How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
Education
- Details
- Written by: Editor
“I am thrilled Executive Vice Chancellor Ton-Quinlivan has taken an increased role in our agency. She is unparalleled in her expertise in workforce development and we are beyond fortunate to have someone with her know-how working on behalf of our students,” said California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley. “I’m equally delighted to welcome Vice Chancellor Kendall to the Chancellor’s Office. She is a seasoned veteran who brings great experience and knowledge to our team and joins Van in evolving the technology and data architecture for our system in ways that will benefit both our colleges and students.”
Executive Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Digital Futures Van Ton-Quinlivan is charged with ensuring that the agency’s statewide technology and data initiatives help the system’s 114 colleges achieve ambitious student completion and equity goals as defined in the newly adopted Vision for Success.
Ton-Quinlivan’s focus for Digital Futures will build upon insights from the report Charting New Paths to the Future prepared by the Institute for the Future, which looks at the question of how can a large, established, and distributed system keep up and provide innovative solutions for its students in an era of rapid change.
Appointed by the governor in 2011 as vice chancellor of Workforce & Economic Development, Executive Vice Chancellor Ton-Quinlivan is a nationally recognized thought leader in workforce development with a proven track record for implementing large-scale system change.
She spearheaded the groundbreaking Strong Workforce Task Force in California that shifted workforce from an afterthought to a policy priority for the state, which resulted in the governor signing the Strong Workforce Program into law along with a commitment of $200 million in on-going funds for career technical education.
Ton-Quinlivan’s leadership focus on Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy successfully consolidated California's two apprenticeship programs, integrated the adult education systems comprised of 300+ providers, regionalized the planning of career technical education across the system and delivered on new data tools to increase transparency for colleges and students on the effectiveness of workforce programs.
Prior to joining the Chancellor’s Office, Ton-Quinlivan oversaw workforce development for Pacific Gas & Electric, a large gas and electric utility company in California. She conceived, developed and implemented PowerPathway, a best practice model program in workforce development recognized by the White House and industry.
PowerPathway demonstrates that collaboration between industry, the public workforce system, education and organized labor can effectively help military veterans and members of underserved communities transition into well-paying energy sector jobs.
Vice Chancellor for Digital Innovation and Infrastructure Dr. Catherine Kendall is responsible for maximizing the systemwide benefit to technology-focused initiatives.
She will work closely with Chancellor’s Office staff, community college leadership and staff to improve student experience and outcomes through the innovative application of educational technology and data resources as called for in the Vision for Success.
Her role includes leadership within each of the following functional areas: Management Information Systems, Network Support and Operations, and Telecommunications and Technology Product Management.
Dr. Kendall brings more than 20 years of experience in the information technology field, where her work has focused primarily on the public sector. She will transition from her role as chief information officer for the California Department of Conservation, where she was responsible for developing the mission, vision and 2017 IT strategic plan to enable department business objectives.
Dr. Kendall has deep expertise in the use of big data and analytics to support decision-making optimized operations and improve IT service delivery.
Dr. Kendall earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and managerial economics, as well as a master’s degree in business and IT management from the University of California, Davis. Her Ed.D., with a focus in education policy analysis, is from Drexel University.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 114 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year.
For more information about the community colleges, please visit http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/, https://www.facebook.com/CACommColleges or https://twitter.com/CalCommColleges.
- Details
- Written by: Editor
The session will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 1060 of MacMillan Hall at the Mendocino College main campus at 1000 Hensley Creek Road in Ukiah.
The study session items are for discussion only and no action will be taken at this meeting.
They include information technology and data security, program creation and assessment, and strategic planning.
- Details
- Written by: Editor
Scholarship applications are available from school offices at Clear Lake High School, Upper Lake High School, Kelseyville High School, Lower Lake High School, Konocti Education Center and Middletown High School.
Applications are also available at the Sutter Lakeside Hospital gift shop, located in the hospital lobby at 5176 Hill Road East in Lakeport.
Applications must be completed and returned to school counselors or the hospital gift shop by March 31.
“The auxiliary is committed to supporting health care in Lake County,” said Joan Taylor, auxiliary secretary. “By offering health care-related scholarships to local seniors we hope to raise awareness of career opportunities in the community, as well as retain residents.”
Applicants must live in Lake County and must be graduating this spring. Applicants must also plan to pursue a career in the medical field.
The auxiliary has offered scholarships for over two decades, totaling over $100,000 to local students. Scholarship money is raised from gift shop profits.
“Education sustains health care,” said Taylor. “Watching high school seniors thrive is incredibly rewarding.”
- Details
- Written by: Editor
NORTH COAST, Calif. – A little over seven years ago little fifth-grader Alexis Small was sitting next to her best friend, also named Alexis, in an assembly at Yokayo Elementary School when she received a surprise that would change her life.
Small had been chosen to receive the Adopt-A-Fifth Grader award. The award provided a $1,000 scholarship at Mendocino College upon graduation from high school.
Small always believed that she would attend college, but now there was actual scholarship money waiting for her to attend.
At the time of her award, Small admitted to thinking about the money and how fun it would be to redecorate her bedroom.
However, seven years later the reality is that the scholarship helped her pay for textbooks and other school materials. She just finished her first semester at Mendocino College completing 12.0 units and earning a 3.2 grade point average.
She is now taking her spring semester classes and has accepted a job at Hillside Health Center as a medical assistant. She plans to transfer to Sacramento State University in 2019, and she dreams of becoming a gynecologist or women’s health specialist.
Like many who enter the field of medicine, Small recounts stories of multiple family members affected by medical conditions which ultimately led her to the medical field.
Alexis is a first generation college student. When asked how her family feels about her accomplishments she said, “they are all so proud of me, and I hear them quietly bragging about me attending college.”
The Mendocino College Foundation has administered the Adopt A Fifth Grader program since 2007. Program donors give $700 to participate in the program and the foundation guarantees that the gift will grow into a $1,000 scholarship for the student to attend Mendocino College.
To date, the program has over 365 alumni and last year was the largest with 85 recipients representing Lake and Mendocino counties.
For more information about the Adopt A Fifth Grader program or to donate towards any of the foundations programs, call Katie Fairbairn at 707-467-1018 or visit http://foundation.mendocino.edu.