CAMPUS NEWS
Events scheduled to solicit input from campus community on accreditation
Faculty, classified, and students are working to help college meet accreditation.
The college has scheduled a series of meetings in this week and in April to guarantee everyone has input on the new Education Master Plan and development of Student Learning Outcomes mandated during the accreditation process.
Consultants with Maas Company will meet with the Classified Senate and Academic Senate on March 27 to discuss the effort. All day workshops have been scheduled March 28-29 for faculty to work together in teams to develop SLOs and accompanying assessments. Maas Company will distribute surveys to staff and faculty on March 28.
On Wednesday, April 2, the consultants will meet with members of the Administrative Council to discuss the Education Master Plan. That afternoon, the consultants have scheduled a meeting with the Student Senate.
On April 30 an open forum has been scheduled to allow the consultants to update the campus on their work and to provide feedback on the surveys.
On March 14, the Student support Services Division held a retreat to begin developing SLOs and assessment materials for the division.
“The response to the Accrediting Commission Report is underway with impressive energy, leadership and commitment,” said President Tom Mohr. “I am grateful for the teams of faculty and staff leaders in every division who have come together to plan and develop the outcomes necessary in both master planning and SLO development.”
A Master Plan Subcommittee has been formed and is working with Maas Company.
More Than 300 Citizens Gather on Campus to Discuss Affordable Housing
More than 300 San Mateo County citizens gathered March 15-16 at the college to discuss the county’s future housing needs. The participants were a randomly selected group of people who formed a "microcosm of the county." Small groups and large discussion sessions focused on how to meet the region's future housing needs. Threshold 2008 was formed to engage the public on housing issues in the county to ensure better quality of life for residents who are affected by housing choices in the region. The goal of the weekend was to learn what kinds of housing options people are willing to accept and support if they are given a chance to become informed on the issues.
Priority Enrollment Program for Graduating High School Seniors Set for April
Graduating high school seniors can make an easy transition from high school to college thanks to an innovative program offered by the college.
The Priority Enrollment Program for Graduating High School Seniors is a half-day program designed to help high school seniors transition seamlessly into college next year. It will be held Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, April 23 from 3 to 8 p.m.
Participation in the program guarantees graduating high school students priority admission for summer/fall classes in 2008; priority counseling services; and early access to classes. At the end of the session students will receive a one-on-one academic counseling appointment and a priority registration date that will permit them to register ahead of all other new students, thereby giving you the broadest selection of classes.
The half-day session includes workshops on financial aid,
admissions, placement testing, orientation and counseling, and a campus
tour.
For more information, contact Soraya Sohrabi at sohrabi@smccd.edu or call 650-306-3493.
Career Fair '08 Set for April 16
Students looking for a summer job or needing advice on starting a career can find answers at the Cañada College Career Fair '08 to be held Wednesday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the cafeteria. Employers from around the Bay Area will be on hand looking for new employees and answering questions about careers. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Bob Haick at 650-306-3178 or e-mail haickr@smccd.edu.
Early Childhood Education Professional Development Seminar set for April 7
ECE students can receive help with professional, educational and career plans.
The Cañada College Early Childhood Education Department in conjunction
with the San Francisco State University Child and Adolescent
Development Program, is hosting a professional development seminar on
Monday, April 7 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Building 3, Room 142 on the
Cañada College campus, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City.
The purpose of the seminar is to assist early childhood education
students with professional, educational and career plans including but
not limited to obtaining an ECE certificate, AS degree and/or
bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University.
The event is free and open to all ECE/CAD students. For more information, contact Val Goins at 650-306-3148 or goines@smccd.edu.
Groundbreaking Held For New Facilities Maintenance Building
Ground was broken on March 7 for the long-awaited Facilities Maintenance Building. The new facility will allow the Facilities Maintenance crew to move out of their current space in the gymnasium. The state-of-the-art building will be located on the western edge of Parking Lot 6, west of the gym.
Hewlett Packard Shooting Publicity Photos on Campus
Hewlett Packard will be on campus April 3 for a photo shoot. The photos will become part of the stock photo collection used by HP marketing. Interested students will be able to apply to be cast as models in the photos. The majority of the photos will be shot in Building 9, both in the Library and Learning Center. Others will be shot in the new amphitheater. A professional photographer will fly from New York City to conduct the shoot.
Redwood Symphony Presents Mahler's Third
The Redwood Symphony presents Mahler's Third, a concert featuring the Peninsula Women's Chorus and the Ragazzi Boy's Chorus. The concert will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 6 in the Main Theater. All staff, faculty and students are admitted free of charge. Mahler shows us the overwhelming power of what he called the "Life-Force" and its Creator in his grandest work, the Third Symphony. Join Maestro Kujawsky, Redwood Symphony, two choirs and vocal soloist Theresa Cardinale for this popular but rarely performed masterpiece.
FACES OF CAÑADA
Jeannie Mecorney, Professor of Multimedia, presents an exhibition of her photography from a trip across country. An
opening reception for the exhibit will be held Wednesday, March 26 from
3 to 5 p.m. in the Cañada College Art Gallery (Building 9, Room 152). Photographs from her sabbatical across the United States and Canada will be on exhibit through April 16.
“I was a graphic designer in print, film, television and the web for 25 years before coming to Cañada College to begin building its Multimedia Program 10 years ago,” Mecorney said, “My most recent exhibit on campus was in fall 2006: "Images From a Moving Car." These were shot in California. During my fall sabbatical this past year I took photographs extending this theme across the country from the West Coast to the East and back. Growing up in California, I spent much time traveling in a car. Landscapes flew by as fleeting moments or were suspended forward in the distance. As a child I captured them in my head. Now I point the camera outside the window to capture in a still photograph what I see from that moving car."
College Hunting for New Basketball Coach
After four years, Lamont Quattlebaum has stepped down as Cañada College men’s basketball coach. Calling it a career decision, Quattlebaum is returning to be the assistant dean of students at Sacred Heart Prep, the same post he held before taking the Cañada job. Cañada’s men’s basketball position isn’t full time, and Quattlebaum said from a financial standpoint, “it was basically not enough to help me support a family (in the long term). It’s tough because I love Mike Garcia. He’s as good an AD as I’ve ever had. The administration and my fellow coaches here were great. And it’s hard to think that I’m leaving the kids because I enjoyed coaching them.”
Editor's Note: If you have ideas for the Faces of Cañada
section of the online newsletter, please contact Robert Hood at ext. 3340
or by e-mail at hoodr@smccd.edu.
SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS
Relationship Abuse Event Held for Cañada Students
One in six women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. College age women are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted. Far more women are emotionally abused by their intimate partners by being controlled, demeaned and isolated.
Because of these facts, Nurse Lesli Sachs, in collaboration with PTK, presented a week-long series of events to raise the awareness of students about relationship abuse and help them to find help and solutions.
Both Cañada professors and outside speakers were invited to the college; 10 different class sessions were presented in both English and Spanish, attended by 19 different classes, including a special presentation for the baseball team.
A highlight of the week was the "Dine-Around,” an event where students join with other students around tables, each group discussing a different topic, facilitated by an expert on the topic. Topics included, Date Rape, Same-Sex Partner Abuse, Surviving Childhood Abuse, Rap Music and Its Effect on Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, How to Have a Healthy Relationship and many more. Because the groups are small, the conversations become more intimate, and students are able to share their own experiences, and get advice from the other students. Pizza is served to each table, hence the title "Dine-Around".
Lastly, the Clothesline Project was displayed in the cafeteria all week. The "Clothesline Project" consists of T-shirts created by women in battered women's shelters. Women living in these shelters are asked to draw or paint their feelings about their experiences on a T-shirt which is then hung on a "clothesline". Each color of the T-shirt represents a different experience; white is in memory of a woman who has been killed, in aviolent relationship; red represents is a woman who has been raped, purple or pink represents a woman who has been attacked because of her sexual preference, and yellow/orange, a women who has been battered or assaulted. This project is sponsored by "CORA" Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse.
High Standards Has Student Commuting Daily From Richmond
After enjoying a career as a dress designer, Denise Chandhoke made the decision to return to school. She spent approximately one year researching and visiting local colleges. Her research led her to make the daily one-hour commute to Cañada.
“There is a very high standard at Cañada,” said the Rhetoric Writing major. “I plan to transfer to UC Berkeley this fall and I wanted a school that would prepare me to succeed academically. I attended Berkeley for the 2007 summer session, where a faculty member validated my decision regarding Cañada College. He stated that he liked the quality of students that came from Canada College.”
After moving from Philadelphia, Denise visited a number of community colleges in the Bay Area but quickly realized that Canada was different from the other community colleges. “When I came to visit Cañada there was so much activity and the students seemed energized about being here. During my initial visit, I was impressed to learn that San Mateo County had voted in favor of an aggressive bond issue that soon became the new library and learning center. The college was also going to have enviable technology with all new computers and state of the art learning labs. Choosing Canada was an easy choice.”
While the commute can be difficult, Denise said it’s worth every minute. “The classes at Cañada aren’t easy,” she said. “You have to work for your grades but the whole environment at the college is about empowering students to succeed. There’s help around every corner and I know that when I leave here I’m going to be successful at Berkeley.”
Woodside High School Student Credits Cañada Class For Her $5,000 Scholarship
Woodside High School senior Jenine Giusto enrolled in the Introduction to Scholarships class at Cañada College to learn more about scholarship opportunities. It led to her winning the $5,000 Sequoia Awards Scholarship sponsored by Allied Waste Companies and First National Bank.
“I was looking through the course schedule for a class to meet my physical education requirement for dance and saw the Introduction to Scholarships class and thought it might be fun,” Giusto said. “It certainly worked. It taught me about interviews and helped me get organized and now I have a scholarship.”
The instructor, Soraya Sohrabi, said the class is designed to introduce students to scholarship and financial aid opportunities at the local, state, and national levels. “We want to teach them research techniques and how to utilize publications, software, Internet sites, and community resources to identify potential scholarships. In addition, we teach students how to write personal statements, resumes, and interview techniques.”
Giusto is taking her scholarship to San Jose State University in the fall where she will study business and theater arts. “I’m interested in becoming a casting director or talent agent,” she said.
Spring Issue of BluePrint E-Zine Set for Release
The spring issue of the student online publication, BluePrint, will be available soon. It features the creative work of Cañada students and can be found at www.blueprintzine.net.
Editor's Note: If you have an idea for a student feature, contact Robert Hood at ext. 3340.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Please see the EVENTS CALENDAR for the latest event listings.
Editor's Note: If you would like to submit an event to the Cañada Calendar of Events please contact Robert Hood at hoodr@smccd.edu.
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