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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Students gathered at Mendocino College's Lake Center campus in Lakeport on Saturday, Feb. 22, to explore their future as part of the “My Future, My Way” workshop.
More than 90 students from Lake and Mendocino counties attended the free workshop that was made possible by a partnership between Mendocino College and the Lake County Office of Education with additional funds provided by a grant from the Air Force Association.
Students in grades seventh through 12th from both counties were invited to attend a variety of workshops that included career exploration, financial literacy and employment, among others.
Career sessions were taught by college and county instructors including criminal justice by Rod Mitchell, chemistry by Jordan Anderson, music technology by Rodney Grisanti, business by Steve Hixenbaugh, culinary by Nicholas Petti and health occupations by Diedra Lagle.
In each career session students learned about the industry, career and educational opportunities and participated in hands on activities.
Some activities include a lesson in gastronomy as culinary students created soda pop caviar and the making of “graphite” from sugar.
In addition to the career sessions, students rotated through a variety of other workshops.
Jamey Gill and Kim Bradley from the Mendo Lake Credit Union presented on financial literacy and scholarship opportunities.
Sherry Daly and Jessica Calvillo-Solis from WorkforceLake shared tips on how to look for employment and interview etiquette.
Previous high school graduates now college students, participated in a panel discussion and shared their experiences.
Students included community college students Laura Pankratz, Kevin Leal and Waverly Cooke; California State University students Falin Cheng and Anna Duran; as well as UC Berkley student Jacob Gill.
Each student also rotated through a session called “Health Body, Healthy Mind.”
Selections from this session included military fitness with the Marines lead by Sgt Atkinson, yoga with Nancy Rhoades and Zumba with Bonny Parrott.
The physical activity component was implemented for several reasons. Among those reasons were to encourage students to think about their future health for a productive future as well as to support the Move More 2014 outreach.
Community health educator Jessica Windrem shared information on the Move More 2014 with students at lunch.
Students also received information on the availability of concurrent enrollment, which informed them that once a student passes the eighth grade they are eligible to start taking community college classes and that the units are free of charge.
Sharon Maher of Marymount California University came at lunch to share her information regarding the four-year college opportunity coming to Lake County.
The day-long activity ended with a raffle prize drawing including a variety of college spirit items and gift cards.
For more information on this workshop or other career and college exploration workshops, please contact Tammy Serpa with the Lake County Office of Education Career and College Readiness Department at
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Pomo School cafeteria was humming with the excited buzz of students who were engaged in building and programming Lego robots.
For three Fridays in January they had two hour sessions with the kits and were able to create most of the twelve different robots.
“This is really awesome. The kids love it!” said program director Barbara Montalvan.
The kits and laptops were provided by the Children’s Museum of Art and Science (CMAS).
CMAS volunteers run the workshops for students in grades second through eighth.
The workshops are always free.
Working with the kits provides students with hands-on experiences with engineering, physics, computer programming, problem solving and critical thinking skills. But mostly, it’s just fun.
In February, CMAS worked with the students of the Konocti Christian Academy in Lakeport.
CMAS offers the two hour session to any after school program, second through eighth grade class, private, charter or home schooled students in Lake County.
Contact Billy Gear at 707-279-1514 to schedule a session.
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UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino College Physics and Chemistry Club will host Tamara Wilder of Paleotechnics for a lecture titled “The science behind paleolithic technologies” on Friday, March 7.
The talk will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. in classroom 4144 in the Lower Library of the Ukiah Campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
The discussion will elaborate on the physics and chemistry used and understood by our human ancestors.
It will highlight ancient living skills such as fire making, string making and tanning skins, and how they helped form the roots of the tree of technology.
The lecture is free to everyone and attendees are encouraged to arrive early as seating is limited.
Donations will be graciously accepted and refreshments will be available.
The event will inform and engage our community on a variety of scientific findings.
For more information, call 707-468-3094, visit www.mendocino.edu , or connect with Mendocino College on Facebook for future campus events.
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UKIAH, Calif. – The Associated Students of Mendocino College is kicking off the new lecture series “MendoTalks” with “Lichens: Biomonitors of Air Quality” on Thursday, March 6.
The lecture will begin at noon Thursday, March 6, in room 4143 in the Little Theater of the Ukiah Campus of Mendocino College, 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
ASMC is hosting speaker Jennifer Riddell, a plant biologist with a Ph.D. in ecophysiology.
She will be discussing her research using lichens as biological monitors of air quality and forest health in arid regions of California, and the policy implications of those efforts.
The lecture is free to everyone and attendees are encouraged to arrive early as seating is limited.
The event will inform and engage our community on a variety of issues facing the residents of Mendocino County.
This is one of many planned speakers scheduled for the spring semester at Mendocino College.
For more information, call 707-468-3094, visit www.mendocino.edu or connect with Mendocino College on Facebook for future campus events.