California Community Colleges

to Sacramento City College alumna, Outstanding Hispanic Woman of the Year, former White House fellow and first female president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Margarita Colmenares!

Colmenares was the first Hispanic female engineer named a White House Fellow. And for good reason. The Sacramento City College graduate has worked as a political appointee with the United States Department of Education, among other federal agencies, to improve math and science education. And while working with Chevron, she headed a major environmental cleanup at the corporation’s plant in El Segundo. She is now the vice president of business development for Growing Energy Labs Inc., (GELI) a clean-tech start-up based in San Francisco.

While at Sacramento City College, Colmenares received a General Electric scholarship and several others. She completed her studies in civil engineering at Stanford University, where she was the only Latina in her class.

“I learned early on that the community colleges could be an important stepping stone to my dreams,” Colmenares wrote in Hispanic Engineer magazine. “I found a supportive learning environment, a concerned faculty, guidance for scholarships and mentors from both the University of California, Davis and California State University, Sacramento, and related work experience that convinced me that I could succeed in my chosen field.”

Read more at https://bit.ly/3Lk7cE8.

+ Summit Honored With “Circle of Excellence” Award: The 5th Annual California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Summit, supported by the Chancellor’s Office, Foundation for California Community Colleges (FoundationCCC), and the volunteer California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, recently received a Silver 2024 Circle of Excellence Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Each year, the international awards competition highlights creative, inspiring achievements across advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing that impact institutions and their communities.

Students on Campuses,” brought together over 1,000 participants from 105 colleges. Subsequently, regional gatherings were held at the College of San Mateo, Fresno City College and Irvine Valley College to represent large regions of the state. The inspirational events produced transformative actionable plans to better serve, support and affirm LGBTQ+ students at individual community colleges.

“This community college system-wide initiative addresses a critical and widespread need within higher education, with a particular focus on supporting a vulnerable population. Notably, a significant number of colleges throughout the state-wide system joined forces, showcasing advocacy and drawing attention to the initiative despite their decentralization. Their goals were admirable, and they exceeded all of them.” — Circle of Excellence Award Judges, CASE

The summit was selected from more than 4,000 entries submitted by two-year, four-year, public, and private institutions worldwide, for a project that honors our organizational commitment to innovation, equity and student success. This achievement is a testament to the powerful partnership between the Chancellor’s Office and FoundationCCC, bolstered by the dedication and expertise of our extraordinary volunteer California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.

Read more at https://ow.ly/EPQT50SGs1g.

TUNE IN: The July 2024 meeting of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors is Monday, July 22, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Closed Session from 12:35 p.m. to 1:05 p.m., in-person in Sacramento and viewable via Zoom.

One of the meeting topics will be on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Teaching and Learning.

AGENDA & VIDEO LINK: https://ow.ly/JxrF50SBF6Z.

We are cheering for Water Polo Coach Chris Oeding who is heading to the Paris Olympics! After his recent induction into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, Coach Oeding will coach Team USA in his third Olympics. Since 2000, he’s led LBCC to six state championships and inspired countless athletes. Wishing Coach Oeding and the team continued success!

The Chancellor’s Office has initiated a series of monographs that connect Vision 2030’s priorities to Federal and State investments in higher education. These documents highlight advances in different areas of our roadmap and why continued support by policymakers is important.

The first monograph of the series focuses on dual enrollment: https://ow.ly/i88A50SEzEu.

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TUNE IN: Thursday, July 18, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. is the webinar introducing the new Cal-HBCU Transfer Grant. Students who transfer from California community colleges to eligible, partnered Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) can receive up to $5,000 in one-time grant funds.

Register for the webinar online now: CAStudentAid.org/CalHBCUWebinar.

TUNE IN: Wednesday, July 31, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. is the California Community Colleges Webinar, “Meeting Basic Needs: The Essential Role of Student Housing.”

Register: https://bit.ly/4cAJ78a.

The Chancellor’s Office is hosting a series of virtual and in-person professional development events to support California Community Colleges student housing programs. Virtual Forums will feature presentations from student housing professionals who will be discussing relevant topics and will address the challenges, opportunities, and tools for operationalizing student housing. Presenters will engage with virtual attendees and will be able to answer audience questions during Q&A sessions. Recordings will be uploaded to the Vision Resource Center.

: California Community Colleges is hiring!

& : https://bit.ly/2yOcs1e.

Open positions:

* Associate Governmental Program Analyst, Operations Team, Equitable Student Learning, Experience & Impact (ESLEI) Office – Final filing date 7/15/24 ** TODAY **

* Research Data Specialist II, Innovation, Data, Evidence & Analytics (IDEA) Office – Final filing date 7/17/24

* Facilities Program Specialist (Community College Specialist) – Final filing date 7/22/24

TUNE IN: The July 2024 meeting of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors is Monday, July 22, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Closed Session from 12:35 p.m. to 1:05 p.m., in-person in Sacramento and viewable via Zoom.

One of the meeting topics will be on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Teaching and Learning.

AGENDA & VIDEO LINK: https://ow.ly/FMH150SBF6Y.

REMINDER!
The CCC Registry is here to get you on track for your next position at a California Community College. You can reach out to us by phone at (800) 245-4157 to get 1-on-1 help and more.

With the real estate industry constantly on the rise, the Real Estate Pathways Endowment’s endowment model ensures a sustainable availability of funds to support pathways to a real estate career for California Community Colleges students and campuses statewide. Excess earnings after scholarships and grants are invested to grow the program’s impact and expand ongoing support for years to come. Be a part of that investment; donate today: bit.ly/realestateendowment

This is great news for California's community colleges, a vital resource for workforce development & equitable access to higher education!

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Lean state budgets but level funding for community colleges In some states, community college systems have seen wins this budget season even when lawmakers were looking to cut costs.

to Diablo Valley College alumnus and former California State University Chancellor, Timothy P. White!

Timothy P. White is well-versed in the benefits of California’s higher education system. After graduating from Pleasant Hill High School in Pleasant Hill, Calif., in 1966, White enrolled at nearby Diablo Valley College for two years before transferring to Cal State Fresno, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1970. Two years later, he picked up a master’s degree at Cal State Hayward, then added a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1977.

White served as the chancellor of the 23-campus California State University system, the largest four-year public higher education system in the country, until 2020.

He credits Diablo Valley College for much of his success.

“When I enrolled at Diablo Valley College and began my higher education voyage… I was frankly more of a swimmer and water polo player than a scholar,” White once said. “As the first person in my family to pursue a college degree, it was my experiences at DVC that gave me the opportunity to find my ‘sea legs’ academically. I graduated from a high school only 20 miles from that University of California campus in the Berkeley hills, but for me at that time, the notion that I would someday pursue a Ph.D. at Cal was so unfathomable that, well, it might as well have been 20,000 miles away.

“I learned a lot about myself and my academic abilities during my time at DVC,” he continued. “The courses I took helped prepare me for my undergraduate degree, and my involvement in intercollegiate athletics – swimming and water polo – built self-confidence and furthered my clear understanding of the power of teamwork and focusing on goals.”

Read more at https://bit.ly/3zn2oeK.

Today is ! Are you interested in a career in fashion?

Explore California community colleges that offer hands-on training & more! Learn about fashion trends, design principles, patternmaking, color theory and an understanding of the apparel industry.

It’s affordable, flexible, supportive and you can get started quickly!

Explore what’s possible at icangotocollege.com/college-courses/22640-fashion.

to former Chabot College student and Oscar-winning actor, Tom Hanks!

The turning point in Tom Hanks's life came when he enrolled at Chabot College in Hayward, started studying theater and watched a performance of Eugene O'Neill's “The Iceman Cometh.” The title role played by Joe Spano, later of “Hill Street Blues” fame, blew Hanks away. He decided then he would become as good as Spano.

Hanks first role as a student at Chabot College was George in “Our Town.” His two years at Chabot left an indelible impression on him.

In a 2015 New York Times opinion piece, Hanks wrote: “Classes I took at Chabot have rippled through my professional pond. I produced the HBO mini-series “John Adams” with an outline format I learned from a pipe-smoking historian, James Coovelis, whose lectures were riveting. Mary Lou Fitzgerald’s Studies in Shakespeare taught me how the five-act structures of “Richard III,” “The Tempest” and “Othello” focused their themes.”

Hanks spent two years studying theater at Chabot College before enrolling at Cal State Sacramento, but later dropped out. Instead, he told USA Today, “I got an offer to go off and do the thing I was studying to do.”

That offer was to become an intern at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland. His internship stretched into a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design and stage management.

Hanks' career track is the stuff of showbiz legend. After two seasons on the television sitcom “Bosom Buddies,” the affable actor came to prominence with the 1984 romantic comedy “Splash.” In 1988, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role as an overgrown kid in the dramedy “Big,” but several flops soon followed. By the mid-1990s, however, Hanks had scored a slew of commercial and critical hits, earning two consecutive Oscars, first as a gay lawyer dying of AIDS in 1993's “Philadelphia” and then as a mentally challenged man in 1994's “Forrest Gump.” In 2002, at age 46, Hanks became the youngest actor to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read more at https://bit.ly/2ZOtl5u.

It's ! The only thing sweeter than this treat is knowing you can pursue a career of your dreams at your local California community college.

Find a California community college near you that offers exciting programs, career education, financial aid, guaranteed transfer to a four-year university and more! ICanGoToCollege.com

: California Community Colleges is hiring! & : https://bit.ly/2yOcs1e.

Open positions:

* Office Technician, Receptionist – Final filing date 7/8/24

* Associate Governmental Program Analyst, Operations Team in the Equitable Student Learning, Experience & Impact (ESLEI) Office – Final filing date 7/8/24

* Associate Governmental Program Analyst, Operations Team in the Equitable Student Learning, Experience & Impact (ESLEI) Office – Final filing date 7/15/24

* Research Data Specialist II, Innovation, Data, Evidence & Analytics (IDEA) Office – Final filing date 7/17/24

The Governor's Enacted 2024-25 Budget is now available: https://bit.ly/4eVqCNl

partnered with the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA), the Association of Chief Business Officials (ACBO) & to release this analysis.

It’s ! Did you know that is a state program that awards you up to $291 a month for groceries? 2 in 5 students are eligible for CalFresh, including students from ! Part-time workers, EOP students, Cal Grant recipients, parents, students in job training programs and students approved for work study are eligible to qualify.

Take a minute to check your eligibility!
https://students.getcalfresh.org/?source=ccc

Congratulations to the club on their FIRST PLACE win at an international robotics competition!

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Congratulations to the team on their FIRST PLACE win at an international robotics competition!

Santa Cruz County college wins international robotics competition Cabrillo College announced today that the Cabrillo Robotics Club recently won first place in the Marine Advanced Technology Education World Championships.

We wish you a safe and happy holiday celebration!

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of . Regular business hours resume on Friday, July 5.