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What's Happening at Cañada: Week of March 2, 2015

Tue, 3 March, 2015 at 4:11 pm in Sports, Clubs, Featured, Basketball, English, News, Events, Athletics, Cañada College, Favianna Rodriguez, Dreamers What's Happening at Cañada: Weekly Campus Calendar of Events   March 4: Cañada College Men’s Basketball in Round 3 of the 2015 CCCAA Men’s Basketball NorCal Regional San Jose Ci...read more

English Instructor Doniella Maher

Mon, 9 June, 2014 at 11:33 pm in Featured, English Doniella Maher, currently an adjunct in our English Department, will be joining the full time ranks in the fall. Doniella has taught for the past four years as an adjunct member of the faculty at Cha...read more

Cañada College Student Invited to Debut Short Film at Cannes

Thu, 6 March, 2014 at 12:03 pm in Political Science, Art, Sociology, Communication Studies, Theatre Arts, Accounting, Math, Biology, Music, Engineering, Reading, English, History, Computer Information Science, Philosophy A chance meeting and a simple sneeze led a Cañada College multimedia student to produce a five-minute film that will be featured at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Sir Wade Neistadt was notifi...read more

Former Middle College Student Now Working in Design

Thu, 27 February, 2014 at 7:59 am in Engineering, Featured, English, Phithetakappa, Multimedia Landing a job as a graphic designer takes hard work, determination, and creativity, lessons Sarah Wiener learned as a Cañada College student. Wiener recently landed a design job at Triple Tree, a ...read more

Rally for Sustainability Celebrates Opening of EV Charging Stations

Thu, 24 October, 2013 at 7:23 am in Political Science, Biology, Engineering, English, Computer Information Science, Business Management, Chemistry The San Mateo County Community College District will celebrate the installation of plug-in Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure at all three Colleges and the District Office. The Grand Opening be...read more

Writers on Writing: Anne Perry, Victoria Zackheim Share Experiences

Wed, 23 October, 2013 at 8:55 am in Political Science, English, Psychology, Social Sciences, History, Phi Theta Kappa, Sociology, Communication Studies, Philosophy, Theatre Arts Anne Perry Authors Anne Perry and Victoria Zackheim will share their experiences as writers at a special lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The event, which will be held in the Cañada College Main ...read more

A Conversation With Author Lac Su

Tue, 22 October, 2013 at 11:08 am in Political Science, Art, English, Psychology, Social Sciences, Spanish, History, Sociology, Communication Studies, Anthropology, Latinamerican Studies, Philosophy Award-winning author Lac Su will share his personal story of immigration, assimilation, gangs, poverty and abusive parenting at two lectures in the Cañada College Main Theater. The first lecture w...read more

Former Cañada College Student Rose Whitmore Receives Prestigious Literary Prize

Thu, 12 September, 2013 at 11:40 am in English, Alumni, Studentexperiences 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 Revie...read more

Word Jam Continues to Grow at Cañada College

Tue, 6 August, 2013 at 8:46 am in Featured, English, ESL Students are flocking to Word Jam at Cañada College. Now in its third Fall session, the program has grown from 35 students to more than 60. The free, non-credit, one week program ...read more

Sarah Harmon Receives Bay Honors Consortium Faculty Award

Wed, 5 June, 2013 at 1:38 pm in Featured, English, Spanish Award recognizes exemplary work of faculty in support of their honors community Sarah Harmon receives award from Bay Honors Consortium Sarah Harmon, a Spanish and linguistics professor at Caña...read more

Carlmont High School Graduate Earns Marie A. Calderilla Scholarship

Wed, 29 May, 2013 at 8:23 am in Featured, English, Future Students, Studentexperiences, Chemistry Elizabeth Carranza aspires to be a chemist Elizabeth Carranza, a 2009 graduate of Carlmont High School and a current Cañada College student, has been awarded the Marie A. Calderilla Scholarshi...read more

Cañada is Adding Online Courses This Summer

Wed, 8 May, 2013 at 8:31 am in Astrology, Featured, English, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Mathematics, Math New online courses in Anthropology, Astronomy, Computer Information Science, English, History, Philosophy, and Math will be introduced this summer at Cañada College. Summer classes begin June 17 an...read more

Hanzimanolis Appointed to Chair Executive Committee for Part-Time Faculty

Tue, 5 February, 2013 at 9:43 am in Featured, English Dr. Margaret Hanzimanolis has been appointed the Chair of the Executive Committee for Part-time Faculty Discussion group, in the Modern Language Association, an association of almost 30,000 language a...read more

Tutors Are Available in the Learning Center to Help With Writing Projects

Wed, 30 January, 2013 at 6:45 am in Biology, Featured, English, History, ESL, Communication Studies, Anthropology, Writing, Mathematics Drop-in help is available four days a week If you are struggling with a writing project, help is available in the Learning Center. The college offers drop-in hours on Mondays, 9 a.m. to noon; Tues...read more

Improve Your English and Reading Test Scores With Word Jam

Fri, 4 January, 2013 at 7:52 am in Featured, English, History, ESL, Anthropology If you need help improving your placement test score in English or reading, register now for Word Jam. Word Jam is a free, non-credit, one-week program that provides support to current and in-c...read more

Fall Theater Production - EmergenciPhone! - Opens Nov. 20

Mon, 19 November, 2012 at 3:17 pm in Political Science, Featured, Reading, English, Theater Arts, Anthropology EmergenciPhone! won a sold-out award in the 2012 San Francisco Fringe Festival, and was a hit with the Fringe audiences. Now the production moves to Cañada College in Redwood City. It was written a...read more

Do You Have Questions About Paying Your Fees? We Have Answers

Mon, 19 November, 2012 at 9:04 am in Political Science, Art, Sociology, Communication Studies, Math, Biological Sciences, Biology, Engineering, Featured, English, Business Administration, History, ESL, Anthropology, Philosophy You Will Be Dropped From Your Spring Classes If You Have Not Paid Your Fees By Jan. 7. San Mateo County Community College District Fee Payment Questions and Answers   Q: Why must I pay my fe...read more

Earn your Bachelor's Degree at Cañada College

Wed, 14 November, 2012 at 7:12 am in Art, Human Services, Featured, English, Psychology, Business Administration, History, Anthropology, CWA Did you know you can earn a Bachelor’s Degree from NDNU at the Cañada College campus and begin your program in January? Notre Dame de Namur University and the University Center bring three Even...read more

Saturday morning, Tuesday night orientation and assessment testing sessions added

Tue, 13 November, 2012 at 11:13 am in Art, Biology, Engineering, Featured, Reading, English, History, ESL, Communication Studies, Anthropology, Accounting, Math New students registering for spring semester can now take their assessment test and attend their orientation session on select Saturday mornings or Tuesday nights. Saturday morning sessions have bee...read more

Hell's Angels & Charivari by the Redwood Symphony

Tue, 13 November, 2012 at 8:38 am in Political Science, Art, Social Sciences, Spanish, Sociology, Communication Studies, Theatre Arts, Math, Biology, Music, Engineering, Featured, Reading, English, Psychology, History, ESL, Anthropology, Philosophy The Redwood Symphony presents "Hell's Angels & Charivari" on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Main Theater. Maestro Eric Kujawsky will offer a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. The cost is $25 for...read more

MLB Network Analyst Harold Reynolds Heads Second Hall of Fame Class

Tue, 30 October, 2012 at 11:47 am in Baseball, Featured, English, Golf-women, Science, Kinesiology, Athletics, Soccer-women, Dance, Math Harold Reynolds, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star and currently the lead analyst for the MLB Network, headlines a list of eight former Cañada College athletes that will be inducted into ...read more

Free Tax and Accounting Workshop for Small Business Owners and the Self-Employed

Tue, 30 October, 2012 at 9:09 am in Communication Studies, Accounting, Business Management, Math, Biology, Engineering, Featured, Reading, English, Business Administration, CBOT, History, ESL, Anthropology, Economics The Cañada College Center for Entrepreneurial Opportunities is teaming up with Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) and the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center to offer a free tax and acco...read more

Danielle Pelletier Leads Statewide Effort to Teach English in the Workplace

Mon, 29 October, 2012 at 7:37 am in Political Science, Biology, Featured, English, Business, History, ESL, Economics, Accounting, Chemistry Danielle Pelletier, ESL instructor, has been named coordinator for the Teaching English in the Workplace for the California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL). Pelletier ha...read more

Visit CSU Monterey Bay on Oct. 13

Wed, 3 October, 2012 at 8:16 am in Art, Spanish, Communication Studies, Accounting, Business Management, Math, Biology, Music, Engineering, Reading, English, CBOT, ESL, Latin American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Philosophy If you are considering transferring to CSU Monterey Bay the Transfer Success Tours will be visiting the campus on Saturday, Oct. 13. Transfer Success Tours is a free program to give all Cañada Coll...read more

A New Book Details a Debt-Free Spending Plan

Tue, 2 October, 2012 at 8:04 am in Political Science, Art, Spanish, Communication Studies, Accounting, Math, Biology, Music, Engineering, Reading, English, History, ESL, Latin American Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy Mike and JoAnneh Nagler understand the spiraling problems of debt. "We were in a situation where it felt like we would never get out from underneath our debt," he said. "Something would always happen ...read more

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