim Carnett announces retirementat a
September Board meeting
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By: Mary Roda
California’s Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) has named its prestigious feature-writing award after Jim Carnett, head of Orange Coast College’s Community Relations Office for the past 35 years.
The award, which will now be known as The Jim Carnett Feature Article Award, is presented annually by the professional organization and is considered to be the top writing award for community college public relations professionals throughout the state, according to Martha Parham, CCPRO president.
Parham made the announcement at a dinner in Carnett’s honor on October 8, two months before his announced retirement.
A gifted and prolific writer, Carnett captured a record five first-place national Paragon Awards for feature writing, presented by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), and another 40 first-place state, regional and national writing awards during his career at OCC.
Under Carnett’s leadership, OCC’s Community Relations Office captured 144 first- through third-place state, regional and national public relations awards from CCPRO and NCMPR.
Carnett credits his experience as an Orange Coast College student for changing his life. “It was here that I learned how to be a student,” he said. “That’s why I have a passion for community colleges. I’ve personally experienced what a community college can do in your life, and I’ve seen what it’s done in the lives of countless thousands of others.”
After graduating from Orange Coast College, Carnett spent three years in the military, where he served as a public information specialist and ran an Army news bureau near Inchon, Korea.
Carnett earned a B.A. degree in communications at California State University, Fullerton, and an M.A. degree in education at Pepperdine University.
He joined OCC’s staff in 1971 as director of the News Bureau and stepped up to become director of Public Information in 1974.
“I have loved every moment of my career,” Carnett told CCPRO members. “I always felt I was doing something important…significant.”
In addition to writing awards, Carnett was named NCMPR’s National Communicator of the Year in 1987; he received the organization’s Career Achievement Award and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2001.
In 1991 CCPRO selected Carnett for its All-PRO career achievement award. The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce elected Carnett to the Costa Mesa Hall of Fame and awarded him the city’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Carnett worked directly for seven of OCC’s nine presidents. For the past four years he has been recording the college’s 60-year history in a series of 130 articles, “Orange Slices,” for the college’s online newsletter.
Carnett and his wife of 32 years, Hedy, live in Costa Mesa. They have three daughters and five grandchildren.
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OCC’S Doree Dunlap Dies
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Doree Dunlap, an OCC art professor and staff member for nearly 30 years, died last Thursday (Oct. 4) after battling cancer for several years.
For the past two years Doree has been director of the college’s new Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion.
Born in Los Angeles, Doree earned her bachelor’s and master’s of fine art degrees at Otis Art Institute. Before joining Orange Coast College’s faculty in 1974, she was an exhibiting artist in graphics, video and drawing, and was a commercial artist for a graphic design studio. She also worked as a textile designer for Saks Fifth Avenue. Doree served as a lecturer in contemporary art, drawing and design at UCLA and UC Irvine.
After joining OCC’s staff she became a professor of art history and studio art.
Doree took some time away from the college in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and worked as an art consultant for Jane Fonda and for the Andy Warhol Project. She spent considerable time in New York and Rome as the chief operating officer of art and publications for the Vatican Library. She was also an exhibiting artist and a published art critic.
Doree returned to OCC in 2005 as director of the Arts Pavilion, and curated the opening show in the facility, “The 60th Anniversary Retrospective.” She was married for many years to OCC English professor, Ed Dornan. Ed died last year. She has three sons, Tyler, Hugh and Aaron.
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Three Coaches and Three Athletes to be Inducted into OCC’s
Athletic Hall of Fame
Orange Coast College will induct three former coaches and athletic administrators, and three former athletes this fall into its Athletic Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27.
The program will begin at 3 p.m. in the foyer of OCC’s Peterson Gym. A reception will follow on the patio of the college’s brand new Fitness Complex, located within the college’s LeBard Stadium football complex. The inductees will be introduced to the crowd at halftime of the OCC-Golden West football game, which will begin at 5 p.m. in LeBard Stadium.
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Sue Brown |
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Coaches being inducted include: Sue Brown, an OCC administrator for 31 years, chair of the college’s Physical Education and Athletics Division from 1977-85, and a leader in the state movement for the implementation of Title IX, ending discrimination against female athletes; Dick Tucker, OCC’s head football coach from 1962-85 who led the Pirates to two national championships, and later served many years as the college’s athletic director; and Jane Hilgendorf, who coached OCC’s women’s volleyball team for 19 seasons and led the Pirates to three state titles, and who served as athletic director for two years.
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Mike Hunter |
Jim Newkirk |
Laura Watkins |
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Former athletes who’ll be inducted include: Mike Hunter, an All-American halfback who led OCC’s Pirates to a combined 19-1 record during the 1962 and 1963 football seasons, and to a 21-0 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the ’63 Junior Rose Bowl Game that gave the Pirates a national title; Jim Newkirk, a strapping right-handed pitcher during the 1956 and 1957 seasons, who led the Pirates to two Eastern Conference baseball championships and a state title; and Laura Held Watkins, an OCC cross county and track athlete in 1978-79 and 1979-80, who was one of the premier hurdlers in the state and was named OCC’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1979-80.
For information about the ceremony, phone (714) 432-5707.
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