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Spring 2011
Volume 3, Issue 3
Issue Highlights
Tesla Roadster Visit Makes Headlines
Art Blooms in Student Show
Great Teachers Inspire Students
National Labs Forge College Partnerships
Puente Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Students Earn Honors
Celebrating World Cultures
FAA Partnership
Olympic Games Put Fun in Fundraiser
Cultural Pursuits Honored
Advocacy in Action
Best of the Best Gala
Chancellor’s Awards Luncheon
Forensics Teams Talk Their Way to the Top
Spring Theater Heads West
Fall Reading Apprenticeship
Summer Learning Institute
Golfing For Good
Construction Celebration
CTE Celebrates Excellence
Golf Team Wins State Championship
Learning to Triumph
Student Recognition Night
Oh behalf of the Las Positas College Ad-visory Search Committee, Chancellor Kinnamon announced selection of two additional presidential candidates who appeared on campus at President Candi-date Forums on May 19. The candidates are Kevin Walthers, Ph.D., and Barry Russell, Ph.D. Chancellor Kinnamon en-
courages campus feedback about the candidate forums. For further information about the candidates and search proc-ess, please visit the presidential search website to view news as it is posted at: h t t p : / / w w w . c l p c c d . o r g / H R /PresidentialSearch.php.
College President Finalists Selected, Forums Presented
From Chancellor Joel L. Kinnamon, Ed.D.
As the academic year comes to a close, I invite you to take a moment to help me identify those special individuals who deserve our collective “thanks” for going above and beyond in service to our col-leges and district. Recipients of the 2010-11 Chancellor’s Awards will be announced this fall during Convocation and will be followed at a later date with a luncheon where every-one can celebrate together and recog-nize our outstanding contributors.
Through shared efforts, we have en-riched the lives of over 25,000 students and continue to make a positive and sig-nificant impact on our community. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the students and community members we serve, I extend my sincere appreciation to each of you for your efforts in service to the District and Colleges. For more information, please contact Ora Bigelow, [email protected], (925) 485-5208.
Chancellor’s Awards Nominations Due May 31
District 50th Anniversary Year Commencements Thank you to the many staff and faculty serving on the graduation teams who will help make the commencements memorable events for all of our graduates and their families. Following is information about our college commencement ceremonies.
Tucker, in the arms of owner Christina Holland at last year’s commencement, is believed to be Las Positas College’s first service dog graduate. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
Chabot College 49th Commencement Ceremony Friday, May 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grand Court; in case of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Reed L. Buffington Visual and Per-forming Arts Center. Keynote speaker: Martha J. Kanter, Ed.D., U.S. Department of Education Under Secretary. More info: www.chabotcollege.edu/studentservices/commencement. Las Positas College 21st Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 28 at 10:00 a.m. in the Physical Education Com-plex. Reception immediately following the ceremony, sponsored by the Associated Students of Las Positas College. More info: www.laspositascollege.edu/graduation.
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Auto Tech Partnerships Make Headlines
Automotive Technology Faculty Kurt Shadbolt (front left) and Mike Sherburne (back right, standing), both wearing their black and gold auto shirts, make sure that the Tesla roadster in on track. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
The electric Tesla roadster that rolled into Chabot College’s auto lab on April 5 barely made a sound, but the event created quite a buzz in the local news media. Representatives from CBS, NBC, and ABC visited campus to see the sporty “green” machine and learn more about the college’s new Hybrid Automotive Technol-ogy class. Two Tesla engineers
talked to students about electric auto technology, and gave them free rides and an inside look at the roadster. ABC-7 Reporter David Louie high-lighted Chabot College’s success in forging industry partnerships including the new partnership with BMW, which has provided vehi-cles and support worth $1 million. Chabot College is one of only
three community colleges in the nation to partner with BMW. Mr. Louie interviewed President Celia Barberena, Dean Thomas Clark, and Instructor Kurt Shadbolt. To view all of the Tesla visit media coverage, please visit the new Hy-brid Auto website which lists the news story links: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/auto/hybrid/resources.cfm.
ABC-7 TV reporter David Louie interviews Thomas Clark, Dean of Applied Technology and Business, for his story about the college’s auto industry partnerships. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
Our Community Partners in Technology
Art Blooms in April Show Sustainable sculpture adorned planters in the Bar-bara Mertes Center for the Arts lobby during the re-cent Las Positas College Student Art Festival. Weld-ing artist Maja Jorenson created metal flowers and birds using local recycled materials, including scrap metal and rebar from construction of Livermore’s Bankhead Theater and Las Positas College’s swim-ming pool. She even used recycled music stands, which is no coincidence. Ms. Jorenson, who hails from Switzerland, plays vio-lin with the Livermore Valley Opera and is a retired
music teacher with the Livermore school district. “When I retired, I wanted to add ‘sparks’ to my life by doing something completely different,” she says with a laugh. She started taking classes from Welding In-structor Scott Miner and has created beautiful metal art for her home, her friends, and the college. Her pieces were among the many creative works in the 33rd Annual Student Art Festival, featuring artists in Welding, Fine Arts, Photography, Interior Design, and Visual Communications. (Related photo on page 11)
Seven Win Great Teacher’s Awards In spring, Chabot College recognizes one faculty member from each division for invaluable contribu-tions to students and to the college. The award in-cludes attendance at the California Great Teacher’s Seminar. This year’s Great Teacher’s Award recipi-ents are: Jan Novak, Applied Technology and Busi-
ness; ValJean Dale, Psychology and Counseling; Kent Uchiyama, Language Arts; Connie Telles, Health, PE, and Athletics; Patricia Wu, Math and Sci-ence; Eric Schultz, School Of The Arts; and Michael Thompson, Social Sciences.
Inspiring Students
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LLNL/LPC Partnership Launches Science and Engineering Seminar Series The new Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)/Las Positas College Science and En-gineering Seminar Series, de-signed to enhance the partner-ship shared by the two Livermore institutions, provides a forum for laboratory scientists and engi-neers to share their broad range of basic and applied research with the college’s scientific com-munity of students, staff, and fac-ulty. Four well-attended seminars were offered during the academic year. “We are very pleased to offer this
seminar series in conjunction with Lawrence Livermore National Lab, with which we always have maintained a strong partnership over the years,” said Dean of Math, Science, Engineering, and Public Safety Neal Ely, Ph.D. “In the interest of furthering our al-ready close ties, as well as pro-viding a forum for lab scientists to share their important and timely research with our scientific com-munity of students, staff, and fac-ulty, we have begun this seminar series addressing some of the most important scientific issues of
our time,” he said. “The series offers a way to look at how science is done,” said Biol-ogy Instructor Nan Ho. “A unique feature of the series, especially for a community college, is the focus on the ‘big science’ that LLNL does that requires cross-disciplinary expertise.” She ex-plained how the idea of the series evolved during her summer re-search at LLNL, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. She has a three-year appointment in the Academies Creating Teacher Scientists program.
Our National Laboratory Partners
Las Positas College welding students can learn from some of the top scientists in the country and see today’s technology through a new LENS, thanks to a recent equipment transfer from Sandia National Laboratories. “The transfer provides a specific focus for interaction between volunteer technical staff at Sandia and the dedicated educators at Las Positas,” said Tom Fel-ter, manager of Sandia’s hydrogen and metallurgy science group. The LENS, or Laser Engineered Net Shaping, can fabricate three-dimensional, prototype metallic parts out of metal alloys. Mr. Felter said it also will give Sandia technical staff opportunities to work directly with Las Positas College students. “We are very grateful for this transfer and for all of the support from Sandia National Labs,” said Weld-ing Technology Department Coordinator and In-structor Scott Miner. “It is partnerships like this one between Las Positas College and Sandia that make the educational experience more meaningful to our students and help them look forward to careers, ma-terials, and processes that will be part of tomorrow’s industry.”
Mr. Miner plans to use the LENS machine to intro-duce students to metal joining techniques. “We look forward to seeing the equipment being used to in-spire future welders, technicians, and engineers for the careers of tomorrow,” he said.
Welding Program Gets New LENS from Sandia Labs
Welding Instructor Scott Miner (second from left) will use the new LENS equipment from Sandia National Labs to teach his students about the latest welding technology. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
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Nationally Acclaimed Puente Project Celebrates 30th Anniversary Launched in 1981 as a grassroots initiative serving disadvantaged students, Chabot College’s Puente Project is celebrating its 30th year as a nationally acclaimed program that has helped thousands of Cali-fornia students transform their lives and the communities in which they live. To celebrate this mile-stone and honor its students, sponsors, and community part-ners, Puente held a 30th Anniver-sary Celebration Dinner and Fund-raiser on April 29 in the Cafeteria. Now in at least 59 community col-leges and 38 high schools throughout California, Puente is fulfilling its original mission to in-crease the number of education-ally disadvantaged students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn college degrees, and return to the community as
mentors and leaders to future gen-erations. The program is interdisciplinary in approach, with writing, counseling, and mentoring components. Pro-gram graduates include nurses, pharmacists, school teachers and administrators, engineers, and business executives. Chabot Col-lege’s Puente Project also can count among its past students a mayor and a City of Hayward Council Member. Puente, which is Spanish for “bridge,” has earned national ac-colades for its success. It is the only post-secondary program in California to receive the prestig-ious Ford Foundation and Harvard University Innovations in American Government Award. In 2004, Puente was chosen as one of six model programs nationwide to
help guide policymakers to im-prove college access and success by the Pathways to College Net-work, a national consortium of educational institutions, founda-tions, and non-profit organizations. Puente staff train high school and community college instructors and counselors to implement a pro-gram of rigorous instruction, fo-cused academic counseling, and mentoring by members of the community. Puente’s staff training programs currently benefit ap-proximately 14,000 students across the state. Puente is open to all students. For more information, please con-tact Puente Counselor/Instructor Ramon C. Parada at [email protected] or visit the website at www.chabotcollege.edu/puente/.
Life Changing Programs
Puente students visit with mentor Mark Salinas, City of Hayward Council Member. From left to right are Alex del Toro, Salinas, Anali Villasenor, and Hector Huerta. ~ Photo courtesy of Puente Project
Celebrating their success are Puente students Hector Huerta (from left), Anali Villasenor, and Alex del Toro. ~ Photo courtesy of Puente Project
If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow. ~John Lubbock (Lord Avebury)
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Congratulations, Students and Mentors This semester, Las Positas College students have earned outstanding honors and excelled in academic achievement. Congratulations to these students and to their instructors and advisers for their support and mentorship. Following are some highlights of recent success:
Through his outstanding achievements in service, leadership, and academic excellence, Las Positas College student Takeo Hiraki recently won two prestigious awards: the Sandia National Laboratories and Livermore Chamber of Com-merce College Student of the Year Award and the Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS) Honor Society Tom Jackson Award, the highest AGS award a student can win in the California community col-lege scholastic honor society, making Mr. Hiraki the top AGS Honor Society student in the state.
Las Positas College students Dina Ra and Chris-tina Teslich also were recognized for their out-standing achievements and were awarded schol-arships by AGS. Math Instructor Randy Taylor is the Honors Society Adviser.
The Las Positas College Business Club won the Sweepstakes Award as the top community col-lege at the recent California Phi Beta Lambda State Business Leadership Conference in Long
Beach. “Our club members competed in a num-ber of events against not only other community colleges, but against other four-year colleges and universities as well,” said Business Instructor and Business Club Adviser Bob D’Elena. “There were over 200 students at the conference. I am very proud to announce that we won many medals and awards.”
Las Positas College students won 24 awards at a recent journalism convention in Sacramento. Stu-dent Julian Lim, editor in chief of the “Express” newspaper and “Naked” magazine, brought home eight awards plus the coveted General Ex-cellence award for both the newspaper and the magazine he leads. “This is the first time in the LPC Mass Communications program’s history that both the newspaper and the magazine have earned the General Excellence award from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges,” said Mass Communications Instructor and publi-cations Adviser Melissa Korber.
Humanities Instructor and Honors Transfer Pro-gram Candy Klaschus announced that three Las Positas College students were chosen to present their research at the May 7 Honors Symposium at Stanford University.
International Night Celebrates a World of Cultures A world of cultures united to celebrate Chabot Col-lege’s 12th Annual International Night on April 7. “The International Students of Chabot College hold this family-friendly annual event to exchange and share their cultures with their host college and com-munity through food, song, and dance by engaging the five senses of sight, sound, taste, hearing, and touch,” said International Student Admissions Coor-dinator Dolly Balangitao. “There was a multi-ethnic dinner followed by wonderful performances repre-senting the following countries from around the globe: Aztec Indians, South India, China, Egypt, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, and the Philippines.” About 250 people attended the event co-sponsored by ASCC, Chabot College Foundation, District Of-fice of Public Relations and Governmental Affairs, and the International Club of Chabot College. Dur-ing the event, the Japanese students also accepted donations for the victims of the earthquake and tsu-nami in Japan. The Philippines
Aztec Indians
Zimbabwe
Performers entertain at the 12th Annual International Night.
~ Photos by Sean Jones
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Olympic Games Put Fun in Fundraiser Las Positas College held its first annual Inter-Constituency Olympics the Friday before spring break, as a fun-filled fundraiser to support col-lege visits for transfer students. Four teams of students, staff, faculty, and administrators gal-lantly competed in events including dodge ball, geometry, charades, volleyball, hula hoops, tug o’ war, and Pictionary. Kudos to Faculty Senate President Sarah Thompson and all the hard-working organizers, the administrators for their gold-medal-winning victory, and Welding In-structor Scott Miner who created the Olympic Ring Trophy.
FAA Eyes Electronics Program for Partnership Chabot College is on course to become one of three California colleges offering internship and training part-nerships with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), leading to lucrative, high-skill jobs for students. FAA representatives visited campus in April to review the revitalized Electronics Systems Technology (ESYS)
Program and determine how it can be integrated into the FAA Technical Operations Collegiate Training Initiative (TO-CTI) electronic technician internship program, according to ESYS Instructor Wayne Phillips. “Currently there are only two colleges in California with qualified programs. The Chabot ESYS program is in the process of being added to the list by this fall,” Mr. Phillips said. The TO-CTI program accepts up to three students a year from each participating college for paid part-time work and training at a local FAA Air Traffic Control facility, leading to a full-time position after graduation. Chabot College offers three programs in Electronic Systems Technology: Certificate in Consumer Technology, Certificate in Industrial Electronic Technology, and A.S. degree in Elec-
tronic Systems Technology. Classes are evening based, hy-brid delivery format, with state-of-the-art equipment.
ESYS Instructor David Casini, center, works with students on the simulated industrial assembly systems. ~ Photo by Wayne Phillips
African American Cultural Pursuits Honored In partnership with the Southern Alameda County Educational Alliance (SACREA), Chabot College hosted the African American Cultural Pursuits Awards ceremony on April 17, honoring African American middle and high school students. In atten-dance were about 1,300 students, family members, and educators from the Hayward Unified School Dis-trict. Chabot College partners with SACREA, an educa-
tional collaborative, in numerous deliberate efforts to address the African American achievement gap in Southern Alameda County. An honored host at the event was Bobbie Brooks, former Alameda County assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruc-tion, and founder or co-founder of SACREA, the Southern Alameda County Alliance of African Ameri-can Educators, and the J.L. Davis Family Resource Center.
Administrators celebrate their gold-medal victory at Las Positas College’s first Annual Inter-Constituency Olympics. Back row, from left: Bob Kratochvil, Vicki Shipman, Neal Ely, Jeff Baker, Pam Luster, and Rich Butler. Front row, from left: Kimberly Tomlinson, Amber Machamer, Dyan Miller, and Interim President Lease. Not pictured: Janice Noble and Sylvia Rodriguez.
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Millions of California community college advocates united this spring to support the nation’s largest sys-tem of higher education. Our district was repre-sented in the following important events: On March 14, our students, staff, and faculty
joined about 50,000 community college students and supporters from across the state in the an-nual March-In-March and rally in Sacramento.
Chancellor Kinnamon joined leaders from the California Community College, University of Cali-fornia, and California State University systems on April 4 in Sacramento to advocate on behalf of public higher education in California. Teams with representatives from each higher education segment met with legislators to review possible outcomes of budget cuts. One of the most sig-nificant topics for discussion was the importance of stable and sustainable funding for public higher education.
More than 1 million supporters including actors and celebrities came together for Hands Across California, the April 17 event to show support for the state’s nearly 3 million community college students. Chabot College students were pictured in local newspapers with rapper MC Hammer who helped organize supporters in front of the Oakland Coliseum.
Chabot College Power Plant Taskforce members held a Walk Out on May 5 at the college’s Grand Court to demonstrate protest of Calpine Corpo-ration’s plans to build a power plant in the nearby Russell City area of Hayward. They in-vited everyone who cares about our environment - friends, coworkers, neighbors, classmates, teachers, and families - to join together in protest of the proposed plant.
Advocacy in Action
Supporters Hold Hands, Walk Out, March In
Thanks to Our Community Supporters
Under the direction of Music Instructor Cindy Browne Rosefield, the Las Positas College Orchestra entertains guests at Best of the Best held in the beautiful Barbara Fracisco Mertes Center for the Arts. ~ Photo by Julian Lim
Elegant Best of the Best Benefits College About 200 guests enjoyed the best in per-forming arts, gourmet food, and fine local wine at the eighth annual Best of the Best gala on April 30, presented by the Las Positas College Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of guests and many sponsors, the event raised close to $100,000, according to Foundation Chief Executive Officer Ted Kaye, Ph.D. During the evening, three excep-tional local civic leaders who are among the Best of the Best in their communities were honored: Stephen Hanke, Superintendent, Dublin Unified School District; Andy Jorgen-sen, Civic Arts Manager (Ret.), City of Plea-santon; and Christine Wente, Fifth Genera-tion Winegrower, Wente Vineyards.
If ever there can be a cause worthy to be upheld by all toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of education. ~Horace Mann
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Chancellor’s Awards Luncheon
Connie Telles and her mother Ruth Jaegel.
Sean Prather, Rich Butler and Frankie Alexander.
Mark Smythe and Erna DeNu. Pam Luster, Jennifer Adams, Jeff Kingston, Interim President Lease, Sharon Gach and Janice Noble.
Sujoy Sarkar, Abdullah Yahya, Catherine Pinkas and Chad Mark Glen.
Julie Thornburg, Kimberly Tomlinson and James Gioia.
Gary Carter, JoAnn Galliano, Chad Mark Glen and Diane Zuliani.
Tram VoKumamoto, Marcia Corcoran and Doug Horner.
On March 3, a luncheon was held at the Pleasanton Hilton to honor the 2010 Chancellor’s Awards recipients. Many members of our district family came together to celebrate with their colleagues who have made outstanding contributions to the district and colleges. ~ Photos by Laura Weaver
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Forensics Teams Talk Their Way to the Top Everyone is talking about the college forensics teams that talked their way into the national championships.
The Chabot College Gladiator Forensics Team took sixth place among all community colleges at the Pi Kappa Delta National Championship Tournament which featured the best of intercollegiate forensics in a full range of individual and team events. The Gladiators team won an “Excellent” Award overall. “Excellent” awards are given to teams and individuals placing in the top third; “superior” awards are granted to teams and individuals in the top 10 percent, explained Instructor and Director of Forensics Jason Ames. There were two National Superior Award Winners: Eileen Zedd and Toan Nguyen. Ms. Zedd, Persua-sive Speaking, won fourth in the nation and earned Great Western Region representative for the na-tional tournament showcase. She is the State Gold Medalist and State Champion in Persuasive Speak-ing, qualifying her to participate in the Interstate Oratorical Competition, the oldest collegiate foren-sics competition in the United States. She is the first Chabot College student to earn this honor. Mr. Nguyen, Program Oral Interpretation of Literature, won 10th in the nation. A short story by English In-structor Zac Walsh was used in this program. National Excellent Award Winners are: Fatima An-sary, Communication Analysis; Brad Bettridge, De-bate; and Eileen Zedd, Extemporaneous Speaking. Gladiator national team members Jessica Hollie, Jake Hewitt, and Katy DiNatale each earned a
From left: Toan Nguyen, Jessica Hollie, Eileen Zedd, Christine Warda (Instructor, in back row), Jason Ames (Director of Forensics/Instructor), Fatima Ansary, Jake Hewitt (back row), Brad Bettridge, and Kathryn DiNatale. ~ Photo by Fatima Ansary
Four members of the Las Positas College Talk Hawks forensics team brought home awards from the Phi Rho Pi Community College National Cham-pionships. Ranked as the number one Northern California community college team at the state championship tournament, the Talk Hawks com-peted with 522 participants from 59 different com-munity colleges at the national championships. “It was an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience, and I’m so very proud of the way in which our stu-dents shine, in and out of competition,” said Instruc-tor and Director of Forensics Janet Brehe Johnson. The national award winners are: Melanie Johnsen, Bronze Award in Informative Speaking; Katie John-son, Bronze Award in Programmed Oral Interpreta-tion and Bronze Award in Duo Interpretation; Salim Razawi, Bronze Award in Programmed Oral Inter-pretation; and Brandon Rogers, Bronze Award in Duo Interpretation.
Bottom row, left to right: Katie Johnson, Jordan Adelman, Melanie John-sen, Megan Sinclair. Top row, left to right: Salim Razawi, Brandon Rogers, Adam Neylan. ~ Photo by Janet Brehe Johnson
“Good” recommendation in at least one of their events. Recent state awards include: Brad Bet-tridge, Eileen Zedd, Jake Hewitt, and Jessica Hollie as Bronze Medalists in Parliamentary Debate; and Arturo Diaz, Bronze Medal in Poetry Interpretation.
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Spring Theater Heads West for Musical Comedy and Classic Drama
Phantom of the Country Opera, Las Positas College’s inaugural theater production on the main stage of the new Barbara Fracisco Mertes Cen-ter for the Arts, charmed audiences and got rave reviews during its six-performance run, April 8-17. This hilarious and heart-warming country western spoof of Phantom of the Opera was directed and produced by veteran Theater Instructor Ken Ross, with musical direction by Diana
Cefalo, choreography by Faith Blevins, set design by Jer-emy Hamm and Bob Cardana, lighting design by Bob Cardana, and costumes by Wesley Morgan. For eight performances April 13-23, audiences were cap-tivated by Chabot College’s The Grapes of Wrath, the theatrical adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Joad family and their hard-ships traveling west from Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl to Cali-fornia’s migrant camps during the Great Depression. Theater Arts Instructor and the play’s Director Dov Has-san, said that audiences were treated to period music, singing, and dance, thanks to musical direction from Lan-guage Arts Faculty Emeritus Dennis Chowenhill, who also performed folk melodies on his mandolin.
Las Positas College’s production of Phantom of the Country Opera. ~ Photo courtesy of Las Positas College Theater Department.
Chabot College’s pro-duction of The Grapes
of Wrath. ~ Photo by Rachel LePell
Fall Reading Apprenticeship Training Offered
Register Now for Summer Learning Institute
Engaging and Empowering Students
All Chabot College regular and adjunct faculty are invited to sign up for a free training seminar in Reading Apprenticeship, a re-search-based approach to aca-demic literacy that focuses on making thinking and learning visi-ble in classes across the curricu-lum. “Reading Apprenticeship helps
community college instructors en-gage, motivate, and empower stu-dents to develop the tools they need to improve their content-area learning,” said Reading Appren-ticeship Coordinator Jane Wolford. She noted that about 40 instruc-tors already have been trained including Language Arts Instructor Cindy Hicks and Life Sciences
Instructor Patricia Wu, both Re-gional Leaders in this approach, who will co-facilitate the training at Chabot College. Specific seminar dates are to be announced. To register or learn more, please contact Ms. Wolford at: [email protected].
Educators are invited to register for a three-day Summer Learning Institute presented by the Accel-eration in Context (AIC) Initiative June 9-11 at Chabot College. “The AIC team, composed of commu-nity college educators from around the state, will be on hand to sup-port your work and growth,” ac-
cording to organizers. “The three days will be lively, surprising, hands-on, experiential, creative, practical, and fun.” This institute can be the beginning of a year-long process where faculty mem-bers are supported by each other and AIC to implement and assess accelerated models and curricu-
lum. For more information, please con-tact Sean McFarland at : [email protected], or (510) 723-7427. For details, pricing, and registration please visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WHLJ9GX.
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Golfing for Good
Spread the word about three great golfing events for three great causes: 1) Veterans. The Englander Pub and Restaurant of San Leandro is sponsoring its 5th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, “Saluting Those Who Served,” on Saturday, May 21, 12:30 to 6:00 p.m., at the Metro-politan Golf Links in Oakland to benefit the Veterans First Program at Las Positas College. Veterans First Coordinator Todd Steffan expressed his apprecia-tion to the Englander for choosing the program as this year’s beneficiary. “One of the reasons our pro-gram is so strong is that we have tremendous sup-port from the community,” Steffan said. “We are ex-tremely grateful to everyone involved in this charity event.” Golf tournament tickets are $135 per player which includes green fee, golf cart, lunch on the course, and a generous BBQ dinner at the Englander Res-taurant after the tournament. This year’s grand prize for the “hole-in-one” competition is a new car from F.H. Daily Chevrolet. Raffle prizes include a 50-inch HDTV, blu-ray player, VIP tickets to an Oakland A’s game, and more. Tickets can be purchased at the Englander, the Wednesday San Leandro Farmers Market, and at www.englanderpub.com. For more information, please contact Bob Atthowe at (510) 303-2616 or Mark Wodyka at [email protected]. 2) Athletics. Las Positas College Athletics will hold its Inaugural Golf Classic on Monday, June 27, at Ruby Hill Golf Club, a private club in Pleasanton featuring the premiere Jack Nicklaus Signature De-sign golf course in the East Bay Area. Many spon-sorship opportunities are available. Players of all levels can enjoy a full day of golf, bar-beque lunch, dinner, cocktail reception, raffles, prizes, and awards. Non-golfers can register for din-ner and evening events at Ruby Hill. Registration is at10:30 a.m. and shotgun start is at noon. Proceeds will benefit the Athletics Department and its aca-demic and athletic opportunities for students and Tri-Valley residents. There are three ways to learn more and sign up: phone registration at (925) 424-1275, online regis-tration at www.laspositascollege.edu/athletics/golfClassic, and mail in registration by completing and mailing the registration form at
www.laspositascollege.edu/athletics/golfClassic. For more information, please contact Dyan Miller, Dean/Athletic Director of Physical Education, Athlet-ics, Health, and Wellness, (925) 424-1275, or email [email protected]. 3) Football. The 7th Annual Chabot College Foot-ball Golf Tournament is Friday, July 24, with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start, at The Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon. Tickets are $125 per person and in-clude green fee, cart, continental breakfast, BBQ lunch, and tee prizes. The lunch, an awards cere-mony, and auction immediately will follow the tour-nament. For information and registration, please contact Head Football Coach and Physical Education In-structor Danny Calcagno at (510) 723-6931 or [email protected].
Three Good Reasons to Grab Your Clubs and Hit the Links
Las Positas College Veterans First Program Coordinator Todd Steffan presents information about educational benefits and opportunities at an informational workshop this semester for more than 50 military personnel from Camp Parks in Dublin. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
Maja Jorenson’s
metal flowers bloom in the 33rd Annual
Student Art Festival. Related story on
page 2. ~ Photo by Mary Lauffer
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Breaking New Ground
Campus Celebrates Measure B Construction Organizers could not move the cloudy heavens, but they did move the earth for the March 25 ceremony celebrating Las Positas College’s new Student Ser-vices & Administration (SSA) Building and the Science Building Expansion. Rain had turned the ground to mud, so Executive Assistant to the President Jennifer Adams and others imported ceremonial dry ground for the new celebration site in the Black Box Theater. Addressing attending students, staff, faculty, commu-nity members, and honored guests were Chancellor Joel L. Kinnamon, Ed.D, Interim President Guy F. Lease, Ed.D., Administrative Assistant to the President and Classified Senate President Sharon Gach, Interim Vice President of Student Services Jeff Baker, Chemistry and Environmental Studies Instructor Mike Ansell, Ph.D., and student Daniel Nenni, the new ASLPC President and District Board of Trustees Student Trustee. Mr. Baker explained how the new 67,000 square foot, LEED Silver SSA will consolidate support services and resources including Counseling, Admissions & Records, Financial Aid, the Career/Transfer Center, Interna-
tional Student Program, ASLPC, and the Cafeteria - all of which currently are located in five different places across campus. Dr. Ansell described how the Science Building Ex-pansion will significantly improve and update facili-ties for students and faculty. The project will consist of a new 12,000 square foot, one-story structure located adjacent to the current Science Building. The new building will contain four new “wet labs” for biology on the first floor and a “dry lab” for engineer-ing graphics. The second floor will house four class-rooms. Both construction projects are designed to
achieve LEED Silver Certification and are funded by Measure B, the general obligation facilities bond.
Science Building Expansion
Student Services and Administration Building
Annual Ceremony Recognizes Excellence in Technology The Automotive Service Councils of California, Chapter 16; Chabot College Foundation; and Chabot College Automotive Technology presented the an-nual Career Technical Education (CTE) Awards Ceremony on May 10. The ceremony recognizes many students, instruc-tors, and college, high school, and regional occupa-tions programs (ROP) in Automotive, Machine Tool, and Welding technology. Participating schools in-clude: Chabot College, Las Positas College, Castro Valley High School, Eden Area ROP, James Logan High School, Mission Valley ROP, San Leandro High
School, and Washington High School. Parents, school administrators, corporate sponsors, District Board of Trustees members, and local and state government representatives attended the event, said Ceremony Coordinator and Automotive Technology Instructor Stephen Small. Scholarships were awarded and several companies donated tools which are given to our students, noted Chabot Col-lege Foundation Assistant Director Heidi B. Finberg. The tools are especially important, she explained, because graduates are expected to come “ready to work” in the industry and the tools help them prepare for today’s industry standards.
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A special May Student Recognition Night edition of the Hotsheet contains news about many award-winning programs, students, and faculty at Chabot College, in areas such as business, the arts, communications, in-terior design, the sciences, and more. Read the issue posted online at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/blog/index.php. Following is just one of the many highlights:
Congratulations to Chabot College Head Golf Coach Zack Papachristos, his assistant coaches, and the golf team for winning the California Community College State Golf Championships on Monday, May 16. The championship team members are Ryan Thomas, Tyler Archer, Ian Attard, Casey Adams, and Alex Calleja.
Hotsheet Announces Awards and Success
The Delta Epsilon Chi Business Club held a regional conference for both high school and collegiate stu-dents at the campus Conference Center on March 11 and 12. Sixty one students attended, including 27 Chabot College students. There were representatives from many organizations: Puente Project, Striving Black Brothers, 20 local DECA high school students, two high school advisors, three faculty members, and nine Business Advisory Board members who acted as mentors and judges. “This forum served as an excellent learning experience and begins our ‘Incubator’ program to help small businesses in Ala-meda and Contra Costa counties with their business planning needs,” said DECA Adviser and Business Instructor Catherine Pinkas.
Las Positas College invites Latino families to learn about college opportunities and access at “Aprendiendo A Triunfar IV/Learning To Triumph IV” on Saturday, May 21, at 9 a.m. in the Multi-Disciplinary Building (2400). “This event is designed to introduce Latino families to higher education by offering age specific workshops and activities to create a bond between the Latino community and Las Positas College. We believe this event captures the inclusiveness and opportunities that should be available to all in our community,” said organizer Counselor Gilberto Victoria. The event is free and will be conducted in Spanish. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Following are event highlights: The event is sponsored by Latinos por la Educación/Latinos for Education, with representatives from organi-zations in the Tri-Valley area including the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, Migrant Education of California, St. Michael’s Church of Livermore, Tri-Valley Community Foundation, and Las Positas College. Additional sponsorship is from First United Services Credit Union and New York Life.
Learning To Triumph Creates Opportunities
Keynote speakers: Honorable Joan Buchanan, California State Assemblywoman for District 15; and María Leticia Gómez, Univision Spanish-language TV news anchor
Parent Workshops: Financial Planning for your Children’s Education and Financial Aid; Eng-lish as a Second Language, how language development helps in all aspects of our lives; and Growing With Our Children: A Workshop On Family and Educational Development
Middle/High School Student Workshops: Science Workshop, why science is important in our lives; and Photography/Graphic Design
Entertainment, activities, and supervised childcare for children Lunch and transportation
Golf Team Wins State Championships
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
Board of Trustees
Barbara F. Mertes, Ph.D., President
Isobel F. Dvorsky, Secretary
Arnulfo Cedillo, Ed.D.
Donald L. “Dobie” Gelles
Hal G. Gin, Ed.D.
Marshall Mitzman, Ph.D.
Carlo Vecchiarelli
Joel L. Kinnamon, Ed.D., Chancellor
In Our District is an internal newsletter published three times per year in the Fall, Winter and Spring. The publication is created by the office of public relations and governmental affairs of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District. Editor - Laura Weaver, contributing writer - Mary Lauffer, layout design - Patty Russell. E-mail [email protected] with story ideas.
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District 5020 Franklin Drive Pleasanton, California 94588 (925) 485-5215 www.clpccd.org
Save the Date Chabot College
7th Annual Chabot College Football Golf Tournament July 24, 9:00 a.m. shotgun start The Bridges Golf Club, San Ramon Tickets: $125 per person Info: Danny Calcagno, (510) 723-6931, [email protected]
Las Positas College
Aprendiendo a Triunfar IV/Learning to Triumph IV May 21, 9:00 a.m. Multidisciplinary Building, Building 2400 Info: Gilberto Victoria, (925) 424-1477, [email protected] Veterans First Program/5th An-nual Charity Golf Tournament of the Englander Pub and Restaurant May 21, 12:30-6:00 p.m. Metropolitan Golf Links, Oakland Info: Todd Steffan, (925) 424-1571/1572, [email protected]
Athletics Inaugural Golf Classic June 27, 10:30 a.m. registra-tion; noon shotgun start Ruby Hill Golf Club in Pleasan-ton Info: Dyan Miller, (925) 424-1275, [email protected]
District-Wide
Convocation Date: Monday, August 15 Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Location: Chabot College
For news about the many important events on the college campuses, please visit the college websites. For sports event schedules, please visit
http://www.chabotcollege.edu/PE/ and http://www.laspositascollege.edu/athletics/index.php.
Go Gladiators and Hawks!
