Success Stories

Cañada Computer Animation Students Win Statewide Honors

Chelsea Hiatt Farley and Lisa Roecks, 3D Animation students at Cañada College, have each won statewide awards at the 2009 Media Arts Award Competition sponsored by the Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative.

From over 200 designs submitted and with over 12,000 votes cast, Lorene Lederer from San Carlos and a Cañada College Student emerged as the victorious designer in the Barbara Boxer Poster Contest.
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Carlos Chapeton

Carlos Chapeton

Carlos Chapeton has been Creative Director and the co-founder of Evolving Vision Media since its inception. The company has been involved in many web and graphic design projects and continues to thrive successfully.

Additionally he has worked as a 3D Artist at Expresso Fitness in Sunnyvale for three years. Carlos currently teaches mART 432
3D Environments & Hard Surface Modeling.

 

Courtney Caldwell

Courtney Caldwell

Congratulations Courtney on your new job at Hotwire.com!

“I love my job! It's so great being able to directly apply all the skills I learned at Cañada to a position that has such a big role in the outside world! I'm fitting right in and helping with various projects in the marketing department and creative services. I've been working with just about every program I know -- Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc! So rewarding!”

Courtney Caldwell started at Cañada's Multimedia program in Fall 2007. She arrived with a BA in Art and Art History from UC Berkeley. While at Cañada she worked as a student assistant and as the Campus Gallery Curator!

David Wilson

"I can safely say that the concepts taught in Cañada's 3D animation classes are relevant in industry, since I use them every day."

David Wilson is a former student and currently holds the possition of Effects Technical Director at PDI/Dreamworks

Wendy Walter

Wendy Walter

(Portrait by Marine Potapinski)

Wendy had two earlier careers before her recent transition into web design and 3D animation. She manages her freelance business out of a home office.

She sees a variety of options ahead: staying as a freelancer and working with low- to mid-sized website projects, running larger projects from inside companies on a salaried basis, or moving into the e-learning field.

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Alfonso Escalera

Alfonso Escalera

After completing his coursework for the Web Design Certificate of Achievement he moved back to Colima, Mexico and is now a successful Freelance Designer and teaches at the local College.

 

 

 

 

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summer fall 2009

IWITTS and CalWomen Tech Project
[Fantastic Resource!] Check it out! Women and Men!

Cal Women Tech IWITTS (Institute for Women In Trades Technology and Science) was awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Award from the program on Research on Gender in Science and Engineering to fund the CalWomenTech Project. Through this five-year grant, California community colleges will receive expert support and technical assistance to help recruit and retain women into technology programs where they are under-represented.

Eight community colleges selected via a competitive process to receive free intensive CalWomenTech training and assistance on recruiting and retaining women in their technology programs. The primary goal of the CalWomenTech Project is to increase the number of women enrolled and retained in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in the selected CalWomenTech community colleges.

Cañada College was one of the colleges selected as part ofthe project and has been working with IWITTS to promtoe technical programs to female students. The project has been very successful and continues to help our college with recruitment, retention and teaching strategies.

As part of our recruitment and retention strategies Calwomen Tech Project created a great web portal with resources for our students and instructors. It can be visited here>>
There is also a great DVD describing the types of video game art jobs out their. Come by the Learning Center to check it out! Here is a preview...

Are you having trouble keeping up with your classes? Need a tutor with Adobe and Maya skills? Click here.

Congratulations to the following students who graduated last June 2009 with
their AA degrees and are attending San Jose State and San Francisco State!

Araceli Arias [San Jose State]
Diego Ventocilla [San Jose State]
Azra Zabic [San Francisco State]

 

Multimedia Art and Animation
Frequently Asked Questions

Scholarship Opportunities:

Fill out a FAFSA! This is the one application you need for anyform of financial aid including Work/Study! Be a gallery sitter and get paid! Or a Studio Student Assistant!
More Information Here!

The Cañada College Financial Aid Department Building 9-109. No appointment necessary! Hands-on FAFSA assistance provided – se habla español!

Students may still file 2007-08 FAFSAs for the current school year through June 30, 2008 – apply now!

Financial Aid is available year-round for qualified students. For your future please fill out this form!

Financial aid websites:
www.fafsa.ed.gov
www.calgrant.org
www.icanaffordcollege.com
www.edfund.org

Start a Photo Club!

 

Join with other student sto create an exciting club!
Showcase your photos in our online Gallery!
Great opportunities to network!

Forgot your textbook?
Can't afford the textbook?

Through the generosity of a community donor, both the Learning Center and Library have been able to obtain almost every textbook our students use for free. There are two ways that students can use these textbooks:

1. Learning Center Use: Available for use in the Center only, no time-limit.
2. Library Use: For many texts, the library has multiple copies.

One copy - for use in the Library only, 2 hour time-limit

Additional copies - available for 3 day check-out

The Learning Center has loaded Photoshop, Painter, Dreamweaver and Flash on several machines. Please check with the front desk to find out which ones. Also do not forget to login for your By Arrangement Hours!