Annual Convocation Ceremony Welcomes New Students to Cañada. Classic Rock Riffs to Highlight Arts & Olive Festival October 6

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1 September 25, 2013 Annual Convocation Ceremony Welcomes New Students to Cañada The second annual Convocation Ceremony was held on Aug. 28 and a crowd of about 300 students, staff, faculty, and community leaders helped welcome new students to the community of scholars. "The Cañada convocation is a gathering of our community to celebrate and prepare for the academic year," said David Johnson, Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "This event underscores our commitment to academic excellence and highlights the opportunities and resources Cañada affords to every student." The short program was highlighted by Johnson s welcome to students and a description of what they can expect this semester. President Larry Buckley (photographed) was joined by Redwood City Mayor Alicia Aguirre, Academic Senate President Doug Hirzel, and Associated Students of Cañada College President Alaa Aissi in also offering welcoming remarks. Classic Rock Riffs to Highlight Arts & Olive Festival October 6 This year s Arts& Olive Festival, one of the largest community gatherings at the college, which will be held Sunday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will feature three bands sure to keep the party going with the classic rock sounds of the 70s and 80s. Radar Love will play songs from Styx, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Boston, Billie Squier, and other performers from the big hair era. Chameleon is a Santana tribute band that has drawn rave reviews from around Northern California. Rounding out the list of musical performers will be the Bartron Tyler Group, an instrumental rock band, fronted by Cañada s own Mike Tyler (photographed). This will be the 16 th year for the annual festival, which features 80 vendors specializing in olives, olive oils, specialty foods, and unique arts and crafts. Parking and admission are free but a $5 donation is suggested to help students pay for school. The festival raises approximately $10,000 annually for student scholarships and helps bring the community to campus. Cañada College September 25 Report to the Board of Trustees 1

2 Artistry in Fashion Brings Local Designers to Campus Sept. 28 This year s Artistry in Fashion event will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the main quad and in Building 3. Since 1991, the Cañada College Fashion Department has hosted Artistry in Fashion, bringing together fashion lovers, students, faculty, and premier local designers and fabric artists for an exciting day of fashion and creativity, all for the benefit of student scholarships and materials. Admission is $10. Sandra Ericson, esteemed fashion educator and Director of the Center for Pattern Design, will hold a fashion show in the Main Theater at 1:30 p.m. followed by a demonstration in the main classroom (Bldg. 3, Room 255). Ericson is a leading educator in the clothing and textile field, having taught fashion design, fashion history, pattern cutting, draping, textile and clothing construction at City College of San Francisco for over 30 years. Her personal research has lead her to become one of the few experts on the innovative work of Madeleine Vionnet, enabling her to apply the draping principles of Vionnet to create her own pattern designs for CFPD. Sequoia Hospital/SFSU Nursing Program Information Session A general information session was held on Sept. 23 for students interested in earning their Bachelor s Degree in Nursing from the Sequoia Hospital/San Francisco State University Baccalaureate Nursing Program at Cañada College. The program, one of the most popular at the college, was founded in 2004 as a four-way partnership between the Sequoia Health Care District, Sequoia Hospital, Cañada College, and San Francisco State University. It provides an additional 40 places each year for students interested in and qualified for the SFSU Bachelor of Science in Nursing and helps address the nursing shortage in the San Francisco Bay Area and southern portion of San Mateo County. All courses are taught by San Francisco State University faculty on the Cañada College campus. Sequoia Hospital provides most of the clinical placements for student in the program. In addition, the hospital supports students with various scholarship opportunities. Math and Science Students to Benefit from Noyce Scholarship Cañada College is one of seven community colleges participating in the Noyce Teacher Scholars program at UC Santa Cruz, which recently received $1.45 million in grant funds from the National Science Foundation. The UCSC Cal Teach program, which is administering the funds, is working to increase the number of math and science teachers. The grant that will fund 42 scholarships for match and science credential students in UCSC s MA/credential program. At least 10 of those 42 scholarships will go to community college transfer student to UCSC who wil receive three-year scholarships to support the two (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Cañada College September 25 Report to the Board of Trustees 2

3 post-transfer undergraduate years and the credential year. The grant will also provide short-term intensive K-12 internships for prospective transfer students, incoming transfer students, and continuing UCSC undergraduates to attract them into teaching and engage them in UCSC s Cal Teach program. Former Cañada Student Receives Major Literary Prize Former Cañada College student and current Belmont resident Rose Whitmore has received the prestigious William Peden Prize, which recognizes the best piece of fiction published in The Missouri Review during the previous volume year. Whitmore will receive a check for $1,000 and will read at the annual Peden Prize reception in Columbia, Missouri. It s such an honor to be recognized with this prize, she said. Whitmore s writing has appeared in Mason s Road, Fourth Genre and the 2013 California Prose Directory, an anthology about the state of California. She has work forthcoming in the Mid-American Review and The Sun. Whitmore s Peden Prize-winning story is about a little girl who grows up in a cannery in Eureka. It is titled, The Queen of Pacific Tides. I grew up commercially fishing smelt, a world that is both beautiful and imbued with the guts and sand and cold, Whitmore said. Whitmore grew up on the Peninsula and graduated from UC Berkeley. Her mother is a Cañada alum. In 2009, Whitmore returned to school, taking a creative writing class at Cañada from Professor Mike Nagler. That prompted Whitmore to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in May, Whitmore moved back to the Peninsula. She is currently working on a novel, a collection of short stories, and an essay collection. She is also a copywriter for a company in San Diego. Chancellor Harris Learns About Student Success at Cañada Dr. Brice W. Harris, Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, learned first-hand about student success at Cañada College when he heard from Math Jam and Word Jam students during his Opening Day tour of campus in August. Harris said he was impressed about the passion displayed by students, staff, and faculty for the two programs. He was also impressed with the student success statistics. Harris learned that nearly 94 percent of the students in the first Math Jam in 2009 scored higher on the math placement test after completing the twoweek program. More than 63 percent improved their scores enough to be placed into a higher math course than their pre-math Jam results. The following year, the program had grown to 129 students with similar success rates and now Math Jam serves more than 300 students every year. Word Jam, which is modeled after Math Jam, has grown from 35 students to more (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) Cañada College September 25 Report to the Board of Trustees 3

4 than 60 in three years and has similar success numbers. Harris, who is an avid collector of t-shirts from California s community colleges, received a special gift from Cañada College President Larry Buckley and ASCC President Alaa Aissi to begin the tour (photographed on Page 3). Ice Cream Social Highlights Classified Senate Meeting The Classified Senate kicked off the academic year with an ice cream social and mixer prior to their formal meeting. We wanted to celebrate surviving the opening of the school year and give everyone a chance to talk with each other, said Debbie Joy (photographed with classified staff members Dave Vigo and Margie Carrington), this year s Classified Senate President. This year s classified leadership team includes Joy; Maria Huning, Vice President; Anna Camacho, Secretary; Jeffrey Rhoades, Treasurer; Dave Vido, Co-Acitivities Coordinator; and Wendy de Reynaga, Co- Activities Coordinator. The Senate began the meeting by introducing the officers and then discussed representation on the various campus committees. The Senate also discussed activity and event reports including College Night, the annual Halloween Party/Fundraiser, the Classified Holiday Lunch, and the Holiday Baskets Fundraiser. Young Men s Soccer Team Learning on the Fly With only six sophomores on this year s team, the Colts are holding their own during the early portion of the men s soccer schedule. Through Sept. 20, Cañada is The Colts opened the season with a 1-1 tie of Cosumnes River. Angel Mejia scored the equalizer for Cañada late in the second half. The Colts followed their opener with a 3-0 loss at Foothill College then a 2-1 loss at Evergreen Valley College on Sept. 10. In their most recent game on Sept. 14, the Colts forged a 1-1 draw with Lassen. Our players are learning what it takes to play at this level, said Cañada Head Coach Erik Gaspar. We had a number of returning players redshirt which has forced our younger players into game action quicker than we had hoped. They are beginning to understand how physical the game is at this level and what is required to be competitive. It bodes well for the future. Volleyball Opens Season With Win Over Monterey Peninsula Cañada lost a close first set but came back to win the next three sets to claim a 3-1 victory over Monterey Peninsula to open the 2013 season under first-year coach Alicia Karver. The team features (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Cañada College September 25 Report to the Board of Trustees 4

5 nine freshmen and three sophomores. Karver, a former assistant coach at Sierra College in Rocklin, has been hired to rebuild the Cañada College volleyball program. She spent three seasons as the first assistant at Sierra, winning a Northern California championship during her tenure. She was also a successful college player, winning conference titles at San Joaquin Delta Community College in Stockton and winning two conference titles and finishing second in the nation at California State University San Bernardino. Karver is a 2005 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Stockton where she played four years earning first-team all-area three times. Most recently, she's been coaching Mercy High School in Burlingame, which finished in That record was good for a three-way split of the West Bay Athletic League Skyline Division title. ASCC Welcomes Students Back to Campus The Associated Students of Cañada College organized a multi-day Welcome Back Bash that engaged nearly 1,500 students and resulted in the formation of a new Programming Board. On Aug the ASCC welcomed students to campus with information on how to get involved and provided free breakfast, afternoon snacks, and school supplies. On Sept , ASCC brought together 26 campus clubs, organizations, and community partners for Club Rush. Students received free In-N-Out burgers as they learned how to become involved in clubs. ASCC set up an inflatable jousting ring in the quad which was a big hit with students. The students announced the events through social media and we saw more than 4,300 Facebook views this year compared to just over 200 last year at the same time, said Misha Maggie, Student Life and Leaderhsip Manager. Students commented on how much they learned about campus clubs and services by attending the various events. Women s Golf Team Looks to Defend Regional Title The Cañada College Women s Golf Team will look to defend its regional championship and return to this year s California State Championship at Tracy Golf & Country Club, Nov The Colts have won the Central Valley Conference Championship in 2008, 2010 and The team has finished in second place the other three years. The Colts have represented the conference in the Nor Cals every year and either the team or individual players have participated in the California State Championships every year. This year s team will be led by co-captains Sarah Rotter (Mission High School, San Jose) and Shannon Wong (Lincoln High School, San Francisco). Cañada College September 25 Report to the Board of Trustees 5