Programs & Services

BuS SERVICE A car pool computer match is available for drivers CHILDREN’S PROgRAMS You can take the bus to Solano Community College from and riders in each community. For additional information, The Solano Community College Children’s Program Fairfield, Vallejo and Vacaville. There is also connecting contact Solano Napa Commuter Information: provides quality child care for toddlers and preschool-age service from Benicia to Vallejo and from Dixon to Solano 800-53KMUTE. children. Enrollment priority is given to parents who are Mall via Vacaville and then to the College. Fares range students enrolled in 6 or more units and qualify for from $1.50 to $5.00 for one-way trips. Bus fare books CARE PROgRAM subsidized services based upon their child’s age, house- are on sale at the campus Bookstore and at the transit (Cooperative Agency Resources for Education) hold size and income. The subsidized programs are office in each city. Community bus schedules are The CARE Program provides additional support services available to qualifying families at no-cost or at reduced available in Room 1425. For more information call, the to EOPS students. To be eligible you must be an EOPS fees based upon a sliding fee scale. Solano Transportation Authority at 1-800-53KMUTE or student receiving the PELL grant, be at least 18 years There are also non-subsidized enrollment opportunities 707 427 5100 or access their website at www.sta.ca.gov. of age, be a single parent head-of-household, be a for faculty, staff and the community on a space available Intercity routes, current schedules and fare information current recipient of TANF/CalWORKs cash aid or their basis. The monthly tuition is based upon the age of the can be obtained by logging on to www.solanoexpress.com. dependent child/children are currently receiving cash aid, child and the number of hours the child is enrolled in have at least one child under 14, and be enrolled full-time More information is available from the following city the program. at Solano Community College. websites: The program is staff by well-trained early childhood • Benicia: www.ci.benicia.ca.us (then select Benicia Support services include: reimbursement with child care educators who hold Master Teacher or Center Supervisor Breeze/Transit) expenses, textbooks and supplies, and transportation permits. • Dixon: ci.dixon.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=86 (then select costs; meal reimbursement, academic counseling, and Solano Transportation Authority) personal development activities and workshops. Amount Early Childhood Education students and other student • Fairfield: www.fairfield.ca.gov (then select “How do of assistance depends on the level of State funding to workers work in our lab school to gain teaching exper- I?” then “Request…Bus Pass Information”) SCC. ience and to provide one-on-one support for each child. • Vacaville: www.cityofvacaville.com (then select City For more information, contact the EOPS Office, in room Coach (Public Transit) Parent involvement is a cornerstone of the program. 426, or call (707) 864-7000, ext. 4444; from • Vallejo: www.vallejotransit.com/routes.html Parents enrich services through volunteering and Vallejo/Benicia: 552-4330, ext. 4444. participating in the program. CalWORKs (California Work Opportunity CAREER AND EMPLOyMENt SERVICES CENtER The Children’s Program is located in buildings 200 and and Responsibility to Kids) Located on the 1st floor of Student Services Building 200A. Your Path to Success begins with Solano Community 400, Room 403. The center offers one-stop services to College’s CalWORKs program. CalWORKs is a state include career exploration and skills assessment, labor Facility License numbers: 483000791 and 480111003 funded welfare to work program designed to prepare market information and free employment assistance to students for entry-level jobs and career opportunities. Hours of operation: 7:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. all Solano Community College students and alumni in Solano Community College (SCC) is dedicated to serving obtaining full or part-time employment on and off Phone number: 864-7182 CalWORKs students while providing comprehensive campus. Students can research information on services to assist with a smooth transition from welfare occupations, including employment outlooks, education The enrollment process begins when parents complete an to long-term self-sufficiency and success. Our program and training requirements, prospective employers, and interest card for placement on the wait list. Parents are contacted from the wait list when openings occur. provides comprehensive services to our CalWORKs current salaries. The Center offers computerized career students while assisting them in achieving success. information systems, on-line resume posting and job Drop in child care is not provided. Students may earn a Certificate of Achievement, search as well as up-to-date listings of current Associate Degree or transfer to a 4-year college. We employment opportunities. For more information COMMuNIty EDuCAtION AND offer support, advocacy, counseling, work-study and or appointments, call the Career and Employment LIFELONg LEARNINg childcare referrals. Our office is part of the college Services Center at 864-7124 or [email protected]. Student Services team and we are a partner to the Community Education and Lifelong Learning offers a wide variety of non-credit classes and workshops County CalWORKs Program. CHILD DEVELOPMENt tRAININg throughout the year that address the community’s range To begin your path to success, please visit our office on CONSORtIuM of interests with a wide variety of subjects. Vistas, the the Fairfield Campus: Book Loans, Honorariums, and Child Development community education schedule is available online at Student Services Building 400, room 426 Permit Application and Fee Assistance Program www.solano.edu/vistas. Classes begin in spring and fall Phone: (707) 864-7000, ext. 4645, Fax: 707-863-7862. If you are an Early Childhood Education student semesters with select offerings during the summer. employed in the ECE Field and working towards The Community Education office is located in Room FREE RIDE SHARE PARKINg/ obtaining, upgrading, or maintaining your Child 1638 on the Main Campus, office hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CAR POOL INFORMAtION Development Permit, you may be eligible for an Mon-Fri. For more information, phone 707-864-7115. During fall and spring semesters, a limited number of honorarium of $20 for each class you complete with a Class registrations may be made by phone, online or in free Ride Share parking permits are available to students “C” or above. We also maintain a limited textbook loan person in the Vistas office. who possess a SCC student ID card and have three or program for ECE and Human Development courses. more students riding in their cars. These “poolers” Apply early since the textbooks available for lending are Community Education also arranges for use of campus receive preferential parking in designated campus lots on a first come, first serve basis. Applications for Child facilities. Space is now available at the Vallejo Center, after obtaining the required permit from the Student Development Permits are also available with application Vacaville Center and the Main Campus; including Development Office. More information is available in fee assistance. Please see Sabrina Drake in the Children’s classrooms, conference rooms, and athletic fields. Phone the Student Development Office, Room 1425, Fairfield Programs, room 201, Fairfield Campus for further for application and current rates: 707-864-7000, Ext. campus, or call (707) 864-7000, ext. 4367. information. 4400, or email: [email protected].

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WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENt authorize the use of alternate media. Then the student • Loans (borrowing requires repayment) Contract Education & training will meet with the alternate media support specialist to · Direct Loan Program Solano Community College partners with local business determine what materials need to be converted, the format ° Subsidized and industry to develop training and education programs of alternate media, and establish timelines for production. ° Unsubsidized and services that meet an employer’s specific needs. Students must provide proof of ownership for all California State Aid Working together we will develop solutions that link materials converted to alternate media. For more • Cal Grant B, C training to your business and performance goals. information please call (707) 864-7000 ext. 4466 or • Chafee Grant for Foster Youth email [email protected]. Employees are every organization’s California Community Colleges most important resource. EOPS PROgRAM (Extended Opportunity • BOG Fee Waiver (CA residents) As new employees are hired and as processes, pro- Programs & Services) • Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS) cedures, products, and goals change, employees need The EOPS Program is a state funded categorical program • Foster Youth Success Initiative (FYSI) new and upgraded skills. Through a careful needs that offers “over and above” services to eligible EOPS Scholarships assessment we will: students who are both economically and educationally • Private foundations and non-profit organizations • Identify your real workplace needs disadvantaged. The mission of the EOPS Program is to • Institutional (colleges/universities) • Customize solutions specifically for your business extend opportunities for eligible EOPS students. Additional eligibility criteria for the EOPS Program and employees Contact the Financial Aid Office: • Implement training on a schedule and at a site that includes: • Online 24/7 at www.solano.edu best meets your organization’s requirements 1. Be a California resident. · MySolano, “Financial Aid” tab • Offer excellent and appropriate instruction, as well as 2. Be enrolled in 12.0 semester units at Solano a variety of delivery methods College. · Click “Financial Aid” homepage • Evaluate the training to assure that there has been a 3. Qualify and receive the BOGFW A or B. • Phone (707) 864-7103 transfer of skills and knowledge from the training 4. Be educationally disadvantaged according to State · Monday – Thursday 9:00 am—3:00 pm environment to the workplace defined Title V Education Regulations. • In-Person, Student Services Bldg. 400, 2nd Floor, • Provide cost effective training and services Fairfield Main Campus Services offered to eligible students: academic, career, The office of Workforce and Economic Development and personal counseling; develop a roadmap for students · Monday—Thursday 9:00 am—5:00 pm serves students through employers. If you are interested to achieve their educational goals, tutoring on and off · Friday 9:00 am—12:00 noon in preparing for a career and becoming a Solano Com- campus referrals; assistance in preparing to transfer to munity College student, please contact the division office four-year colleges and universities; EOPS newsletter, FOOD SERVICE overseeing the discipline in which you have interest. EOPS orientation, priority registration; registration The cafeteria at Solano Community College is located For information and a free needs assessment, call assistance, progress reports, year end celebration, in the Student Center, Bldg. 1400. The cafeteria offers a or email Deborah Mann at (707) 864-7195, or workshops, and EOPS book voucher services, EOPS wide selection for breakfast and lunch from its full [email protected] book rental services, and bus tickets for during the fall service grill. The selection includes daily hot lunch and spring semester. menus, soups, salad bar, deli sandwiches, Mexican and DISABILIty SERVICES PROgRAM Asian menus, vegetarian, desserts, snacks, and beverages. DSP offers support services to students with disabilities For more information, contact the EOPS Office, in room The cafeteria hours of operation for Fall and Spring or medical problems. Some of these services are: 426; or call (707) 864-7000 ext. 4444, or go online at semesters are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am counseling, liaison with instructors and community www.solano.edu and click on Financial Aid. to 8:00 pm, and Fridays from 7:00 am to 1:30 pm, agencies, adapted computers, interpreters, priority Phone 646-2874. registration, specialized equipment, and alternate media FINANCIAL AID services. Our purpose is to create an equal opportunity in Financial Aid assistance is available through the federal MAtRICuLAtION college classes for people with physical, visual, hearing, and state government, as well as scholarships offered by Matriculation can help you to reach your educational learning and psychological disabilities. Contact the the institution, private and non-profit foundations. goal. The steps are: Disability Services office at (707) 864-7136. Financial aid may help to offset the cost of higher • Admission (application) education such as tuition, fees, books, supplies, housing, The alternate media office is part of the Disability • Skills Assessment transportation and personal expenses. Be aware that Services Program located in the 400 building in room • Orientation in person or online (see counseling financial aid does not fully support a student with all 407M. Alternate media is any instructional resource that webpage) expenses. Financial Aid is one of many tools to help has been made more accessible for students with verified • Counseling/Advising students achieve their educational and career goals. Refer visual, hearing, learning, or other disabilities. Alternate • Registration to “Financial Aid” on page 6-7 in this Class Schedule or media comes in a variety of formats; print materials can • Follow-up on progress www.solano.edu, click “Financial Aid” for more be converted into Braille, large print, MP3’s, or electronic You are encouraged to participate in the Assessment/ detailed information. text, such as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF files; Orientation program, which is part of the matriculation diagrams and figures can be embossed to allow people process, if you are a new non-exempt student (see with vision limitations to feel the tactile images; and title IV Federal Student Aid Programs— Exemption Criteria) and choose one of the following assistance with closed captioned needs. Any student with School Code 001292 educational goals at the time of application: a verified visual, hearing, learning, or other disability that • Grants (free money for college) • Transfer to a four-year college with associate degree prevents them from accessing instructional materials in · Pell Grant • Transfer to a four-year college without associate traditional formats has the right to alternate media. After · Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant degree enrolling in classes, the student must meet with a (SEOG) • Associate degree, vocational, without transfer counselor to verify the disability, determine the need, and • Work-Study (cash earned while you learn) • Associate degree, without transfer

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• Job skills—to prepare for a new job • Orientation class 24 graded units of coursework at Solano with a cumu- • Undeclared goal That teach college survival skills to incoming lative GPA of at least 3.30. • Discover/formulate career interests, plans, goals students majoring in math, engineering and science. The Scholarship Foundation administers two scholarship • Improve basic skills in English, reading or math • MESA Counselor programs, the General Scholastic Achievement Pro- Some continuing (as well as returning) students may need A dedicated MESA counselor is provided to assist gram and the Memorial and Special Endowments to take an assessment test to meet specific class and/or students with their educational planning and goals. Program. Each of these scholarship has been established program requirements – especially if you are enrolling for • Assistance in the transfer process to honor and commemorate specific indi viduals or the first time in any English (except English 305) or Including field trips to universities, workshops on purposes. Most have designated majors and/or other English As A Second Language class. ESL assessment is applications and counseling. specific qualifying requirements that determine eligibility recommended if your primary language is not English. • Career advising for consideration. To introduce work options to students. For additional information, please visit the Solano Field trips, job fair information, job shadowing OCCuPAtIONAL EDuCAtION — College website at http://www.solano.edu/president/ exercises WORK ExPERIENCE scholarship_foundation, contact the Scholarship and industry mentors are available to students. Earn 1 to 6 transferable units per semester for working in Foundation, at PO Box 2208, Fairfield, CA 94533 or a paid or unpaid part-time or full-time position with a All students who are interested in participating in phone (707) 425-4590. licensed business. We offer OCED 090: Occupational MESA/CCCP must meet the academic and economically Work Experience for those students working or disadvantaged criteria—contact our office for details. StuDENt HEALtH SERVICES volunteering in positions which are directly related to A Public Health Nurse and Health Assistant are ready to For additional information please visit our MESA Center their declared major. We also offer OCED 091: General help you with your health needs at the Student Health in room 434, Building 400. Our office hours are Monday Work Experience for those working or volunteering in Center, Monday through Thursday, 8 am-7 pm, and through Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm, (707) 864-7000 ext. jobs not related to their major. You can earn 1 unit for Friday, 8:30 am-3 pm (fall and spring semesters only). 4498. You can also check out our MESA website: each 75 hours paid or 60 hours unpaid work per semester. Our Services include: www.solano.edu/mesa Classes meet once a week for one hour. Do you love • Nursing assessment and management of minor online? You can also take both OCED 090 and OCED PARKINg SEE PAgES 26-28 health problems 091 as online classes that involve a one time required • Treatment of minor acute illnesses and referrals on-campus orientation with the weekly meetings RE-ENtRy StuDENtS • Confidential gonorrhea/chlamydia urine testing conducted in an online format. Contact the Work Students returning to school are encouraged to meet with • First-aid and emergency care Experience Coordinator at (707) 864-7139, by e-mail a Counselor to plan classes needed to reach their goals. ([email protected]), or stop by room 1811. Please see “MEET A COUNSELOR” in this schedule to • Band-Aids, aspirin, Tylenol, etc. for self care You may also visit our website at: find out how to make an appointment, what services are • Pregnancy testing and birth control information www.sccworkexperience.com. OCED 090 and 091 offered, when, and where at four different locations. • Nutritional information may not be taken concurrently. The Online Orientation is highly recommended. Please go • Information on sexually transmitted infections and through all seven steps, and answer the survey at the end referrals MESA (Mathematics Engineering to record your orientation: http://www.solano.edu/vip. • Immunizations Science Achievement) We recommend introductory classes listed in the schedule • Tuberculosis skin tests and referrals The MESA program is a statewide academic program that under “COUNSELING”: COUN 101 Orientation for • Hearing and vision screening supports economically and educationally disadvantaged College Success, COUN 102 Intro Study Skills • Blood pressure screening (A,B,C,D), COUN 50 Career-Life Planning, COUN 062 students to excel in math, science or engineering related • Strep throat test majors so students can transfer to four year universities. Helping Skills, COUN 083 Applied Psychology, COUN • Blood glucose screen test The MESA model for success includes a variety of 055 Valuing Diversity, and/or COUN 007 University services that results in a high rate of academic Study Techniques. We are located in the Student Union, Building 1400 in achievement. Elements of the MESA model include: Room 1409. The Public Health Nurse also visits the SOLANO COLLEgE SCHOLARSHIP • Individual Academic Plans Vallejo Center and Vacaville Center for most services. FOuNDAtION • Academic Excellence Workshops Contact the Student Health Center for times/hours of The Solano College Scholarship Foundation is a non- • Academic and career counseling nurse visits to Centers. You are welcome to drop-in for profit corporation that awards scholarships to students • Collaborative learning techniques and study skills care or make an appointment by calling (707) 864-7163. at Solano Community College on the basis of their • Clustering of students in classes to enhance You can see more information at our website at academic achievement and demonstrated potential for collaborative study www.solano.edu (select “Campus Life” and then excellence. The Foundation is administrated by a Board • Field trips to industry sites and university campuses “Health Center”). of Directors with representatives from the communities • Leadership development and conferences of Solano County. Current schedules of activities sponsored by the Health The main components of the MESA/CCCP include: Beginning with the three scholarships that were presented Center can also be found in the ASSC Newsletter, • Student Study and Computer Lab Center published twice/month and posted online at A dedicated multipurpose space for quiet study, in 1974, the scholarship program has grown through the years. In the fall of 2010 over 80 awards were presented www.solano.edu under “Solano Community College workshops, computer related activities, and News.” information sharing. and over $25,000 was distributed to Solano students. • Academic Excellence Workshops The goal of the Scholarship Foundation is to promote StuDENtS HELPINg StuDENtS Students are scheduled in math and science core academic excellence among Solano students by BOOK gRANtS classes and taught to maintain high academic recognizing and rewarding outstanding students. Almost Solano Community College’s Students Helping Students outcomes through facilitated group study. all of the scholarships require students to have completed Fund is a program designed to provide one-time only

Classes & fees subject to change due to State budget. For course and prerequisites information, go to www.Solano.edu 23 Programs & Services-continued What’s in the College financial assistance to economically disadvantaged SCC tutorial assistance paperwork. The following educational Library students in the form of a book grant. Funding is provided benefits are available to veterans and dependents: by students through a non-refundable optional fee of $1, • Chapter 30 (Montgomery GI Bill — Active Duty) for you? as well as through solicited annual contributions. A very • Chapter 31 (Vocational Rehabilitation) A wealth limited number of book grants are distributed to eligible • Chapter 32 (Veterans Educational Assistance of students at the start of the fall and spring semesters on a Program – VEAP) first-come, first-serve basis. New, first-time freshmen • Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) resources! enrolled in six units at SCC, who meet the eligibility • Chapter 1606 (Montgomery GI Bill — Reservists) guidelines for an automatic Fee Waiver, are encouraged to • Chapter 1607 (Reserve Educational Assistance complete a Fee Waiver application and the Students Program – REAP) Helping Students Grant application. Applications are • Chapter 35 (Dependents Educational Assistance) available in-person only from the Student Developmet • California Veterans Fee Waiver Program Library Office at the beginning of the Spring or Fall Semester. (Dependents of go to www.solano.edu/library for all the details! Veterans with a Service-Connected Disability) SCC StuDENt ID CARDS Located in Building 100 on the Fairfield Campus, Student ID cards are required for the Library and Note that in order to receive benefits while attending the Library provides: computer labs. The ID station will be open Monday- SCC, the student must be a regularly matriculated student Thursday 8 am-5 pm and Friday 8 am-3 pm in Room and all classes taken must be required for the educational Information resources such as: 1425. These hours may change to accommodate campus objective selected. • Research help from the SCC Librarians, events and activities, so please check the office for more • Access to print and online resources, updated hours. Please bring your student schedule/bill Active Duty: After receiving approval for Tuition • Reserve textbooks, showing payment of the $5 fee and proof of enrollment, Assistance, please submit a copy of the authorization to • Newspaper and popular magazine browsing and another form of government-issued photo ID the Veterans Affairs Center located in Building 400, collection, (driver’s license, passport, etc.). Good for nine Room 429, or by fax (707) 864-7220. • Over one-million books, movies, CDS and consecutive semesters, it must be validated each **Exception for Air Force, please see below** other materials via SNAP, our local Library semester at no charge. For more information, call the • Air Force Personnel must apply via internet at consortium Student Development Office, (707) 864-7000, ext, 4367. https://www.my.af.mil/faf/FAF/fafHome.jsp • Interlibrary loan, **Note individuals approved for Air Force TA do not • Around the clock reference assistance via 24/7 tRANSFER CENtER need to submit their authorizations to Solano Community reference. Welcome to the SCC Transfer Center. We are a resource College. SCC will process all TA through the AI Portal center for students to explore options for transfer and to regularly. For question or inquires please contact the technology resources such as an Information get help with the transfer process. The center is open Solano Community College Travis Center located at Commons of 60 PCs gives students access to daily, Monday through Thursday, during Fall and Spring Building 249 at 530 Hickam Avenue on Travis Air Force • The Internet, semesters. For information call (707) 864-7158 or visit Base. Center hours are Monday – Thursday 4 pm – 8 pm. • Microsoft Office Suite, us downstairs in the Student Services Building 400, Contact phone number is (707) 424-2431 • Printers room 402. • CD/DVD players, • Army Personnel must apply via internet at • Class-based software and other applications. tutORINg CENtER www.earmyu.com • Photocopiers Free tutoring is available to all students currently • Coast Guard Personnel must fill out the Coast • Microfilm readers. attending Solano Community College and enrolled in Guard Tuition Assistance Form (CG-4147). the class for which assistance is requested. Tutoring is Submit completed form to CGI-PF-Tuition_ Study Facilities: available for most classes offered by the college. You can [email protected]. • Individual study carrels, schedule a weekly appointment for the entire semester or • Marine Corps Personnel must complete form • Study tables for quiet group study, one-time only appointments as needed. NETPDTC 1560 & turn in form to your nearest • Reading lounge. Marine Corp location. Library Research classes: Part-time, paid positions are available for students • Navy Personnel must complete form NETPDTC • LR01, Principles of (Library) Research, interested in working as paid tutors. You must have 1560 & turn in form to your nearest Marine Corp • LR10, Basics of Information Competency, received a “B” or better in the class to tutor and be location. • LR11, Internet explored! Advanced recommended by a SCC instructor. All new tutors also • National Guard – Contact your unit regarding Apply Information Competency, earn .5 unit of credit for a required training class (Tutor for Tuition Assistance. • LR12, Information and Society. 50). For additional information on how to sign up for For specific information regarding eligibility of Veterans tutoring assistance or to apply for a tutoring position, Education Benefits or Tuition Assistance, please visit Additionally, librarians are available to help contact the Tutoring Center, in the Student Services our center located on the 2nd floor of the 400 Building, students with their research and information Building 400 Rooms 402/403, or call (707) 864-7230. Room 429, call: (707) 864-7105 or email at needs at the Vallejo and Vacaville campuses. [email protected]. Center hours are Monday - VEtERAN’S AFFAIRS CENtER Thursday, 8 am - 4 pm and Friday, from 8 am - 3 pm. Please visit the library website at: Veterans & Dependents: The Veterans Center offers www.solano.edu/library for summer and regular assistance with applying for education benefits, VIStAS: See Community Education and semester library hours at each campus. The SCC coordinating the VA work study program, and processing Lifelong Learning on page 21 Library is closed weekends and holidays.

24 SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPRING 2013 Classes & fees subject to change due to State budget. Journey to Change “The South”— United States Civil Rights Movement

our sites that figure prominently in the history of the TUnited States Civil Right movement in the South. During this nine-day course, you will visit historic sites, museums, centers, and tour towns in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. This guided tour provides opportunities for learning about the people and events that began and continue the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States of America. Participants will will also have the opportunity to hear from many Civil Rights era “veterans.” TOUR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Martin Luther King National Museum, Apex Museum, George Washington Carver Museum, Tuskegee Airman Museum, Tuskegee University, Rosa Parks Museum, Southern Poverty Law Center, Civil Rights Memorial, Birmingham Civil Right SOCS 053 Civil Rights Travel Course…3 units Institute, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Jackson State University, SUMMER 2013 Mississippi Delta Landmarks, Blues History Museum, BB King Museum, Medgar Evers Home, Frannie Lou Dr. Karen M. McCord Hamer Historic Sites, Emmit Til Landmarks, Freedom Summer Landmarks, Alex Haley Birth Home, Slave Phone: 707.864.7000, Ext 4428 Haven Memphis, Civil Rights Museum Memphis. Email: [email protected]

Solano Community College Invites you to the Living the Dream A Multicultural Celebration In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013

Free Admission • Reception to follow Entertainment: First Baptist Church Choir, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Steppers

Solano Community College Cafeteria, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield CA

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tRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE gAtE PROCEDuRE: Travis Air Force Air Base Map Due to security measures at TAFB, all non-military students must be registered in a class meeting at Travis to receive a pass to enter the base. Students already registered for Travis classes will be able to obtain their base pass at the Pass & ID office, 605 Airbase Parkway, Fairfield, California, located on the right hand side before the main gates. All registered students will be required to provide the information listed below: 1. A current driver's license 2. Valid car registration (this must be the vehicle you plan to drive to class each week) 3. Valid proof of car insurance 4. Proof of your enrollment in a class at Travis (your registration printout showing your classes). 5. Travis AFB personnel may require other forms of identification as needed. Vehicle (gate) passes are not transferable to any vehicle other than the one for which the pass was originally issued. Please allow approximately one hour for issuance of a gate pass. For additional information or inquiries, please call the SCC Travis Office at (707) 863-7878 or (707) 424-2431. NOTE: Students must have their own transportation. Automobiles without military ID, or an authorized semester The Travis AFB University Center is located in Building 249 at 530 Hickam Avenue on Travis Air Force Base. To get to the Center, pass will not be admitted on TAFB. For additional informa- take the Air Base Parkway exit off of I-80 and follow it until it ends at the Travis Main Gate. After obtaining a pass (see tion, please call the SCC Travis office. instructions below), proceed through the Main Gate, staying on the same street. Turn right onto First Avenue, then left on Waldron If you wish to add a Travis class, you must contact the Street. About half way down the length of the street, turn right into the parking lot. Drive to the back of the lot; you will see the instructor to obtain an “Add [Authorization] Code” and University Center on your right. You may park in any vacant space. enroll in the course prior to being admitted to the Base. Once enrolled you must contact the Travis office to inform them. Vallejo Map

The Solano Community College Vallejo Center is located at 545 Columbus Parkway. Directions from Fairfield/Vacaville/Davis/Dixon: Take I- 80 toward San Francisco and exit at Columbus Parkway. The Solano Community College Vallejo Center is located approximately 1 & 1/2 miles on your right. Directions from Pleasant Hill/Concord/Walnut Creek: Take 680 North to 780 West. From 780 West take I-80 East toward Sacramento. Exit at Columbus Parkway. The new Solano Community College Vallejo Center is located approximately 1 & 1/2 miles on your right. Parking: Parking at the Vallejo Center is $20 per vehicle. The permit is valid for the Fairfield campus and the Vallejo and Vacaville Centers. Daily parking permits are available for $1 from the machine located in the parking lot and are valid for all campus locations. Parking is enforced 24 hours a day.

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The Solano Community College Vacaville Center is located north of the City of Vacaville at 2001 North Village Parkway. Turn onto North Village Parkway (formerly known as 1990 Akerly Drive), just off of Vaca Valley Parkway. Center information and driving directions are also available on our website, please go to: www.solano.edu/campus_sites/ vaca_center.html.

DIRECtIONS FROM FAIRFIELD/VACAVILLE: Take I-80 East to I-505 and drive about 1/2 mile to the Vaca Valley Parkway exit. Turn right at the exit ramp stoplight on to Vaca Valley Parkway and go one block to North Village Parkway. Turn left at the stoplight on to North Village Parkway; the parking lot entrance to the Center is visible on the right side of the street within a distance of 1/2 block.

DIRECtIONS FROM DAVIS/DIxON: Take I-80 West to the Leisure Town Road exit. Turn right onto Vaca Valley Parkway. Continue straight for approximately 1/2 mile to North Village Parkway and turn right at the stoplight. Turn right into the parking lot entrance to the Center. Parking at the Vacaville Center is $20 per vehicle. The permit is valid for the Fairfield campus and the

Vallejo and Vacaville Centers. Daily parking permits are

available for $1 from the machine located in the parking

lot. Daily permits are valid for the Vacaville Center only.

Free Parking Permit

VALID: Jan 7 - Jan 27, 2013

Fold in half and place this permit on the front left dashboard during the dates listed above. After January 27, 2013 a permit is required. You may purchase a Spring 2013 permit for $20 at www.solano.edu/police and click on the Permits & Fees link. Be sure to print out the temporary permit (good for two weeks) after purchase for use until the permit arrives in the mail. If you do not receive your permanent permit before the end date of your temporary permit, call (707) 864-7131.

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Parking Information

PARKINg PERMItS: Fall, Spring, and Summer DAILy PARKINg PERMItS: Daily parking permits gENERAL INFORMAtION: Parking permits are good parking permits are purchased online. Log on to My may be purchased from the permit dispensers located in for all Solano College campus locations. Permits must be Solano and click on Student Parking. Parking permits are each student lot at a cost of $1 per day ($1 bills or coins located as directed on the permit directions. Parking fees not transferable from one person to another. It is against accepted). New daily permits must be purchased each are subject to change. Parking brochures are available at the law to alter, forge, reproduce, sell, or loan your day. If the permit dispensers malfunction, notify the the Police Department. An appeal process to contest parking permit to another person. Parking permits are police in Bldg. 1800B or call (707) 864.7131. If a citations is available. Go to www.Solano.edu/police/ required each semester and during summer sessions. dispenser is out of service, purchase a permit in an parking.html and click the Interactive Appeal Process Faculty/Staff and reserved parking is enforce 7 days a adjacent lot. Daily permits are valid in lots 1-6 and are Form link. For questions, call (707) 864-7131. week, 24 hours a day. All permits (semester and daily) interchangeable between the Fairfield campus, the must be clearly displayed. Motorcycles may park in Vacaville Center, and Vallejo Center. PARKINg LOt INFORMAtION: designated motorcycle areas without cost or permits. • FACuLty/StAFF: Parking Lots A-F. Motorcycles parked in other areas require permits at the Handicap Parking: A current parking permit along Reserved stalls in other locations. vehicle price. with a handicap placard or plates are required to park in • StuDENt: Parking lots 1-6 handicap parking. The placard/plates and parking permit PARKINg ENFORCEMENt: During the first week must be clearly displayed. • COSMEtOLOgy PAtRON PARKINg: of the fall/spring semester and during the first week of (West side Lot D) Must have Patron Parking Permit summer session, parking permits are not enforced in RIDESHARE PERMItS: Rideshare permits are issued from Cosmetology Department 8:30 am-10:00pm student lots 1-6. Thereafter, permit parking is enforced by the Student Development Office in Bldg. 1400, Room • DISABLED PARKINg: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.—10 p.m. You must have a 1425. Vehicles displaying valid rideshare permits may Must have disabled placard or plates AND Solano valid permit clearly displayed while parked on Solano park in the spaces reserved for rideshare participants and College parking permit or daily meter ticket Community College District property, including the not in any other lots. If you do not have a ride-share Vacaville Center and the Vallejo Center. All other permit, you may not park in the rideshare spaces. • RIDE SHARE: (3 or more passengers, Lots 1 & 2) regulations and vehicle code violations are enforced Rideshare vehicles must have 3 or more participants who Special permit required. For more information, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. each possess a current Solano student ID card (available contact Student Development in Bldg 1400 (across from the Bookstore), Room 1425 or call 864-7000 Parking for students is provided in clearly designated in the Student Development Office). For more areas. Certain parking areas are reserved for visitors, for information, call 864-7000 ext. 4367. ext 4367. • VISItORS PARKINg: faculty and staff who hold permanent parking permits, VISItOR PARKINg: Limited 30-minute visitor 30 minutes only. If longer than 30 minutes, purchase handicapped persons, and ride share. parking is available at the Fairfield campus in Lot 1. daily meter ticket and move vehicle to regular FAIRFIELD CAMPuS: Student parking is provided in Visitors parking is located along the white curb line on the north side of the lot. For visits longer than parking lot. No Faculty/Staff or Student parking Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (across from baseball and allowed. football stadiums. 30 minutes, purchase a daily permit and move your vehicle to another stall in the parking lot. Do not park • CHILD CARE PARKINg: VACAVILLE AND VALLEjO CENtERS: A parking in rideshare of faculty/staff lots. Visitor parking is 15 minutes only. For dropping off or pickup up only. permit is required to park at both the Vacaville Center and not to be used by faculty, staff, or students. Visitor If longer than 15 minutes, purchase daily meter Vallejo Center. Parking permits are $20 per semester and parking is also available at the Vacaville and Vallejo ticket and move vehicle to regular parking lot. No $6 for Summer session. Centers. Faculty/Staff or Student parking allowed.

Solano Community College Theatre Cinco de Mayo Celebration 2013 Presents… Solano Community College Spring 2013

Enjoy a day of Fun Music, Dance, Food

28 SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPRING 2013 Classes & fees subject to change due to State budget. Fairfield Map 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534, (707) 864-7000

www.solano.edu

MAP LEGEND 100 Library/Learning Center 200 Children’s Programs 300 Mathematics & Science 400 Student Services 500 Business, Computer Science 600 Administration 700 Liberal Arts 800 Health Occupations / Public Safety 900 Faculty Office SERVICES-ROOM 1000 Horticulture Admission & Records – 400 Contract Education MESA Program – 434 1100 Police / Fine & Applied Arts ASSC & Student Union - 1400 & Training - 151 Student Health Services -1400 (temporary) Assessment Center - 442 Counseling - 404 Student Services - 433 1200 Music/Theatre Boardroom - 626 Disability Services Superintendent/ 1300 Fine & Applied Arts Bookstore - 1400 Program - 407 President’s Office - 627 1400 Bookstore/Cafeteria/ Business & Personnel Office - 600 EOPS - 426 Theatre - 1200 Student Union Cafeteria – 1400 Financial Aid - 425 Transfer Center - 438 1500 Engineering/Math CalWORKs - 426 Foundation - 618 Veteran’s Affairs - 429 1600 Cosmetology/Fine Arts CARE Program - 426 Information - 401 Workforce & Economic 1700 Athletics/Physical Education Career & Employment Services - 437 Instruction Office - 600 Development - 151 1800 Career Technical Education Community Services & Training/ Learning/Tutoring Center - 100 1900 Facilities/Warehouse Vistas – 1638 Library - 100

Solano Community College is located on Suisun Valley Road, just off Interstate 80, nine miles northeast of Vallejo (take I-80 east), and five miles southwest of Fairfield. Buses serve the campus from Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield, Vacaville and Dixon.