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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Beginning fall 2015, California community college transfer students who meet certain academic criteria will be guaranteed admission to nine historically black colleges and universities, thanks to an agreement the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and the leaders of the institutions signed at the board’s meeting March 17.
“The California Community Colleges is working on multiple fronts to create avenues of opportunity for our students,” said California Community Colleges Board of Governors President Geoffrey L. Baum. “This agreement opens a new and streamlined transfer pathway for our students to some of the finest and culturally diverse institutions of higher learning in the United States. I thank our nine partners for working with us to make it possible.”
The nine HBCUs participating in the agreement are:
• Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.
• Dillard University in New Orleans, La.
• Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn.
• Lincoln University of Missouri in Jefferson City, Mo.
• Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark.
• Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Talladega College in Talladega, Ala.
• Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala.
• Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.
Under the agreement, students who apply to the schools and obtain a transfer-level associate degree with a GPA of 2.5 or higher and complete either the University of California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum, or the California State University General Education Breadth pattern, will be guaranteed admission with junior standing.
A second option to earn guaranteed admission requires transfer students to earn 30 or more CSU or UC transferrable units with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Other advantages conferred to transfer students under the agreement include priority consideration for housing, consideration for transfer scholarships for students with a 3.2 or higher GPA, and pre-admission advising.
For certain majors, students may need to fulfill additional prerequisites and other requirements.
Eight of the participating colleges and universities are private institutions. Lincoln University of Missouri is public, and will offer in-state tuition for California community college transfer students.
The agreement supports a White House initiative, led by Dr. George Cooper, to strengthen and expand the capacity of HBCUs to provide quality higher education to students.
“California community college students and the nine participating schools will benefit immensely from the agreement,” said Cooper. “The schools will have an even larger pool of gifted students knocking on their doors and California community college students will be guaranteed transfer to four-year institutions with rich histories, traditions and track records of success.”
HBCUs were founded to serve the higher education needs of African-American students, though they are open to students of any ethnicity.
These colleges and universities are typically smaller in student size than other schools. Many classes are taught by professors rather than teaching assistants in a nurturing and supportive environment with many opportunities for student leadership development.
“We applaud Chancellor Brice W. Harris and the California Community Colleges for working to ensure that all community college students have a guaranteed pathway toward their academic goals,” said Walter Bumphus, president of the American Association of Community Colleges. “Nationally, community colleges serve the majority of minority students, and this historic agreement with HBCUs will safeguard increased access toward the completion of a bachelor’s degree.”
Jovon Duke, 22, attended El Camino College in Torrance, Calif. and transferred to Fisk University in 2013 because of its small class sizes and friendly, supportive atmosphere.
“Fisk is such a tight-knitted community and Nashville is great. I’ve had a lot of opportunities to take on leadership positions and have made many friends and close relationships with my professors. I love it here,” said Duke.
He plans on earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology and moving on to either Middle Tennessee State University or Case Western Reserve University to get a master’s degree in social work.
There are 105 HBCUs in the country, with most located in the South and East Coast.
Many HBCUs were founded following the Civil War, after the Morrell Act permitting the development of land grant colleges was signed by President Abraham Lincoln.
For more information on the agreement and the participating colleges and universities, please visit www.cccco.edu/HBCUTransfer .
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – There are 10 weeks of school left; we at Carlé can’t believe that it’s that close to the end of school already.
Carlé would like to thank Chris Nuzzo and Damien Dawson for setting up the library for the C.A.H.S.E.E.
Carlé high school would like to thank Dr. Barry Munitz for donating $1,000 for our graduating seniors.
This hugely generous donation – which Dr. Munitz has made for the last eight years – goes to make individual graduation plaques for each and every graduating senior.
What makes it even more special is that the staff comes up with the individual award and then students design and make the plaques with their own very special touches.
We could not do this without Dr. Munitz’s generosity.
When we add this to the scholarships we give out from the Russell Rustici scholarship fund it makes for a very special graduation.
Rustici a local rancher who was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, and passed away a few years ago, left a $300,000 bequest for scholarships, which will benefit graduating seniors of Carlé for many years to come. Many have already benefited from this and many more will in the future.
Carlé would like to thank Yuba College and counselors Valerie Plevney and Carol Swanson for signing up and holding a college readiness class here at Carlé.
This will be the first time ever that a college class will be held on our campus. A total of 21 students signed up for this class.
Last week Carlé had two students of the week, Isharae Lamar and Kenny Kalousek. Carlé congratulates them.
Poet laureate Casey Carney and Elaine Watt are holding the “Speak Up/Speak Out” program for girls.
Carney explained it like this: “Every body has a voice that needs to be heard, that is what this program is for so you can express your voice and emotions through poetry.”
The program starts Monday, April 6, and will last until June 1. It will take place every Monday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Harbor on Main for girls only. For more information or to reserve a spot in the program call 707-994-5486.
Last week’s CHILY winner was Ashley Gilbert and she chose a blanket.
Last week was the third week of the grading period, so that means credit checks or what we call progress reports went out.
This next week is spring break for all of Konocti Unified School District schools, so Friday, March 27, will be a minimum day.
Spring break will run from March 30 to April 4.
Doyle Conatser and Danny Salvante are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) announced that he is co-sponsoring the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015.
The bill was introduced Wednesday by Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) in the House of Representatives and by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in the Senate.
“If the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act became law, a typical borrower would save about $2,000 over the course of a student loan. An estimated 2.3 million Californians would see savings,” said Garamendi, a former University of California Regent and California State University Trustee. “It’s unfair that millions of hardworking borrowers are currently denied the ability to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates that are now available. At the same time, many big banks are borrowing at a 0.75 percent rate. This bill simply makes paying off student loans a little more affordable, and it deserves a fair hearing in Congress.”
The bill comes after the House Republican budget introduced this week freezes the maximum Pell Grant award at the current $5,775 for the next ten years. This comes only months after the UC Regents voted to raise tuition 27.6 percent over five years.
The Department of Education estimates that nationwide 25 million borrowers would benefit from the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, including an estimated 2,328,000 borrowers in California. Under the bill, a typical participating borrower would save $2,000 over the life of his or her loan.
The Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act would allow borrowers with high interest rates on their existing student loans (public and private) to refinance these existing loans to lower interest rates, similar to those available to new student loan borrowers.
Currently, some student loan borrowers are stuck with interest rates as high as 8 percent on their existing loans.
The bill would allow borrowers with existing undergraduate student loans issued prior to July 1st, 2015 to refinance those loans to a 3.86 percent annual interest rate. Graduate school loans could be refinanced to 5.41 percent, and parent loans for a child’s education to 6.41 percent.
According to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, half of the outstanding loan volume for federal student loans – about $460 billion – would be refinanced under this bill.
Unfortunately, in the last Congress, the Republican Caucus voted to block bringing up this critically important student loan refinancing bill in the House and filibustered the bill in the Senate.
Student loan debt is greater than $1 trillion. Student loans are America’s second largest source of household consumer debt, behind only mortgage debt.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – On Feb. 28, the Rotary Club of Clearlake held its seafood boil and enlisted several Carlé students to help them.
Carlé would like to thank these students: Jose Bendana, Erik Fielden, Jasmine Heckard, Allen Hernandez, Angel Hernandez, Stevie Jones, Alex Landeros, Jonathan Lansdowne, Sam Martinez, Samantha Miller, Jackie Moreno, Riley Nielsen, Maria Pineda, Quintessa Strahl, Rodrigo Suarez and Orea Yiggins.
Every year the Rotary holds its seafood boil in which people buy a plate which can either have tri tip, lobster tail or a variety of other seafood, and every year they request the help of Carlé students to serve people. The students receive community service hours for their efforts.
“It was very successful, a really great turnout, the students were hard workers,” said teacher Dan Maes. “The best they had so far according to the Rotary Club. I would like to give props to Stevie Jones, Samantha Miller, Samuel Martinez and Alan Hernandez for doing a great job, they set up then cleaned up really fast.”
We had three portfolios: Kayla Van Horn, Maddie Hernandez and Koryn Castro. All three have completed all their credits and are now Carlé graduates. Carlé High School congratulates them.
This week we will hold the CAHSEE test for 11th and 12th grade students, and also for 10th graders as a make up.
On March 19 we will be starting the WASC self study which means we will not have sixth period on that day; the students will be sent home right after fifth period.
Carlé High School has been accredited in the past three WASC reviews with a full six-year accreditation each time.
In addition, Carlé has earned three model school designations – one of the very few schools in California to achieve this.
Carlé introduced a new student last week. Carlé would like to welcome Elliot McKay.
Yuba College is holding a college readiness class taught by Carlé graduate Valerie Peng Plevney on March 17 and 18 here at Carlé High School. This will be the first time a college class has come to this campus in its history.
The CHILY winner for this week was Erik Fielden and he chose a lava lamp. Last week’s winner was Candice Safreno and she chose a basketball.
Doyle Conatser and Danny Salvante are students at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake, Calif.