How to resolve AdBlock issue? 
Education
- Details
- Written by: Editor
SACRAMENTO – The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and College of the Canyons hosted a two-day Summit on Inmate and Reentry Education that explored educational opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students, as well as showcased efforts toward effective and sustainable college program development.
The event was held in Sacramento on Monday and Tuesday.
The summit included remarks by state Senator Loni Hancock; California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris; California Community Colleges Board of Governors member and Anti-Recidivism Coalition Founder & President Scott Budnick; Dr. Denise Noldon, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office interim vice chancellor of student services and special programs; and Dr. Robert “BJ” Snowden, the director of inmate education for the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.
Notable presentations included members of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition sharing how the organization has positively impacted their lives.
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition, launched in 2013 by Budnick, is an organization comprised of high-achieving, formerly-incarcerated young adults who work to support one another, while stopping the flow of men and women into the criminal justice system.
Two former inmates, now students, shared their stories of receiving an education while in prison, and how it prepared them for life after parole. More information on the Anti-Recidivism Coalition can be found here.
The summit also included a look at four community colleges that were selected in July to receive grants to create innovative and sustainable academic programs within California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reentry hubs.
The colleges selected to receive the grants are Antelope Valley College, Chaffey College, Folsom Lake College and Lassen Community College. The session introduced each pilot program and explored the processes of establishing the academic programs.
In addition, the summit included an in-depth look at the background and history of the college program at San Quentin by Dr. Jody Lewen, executive director of the Prison University Project, as well as panels on how to best provide support for incarcerated and formally incarcerated inmates entering college, how to best integrate college programs both inside and outside of prison, and the best ways to go about preparing faculty to teach in a prison setting.
The summit was hosted jointly by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and College of the Canyons through a collaborative effort called the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative, created to help advance the institutional effectiveness of the California Community Colleges in order to better serve students.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation composed of 72 districts and 113 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year. Community colleges supply workforce training, basic skills education in English and math, and prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions. The Chancellor’s Office provides leadership, advocacy and support under the direction of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
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
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Yuba College Clear Lake Campus is welcoming a new business and management instructor.
Steve Wylie, who joined the Clear Lake Campus as director of campus operations in August, will teach “Principles of Management” in the spring 2016 semester.
This course will focus on the role, functions and responsibilities of management in a contemporary organization.
Lake County residents will have the opportunity to further business and management skills, and employers and employees will benefit from understanding the theory and practice of management.
Wylie has served in numerous management roles over the past 25 years at both small and large corporations, including Berkeley Systems, WordStar International, Wells Fargo and Target Corp.
More recently, he was chief information officer and director of e-commerce for BareBones WorkWear, a retailer in Sacramento.
Wylie earned his bachelor’s degree from Alma College in Michigan and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix San Francisco campus.
He has been a mentor to many of his employees, and is eager to share his knowledge and experience with Lake County professionals and students.
“Whether you plan to be a manager or just work for one, the Principles of Management will make you a better employee and enhance your career,” he said.
“We’re excited to offer this class,” said Yuba College Clear Lake Campus Counselor Pamela Bordisso. “Not only it is an excellent professional opportunity, but the course fulfills requirements for certificates and degrees in general business management, personnel management, retail management and small business management. We look forward to working with our business community and increasing opportunities for our local population.”
Clear Lake Campus is looking for new part-time instructors in many disciplines, including English, mathematics, sociology, astronomy, geography and more.
The minimum requirements to teach in a community college are a master’s degree in the subject or equivalent.
To learn more, please call the college, 707-995-7900, during regular business hours.
Clear Lake Campus is located at 15880 Dam Road Extension, Clearlake. Visit the campus online at http://clc.yccd.edu .
- Details
- Written by: Editor
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Lake County Office of Education medical assistant class of 23 students was fortunate to have Sasha Reynolds, RN, CNOR, BSHCA as the guest speaker for the obstetrics and gynecology lesson of the course.
Reynolds shared her vast experience and knowledge with the class, including a discussion of hormones, the reproductive process, prenatal vitamins, the importance of dental care during pregnancy and more.
Student Charlotte Horton-Wright and her classmates throughly enjoyed Reynolds' presentation.
“Who knows where I will land in my career, but if I were working with expectant mothers, I would feel good knowing from the moment a mother comes in for her first prenatal visit, I can have a part in sharing all the things I've learned, like patient education, prenatal history, tests, procedures and postpartum. There is nothing in the medical field more beautiful to me than a mother giving birth to a healthy baby,” Horton-Wright wrote of the presentation.
In addition to Reynolds, the medical assistant class has been fortunate to have the knowledge and experience of many other local health care professionals shared with them, including Deb Mitchell; Pauline Orr, RN-BC, BSN; Jackie Rad, RN, BSN, MSN; Lorena Watson, NPH; and former LCOE MA program student and graduate Jazmin Cruz, CMA.
All of these health care professionals have donated their knowledge and time to enrich and support the efforts of LCOE’s Adult Career Education program. Their generous gift of knowledge and their examples of professionalism inspired the entire class.
The students are most thankful to them for such an outpouring of support from established and esteemed members of the Lake County health care community.
- Details
- Written by: Editor
SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that scholarship applications are now available for college-bound high school as well as current college and continuing students.
The awards from the company’s employee resource groups will mean that at least 150 students in PG&E’s Northern and Central California service area will receive from $1,000 to $6,000 next year for exemplary scholastic achievement and community leadership.
Every year, PG&E’s 10 employee resource groups – each representing the company’s diverse 20,000-plus workforce – conduct fundraisers in order to award scholarships to help offset the cost of higher education.
Scholarship information, including criteria and applications, is available on PG&E’s Web site, www.pge.com .
To be considered for a scholarship, all applications must be submitted by Feb. 1, 2016.
In 2015, PG&E’s Employee Resource Groups awarded a record $429,000 in scholarships – a more than 25 percent increase over 2014 – to 176 deserving students. Many recipients are the first in their families to attend college.
Since 1989, more than $4 million in scholarships have been awarded to thousands of recipients. The funds come from employee donations, fundraising events and Campaign for the Community, the company’s employee giving program.
“The scholarships recognize and honor the incredible work of so many students in their schools and communities while helping cut the cost of college,” said PG&E Director of Performance and Inclusion Joyce Ibardolasa, who’s also the board president of the Employee Community Fund, the umbrella charitable organization that provides governance for the ERG scholarships.
More than 5,000 PG&E employees belong to these groups. Each group helps contribute to the company’s commitment to serving its communities and growing employee engagement.
PG&E’s 10 ERGs include:
· Access Network (individuals with disabilities);
· Asian;
· Black;
· Latino;
· Legacy (tenured employees);
· NuEnergy (new employees);
· PrideNetwork (LGBT employees);
· Samahan (Filipino);
· Veterans;
· Women’s Network.
In addition to the ERG scholarships, PG&E offers scholarships through its Bright Minds Scholarship Program, targeting high achieving, low-income students, and the Pacific Service Employees Association (PSEA), a nonprofit mutual benefit organization serving employees and retirees of PG&E, and providing scholarships for dependents of company employees.
ERG scholarship recipients also are encouraged to apply for summer internships within the company. PG&E set a record this year by employing 280 interns in the company’s various lines of business.
PG&E interns receive practical experience with real-world projects, while receiving an inside track to full-time employment within the company.