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THIS WEEK Core Values:

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Retired basketball coach Don Johnson — for whom Cypress College’s primary court is named — was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame last week.

“I’ve always been grateful for my John Wooden expe-rience,” Johnson said by phone. “I’m pretty sure I don’t belong along side all those UCLA legends now in the hall of fame. It’s a dream I never dreamed — and it’s very hum-bling. I don’t believe I belong, but I have to accept it.”

At the university, Johnson played for legendary coach John Wooden in 1951 and 1952, and was a consensus All-American and an all-conference honoree. During his

playing career, Johnson helped lead the Bruins to the 1951 Pacific Coast Conference Southern Division Title and the 1952 PCC Championships.

As the college’s first men’s basketball coach, Johnson guided the Chargers to state titles in 1977 and 1980, and won seven conference titles. He compiled more victories than any other coach in California Community College men’s basketball history, and is an inductee in the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame.

Johnson was inducted to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in an invitation-only ceremony on campus on Friday, October 11. He and the full Class of 2013 were also rec-ognized at halftime of the UCLA football game vs. U.C. Berkeley on Saturday, October 12.

October 18, 2013, Newsletter from President Bob Simpson

Coach Don Johnson Inducted to UCLA’s Athletics Hall of FameCypress College’s first basketball coach

was one of eight honored by the Bruins last weekend.

Ongoing» Within Art Gallery exhibit

18-20 • Friday-Sunday» “Rent” closing weekend in the Campus Theater.

21• Monday» Second Half-Semester courses begin

22 • Tuesday» NOCCCD Board of Trustees meeting, Anaheim

Campus, 5:30 p.m.

For additional upcoming events, visit the campus calendar.

THEY SAID IT“ ”“No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.”

– Bula Williams

“Necessity is the theme and the inventress, the eternal curb and law of nature.”

– Leonardo da Vinci

President’s Office Hours» Thursday, October 24, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Vets Resource Center Hosting ‘Lioness’The Cypress College Veterans Resource Center and the

Orange County Drop Zone present “Lioness” — the untold story of the first group of women soldiers in US history to be sent into direct ground combat, in violation of official policy. The screening is at 3 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct 23) in HUM-131.

ShakeOut Drill a SuccessA record 9.6 million people participated in The Great

California ShakeOut on Thursday. Cypress College increased its level of complexity, adding an Emergency Operations Center, a triage area, and “victims” to the drill. It was completed in 30

Cypress College Foundation Golf Classic Nets $32,000 The Cypress College Foundation’s 2013

Golf Classic raised a net total of more than $32,000. The fundraiser was held on Monday, October 7, at SeaCliff Country Club.

Golf Classic sponsors included Corporate

Sponsors Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries and Total Environmental Management. Classic Sponsors were the Cypress College Swap Meet, Knott’s Berry Farm, Piper Jaffray, AT&T, Heritage Memorial

Services, RBC Capital Markets, Complete Paperless Solutions, and De La Rosa.

The planning committee was chaired by Phil Wendel and Dr. Steve Donley.

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For near l y a ha l f -mi l l i on s tudents , Cypress Co l lege has been a spr ingboard to the i r d reams. Cypress Co l lege : Mot i vat ing Minds .

The District Staff Development Committee is offering the “Real Colors” workshops at Cypress College, Fullerton College and the Anaheim campus.

After successful comple-tion of the workshop, partici-pants will be able to:

•   Recognize and appre-ciate their own unique blends of strengths and qualities.

•   Recognize, appreci-ate and understand the unique blends of strengths and qualities of others.

•   Identify and practice the skills necessary for enhanced communica-tion by learning the most effective meth-ods of speaking to dif-ferent people.

•   Incorporate into the workplace the skills learned in the course.

•   Apply the powerful Real Colors principles in all areas of their lives.

The training will be held at Cypress College on Tuesday, October 29 in Cypress College Complex, Room 414.

Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m.-noon or 1-4:30 p.m.

For more information and additional locations, please view the flyer, or contact Angela Cotton, at (714) 808-4816.

BRIEFLY

Retired charter fac-ulty member Donna Friess recently had a new book published. It is available as an ebook and in print at Amazon.com. “It details in good part my teaching years at the col-lege and the difficult decision when I finally was able to retire,” Friess said.

The book, “Cherish the Light,” is the sequel to her international best selling “Cry the Darkness.”

Friess describes the new book as “a heart felt story: part chronicle, part self help and always inspirational.”

Friess is a spokesperson for children’s rights, a fre-quent guest speaker on radio and television talk shows — including Oprah — and at professional conferences. The author of six books, she has been invited to speak in the U.S. and internationally.

Speaking of authors: retired Language Arts Dean and long-time faculty member in the division Patrick O’Brien is at work on his fifth novel. His first four novels are also available on Amazon.com.

CHARGERS Outreach Events Produce Impressive Results A result of re-structuring Cypress College’s High

School Senior Day last spring was the ability to follow up with the students who participated in the event.

Institutional Research, Student Support Services, Counseling and Student Development, Student Activities, and the Public Information Office teamed to collect data and communicate with the students who attended the Senior Day and Parent Night out-reach events.

Philip Dykstra compared student participation with the submission of admissions applications to identify those who both attended and became Cypress College students.

More than half of those who attended Parent Night applied for admission to Cypress College.

More than a third of those who attended Senior Day applied for admission to Cypress College.

The overall conversion rate of participants to applicants, factoring out 15 duplicates (attended both events), was 36.4%.

This is the first time the college has been able to look at a direct measure of participation in these key events and enrollment at the college.

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Final Performances of ‘RENT’ in Campus Theater this WeekendRENT tells the story of a group of poor young

artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York City’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

Closing-weekend performances:•  Friday, October 18th, 2013, at 8 p.m.•  Saturday, October 19th, 2013, at 8 p.m.•  Sunday, October 20th, 2013, at 4 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.cypress-collegetheateranddance.com, or at the box office which opens 90 minutes prior to show time

Cypress College faculty and staff can purchase up to four tickets at the discounted price of $15 per tick-et. You will be asked to confirm that you are Cypress College faculty or staff. A Cypress ID card will be the most convenient way to do this.

Hotel, Restaurant, Culinary Arts Student Earn $4,000 in ScholarshipsFive Hotel, Restaurant, and Culinary Arts students each received $800 scholarships from the Anaheim Orange

County Hotel & Lodging Association. The organization doubled their scholarship contribution this year. The students were recently honored at a luncheon. They are: Jacqueline Chavarna, Sandra Hernandez, Olivia Nguyen, Michael Rosas, and Anita Sims.

CONTINUED: ShakeOut Drill a Success, Completed in 30 Minutes

minutes.“Thank you for your participation in the Great

Shakeout drill this morning,” Dr. Simpson said in an email to the campus. “This drill went off almost without a hitch. We are getting better in our response because of your willingness to engage, and we do real-ize this is not convenient, but it is necessary.”

The drill included viewing of the official

ShakeOut video, a campus-specific video — both of which were broadcast on the college’s USTREAM channel and played over the public address system — and a full campus evacuation. During the evacua-tion, teams from Maintenance and Operations went through procedures to verify the integrity of the cam-pus infrastructure.

The drill also tests evacuation procedures, internal and external communication procedures, and decision making.

Event Attendees ApplicantsParent Night 61 33

Senior Day 310 117

Total 371 150

What is it? Why should I

get one?

Associate Degree for Transfer

(ADT) Workshop

Cypress College Transfer Center 2nd Floor Student Center

714-484-7129

Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm Friday 8am-12pm

Come find out at our workshop:

You may sign-up 30 days in advance

~ Seating is limited ~

ADT Workshop will be held in the Transfer Center

November 6th (Wed), 2:00pm-3:00pm

Earn priority admission to a CSU

with junior standing once you earn an

Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer (AA-T ) or an

Associate in Science Degree for Transfer (AS-T)

at a California community college!

Cypress College Transfer Center Student Center 2nd Floor

Phone: (714) 484-7129

Fall Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm Friday 8am-12pm

You may sign-up 30 days in advance

Appointments will be held in the Transfer Center

10/22 (Tues) 9:00am–2:00pm

UC Riverside Fall 2013

Advisor Appointments

Are you Gold, Blue, Orange or Green? Learn more about your own style and how to communicate

effectively with others through a Real Colors workshop!

Why attend this workshop? Every workplace experiences situations in which employees don't work as a team. Let’s face it: personal conflicts and petty squabbles can create a negative work environment. Improving interpersonal communication skills sets the foundation for effective

teamwork and better morale in the workplace.

Imagine having the ability to clearly communicate your thoughts and ideas to fellow employees, students, friends

and family. Picture yourself having a unique level of insight into the things that motivate you and others — in other words, the ability to consistently “speak in the language of the listener and listen in the language of the speaker.” That’s what the Real Colors

system enables you to do.

Attending a Real Colors workshop is a fun way to learn meaningful, lasting methods to communicate

at work and at home. You'll gain a completely new perspective on yourself and the things that are most important to you. As you learn more about the Colors, you'll instinctively recognize

characteristics of people you know, and their personality or “Color.” This knowledge gives you valuable insight into what is most important to them, why they may react to situations differently than others, and how you can communicate with them in the most effective way.

Come to the Real Colors Workshop and solve the communications puzzle!

If you wish to attend one of the workshops, please register on the District-wide Staff Development Calendar, under the Employee tab in myGateway. All workshop materials will be provided at no cost to each participant, therefore you will be expected to attend if you register for the workshop. Managers and supervisors are strongly encouraged to attend with their employees.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013

3:00-6:00 PM

HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL ROOM 131

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND RSVP CONTACT THE

CYPRESS COLLEGE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER

AT 714-484-7150

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE IN THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER 6:00-7:00 PM.

CYPRESS COLLEGE VETERANS DEPARTMENT AND

ORANGE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH

SERVICES DROP ZONE PRESENT:

Lioness presents the untold story of the first group of

women soldiers in US history to be sent into direct

ground combat, in violation of official policy. Told

through intimate accounts, journal excerpts, archive

footage, as well as interviews with military

commanders, the film follows five women who served

together for a year in Iraq. With captivating detail, this

probing documentary reveals the unexpected course

of events that began with using US women soldiers to

defuse tensions with local civilians, but resulted in the

women's fighting in some of the bloodiest

counter-insurgency battles of the war. Together the

women's candid narratives and scenes from their lives

back home form a portrait of the emotional and

psychological effects of war from a female point of

view. Lioness is the first film to bridge the gap

between perception and reality of the role women in

the military are playing in Iraq,