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ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOLADES REPORT 2017-2018
Abstract An annual report distributed to the Coast District Board of Trustees to highlight the notable events of the 2017-2018 academic year on the campuses of Coastline Community College, Golden West College, Orange Coast College, and the District-site.
*Note: All information gathered in this report was submitted my departments and colleges individually. Voice, style, and format may differ slightly from section to section. Table of Contents
Coast Community College District: Administrative Services ...... 2-7 Coast Community College District: Educational Services…………………………………………………………………....8-13 Coast Community College District: Human Resources ...... 14-16 Coast Community College District: Public Affairs ...... 17-18 Coast Community College District: Internal Audit ...... 19 Coastline Community College ...... 20-42 Golden West College ...... 43-65 Orange Coast College ...... 66-71
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ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
2017-2018
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
VICE CHANCELLOR Dr. ANDREW DUNN
OVERVIEW INFORMATION SERVICES Developed project prioritization web-based The Finance and Administrative Services division application and initiated Coast-wide technology index. provides support and services across the District in areas including Budget, Finance, Accounting, APPLICATION & DEVELOPMENT Purchasing, Risk Management, Environmental Health and Safety, Enterprise Operations, Redesigned and upgraded MyCoast Portal & Facilities Management, and Bond Program Single Sign-On District-wide and Sepoyed Management and Technology. mobile App OOHLALA District-wide.
USER SUPPORT & IT SECURITY This report includes four notable accomplishments from the Information Increased abilities to detect and prevent unauthorized access to Coast's IT System and Technology Department, including contributions provided customer support for increased from Fred Rocha, Rupa Saran, Craig Oberlin, volume related to single sign-on.
Kevin Harrison, Ralph Looney, Sandy Whiteside, RISK SERVICES/EHS and Dave Thompson. A Measure M update is From a SWACC pool average of 1.00, the Coast provided within this report from Jerry Marchbank Community College District has the lowest and an update about Risk Services/EHS is also experience modification for property (68%), and the 8th lowest experience modification for liability. included.
Banner 9 Transformation Project ACCOMPLISHMENT The multi-year process of migrating to a managed HIGHLIGHTS service, cloud hosted environment is underway
MEASURE M Coastline's Le-Jao Student Resource Center Completed GWC's CJTC & Student Center Completed OCC's Planetarium Underway District Accomplishments and Accolades 2017-2018
Coast Community College District: Administrative Services
District Information Services is proactively facilitating student success initiates as well as instructional, administrative, and human resource functions to enhance teaching and learning experience.
Information Services Department
Developed Project Prioritization Web-based Application o Provides systematic allocation of Information Services resources to support Coast-wide project needs Initiated Coast-wide Technology Condition Index o Establishes the viability of information and instructional technology resources throughout the district to support the mission of the Coast Colleges Banner 9 Transformation Project o The multi-year process of migrating to a managed service, cloud hosted environment in underway
Personal Accomplishments Fred Rocha
Fred Rocha holds the following leadership positions in state and international organizations: o Chief Information Services Officers Association (CISOA) – Southern Section Vice President o California Community College Banner Group (3CBG) – President o California Community College Consortium, Information Services (4CIS) – Founding Member o Ellucian Advisory Council – California Community College Representative Fred has presented on statewide technology initiatives at: . CISOA/3CBG Annual Conference . Ellucian Live . ACBO Fall and Spring Conferences
Applications & Development
Redesigned, modernized, and upgraded MyCoast Portal & Single-Sign-On - District-wide Deployed Enterprise Mobile App (OOHLALA) – District-wide Deployed EduNav: Personalized, Real-Time Educational Planning - GWC Deployed Starfish: Student Retention Solutions - CCC Deployed Cranium Café: Student Engagement/Appointment - CCC & GWC Implemented Banner Financial Aid – District-wide Implemented Workflow – District-wide o Human Resources to automate ePAF
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o Accounts Payable to automate Invoicing o Purchasing - Banner Document Management Suit (BDMS) o Fixed Assets to automate Direct Loan Implemented Drop Survey for Students – District-wide Deployed Civitas Learning: Predictive-Analytics to monitor student success - District-wide Deployed Infomagnus: Enrollment and Reporting Dashboards – OCC Deployed Canvas Enhancements – District-wide o Live synchronization between Canvas and Banner for Enrollment and New courses o Canvas based Orientation o Canvas “Command Central” o Automation of loading Courses and Student Learning Outcome (SLO) from Banner to Canvas Developed and deployed integration of NEOGOV On-Boarding with Banner Enhancement of Faculty Load And Compensation (FLAC): Payment of Non-instructional assignments – District-wide Modified Self Service Banner (SSB) to accommodate Non-Credit Application Deployment of ChromeRiver Expense Management: Create, Submit, or Approve Expense Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device – District-wide Automation of Multiple Measures CALPASS – District-wide Deployment of Cornerstone: Talent Management System – District-wide Deployment of California Community Colleges MyPath: From Start to Finish – GWC On-going: Banner 9 Transformation
Contribution of Rupa Saran, Senior Director of Applications & Development to the Coast Community College District and California Community:
Serves as a South Region Representative for the Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) of California Community Colleges Serves as a Co-chair of Enterprise Information Systems Steering Workgroup Served as a Co-chair of Technology Committee Member of California Community Colleges Banner Group Member of CA Community College AWS User Group Member of District Consultation Council Member of Change Advisory Board Presented at California Community Colleges Banner Group (3CBG) & CISOA 2018 Conference Guest Speaker: Doctoral class at CSULB Presented at OCC FLEX Day CDMA Newsletters – President Message LinkedIn Article Contributor Serves as the President of Coast District Management Association (CDMA)
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User Support & IT Security (From Craig Oberlin)
In conjunction with the Luminis 5 (MyCCC/MyGWC/MyOCC) and Single Sign On (SSO) Projects, the IT Help Desk staff did an exemplary job of handling the unprecedented call volume for several weeks in April. The Help Desk worked tirelessly in supporting students, faculty, and staff to minimize the impact of the significant changes introduced as part of the project. Through a combination of multiple projects over the past year, the Cyber Security posture of the District has improved dramatically. We now have increased abilities to detect and often prevent unauthorized access to Coast’s information systems and data assets on a 24 x 7 x 365 basis. Through on-going continuous improvement initiatives, our IT Services Identity and Account Management (IAM) Team has significantly reduced the time delay between a student receiving their acceptance letter and the time when they can sign in to MyCCC/MyGWC/MyOCC and register for classes. WhaPrt could have taken as long as 24 hours has been reduced to 10 minutes. workstation. User downtime can be potentially reduced by 68%. Time spent dealing with the helpdesk can potential be reduced by 57%. I negotiated with Vendors for a 68% procurement cost saving on $1.6M project Completed the consolidation and virtualization of GWC Servers and storage. Completed the Golden West College Network infrastructure upgrade and modernization. Completed the Golden West College Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure. Completed the decommissioning of Coastline Community College and Golden West College Data Center.
(From Kevin Harrison) In conjunction with the Measure M Bond Construction, the IT User Support and Network Infrastructure teams did an excellent job planning and coordinating the installation of technology in the new GWC Criminal Justice Training Facility and Student Services Center. In preparation, the teams spent countless hours reviewing building construction plans, designing audio visual standards, and developing a new virtual desktop environment. This hard work and dedication contributed to successful building projects that were on time, under budget, and met the immediate technology needs of the GWC faculty, staff, and students.
(From Ralph Looney)
By its very nature, Information Technology is a collaborative discipline. IT is one of the unique occupations that require the ability to intelligently interact with every department of the District and Campuses in order to be successful. This takes a versatile person and team. Instead of naming any specific IT projects, I would like to recognize the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Team.
I think "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" is a perfect metaphor to explain the role of IT. The basic premise of this theory is people are born with certain needs. Once you meet the needs at one level, only then, can you proceed to the next level?
For IT, the first level of the “IT hierarchy of need pyramid” is the ability to perform the basic day-to-day IT work of keeping the lights on.
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Operation and Maintenance (O&M) team keeps the network stable and reliable; keeps the application working correctly; keeps the student’s desktop functioning per the faculty requirements; keeps the telephones ringing.
Operation and Maintenance (O&M) team provide the tools & infrastructure that are required by the students, faculty, and staff; provides quality customer service, transparency, and a clear shared strategic vision.
The entire O&M teams are rock stars!
OCC Employee Satisfaction with Campus Services Survey_Information Technology.pdf Academic and User Support (From Sandy Whiteside)
OCC Employee Satisfaction with Campus Services Survey for Information Technology was completed in Spring 2018. Helpfulness, Communication, and Timeliness of technicians averaged 80% very satisfied to satisfied. (results attached). Audio-Visual technicians in coordination with vendors upgraded 30+ classroom lecture stations with new equipment, projectors, and technologies. Converted 5 labs in the Technology division and 3 labs in Literature and Language to VDI desktops. Additionally, 30 VDI stations have been implemented in smaller groupings throughout Student Services departments. In conjunction with the Measure M Bond Construction, the IT User Support and Network Infrastructure teams have been working with District facilities to prepare for job planning and construction on the Planetarium (in progress), Student Union (August 2018), and Kinesiology (December 2018) buildings. The teams spent countless hours reviewing building construction plans, network infrastructure, and designing audio visual standards. Continued support of all faculty, staff, and administrators throughout the campus.
(From Dave Thompson) Raul Sanchez was recently selected to take part in a CyberSecurity (Web Security) class presented by the North Central Region (NCR) Cyber Training Center (CTC) for cybersecurity at Dakota State University and was created and funded by the National Science Foundation. Raul was selected from a large number of candidates and was awarded attendance free of cost, including air travel and hotel accommodations. He found the lessons learned in the 5-day class to be very beneficial to his position and career.
Measure M: The District continues to work hard in carrying out the vision of providing state of the art facilities and technology for current and future students. Improvements have been made to existing facilities in addition to breaking ground on new buildings.
Coastline College
Le-Jao Student Resource Center – The addition of a 2,000 sf Student Resources Center has now been completed. This center provides a student-oriented space promoting student success and extending learning opportunities.
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The construction of a 23,250 sf solar panel carport system has now been completed at the Garden Grove Center. The system will save the college approximately $200,000 per year in energy costs.
Golden West College
Construction was completed on the new Criminal Justice Training Center Construction was completed on the new Student Services Center Construction has begun on the new Math and Science Building, which boasts a new 122,747 sf facility complete with a STEM Center Currently in the Governor’s Budget for 2018-19, Golden West College is poised to receive $20 million in State funding for a new Language Arts Complex
Orange Coast College
Construction was completed on the Recycling Center, which was awarded LEED gold status early this Spring A renovation was completed on the Garrison Honor’s and Legacy Hall Project. Construction is underway on the new Planetarium Building A boom in construction is slated for Fall of 2018, as Orange Coast College prepares to begin construction on the Maritime Academy Expansion, a new Student Union Complex, and a Kinesiology/Adaptive PE/Aquatics Center. Orange Coast College received $31 million in State funding in the 2017-18 Fiscal Year for the construction of a new Language Arts/Social Science Building. This project has been submitted to the State Chancellor’s Office to gain approval to begin construction.
Measure M provided for the creation of a $60 million endowment to fund building repair and technology needs and the first increment of these funds will become available in 2018. Furthermore, the Governor has proposed continued funding the State’s Scheduled Maintenance Program/State Funded Equipment (SMP/SFE) program in 2018-19. These two fund sources will add to current facilities funding to supplement the ongoing Vision 2020 capital program.
Proposition 39 Energy Funding. The 2017-18 fiscal year marked the fifth and final funding year for the California Community Colleges Proposition 39 Energy Efficiency, Renewable and Clean Energy Generation Project program. Although the program is ongoing, funding is no longer guaranteed in the oncoming fiscal years. However, this year, over $1 million has been received and allocated towards multiple lighting retrofit projects across the campus, affording the District an estimated $40,000 in incentive funds from utility providers. Leveraging our local resources with these funds allowed the District to continue upgrades to interior LED lighting at Golden West College, upgrade exterior lighting at Orange Coast College, and to upgrade the lighting at the Coastline Community College Center.
In total, the Coast Community College District will have received over $5 million to finance multiple energy efficiency projects, district-wide and recognize over half a million dollars in incentive funds from our local utility providers.
JERRY MARCHBANK continues to serve on the Community College Facilities Coalition (CCFC) Board of Directors. Based in Sacramento, CCFC is a statewide coalition composed of community college districts,
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Risk Services/EHS Accolades
The district procures property and liability insurance through the Statewide Association of Community Colleges (SWACC), a joint-powers authority consisting of 49-member community college districts throughout California. Kudos to Risk Services/Environmental Health and Safety team for continued efforts in risk mitigation and loss control practices. These practices, along with the cooperation and risk mitigation awareness at each campus, the CCCD continues to be one of the best performing districts in SWACC. From a SWACC pool average of 1.00, the Coast Community College District has the lowest experience modification for property (68%), and the 8th lowest experience modification for liability (80%)!
The CCCD is also one of 416-member community college districts and K-12 schools that form the Protected Insurance Program for Schools (PIPS) for workers’ compensation coverage. Of the 44 community college members throughout California, CCCD’s experience modification is the 9th lowest in the pool!
Risk Services/EHS department maintains its commitment to provide prompt response to, correct site hazards, emergency spill clean-up, air-quality inquires, ergonomic evaluations, various employee safety/hazard awareness trainings, and ongoing collaboration and service to district colleagues at all campus sites. As a result, our loss experience numbers remain below the SWACC and PIPS pool averages, saving the district thousands in premium dollars.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOLADES REPORT
2017-2018
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
VICE CHANCELLOR OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES &TECHNOLOGY DR. ANDREEA SERBAN
CONTINUING & NEW GRANTS AWARDED PRESENTATIONS Adult Education Block Grant $3,409,902 AUGUST 2, 2017 Report to the Board of Trustees on Perkins and Transitions status of SB 1070 Career Technical $1,596,045 Education Grant. Strong Workforce Program (SWP) – Regional Allocation (FY OCTOBER 3, 2017 16/17, FY 17/18 and FY 18/19) Video presentation of the TalentED $7,324,868 story map platform at the LAEDC Future Forums. SWP – Local Allocation (FY 16/17 - 17/18) $5,654,569 OCTOBER 12, 2017 Hosted over 100 high school counselors Coastline Community College for a half-day workshop on topics of $5,275,714 higher education and financial aid. Golden West College APRIL 12 & 13, 2018 $3,688,525 Hosted a panel of experts from K-12 to Higher Ed in the development of a job Orange Coast College analysis profile for a Pathway Director. $1,381,332
MAY 11, 2018 District Office The Coast Adult Education Consortium $5,247,103 hosted a session focused on the work completed for non-credit programs, Total Active and New services, and partnerships. Grants $33,578,058 Coast Community College District: Educational Services and Technology
On August 2, 2017, the Educational Services and Technology Division presented a report to update the Board of Trustees on the status of the SB 1070 Career Technical Education Pathways Program grant. The report highlighted significant strides that the SB 1070 grant has made in working with regional K-12 and community college partners in developing early college credit opportunities, mapping programs, and bringing faculty, counselors, and industry together to align pathways. The report was authored by Dr. Andreea Serban, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Technology, and Stephanie Feger, Project Director for the grant.
On October 3, 2017, Coast Community College District presented a video introducing the TalentED story map platform at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation’s (LAEDC) Future Forums. Combining authoritative maps with video and narrative text, TalentED is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) online application that links regional community colleges and businesses to assist prospective students in linking educational programs to future careers. TalentED is one of the significant projects developed through the work of the SB 1070 Grant, led by Stephanie Feger, SB 1070 Project Director. The LAEDC Future Forums is a series that looks at innovation in industries such as virtual healthcare, cybersecurity, digital entertainment, and artificial intelligence that are taking the regional economy in new directions. Dr. Andreea Serban, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Technology and Stephanie Feger, Project Director, participated in this session.
On October 12, 2017, the Educational Services and Technology Division hosted over 100 high school counselors from around the state for a half-day workshop on various topics related to higher education financial aid. The workshop was designed and presented by the California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the California Student Aid Commission, and the Education Credit Management Corporation. This annual financial aid workshop provides information to the high school counselors on state and federal financial aid for the upcoming year. The opportunity to host the large number of counselors at one time is coveted and sought after by other community college districts.
On April 12 and 13, 2018, the Educational Services and Technology Division organized and hosted a panel of experts representing K12, community college, and technical assistance/regional organizations in developing a job analysis profile to define the role of a Pathway Director. The two-day panel was funded through the Strong Workforce Program, and facilitated by a team from the Education Development Center (EDC). The profile that the panel developed will be used to on board directors at each of the four community college districts in the region. Dr. Andreea Serban, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Technology, and Dr. Dennis Harkins, President of Orange Coast College, participated on the panel.
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In May 2018 Coast Community College District, the lead for the regional Strong Workforce Program Pathways and Early College Credit Regional Scale Up grant, presented findings and recommendations on perceptions and awareness of career pathways programs. The results were based on data from a stakeholder survey and in-depth interviews conducted by Hanover Research. Survey findings point to awareness – among students, parents, colleges, districts, and other stakeholders – as the greatest challenge facing career pathways and early college credit programs. However, stakeholders report high satisfaction with career pathway programs, and respondents with greater familiarity and direct experience with the programs are more likely to report higher levels of satisfaction. Recommendations point to a need for greater, more systematic communication and data sharing among K12 schools and community colleges, dedicated community college staff for K12 outreach, and standardization among articulation/dual enrollment agreements.
On May 11, 2018, the Coast Adult Education Consortium hosted a session focused on the work completed to date and planned for the next year to develop and enhance noncredit programs, services, and partnerships with local organizations to better serve the local community and the needs of adult education students. Welcoming remarks were provided by Board President Mary Hornbuckle, Chancellor John Weispfenning, and OCC President Dennis Harkins. Trustees Lorraine Prinsky, Jim Moreno, and Jerry Patterson also attended. The session was led and organized by Dr. Andreea Serban, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, Sara Head OCC Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) Project Director, Dr. Larisa Sergeyeva, GWC AEBG Project Director, Michael Scott, CCC AEBG Project Director, and Steve Curiel, Principal Huntington Beach Adult Education School. Over 80 instructors, staff, administrators, and adult education students from across the District, Huntington Beach Adult Education School, Garden Grove Lincoln Education Center, and local partner organizations participated in the session. Noncredit adult education provides a great opportunity for our district to respond to the community and workforce needs, and to capture new student populations.
Staff Achievements
STEPHANIE FEGER, Project Director for the SB 1070 Career Technical Education Pathways Program grant, presented a report on August 2, 2017 to update the Board of Trustees on the status of the SB 1070 Career Technical Education Pathways Program grant. Ms. Feger participated in the Strong Workforce Program All Hands meeting in Davis, on January 8-9, 2018.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, continued to serve as the President of the Board of Directors for two non-profit organizations: California Colleges for International Education and Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, presented at the fall 2017 Annual Conference of the Community College League of California Annual Conference, San Jose, CA, November 17, 2017 on the topic of “Understanding the Current Landscape of International Education and Potential Impact for Your College.”
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DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, was an invited keynote speaker at the annual California Study Abroad Town Hall held on April 20, 2018 at UC Irvine. Since the 1990s, this annual event has brought together the UC, CSU, and Community College systems to promote Education Abroad.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, has been selected to represent the California Student Services Officers in the statewide Online Education Initiative Advisory Committee.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, continued to serve as the Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee for The Young Americans College of the Performing Arts and was appointed to also serve as a member of the Board of Directors for the organization.
DWAYNE THOMPSON, District Director of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness, was named Manager of the Year for the District Office.
Division Achievements
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, led and coordinated the district-wide workgroup charged with gathering and analyzing the evidence and writing the components of Institutional Self Evaluation Reports for the three colleges related to Standard IV.C Governing Board and Standard IV.D Multi-college Systems or Districts.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, led the evaluation of the District-wide Strategic Plan 2014-17 and coordinated the development of the District-wide Strategic Plan 2018-21. Both plans have been developed working with the District Consultation Council (DCC).
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, serves as co-chair of the DCC Board Policy and Administrative Procedure Subcommittee and of the DCC Technology Subcommittee. In 2017-18, 68 Board Policies and Administrative Procedures were created, reviewed, or revised.
For the third year in a row, the Coast Adult Education Consortium members elected DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, as the Chair of the Consortium Executive Committee, which is the governing decision- making body for the program. Leading this program is a significant endeavor. Major progress has been made in this area including 15 new enhanced noncredit short-term certificates developed or under development, significant outreach and support services, and partnerships with many local organizations. This program has brought $5.2 million for the District from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2018 and at least $1.5 million/year for the District ongoing starting in
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2016-17. In June 2018, after significant collaborative work district-wide, the new noncredit application and registration were launched.
DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, worked collaboratively with the colleges and the District Office to implement the requirements of the new flex calendar.
Senate Bill 1359 required that effective January 1, 2018, community colleges must identify in the public online class schedule those classes that use only free digital course materials. In fall 2016, DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, created and led a workgroup to develop the functional and technical requirements to ensure early implementation of these new requirements. As a result, this information has become available on the public online schedules starting in July 2017. The workgroup included faculty OER coordinators, curriculum specialists, and schedulers from all three colleges, and District IT staff.
The work to implement CampusLogic and Banner Financial Aid and manage post implementation has been significant. Given the complexities of the implementation because of our current term structure, the implementation of these two systems and starting to disburse financial aid in Banner in August 2017 is a major achievement. DR. ANDREEA SERBAN, Vice Chancellor Educational Services and Technology, led and coordinated this work since February 2016. This work involved staff from District Fiscal Services, College Financial Aid, District Institutional Research, College Admissions and Records, District IT, and Strata Information Group consultants.
A significant improvement achieved this year has been the realignment of infrastructure to better administer the analytical and decision-making support district-wide. This was achieved by formally moving the administration and functional support of the MAPS/Argos/ODS reporting environments (along with the necessary staff and resources) from District IT to District Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness. DWAYNE THOMPSON, District Director of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness, and FRED ROCHA, Executive Director Information Technology, worked collaboratively to achieve this change.
District Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness created 234 Argos reports including 81 new reports supporting the Banner Financial Aid implementation.
2017-18 Continuing and New Grants Awarded
Adult Education Block Grant $3,409,902
Perkins and Transitions $1,596,045
Strong Workforce Program (SWP) – Regional Allocation (FY 16/17, FY 17/18 and FY 18/19) $7,324,868
SWP – Local Allocation (FY 16/17 and FY 17/18) $5,654,569
Coastline Community College $5,275,714
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Basic Skills Student Outcomes Acceleration Project - $1,336,760 California Career Pathways Trust II - Santa Ana Tech - $387,682 California Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Project - $1,000,000 Centers of Academic Excellence National and Regional Resource Center and Cybersecurity Workforce Education Initiatives - $100,000 Cyber Up! Digital Forensics - $224,296 Cybersecurity Instructional Success Network - $163,696 Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program Cyber Security Workforce Education - $214,983 Innovation and Effectiveness Grant - $200,000 New Asian American Pacific Islander Generation Initiative - $1,500,000 Textbook Affordability - $12,000 Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - $132,186 United Way Free Tax Prep Campaign - $4,111 Golden West College $3,688,525
Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Transformation Program - $256,225 California Career Pathways Trust II - Santa Ana Tech - $342,676 CTE Data Unlocked Initiative - $50,000 Deputy Sector Navigator - Health - $235,000 Enrollment Growth for Associate Degree Nursing - $97,000 Guardian Scholar Program – Orange County Multi-Campus Network - $45,000 Project RAISE - $100,000 Textbook Affordability - $23,000 Title III – Strengthening Institutions: Access 2 Success - $2,239,624 Innovationmaker Grant Implementation - $100,000 Innovation and Effectiveness Grant - $200,000 Orange Coast College $1,381,332
Aquatic Center Grants - $28,070 CalWORKS Regional Efforts Dollars Program - $13,000 Child Development Training Consortium - $23,088 Early Childhood Mentor Program - $500 Henry & Grace Steel Children’s Center Preschool Program - $167,372 (FY 17/18) and $167,372 (FY 18/19) Henry & Grace Steel Children’s Center Childcare Program - $251,965 (FY 17/18) and $251,965 (FY 18/19) Innovationmaker Grant Implementation - $340,000 Project RAISE - $100,000 Textbook Affordability Program - $38,000
District Office $5,247,103
California Career Pathways Trust - $811,750 Coast Mental Health Impact Program - $350,000
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Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Education Support Program - $1,255,862 Strong Workforce Program Career Pathways Grant - $250,000 SB1070 – Orange County Career Technical Education Pathways Program Grant- $1,979,491 Salary Surfer Video - $600,000
Total Active and New Grants $33,578,058
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ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
2017-2018
HUMAN RESOURCES
VICE CHANCELLOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES DR. MARCO BAEZA
OVERVIEW BENEFITS Successfully completed ACA reporting and It is the mission of District Human Resources (HR) to updated employee benefit records. Processed serve as a strategic partner alongside our Board of 367 open enrollment transactions and initiated an online open enrollment process Trustees, Chancellor, and college constituents to achieve for all employees the Coast Colleges vision, mission, and goals. District Human Resources takes a leadership approach in TRAININGS providing comprehensive human resource management programs and services to support our faculty, staff, August 2017 - New Managers Training administrators, applicants, and other community November 2017 - Title IX "Trauma-Informed stakeholders. Approaches to Sexual Assault Investigations"
District Human Resources is committed to the ACHRO 2017 (two sessions) development and implementation of sustainable, quality (1) From Inclusive Student Body to Inclusive Faculty Base: Structuring Effective Faculty HR programs and services that promote a culture of Internship Programs and Strengthening excellence and equity which enables our employees to Faculty Pipelines That Allow Us to Say It, See better serve a diverse learning community. It, and Actually Be It! (2) Words Hurt (I did a component on Microaggressions)
OFFICE OF EQUITY, INCLUSION, *District HR has proposals to present at the AND COMPLIANCE (OEIC) upcoming ACCCA 2018 and ACHRO 2018 conferences later this year.
T.I.E.S. 2.0 and T.I.E.S. ‘18 The Teaching Internship with Experienced Support (T.I.E.S.) Program continued from 2017 with the hiring of more interns, mentored by GWC and OCC faculty.
Highlighted Partnerships In mid-Fall, OEIC established a relationship with UCLA’s Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), which focuses on creating pathways for STEM graduate students to enter into community college teaching positions. Through this collaboration, OEIC has been invited to partner in a grant request; to participate in regional partnerships with UCLA, UCR, and a number of other universities and colleges; to train both graduate students and university faculty on classroom equity and hiring processes.
OEIC worked with campus partners to create two new ally trainings: Autism Ally Training (created and run by Denise Bon of GWC) Supporting Actively Inclusive Leaders (SAIL) Training: SafeZone 2.0
ACCOMPLISHMENT The District successfully hired a new Vice Chancellor of Human HIGHLIGHTS Resources, Dr. Marco Baeza. Coast Community College District: Human Resources
Coast Community College District: Human Resources The District successfully hired a new Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, Dr. Marco Baeza.
Benefits Successfully completed Affordable Care Act reporting within the county deadlines. Successfully updated employee benefit records and files and collected updated beneficiary information for all active employees. Initiated the transition from Benefits Plus to Banner Benefits. Successfully processed 367 open enrollment transactions. Initiated an electronic, online, open enrollment process for all active employees and new employees.
Trainings August 2017 - New managers training- Managers and supervisors are responsible for knowing and addressing problems and personnel matters in their areas of oversight.
November 2017 - Title IX - Dr. Mandy Mount - presentation title "Trauma-Informed Approaches to Sexual Assault Investigations"
ACHRO 2017 (two sessions) (1) From Inclusive Student Body to Inclusive Faculty Base: Structuring Effective Faculty Internship Programs and Strengthening Faculty Pipelines That Allow Us to Say It, See It, and Actually Be It! (2) Words Hurt (I did a component on Microaggressions)
District HR has proposals to present at the upcoming ACCCA 2018 and ACHRO 2018 conferences later this year.
Office of Equity and Inclusion
T.I.E.S. 2.0 and T.I.E.S. ‘18 In Spring 2017, the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance (OEIC) introduced the Teaching Internship with Experienced Support (T.I.E.S.) Program. T.I.E.S. interns collaborate with discipline-specific mentors to gain first-hand observational and guided instructional experience; insight into course and lesson planning, student engagement techniques, and best practices for classroom management; and opportunities to shape and connect with the community college culture.
T.I.E.S. 2.0 After the Spring 2017 pilot, the District hired eight former T.I.E.S. interns into part-time faculty positions in five disciplines, and OEIC developed a training program for these new faculty members: T.I.E.S. 2.0: First-Semester Faculty Cohort. Under the direction of the District Coordinator of OEIC, the T.I.E.S. 2.0 group has continued to support each other through regular in-person and online communication as they
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Andrew Barrios (Biology) – Andrew will begin a tenure-track position in Biology at Santa Ana College in Fall ’18! Kalthoum Bayz (Biology) – Kalthoum has been invited to represent CCCD at UCLA’s Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching! Kat Olvey (English) – Kat received a GWC Teacher of the Year nomination in her first semester of teaching, and she is the incoming GWC Faculty Equity Coordinator starting Fall ’18!
T.I.E.S. ‘18 At the end of the Spring ’18 semester, OEIC completed its T.I.E.S. ’18 Program. This time, we hosted 15 pairs in eight disciplines at both GWC and OCC. We will continue T.I.E.S. 2.0 in Fall ’18 with the many incoming part-time faculty we have from this group. OEIC looks forward to continuing to support new faculty who are committed to student success, inclusive practices, and equitable outcomes. We are already anticipating recruiting for the third T.I.E.S. cycle in early Fall!
Partnerships and Trainings Highlighted Partnerships OEIC works with a number of local and regional organizations and institutions to support our own equitable and inclusive programming but also to bolster our partners’ efforts. In mid-Fall, OEIC established a relationship with UCLA’s Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), which focuses on creating pathways for STEM graduate students to enter into community college teaching positions. Through this collaboration, OEIC has been invited to partner in a grant request; to participate in regional partnerships with UCLA, UCR, and a number of other universities and colleges; and to train both graduate students and university faculty on classroom equity and hiring processes. OEIC’s involvement in UCLA CIRTL has expanded our T.I.E.S. Program opportunities and our connections throughout the community.
Another critical relationship OEIC established this year is with UCI through our receipt of the Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against Women 2017 Grant to Reduce Sexual Assault, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking on Campus. Through this three-year grant, OEIC has been invited to participate in the UCI Coordinated Community Response Team and an upcoming Green Dot train-the- trainer event, which will enable participants to run on-site bystander and sexual assault awareness and prevention trainings for students and staff. OEIC is excited to engage with this project and to share the benefits with our campuses.
Highlighted Trainings OEIC actively participates in District-wide, regional, and statewide trainings. Selected events include
Equity and inclusion training for hiring committees* AB 1825 training New managers training
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Title IX training ACHRO 2017 (two sessions) ACCCA training (forthcoming) ACHRO 2018 (forthcoming) Numerous ally trainings** T.I.E.S. orientation and ongoing debriefings T.I.E.S. 2.0 orientation and ongoing debriefings Countless trainings upon request
*OEIC piloted this training for two recent executive level searches and at GWC for all Spring ’18 faculty hiring committee members. The EEO Coordinators will be releasing a list of upcoming dates for these trainings at all District sites in the near future.
**This year, OEIC worked with campus partners to create two new ally trainings:
Autism Ally Training (created and run by Denise Bon of GWC) Supporting Actively Inclusive Leaders (SAIL) Training: SafeZone 2.0
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Coast Community College District: Public Affairs
The Coast Community College District Public Affairs, Marketing and Government Affairs department’s mission is to promote positive public awareness through comprehensive and strategic communications, marketing, public and government relations initiatives that complement and enhance the mission of the Coast Community College District.
The vision of the department is to enhance the image of the Coast Community College District, promote the district's social and economic impact in the community and augment the District’s relationship with students, staff, faculty and the greater community.
To that end, the Public Affairs department oversees a variety of activities including but not limited to:
Advertising • Communications • Events • External Affairs • Graphic Design & Graphic Services •Government Relations • Internal Communications •Legislative Review •Marketing • Media Relations • Newsletters• Photographic Services • Press Inquiries • Press Releases • Printing • Promotions • Publications • Social Media • Speech Writing • Website Updates
Foundation
In addition, the Public Affairs Department oversees the CCCD Foundation and Director Letitia Clark serves as the Executive Director. Notable accomplishments for the foundation include increasing the number of applications for the annual faculty scholarship by 300% and successfully changing the foundation’s tax exempt status that eliminated the requirement to fundraise at 10% of the annual budget.
Impressions
This year, the Public Affairs Department generated millions of cumulative impressions through various forms of traditional paid advertising including radio, television, mobile geo-fencing and geo-farming and retargeting, bus ads, and advertorials with the LA Times and Orange County Business Journal.
Support to Colleges
The Public Affairs Department launched a 6-month public awareness multi-media campaign with successful metrics and served in support roles in communications and government relations for Coastline Community College to address a parking lot issue and crisis management for Golden West College related to a faculty matter. On camera, in person and phone interviews were conducted with 48 news outlets including global affiliates such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Teen Vogue, Telemundo and CNN. Local affiliates included but were not limited to the OC Register, LA Times, and KTLA. Director Clark and staff served in support roles to both CCC and GWC during the vacancies of their marketing directors.
Recognition
The Public Affairs Department received recognitions from the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) and the Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) for marketing and communications efforts in 2017, including first place for the “Love Where You Learn” enrollment campaign.
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Earned Media
The Department sent 30 press releases out district-wide and to the media for the fiscal year including features on Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Government Relations
The Department worked with Townsend Public Affairs to draft several resolutions and letters to legislators for the Board of Trustees to consider on topics including the PROSPER Act, DACA, the Community College Funding Formula, Wildfires, and more.
The Department also effectively helped with advocacy efforts for the Golden West College Humanities Building and strengthened relationships with local city councils during Community College Awareness month with presentations of proclamations at various council meetings throughout the Coast District.
Community Involvement
Director of Public Affairs, Letitia Clark, serves on several committees and boards including the Orange County Legislative Task Force, OCBC Government Relations Committee, Coast District Wellness Committee, Coast District Management Association, DCC Policy Committee, Clinic in the Park, and CHIOC – Community Health Initiative of Orange County, and continued to serve as co-advisor to the District Student Council. In addition, Director Clark was a speaker at the following events:
o OC Women’s March - Guest Speaker o Golden West College – Moderator – Film Panel Discussion for Black History Month o Orange Coast College Office of Student Equity – Panel Discussion on Leadership during Black History Month o OC National Council of Negro Women – Black History Month Key Note Speaker o Golden West College – Guest Speaker during Women’s History Month o OC Auditors Association – Guest Speaker on Bridging the Generation Gap in the Workplace o 100 Black Women of Orange County – Key Note Speaker for Women’s History Month o Orange Coast College - Women in Government Panel Speaker for Women’s History Month o National Council of Negro Women – Women’s History Month Keynote Speaker o North Orange County Community College District Leadership Academy – Guest Speaker on Leadership o Cal State Fullerton – Panel Speaker on Career in Government Relations
Upcoming July 2018
o National Association of Realtors Government Affairs Director Conference - Panel Speaker on working in the public sector as a Government Affairs Director
Director Clark was personally featured in the following publications:
• Orange Coast Magazine • OC Register • Business Insider • Girl Scouts of America
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Coast Community College District: Internal Audit
In Fiscal Year 2017-2018, Internal Audit completed 7 projects and hired a Federal Work Study Student for Fall Semester.
Rachel Snell, the Internal Audit Director, contributed to the Coast Community College District by presenting to an accounting class at OCC, serving as Vice Chair of the District’s Retirement Board, and providing feedback as needed to the DCC’s Subcommittee on Board Policies and Administrative Procedures.
She published an article in the Association of College and University Auditors Journal, and serves as a mentor to two individuals starting their career as Department heads for Internal Audit. As Director, Rachel was invited to speak at many events across the state and the country. For example, she spoke at the Institute of Internal Auditors Southern Regional Conference in Austin, Texas as well as the ACUA Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
She has recruited talent from the District to speak at audit related events (past and present), including Jon Arnold and Letitia Clark. Currently, Rachel serves as the Past-President of the IIA’s Orange County Chapter.
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COASTLINE ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
A report highlighting a year of awards and accomplishments of departments, programs and employees at Coastline Community College. These notable features are accolades achieved in the 2017-2018 academic year.
PRESIDENT, DR. LORI ADRIAN Coastline Community College
Coastline’s 42nd Annual Commencement Ceremony was held in June, where we awarded 2,699 degrees and certificates. 2018 Award Winner - Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges Social Responsibility Luncheon Program hosted by the Foundation CCC Awarded 2nd Best ROI in Nation! By Online College Plan The Second Best Economics California Community College (Best-Community-Colleges.com) The Second Best Law California Community College (Best-Community-Colleges.com) The Second Best Management California Community College (Best-Community-Colleges.com) The Second Best Business California Community College (Best-Community-Colleges.com) “Innovations in Online Education” Presentation at CCLC Trustees Conference on May 4, 2018 – Loretta P. Adrian, Shelly Blair, Scott Davis, Vince Rodriguez, Asha Taylor Rozanne Cappocia-White, Manager Co-presented with Rebecca Hanson, Executive Director of SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, on Labor/Management Workforce Partnerships with Colleges & Educational Systems at the Healthcare Career Advancement Program H-CAP Annual Conference Coastline was a leader in the Online Education Initiative (OEI) Consortium. Coastline instructors produced 18 “Exchange Ready” courses for the OEI Course Exchange, the largest number generated by any participating college. Also, Coastline generated 7 student enrollments in the OEI Course Exchange. This was also the largest number of any participating college.
Coastline continues to lead all California Community Colleges in serving distance learning students (including students in both our online and our incarcerated student programs). For instance, during fall of 2017, Coastline attracted 18,400 DL enrollments. The second largest was Saddleback at 15,829. During this period, course level student success rates for Coastline increased to an average of 66.23% in fall 2017.
Coastline Communications & Marketing is comprised of brand strategists, designers, developers, editors, social media specialists, and writers dedicated to advancing the Coastline College brand and spreading the Coastline story. This year, the Public Affairs Department generated millions of cumulative impressions through various forms of traditional paid advertising including radio, television, mobile through geo-fencing and geo-farming and retargeting, PPC and social media.
The new Marketing Director is and will continue to establish new branding for Coastline, a new website and new marketing plans set to launch in January 2019. The new website CMS will new reports that will bring awareness to the rest of the college on the kind of impressions the school is getting to the outside world.
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Institutional Research, Effectiveness, Planning and Grant Development
Educational Master Plan 2020 Objectives: Progress Assessment 2017-18 Educational Master Plan Progress Assessment IncreaseObjective student success, Overall course success has increased from 70.1% in 2015-16 to 70.7% in retention, and persistence 2016-17 across all instructional delivery Online course success has increased from 70.9% in 2015-16 to 71.7% in modalities with emphasis in 2016-17 distance education Overall retention has maintained stagnate at 85.8% Provide universal access to AcademicFall to fall scorecardand student persistence support has rates expanded have increased services fromto different 68.0% incampus student service and support locations2015-16 to 72.3% in 2016-17 programs. Training on Cranium Café has started to scale to different departments The number of comprehensive educational plans increased from 2,835 to 3,072 The College was awarded a grant to start providing mental health services The Academic Senate approved multiple measures placement The Library has expanded services and resource online The Student Success Center saw an increase in unduplicated students served from 3,863 in 2015-16 to 6,139 in 2016-17 Strengthen post-Coastline The jobCollege placement has increased rate increased the number from of 25.5% courses in 2015 with- 16OER to materials 29.1% in 2016- outcomes (e.g., transfer, job The17 college was awarded a grant to expand support services for student- placement). Theveterans number of transfers (with 12+ units earned at Coastline) increased from 1,388 in 2015-16 to 1,392 in 2016-17 Explore and enter new fields of The Cybersecuritytransfer rate increased program fromreceived 26.9% NSF in grant 2015 funding-16 to 31.5% to develop in 2016 an-17 study (e.g., new programs, online incident response program bachelor’s degrees) The Biology program has applied for an NSF grant to scale of the development of the Biology ADT, science research program, and 3d Foster and sustain industry Collegeprinting partnerships have increased from 42 in 2015-16 to 54 in 2016-17 connections and expand Grant revenue has increased from $1.25 Million 2015-16 to $2.12 Million in external funding sources (e.g., 2016-17 grants, contracts, and business Foundation revenue has increased from $838k in 2015-16 to $899k in development opportunities) to 2016-17 facilitate programmatic Strengthenadvancement. community Student life and outreach increased the number of events from 106 in engagement (e.g., student life, 2015-16 to 121 in 2016-17 alumni relations, industry, and The Foundation has implemented the Coastline Promise program Maintainacademic thealliances). College’s Asian In spring 2018, the College received federal destinations of Asian American and Native American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) designation and a designated Hispanic Serving Serving Institution Institution (HSI) (AANAPISI) designation and pursue becoming a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Integrated Wing Plan 2017-2018 Progress Assessment
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Wing Wing Strategies 2017-2018 Progress Report Implement the Facilities Master Plan The plan is on track and the items have been completed and a timeline has been developed and monitored to ensure completion Implement a comprehensive Emergency Activation The College has developed an Emergency Activation Plan Plan and has had tabletop trainings Create and implement Technology Plan The 2018-2020 Technology Plan is in a final draft Update the College Staffing Plan The 2017-2020 Staffing Plan is drafted and will be reviewed by the Administrative Services Wing and PIEAC Create and implement a Financial Plan The 2017-2020 Financial Plan was adopted in fall 2017 Strengthen employee onboarding/off boarding and The District is using NEOGov to provide new employees
Administrative Services operational staff development training program information in an efficient manner Complete Administrative Services procedure and The Business and Fiscal Services handbooks have been operation trainings developed and employees have been trained Increase enrollments in credit-bearing The department has been able to connect with and military/corporate programs promote Coastline opportunities to other branches and corporations
Increase the number of four-year transfers There has been an increase in 4-year transfers Increase the number of certificates The number of certificates have maintained while the enrollment has decreased Expand partnerships with businesses, government, There has been an increase in education and corporate local schools, and universities to strengthen partnerships programs of study Improve compliance, quality assurance and There have been many meetings but no resolution has
xtended Learning
E efficiency in processes and programs (advocate for been made by the state SARA to be adopted by the state of CA) Increase training and production contracts There have been new prospects identified Increase fee-based training programs There have been new prospects identified
Explore and implement instructional practices and The College adopted a Canvas training process to increase academic support to increase student success course quality. The College has also adopted new technology to support more interaction and engagement. Develop an enrollment management plan that The 2017-2020 Enrollment Management Plan was focuses on growth and student success while developed and adopted in spring maintaining strong efficiency Expand partnerships and advocacy with businesses, There has been an increase in high school partnerships and government, local schools, colleges, and the college is exploring duel enrollment programs Instructional Services universities to strengthen programs of study Expand partnerships and advocacy with businesses, There has been an increase of partnerships with the government, local schools, colleges, and Foundation and external entities, grants with regional universities to strengthen programs of study partnerships, research projects with regional partners Provide leadership and support for the guided The College obtained two grants ($1.04 Million) to support pathways movement at Coastline the development of guided pathways. The College has a formed an official work group Support professional learning and development The Professional Development Committee is drafting a across the college through the creation of a Professional Development Plan, the College also received
Professional Development Plan grants to support professional development to increase instructional and programmatic excellence. Additionally, the College released a report on Professional Development
Presidents which showed 332 programmatic and departmental professional development activities Strengthen communication in planning and There has been an increase in different communication governance types and has showing an increase in satisfaction of communication at the College Create and implement a Marketing Plan that The Marketing Plan is drafted and with the hiring of the diversifies marketing efforts to increase brand new director will help support the new vision of marketing awareness and attract and retain students at the College Implement the 2017-2020 Foundation Plan The Foundation completed and adopted a Foundation Plan
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Wing Wing Strategies 2017-2018 Progress Report Implement new SLO assessment and measurement A new website was developed to provide access to all SLO systems data, an SLO Handbook was developed, a five-year assessment schedule was established, guides were helped to help faculty measure SLOs in Canvas, ISLO and PSLO post-grad surveys were conducted and have results for 2016 and 2017 Increase access to information and conduct user- The College released new data dashboards, implemented a friendly trainings to support the utilization of data new data analysis tool in Program Review, have updated in planning and decision-making the SAO students and employee report for department, the College increased the number of research projects and data requested completed Complete Accreditation Self-Study The self-study is in final draft and will be sent to the college for review in mid-May Increase, expand and diversify external revenue to There has been an increase in grant dollars awarded and support innovative programs and projects foundation revenue Increase the number of students completing the There has been an increase in the number of abbreviated onboarding process and comprehensive education plans Expand partnerships and advocacy with businesses, College outreach has many connected with many local high government, local schools, colleges, and school
universities to strengthen programs of study Implement Cranium Café, MyPath, and Canvas Different departments have trained on Cranium Café and shells for all students services are planning training for Canvas shells developed for non- instructional departments Scale college awareness events There has been an increase in student-life and outreach events in the community Create student hubs at all campuses Computer workstations have been installed at different
Student Services campuses Continue customer service training for Student There has been different customer service and technical Services employees trainings for employees Support the implementation of the SSSP/Equity/BSI The plan was developed and approved and is in Integrated Plan implementation phase
Planning Summary
Program and Department Review is an integral part of the total process of planning and budgeting at Coastline Community College (CCC). The evaluation and recommendation subsections from each program review provides the basis for informed decision making on programs, personnel, facilities, equipment, and budget. The Program and Department Review process is an effective vehicle for accountability and provides an opportunity for employees of CCC to actively participate in the growth of their own programs, departments and the growth of the college as a whole.
The Program and Department Review process draws attention to a range of data trends (e.g., student enrollment, student academic performance, efficiency, and operational performance), metrics (e.g., survey results, CTE market data, curriculum review) and outcomes assessment Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs), Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs), Service Area (SAOs) as means to facilitate evidence-informed decisions. In 2017-18, 100.0% of programs and departments participated and completed reports.
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Closing the Loop Report
The Program and Department Review process requires participants to reflect on previous planning initiatives and provide progress updates and highlight associated outcomes. The assessment of the 2017- 18 Program and Department Review reports showed that of 287 previous Program and Department Review initiatives that 55.4% are completed/ongoing, 38.7% are in-progress, 3.5% have not started, and 2.4% were terminated.
2017-2018 Planning Forward
Through this reflection and rich dialog, initiatives for change are developed and tracked throughout the cycle of the review process. These initiatives are associated with College Mission and Goals. The review of the 2017-2018 Program and Department Reviews showed that 104 new initiatives were developed. Table 1 provides the proportion of College Goals associated with Program and Department Reviews initiatives. On average, each initiative was align with two College goals.
Enrollment
The 320 preliminary report shows Coastline at 6,192 FTES for 2017-18, which is 9.2% (522 FTES) over base and was 99.87% of the 2017-18 enrollment management goal.
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Student Course Success 90.0% 83.8% 83.8% 82.6% 84.3% 80.0% 71.0% 71.0% 68.5% 69.1% 68.6% 68.7% 70.0% 64.5% 65.2%
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0.0% Coastline State Funded Extended Learning Overall Success
Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017
The comparison of fall success rates shows that Coastline continues to increase course success each year.
Research and Assessment
In 2017-18, the Department of Institutional Effectiveness published eight research articles on the areas of GRIT and study habits, innovation landscape, transitioning surface to deep learning through engagement, higher education of the future, institutional maturity on data utilization, application to enrollment behavior and talent cultivation.
Operationally, Coastline conducted over
The US-CHINA Smart Education Conference was held on March 18-20 in Beijing, China. It brought together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss issues related to the optimization of institutional structure, teaching strategies, and learning environments to enhance student achievement. The focus of the conference was big data, artificial intelligence and other modern information technology about pedagogy and their fusion towards the advancement of smart learning environments. Dr. Aeron Zentner, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Grant Development, was one of 16 invited
25 and sponsored overseas guests to the event and one of 12 keynote speakers to share best practices regarding engagement and adoption of innovation, technology, research, and professional learning.
The College released a new SLO Reporting system called SLO Cloud 3.0, which provide a clear way to report SLOs and will be tied back to college data for disaggregation by modality and demographics.
Of the 1,887 respondents to the student service area outcome (SAO) survey 1,053 answered Question 81 (last question of the survey) Please indicate your level of overall satisfaction with academic and student support services at Coastline Community College. 94.49% Satisfied/Very Satisfied
In spring 2018, the Coastline in partnership with the Orange County Regional Research and Planning (OCRP) Group led and conducted a study to identify equity gaps within the region. The OCRP Group utilized the California Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) Student Success Scorecard metrics, which include 30+ units, persistence, remedial English and mathematics, and completion (overall and career technical education). The researchers utilized the most recent three cohort years from the nine OC colleges (Coastline, Cypress, Golden West, Fullerton, Irvine Valley, Orange Coast, Saddleback, Santa Ana, and Santiago Canyon) for the study.
Grants Awarded FY 2017/2018 – New Grant Awards and Term (Note: These are grant that were awarded in FY17/18. Some project terms began in FY17/18 while other only begin in FY18/19)
Grant Name Total Term of Awarded Grant (in Years)
Education Futures Initiative: Teacher Preparation Pipeline Program Mini-Grant $30,000 1
Strong Workforce Program (SWP)-Regional Share: Orange County Careers in $50,000 1 Education Pathway Collaborative
Strong Workforce Program (SWP)-Round 2: NetLabs ($225K L.A. / $600K O.C.) $825,000 1.5
Strong Workforce Program (SWP)-Round 2: Cyber Patriot $650,000 1.5
Coast CCD Mental Health Impact Program (MHIP) $107,921 2
NSF – Cyber Up! Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) $224,296 3
Guided Pathways Award Program $898,817 5
US Bank Foundation – Awareness and Expansion of Open Education Resources (OER) $7,000 1
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NSA - CRRC 2017-B: Cybersecurity Workforce Education – FY17 CAE Regional $89,140 1 Resource Center’s Activities
NSA – CTE Pilot K-12 Pathway: DoD IASP Cybersecurity Workforce Education $214,983 1
Veterans Resource Center Ongoing Funding Allocation $58,992 2
AT&T Foundation – Dual Enrollment at Los Amigos High School $20,000 1
Grand Total $3,176,149
Continuation Funding in FY 2018/2019 Under Prior Year Grant Awards
Grant Name Original Performance Award Year
Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Acceleration Project (BSSOAP) $1,336,760 3/3
IEPI Innovation and Effectiveness $200,000 2/2
NSA – CRRC Pilot: Center of Academic Excellence - Two-Year Education (CAE-2Y) Pilot $163,696 2/2 Grant Program – CAE Development of CAE Regional Resource Centers (CRRCs)
Strong Workforce Program (SWP)-Round 1: NetLabs ($500K L.A. / $750K O.C.) $1,200,000 1.5/1.5
Strong Workforce Program (SWP)-Round 1: Cyber Patriot $350,000 1.5/1.5
Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Program – AB798 $12,000 3/3
CTE Data Unlocked $50,000 3/3
California Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Project (CCAP) $1,000,000 2/2
California Community Colleges Civic Impact Project $10,000 3/3
OC Free Tax Prep Campaign, Filing Season 2018 (OCFTPC) $3,000 2/2
Title III - New Asian American Pacific Islander Generation Initiative (NAAPIGI) $1,500,000 3/5
Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program $280,000 3/3
Submitted/Pending Submittal Applications/Proposals – Pending Grant Awards
Grant Name Award Term of Pending Grant (in Years)
NSF - Supporting Success through Scholarships in Science and Mathematics (S3-SM) $649,850 5
California Campus Catalyst Fund $100,000 3
Cyber P3 Scholarship Program $22,261 1
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Doyle Foundation – Endowment for College Promise $1,000,000 1
US Bank Foundation – Foster Youth Scholarship Fund $50,000 1
2018/19 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title II, Adult Education TBD* 1 Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) Section 231 and Section 243
Grand Total $1,822,111+
* Formula-driven funding based on prior year outcomes.
CyberPatriot
The Strong Workforce Regional CyberPatriot Grant
Registered 212 teams (approximately 1060 junior and senior high school students). This was the second largest enrollment in the country Of the 212 teams, two schools with five teams (Troy High School and Ladera Vista Junior High) made it to final competition in Baltimore, MD. This was an all expense paid trip with winning team members earning 1-3K in scholarship funds from Northrup Grumman Corp. Those five teams won 6 of the twelve final competition awards. The Orange County Majors cup was held during April at the Garden Grove Center. This competition was run in conjunction with four other regional mayor’s cups. The top winner for the region and the state was a Troy High School team. The CyberPatriot Centers of Excellence from across the nation held a competition among the elite centers in April. Coastline hosted 13 teams with two teams placing in the top 10 nationwide.
Coastline’s National Cyber League competition team earned a spot at the regional level where they competed against institutions such as UC Davis, UC Berkley, Cal Poly Pomona, and UCI.
Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense, Regional Resource Center grants provided funding to support CAE collaboration, development, and continuing education across the seven southwestern states. Coastline supports 30 CAE institutions but 2 and four year as well as four institutions that are developing their Cybersecurity Programs.
Coastline K-14 CTE Cybersecurity grant (NSA/Federal Dept. of Ed/NICE) held workshops, curriculum development activities, and trainings for K-12 faculty with the goal of establishing Cybersecurity Pathway models that can be used across the country. Three cybersecurity courses were sent to the California Dept. of Education for A-G approval. This grant has opened the door to local dual enrollment opportunities
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Coastline’s Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program has registered 26 apprentices with the California State Department of Apprentices. This program front loads FTES generating course work and then places students in paid apprenticeships for 2000 hours.
Administrative Services
Facilities New Banner Campus Identification Signage Installed at each Coastline Campus location. Garden Grove Center - Automated Interior Lighting Controls and Equipment - Prop. 39 Project Completed and now operational. Allows three pre-programed lighting scenes for flexibility to meet classroom operational needs and energy savings. Garden Grove Center – Faculty Office Expansions and New Furniture Installation Provides additional offices and collaboration space for numerous Faculty members. Garden Grove Center – HVAC Upgrades New actuators, dampers and valve systems installed to modernize the existing system. Le-Jao Center – Preparation for Student Café Construction Project Installed concrete slab, water lines, gas line, and electrical lines to provide Vendor’s Contractor utility hook-ups for equipment installation. Le-Jao Center - Student Resource Center Provides conducive study and gathering spaces for educational collaboration. Le-Jao Center – Way-finding Signage Project Provides visual and ADA assistance by helping students and all users identify and access classrooms, offices, meeting spaces, and other accommodations. Newport Beach Center – Way-finding Signage Project Provides visual and ADA assistance by helping students and all users identify and access classrooms, offices, meeting spaces, and other accommodations.
Newport Beach Center – Success Center Electrical and data modernization and interior furniture upgrades to the current space. Newport Beach Center – Café/Kitchen Upgrades Modified interior space by providing new mobile walls, creating flexible teaching space. College Center Annex Building – Swing Space Creation Designed and Installed new furnishing layouts to allow relocation of staff, prior to the start of New Student Services building construction. College Center Annex Building – Faculty Success Center Build-out Provides dedicated space for full and part time Faculty research, study, and collaboration. College Center – Relocation of Transfer and Career Center and to CCC Third Floor In preparation for upcoming Swing Space Relocation efforts.
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Public Safety & Emergency Management Part of the organizing committee for the American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Academy and were honored with a VIP table.
Public Safety partnered with Newport Beach PD in February and Fountain Valley PD in April to provide Active Shooter training.
Human Resources Coastline hired a total of 23 new employees: 2 Faculty; 14 Classified Professionals; and 7 Administrators.
Faculty Erin Thomas, Instructor, CST Brandon Brown, Instructor, Business
Classified staff Ramandeep Kaur Dhillon Counseling Technician, SSSP
Crystin Alden Instructional Associate
Mary Vu Typist Clerk, Int
David Cisneros Accounting Tech
Lee Ann Culross A&R Tech Sr, SSSP
Handrias Fujanto Cyber Patriot Project Spec
Phuong Ho Typist Clerk, Int
Kristen Hoeft Instructional Associate, Basic Skills
Renne Torres Instructional Associate, Stu Success Ctr
Yadira Lopez Administrative Secretary
Julian Miller Contract Ed Associate
Noemi Flores FA Accounting Specialist
Ray Stowell Public Safety Officer, Senior
Timothy Cao Administrative Clerk
Administrators Dave Thompson, Director of IT, Academic & User Support
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Kate Mueller, Vice President, Student Services Dawn Willson, Director, Marketing and Public Relations Merry Kim, Associate Dean, CTE Dean, Students Leighia Fleming, Director, Equity & Title IX Jim West, Director, Enrollment Services
District Service Awards o 5 Years of Service . Stephen Barnes . Kimberly Bui . Scott Davis . David Devine . Deborah Henry . Joshua Levenshus . Thuy Phan o 10 Years of Service . Sergio Borja . Wendy Clark . Paula Coker . Tran Ha . Laura Hayes . Daniel Johnson . Laila Mertz . Nancy Ramirez . Dustin Tran o 15 Years of Service . Nathaniel Harrison o 20 Years of Service . Baltazar Cruz . Maria Mai . Vince Rodriguez . Wendy Sacket . Erica Valle . Quan Xa o 25 Years of Service . Janis Blake . Teresa James . Helen Rothgeb . Janice De Battista . Ann Holliday . Veronica Salcedo
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Personal & Professional Accolades & Accomplishments
Marie Hulett earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Community College in May 2018.
Maria Mai earned a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership in April 2017.
Renate Akins earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree in December 2017.
Renate Akins earned the Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate (AWI-CH) in September 2017.
Renate Akins was certified by ATIXA as a Section 504 Coordinator in November 2017.
Raul Sanchez was recently selected to take part in a CyberSecurity (Web Security) class presented by the North Central Region (NCR) Cyber Training Center (CTC) for cybersecurity at Dakota State University and was created and funded by the National Science Foundation. Raul was selected from a large number of candidates and was awarded attendance free of cost, including air travel and hotel accommodations. Raul found the lessons learned in the 5-day class to be very beneficial to his position and career. The knowledge he will now bring back and share with the IT team is also very valuable. Thank you to College President Dr. Adrian and Chancellor John Weispfenning for supporting Raul in this opportunity.
Kimberly Bui, María Mai, Gigi Linda, Karen McLucas, Stephani Rogers (Classified), served on the American Association for Women in Community Colleges, Women Hold Up Half the Sky Conference Committee. Kimberly Bui also served as the Local Chapter, Vice President of Membership, Mariá Mai also served as Local Chapter Treasurer and Women Hold Up Half the Sky Treasurer. Karen McLucas served as So. Coast Area Representative for the AAWCC and Women Hold Up Half the Sky Conference Chair.
Dana Emerson, Ph.D., presented a webinar for Civitas, “Community Insights to Action: Part- Time Student Nudges”. She shared Coastline’s process of developing and sending nudges to part-time students. In particular I discussed our nudge campaign titled, “Graduate Faster,” that was designed with the Office of Institutional Research. This campaign was designed for students enrolled in less than 6 credits to enroll in one more class at Coastline. The feedback from the nudge was exciting and informative, thus sparking changes in scheduling practices. Civitas noted that this was one of their most engaging webinars- meaning high attendance.
Dana Emerson, Ph.D., gave a presentation to the Soroptimist Desert –Coast Region Summit addressing financial obstacles and challenges for students in community college. The former president of Soroptimist International of the Americas, Susan “Sam” Collier Buchenau remarked “ everything you said, every statistic you provided, every example you gave validated my belief, and illuminated a path forward.” The outcome of this presentation is a priority for the organization to partner with Coastline and the Coast District in assisting our CARE programs.
Kate Ozbirn, placed with three second judging ribbons in the Shoreline Stitchers (Long
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Beach) contest for fine needlework. One piece she worked on took several months. It is from a circa 1750 pattern from Mexico. Two others include a modern pattern and one 19th c. Chinese rooster pattern.
Meri Rogoff, participated in the debut of the Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony of Orange County led by former Boston Symphony conductor Carl St. Clair at Carnegie Hall in April of this year. Meri plays the violin.
Katherine Watson, Ph.D., Named a "Master Presenter" by the International Conference on Teaching and Learning juried staff, where two of her papers/presentations were honored at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Annual Sessions.
Katherine Watson, Ph.D., Hired as the representative to write a blog to be published fortnightly online at/with/for Community College Week.
Katherine Watson, Ph.D., the University of Hawaii will publish two of her online writings.
Donna Marques, presented "Tips & Tricks for Engaging All Learners in the Online Classroom" at Fortis College.
Donna Marques, presented "Effective Course Design & Teaching Strategies for Online Learners" at UMA Summit.
Donna Marques, served on Advisory Board for Curriculum Design & Development at UMA.
Dung Tran, published a Vietnamese Translator’s Manual to aid in the development of a noncredit-certificate for Vietnamese Translation Skills.
Dung Tran, published Vietnamese Idioms 3rd edition to aid in the development of a non- credit certificate for Vietnamese Translation Skills.
Elizabeth Horan, Co-wrote a chapter published in this book Academic Libraries for Commuter Students
Elizabeth Horan, Co-presented at a CARL Conference I study in my car: How a study habits survey helped to change and champion the library at two California Community Colleges.
Elizabeth Horan, Gave a Graphic Design and Library Communication Workshop for Library Tech students at Palomar College
Elizabeth Horan, Was a standard setter for the Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy
Elizabeth Horan, Earned a Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians
Wendy Sacket, Elected delegate to Statewide CFCE Convention
Paula Coker, Elected as Chair-Elect for Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce, Board Director of the Year Award, presented by the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Kerry Jones, Redesigned Student Leads Generation and Tracking System to increase follow-up with students who receive unofficial degree plans. Increased follow-up with prospective students by staff will enhance guided pathways developed by Military Department. Created an administration section for the Military Promise Program where student’s progress can be closely monitored and tracked as they complete coursework in the program. Sync’d the online request forms for new SOC Agreements (Military Degree Plans) and Update Requests to another online system that stores SOC Agreements. Incorporated NCPACE invoicing and grade reporting into the FIN system.
Meg Yanalunas, Presented to Canvas User Interest Group (CIG) Coastline’s Non-Academic Course Process. Co-facilitated a two-hour Web Accessibility training pilot Co-facilitated a two-hour Web Accessibility Workshop. This two-hour session covered semantic structure as the basis for understanding how to create accessible documents. Tonya Hall, Military Site Advisor at Holloman Air Force Base (NM), Graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Workforce Education and Development from Valdosta State University, GA
Gary Misner, Military Site Advisor at Holloman AFB, (NM) Sang National Anthem for (4) Airman Leadership School (ALS) graduations at Holloman Air Force base.
Kim Reteguiz, Military Site Advisory at Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville (FL) Semi-Finalist title for solo/duo category in the worldwide International Blues Challenge. Sang National Anthem at first annual All School Graduation at NAS Jax.
Wendy Spradlin, Military Site Advisor at Naval Air Station Pensacola (FL) Received the Pensacola High School Volunteer of the Year award
Michelle Ventura Thomas, Military Site Advisor at Naval Station Norfolk, (VA) Received the Virginia Advisory Council on Military Education (VA ACME) President’s Award Participated as a speaker in Fleet Family Support Service Education Panel
Classified Recognition Awards 2018 • College Champion – Gary Du • Customer Service – Thomas Boscamp • Humanitarian Award – Tina Xa • Special Achievement – Tom Tran • Team Excellence – Fiscal Services: Minal Ajbani, Ramon Calvillo, Lupe Navarro, Tran Ha, Trang Nguyen • Outstanding Manager – Nate Harrison
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Helen Rothgeb, CDMA Coastline Manager of the Year
Instruction
Coastline continues to provide the most courses in the California Online Education Initiative Course Exchange.
January 2018 opened free online workshop “Skill Builder/Skill Refresher” for Coastline students who were enrolled in remedial math during the fall 2017 semester. This was the first event for the Basic Skills and Students Outcomes Acceleration Project (BSSOAP) Grant designed around college readiness. A membership to gain access to the NROC EdReady application was purchased on a trial basis for 6 months. The workshop was moderated by a College Readiness Instructional Associate also funded by the grant.
The free workshop offered to 9th and 10th grade students at Newport Mesa Early College High School during the Winter/Spring Intersession. The students used the NROC EdReady application to assess their college readiness levels for math. The results were shared with the high school counselors and Coastline’s “Skill Builder/Skill Refresher” program will be part of the ECHS partnership with Coastline.
January 2018, after establishing a working partnership with the principal at Warner Middle School, 8th grade students * participated in the first “College Ready” workshop. After school for 9 weeks, 8th grade students came to the Westminster, Le-Jao Campus and worked with the College Readiness IA using the EdReady Math program.
April 2018, approximately 70 matriculating 8th grade AVID students from Warner Middle School toured the Westminster, Le-Jao Campus and planned to take community college courses next year.
Full-Time Faculty Members Tanya Murray won 2018 Teachers of the Year
Part-time faculty member, Mark Cisneros won the 2018 Teaching Excellence Award Title III AANAPISI Accomplishments & Accolades
The Intercultural Resource Center (IRC) facilitated the Story Workshop Series, workshops that provide an opportunity self-explore their cultural narrative and experience through 89% of our students who participate in our mentorship program pass their courses and 93% of our students persist. 3 IRC student leaders presented at the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) Conference about how to build community at 2 year colleges to rave reviews. Held the 3rd annual AAPIphany Youth Leadership Conference for Asian American Pacific Islander community college students.
Academic Senate 2017-2018
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Approved Guided Pathways Coordinator Position
Approved OER Grant funded opportunities for faculty
Approved multiple measure assessment pilot for Math and English
Finalized revision of the Academic Quality Rubric
Revised RSI Online Course Guidelines
Approved updates to faculty department chair LHE
Supported increased faculty participation in the OEI
Supported non-instructional Canvas shell development
Increased faculty professional development through the FSC
Approved updated SLO handbook
Updated Senate scholarship guidelines
Selected 2 faculty for the Hayward award nomination
Supported development of department RSI guidelines
Extended Learning Department The 6th Annual Veterans Resource Center Memorial Day Barbecue raised $1,277
Coastline Community College awarded 2 scholarships under the DoD Cyber P3 Scholarship Program
Recognized for the 10th consecutive year as a “Military Friendly School”
Recognized as a Military Times Best Colleges – 2017-18 (formerly “Best for Vets”)
Recognized for a 4th time as a Military Advanced Education & Transition – Top College & Universities – 2018
Ranked in “Top 15 Most Popular Colleges” for Department of Defense Tuition Assistance
Coastline’s National Testing Center at Dyess Air Force Base was recognized by College Board as one of the “Top 25 Military Test Centers” nationwide
Recognized as an Institution of Excellence, honoring Coastline’s Faculty and Staff, for more than 15 years of leadership and service to Sailors in the Navy College program for Afloat Education (NCPACE)
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Awarded 1,086 total Military/Corporate Education degrees & certificates
Developed approximately 1,930 Degree plans for military and contract education students seeking degrees and certificates
9424 Enrollments- Students took courses via online, mobile devices, and onboard ships.
Implemented Cranium Café’ as a chat and virtual meeting platform to expand student access and interaction with office staff and Military Student Advisors
Recognized by South Bay Workforce Investment Board for Achieving Outstanding Job Placement and Performance for Core Competencies Construction and LiUNA Local 1309 Safety Attendant Employment training programs.
Student Services
Associated Student Government ASGCCC held their first ever fall carnival at the Garden Grove Campus which had over 150 attendees. This was the largest event ever hosted by ASG and is anticipated to become an annual event. ASGCCC passed a resolution in favor of Open Educational Resources (OER). Upon passing the resolution, ASGCCC officers attended an Academic Senate meeting to provide the student perspective on the importance of “zero-cost courses.” ASGCCC President, Carlos Bahena, attended every Board of Trustees meeting to provide his monthly update, and often stayed for the duration of the meeting so that he could understand and advise ASGCCC on the direction of the district. ASGCCC met their goal of holding an event at each of our three campuses each semester. ASGCCC took an active interest in Guided Pathways and attended steering committee meetings, subcommittee work groups, and site-visits from IEPI. ASGCCC contributed $30,000 toward student scholarships. For the first time ever, Coastline clubs had the opportunity to fundraise. ASGCCC voted to match up to $250 each club raised to encourage the growth and development of clubs at Coastline. ASGCCC held their first ever Distance Student Appreciation Night at the Garden Grove Campus where officers provided test-takers with personalized goody bags including words of encouragement, snacks, and water. One student was extremely appreciative because he drove for four hours to take the test and hadn’t had time to stop for food on the way in.
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ASGCCC was able to provide higher quality events and services through the increased Student Services Fee and the addition of a full time ASGCCC Advisor, Kasie Hipp Mirhashemi.
Student Life Student Life collaborated with Career Services to host workshops informing students how to get involved on campus and how getting involved will help them obtain their individual career goals. Student Life held workshops each semester on how to start a club at Coastline. There were 242 scholarships awarded to 218 recipients, totaling $281,700 (external scholarships included) in scholarship funds donated by philanthropists, community leaders, staff, and faculty in support of our student’s growth at Coastline and beyond. Student Life held monthly meetings for club advisors to provide support and encouragement to the growing group of campus clubs. Student Life launched its first year of the Community Service Program, tailored specifically to meeting the 20-hour requirement of Coastline Promise students. 16 local non-profit and other community organizations agreed to be listed as opportunities. 23 students completed community service hours in Spring 2018 and 26 completed community service hours in Fall 2017. Formation of a very active Pre-med Club
Outreach Outreach held 6 Costa Mesa High School Lunch Visits to build stronger relationships with students who are interested in the Coastline Promise and STAR 2.0 programs. Coastline Ambassadors attended a month-long training in July and August to support their development as employees and representatives of Coastline. Multiple departments from all areas of the campus participated in the training. 1st Annual Chicano/Latino Empowerment Summit was held at the Newport Beach Campus on Thursday, March 29, 2018. The event welcomed students from local high schools and featured speakers from local non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education.
Counseling
The Academic Success Coach program conducted their first online workshops open to the campus community but with the intention of supporting the distance learning population. Coaches at Coastline Community College regularly meet with students on a one-on-one basis and provide them with the necessary resources to be successful in college. Various monthly workshops are also offered by the Academic Success Coach program throughout the semesters such as major exploration, final preparation, and most notably the two recent all online workshops focusing on study skills and time management. During the interactive online workshops, the Academic Success Coaches introduced many different learning styles, strategies for effective studying, time management techniques, and guided
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Career Center
Delivered 42 workshops and presentations o 96% (n=594) students found the workshops helpful o 81% (n=594) students requested for more workshops 213 students have set an appointment at the career center o 100% of students said career services were helpful Created gradassist.org - a website that simplifies graduate school exploration and planning Created a comprehensive career planning and exploration guide Provided best practices presentations for career exploration for Orange County Career Technical Education Community College Network and California Career Development Association
Transfer Center
The Coastline Transfer Center launched Cranium Café, video conferencing, to provide transfer services by appointments and workshops to students. The Transfer Center is able to share screens to review Degree Works, 4-year university websites for major preparation, and applications. Also, documents are shared and downloaded to students.
Transfer fairs were held in the fall and spring semesters at the Newport Beach Center. A combined total of 195 students participated. The fall fair is the largest during the academic year with 45 universities participating that included CSU Fullerton, UC Irvine, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, UC Riverside, Chapman University, UC Berkeley, CSU San Marcos, National University, Vanguard University, Arizona State, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Hope International University, Learning 1st, and more.
27 UC, CSU, and CA Private schools site visits were scheduled. Admissions officers from each school were available on-site for students to directly ask their transfer questions and to learn
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ways to have competitive applications. Students took advantage to network with 4-year representatives.
Seven Student Success Tutors were embedded in Transfer Center. The tutors provided “one- stop” tutorial and transfer services for students. Tutors embedded in the center were transfer students themselves. They shared their transfer and UC/CSU experiences with Coastline students. Three Work Study students were employed. The Work Study students welcomed students into the center and help keep university resources current and available to students.
The Transfer Center provided services to 122 students on-site at the Newport Beach, Le- Jao/Westminster, and College Center locations.
The Transfer Center tabled at the Career Fairs, Financial Aid Day, Meet with Firms hosted by the Business Department, Cybersecurity Awareness and Tech Expo, and College Preview Days with high school seniors hosted by the STAR/Outreach Department, and the ASG Fall Carnival.
16 university tours were scheduled in the 2017-18 academic year.
“Transform How We Do Student Success in the Transfer Center” was a special project to improve services by digitizing transfer forms for accessibility and ease of submission by students. The center was able to digitize 80% of forms that included university tour and workshop registrations, agreement forms, and confirmation notification. To ease check-in lines during the fairs, scanners were used to record students’ ID numbers and to record student participation counts. Scanning made sign-in sheets obsolete. The center was able to access and use student information efficiently.
The Transfer Center conducted 12 workshops and 8 hands-on labs for 103 students. Workshops were presented in partnership with the EOPS Department and Intercultural Resource Center. Workshops and labs were held through Cranium Café and at the Newport Beach, Garden Grove, and College Centers.
During the week of November 27, the Transfer Center assisted students with their CSU and UC applications with extended hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The Transfer Center is represented and networks with external professional transfer organizations such as Region 8 and the South Coast Higher Education Council (SCHEC).
Extended Opportunities Programs & Services (EOPS) Coastline’s EOPS & CalWORKs team launched a food pantry for all Coastline students. Coastline’s EOPS & CalWORKs program establish a “At Risk of Homelessness & Foster Youth” workgroup.
Financial Aid Awareness Day
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, Coastline celebrated Financial Aid Awareness day by hosting annual Cash for College event at the Newport Beach Center. The event provided more than 200 students with important information about their financial aid options and the student services
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that are available to them. Coastline table vendors included the Admissions and Records, ASG, Assessment, Counseling, and EOPS. Representatives from the Financial Aid department were on hand to speak with students regarding financial aid applications, processes, and procedures. The event also provided giveaways and a free lunch for every participant from Habit Burger Restaurant.
Professional Development & Leadership
Workshops
Spring Forward: Professional Development Day Workshop – May 4, 2018 “Canvas Gradebook Workshop” – 13 attended (two trainers) “Canvas Training for Classified Staff” – 4 attended (two trainers) “Proctorio” – 17 attended (one trainer) “Web Accessibility Workshop” – 17 attended (two trainers) “SafeTALK”—19 attended
2017 Summer Institute – July 13 & 14, 2017 July 13 • Keynote: “Creating an ACCESS-ABLE Learning Space”—77 attended • “Predicting Student Success in Your Course: Civitas Inspire for Faculty”—24 attended (one trainer) • “SharePoint: Your Guide to the CCC Portal”—29 attended (one trainer) • “Improve Exam Integrity with Proctorio Online Proctoring”—14 attended (two trainers) • “Starfish & Canvas Integration”—9 attended (two trainers) • “Faculty Web Pages: Canvas E-portfolio Tool”—21 attended (one trainer) • “Excel’s Best Kept Secrets”--30 attended (two trainers) • “Educational Advisory Board: Getting the Most from Membership”—2 attended (two trainers) • “Solving an Old Problem in a New Way: Strategies for Innovative Thinking”—37 attended (one trainer) • “Making Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and PDFs Accessible: Lab—Part 1”—26 attended (one trainer) • “Communication and Technology in the Workplace: Counter-Intuitive Communication for the Millennial Age”—29 attended (one trainer) • “Faculty OER Panel and Discussion”—18 attended (six panelists) • “Making Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and PDFs Accessible: Lab—Part 2”—28 attended (one trainer) • “Improving Your Communication in Meetings”—32 attended (two trainers) • “Accessibility Workshop for Math and Science Instructors: Part 1”—10 attended (one trainer) • “Captivate Your Students with Stimulating Visuals! (Canva/PowToons): Part 1”—17 attended (two trainers)
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• “Cengage-Canvas Integration”—7 attended (one trainer) • “Accessibility Workshop for Math and Science Instructors: Part 2”—10 attended (one trainer) • “Captivate Your Students with Stimulating Visuals! (Canva/PowToons): Part 2—11 attended (two trainers) July 14
Keynote: “The Science of Attention and Adult Learning”—69 attended “Pearson MyLab and Mastering Integration with Canvas”—15 attended (one trainer) “Professional Development at Coastline”—29 attended (two trainers) “Connect Your Students to Content with Crazy Cool ‘Videos On Demand’!”—20 attended (one trainer) “Digital Security Basics: Protect Yourself at Work and at Home”—32 attended (one trainer) “Supporting Student Success at Coastline”—18 attended (two trainers) “How to Use Kahoot in Your Classroom”—13 attended (one trainer) “Incorporating Career Development into your Class”—20 attended (one trainer) “25 Live”—27 attended (three trainers) “Authentic Assessment: Keepin’ it Real”—13 attended (three trainers) “Tips and Tricks for Improving Productivity Using Outlook”—20 attended (one trainer) “Free Training and Development!: How to use the Professional Learning Network”—4 attended (one trainer) “Structured Networking”—15 attended (one facilitator)
Verbal De-Escalation Training – April 28, 2018 – For all Staff and Managers District wide
Lynda.com Just-in-Time training videos
Go2Knowledge (Innovative Educators) Webinars
Listed below were webinars on monthly reports: o July 2017 o “Supporting Frontline Staff: Turning Interactions with Difficult Customers into Lessons Learned” (Rozanne Capoccia’s team {16} viewed) o “Active Listening & Inquiry Techniques for Student Services: How to Acquire Skills in Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving & Relationship Building” (Distance Learning team {13} viewed) o September 2017 – 4 signed in o November 2017 – 6 signed in o January 2018 – 2 signed in o March 2018 – 6 signed in o May 2018 – 1 signed in
Brown Bag, Innovation/Bright Ideas, and Mini-Workshop Grants Approved
VET NET Ally Awareness Trainings California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Online Conference, “Quality Distance Education Program,” January 24, 2018, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (various Distance Learning team participated)
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GOLDEN WEST ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
A report highlighting a year of awards and accomplishments of departments, programs and employees at Golden West College. These notable features are accolades achieved in the 2017-2018 academic year.
PRESIDENT, DR. TIM MCGRATH Golden West College
Wing: Executive Department: President’s Office
Golden West College was awarded the Best of Huntington Beach by the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce for “the people’s choice for the best business overall in success and significantly positive presence” for 2018.
The annual faculty and staff appreciation breakfast was held on May 15, 2018, hosted by the President’s Office, to recognize retirees, Employee of the Year, Manager of the Year, Teacher of the Year, Academic Senate Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Charlie Sianez Exceptional Service Award. This year, 16 retirees were recognized representing 431 years of service.
Golden West College received $200,000 from IEPI for their participation in the Partnership Resource Team. Through the process, the College created and implemented new processes to improve the following 4 areas: ESL, Pathways/Community Education, Long Range Financial Plan Budget Allocation Model, and Enrollment Management.
A campus barbeque was held on May 16, 2018 in honor of Golden West College President, Wes Bryan, to celebrate his retirement after 40 years of service. 700 students, faculty, and staff were in attendance.
President Wes Bryan was presented with certificates of recognition by California State Senators John Moorlach and Janet Nguyen for his years of service at Golden West College.
President Wes Bryan fundraised $4,580 at a reception on May 22, 2018 honoring his retirement for the California Native Garden and the Peace Studies program.
Student worker, Cassidy Smit, graduated from Golden West College and will attend California State Polytechnic University in the fall.
Wing: Executive Department: Staff Development
Classified Professional Development Day offered workshops focusing on crucial conversations and eliminating conflict avoidance, and managing the work/life balance.
The Professional Development Advisory Committee offered several training opportunities during the 2017/18 year including the following: Accessible Documents Training, First Aid/CPR/AED, Banner Training, Resume Workshop, TurnItIn Training, Professional Learning Network Workshop, Microsoft 365/OneNote Training, Copyright and Licensing Workshop, Business Etiquette, Retirement Workshops.
Wing: Executive Department: Scholarships & Special Events
Rustler pride was in the air at the annual GWC Scholarships and Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. A total of 283 students received 422 scholarships, totaling over $250,000!
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For the first time in its history, two students received this year’s R. Dudley Boyce Outstanding Student Award: Vanessa Hardin and Javier Venegas.
GWC celebrates 1,643 students graduating with an Associates of Arts and Sciences degree or Certificate of Achievement at the college’s 51st Annual Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 24, 2018.
Over 400 graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas from Academic Senate President Jaima Bennett and the 2018 GWC Teacher of the Year Scott Taylor.
39 international students were recognized from 14 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Lebanon, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, and Vietnam.
22 occupational areas were represented, from which students received Certificates of Achievement.
274 students graduated with honors, with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
29 graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA!
Alpha Gamma Sigma Statewide Scholarship Recipients Nina Dinh who received the Kathleen D. Loly Scholarship Award for her academic excellent and recognizing her as one of the most outstanding scholars.
Kyle Kennan who received the highest recognition in the Alpha Gamma Sigma Statewide Honor Society, the Randy Taylor Award, which is given to students who have provided outstanding service to their chapter, campus, and community.
Ngoc (Nicole) La who has a 4.0 and has been accepted to M.I.T. Out of all the students applying for statewide scholarships Nicole received the highest recognition given by the Alpha Gamma Sigma Statewide Honor Society receiving the Tom Jackson Award for outstanding academics, service and leadership to her chapter, campus, and community.
Wing: Executive Department: Foundation
GWC Foundation received the following Grants for Program Support 1. McBeth Foundation $50,000.00 2. K.T & E.L Norris Foundation $25,000.00 3. Edison International $25,000.00 4. Foundation for California Community College (OSHER) $26,600.00 5. Foundation for California Community College (Civic Impact Project Grant) $5,000.00 6. Waltmar’s Foundation $12,000.00 7. Carol Grimes $4,000.00 8. Union Bank $10,000.00 9. Wells Fargo $3,500.00 10. Robert Smith $20,000.00 11. Vietnamese Catholic Student Association $10,000.00
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12. Orange County Department of Education $6,3000.00 13. FVBFV, Inc. $5,000.00
GWC Foundation gave out 422 scholarships to 283 students, totaling over $350,000 at the annual Scholarships & Awards ceremony on May 8, 2018.
GWC Foundation hosted the fourth annual Donor Appreciation Reception on February 22, 2018. Donors attended the event in the Multi-Purpose Room in the new Criminal Justice Regional Training Center, which included presentations by students and donors. Our donor speakers included Kay Nguyen, Phillip Nisco and Terri Zwick.
GWC Foundation held its annual Courtyard of Honor on October 19, 2017. Four Alumni Pillars were awarded to Chief Kevin Childe, Demian Garcia, Penny Loomer and Andrea Nielsen, two Golden Society memberships to Russell Terry and Orange County Fine Arts, and one Pillar of Support to The Chemistry Faculty of Golden West College.
GWC Foundation hosted Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies for the new Criminal Justice Regional Training Center on April 10th, with over 200 attendees from around the County and State, and the Student Services Center on May 3rd.
GWC Foundation donated $8000 to the Star Book Program, a $3000 increase from past years. This program lends books to GWC students who are unable to purchase required materials.
GWC Foundation presented $25,000 in Program support through our annual Wish List to Faculty and Staff, and a new one-time $25,000 Foundation Grant to Travis Vail of the Math/Science Department to fund large format color inkjet printers and reversible bulletin boards for Biology and Geology classes.
GWC Foundation held the 20th Annual Gala on April 14th at the Waterfront Hilton Resort in Huntington Beach. Title Sponsor was Huntington Beach Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, who donated a 2018 Jeep Cherokee Latitude for the Opportunity Draw.
GWC Patrons gave out $39,550 in scholarships from the 12th Annual Chefs for Scholarships.
GWC Foundation Board of Directors added new members Weikko Wirta of AES Huntington Beach, Wes Bryan, and Board of Trustee representative Lorraine Prinsky .
Wing: Instruction Department: Learning Resources
The Library was chosen as the top ranking Department in popularity and its treatment of and assistance to students – according to the “climate” survey conducted campus wide.
The Library availed a series of new databases to the faculty and students, congruent with current academic requirements.
The Distance Education Department fully transitioned from Blackboard to Canvas, offering a record number of hybrid and on-line courses.
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The LRC-Mathematics (Basic Skills) Program received state approval for two new courses – Math 40 and Math 80; Accelerated Basic Skills Algebra, and Pre-statistics, respectively.
The Basic Skills grants supported mathematics and English preparation workshops at each of the Hunting Beach Union High School District’s high schools.
The Adult Education Office guided the preparation of and offered multiple workshops and courses to adults, in accordance to the State’s guidelines, and the CCC District’s leadership.
For the first time,The Student Success Center offered on-line tutoring to thousands of GWC students.
Wing: Administrative Services Department: Public Safety
Public Safety Officer, Annie Nguyen, was Classified Employee of the Month, October 2017.
Public Safety coordinated with the Swap Meet operation to have the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Team conduct a threat vulnerability assessment at the Swap Meet.
Public Safety hosted a 2-hour "Active Shooter" presentation for all staff members moving in to the new Student Services Building
Chief Jon Arnold received the Executive Certificate from California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
Public Safety established a "Student Ambassador" program to allow students to work with Public Safety assisting other students and helping to develop strong relationships between Public Safety Officers and students.
Public Safety staff and officers coordinated with vendors and contractors on Security Project including access controls, keys, and CCTV cameras across cameras and in new buildings.
Officers provided assistance to numerous special events on campus.
Office staff processed and issued over 1,200 Staff Parking Permits
Officers and office staff created and programmed over 1,000 access cards for Managers, Faculty and Staff for the new access control system on campus and additional 200 access cards to new buildings.
All officers received Advanced Crisis Intervention Training.
Officers Nguyen and Justice received Advanced Crisis Intervention training.
Officers Justice, Padilla, Crouch and Nguyen received Terrorism Liaison Officer Certification.
Public Safety worked closely across the District to implement the Lexipol system to provide officers with guidelines on how to perform their duties within the legal parameters of state and federal laws.
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Wing: Administrative Services Department: Construction/Facilities
New 54,935 sf facility that houses all student services under one roof. These departments include Academic & Career Counseling/Transfer, Admissions & Records, Assessment, Bursar’s, Campus Life, DSPS, EOPS/Calworks, Financial Aid, Global & Cultural Programs, Outreach and Veterans Resources. The new facility also includes the Answer Center in the lobby as well as a classroom, a computer lab, conference rooms, work rooms and break rooms throughout the building. The project also included the completion of the north Student Services patio area and bridge connection to the Forum 2 and music buildings. This project was designed and built to the latest energy and sustainability code requirements. This project included significant contributions from the Student Services departments, IT department and M&O. Logistical coordination assistance by Public Safety and Swap Meet. Huge amounts of patience from all especially Cosmetology, Bookstore, Fine Arts and those in the Student Services Annex. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on May 3, 2018.
New 43,636 sf training facility that includes 11 classrooms, multi-purpose room, mat room, force simulation lab, fitness room, showers and locker room and administrative offices. The facility also includes outdoor training areas that include the Biddle course, Pull-over traffic lane, and a 5,641 sf Scenario Lab with surrounding parking scenario and streets. This project was designed and built to the latest energy and sustainability code requirements. This project included significant contributions from the Criminal Justice department, IT department and M&O department. Logistical coordination assistance by Public Safety, the Community Theatre staff and Swap Meet. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on April 10, 2018.
Wing: Administrative Services Department: Student Health Center
The Golden West College Student Health Center, in working with Orange Coast and Coastline applied and was awarded a $350,000 grant from the State Chancellor's Office for mental health services.
The Student Health Center increased the mental health services student utilization by 53% compared to last academic year.
The Student Health Center sponsored and organized monthly Therapy Dog Events for students and staff to lend emotional support throughout the school year. There were a total of 772 participants during the 9 events.
Wing: Administrative Services Department: Community Education
Golden West College Swap Meet was awarded Best Swap Meet of 2017 by the readers of the OC Weekly in their annual Best of OC Edition. The swap meet has received this honor every year since 2015.
Wing: Executive Department: Human Resources
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GWC Human Resources partnered with District Human Resources to offer several trainings on new technology initiatives relating to NeoGov OnBoarding and the implementation of Electronic Personnel Action Forms in Banner.
Human Resources hired 23 classified staff, 11 full-time faculty and 2 managers during the 2017/18 fiscal year.
GWC celebrated Classified Appreciation Week May 21 - 25, 2018 with special events to show our appreciation and recognition for classified staff.
Wing: Instruction Department: Criminal Justice
Another Regional Criminal Justice Training Center Police Academy has graduated with 100% of the recruits being hired by Law Enforcement agencies. This demonstrates the level of trust from local law enforcment agencies that the program will send them quality graduates.
The new Regional Criminal Justice Training Center launched their new historical exhibit for Orange County Law Enforcement. Most of the items are on loan from local collector Stan Berry.
The Regional Criminal Justice Training Center held it's first semester of classes successfully in the Spring of 2018.
The Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) - Mental Health Grant was renewed for three years with the County of Orange Mental Health Department in the amount of $240,000.
The Regional Criminal Justice Training Center has increased the number of Advanced Office Training Classes offered per year. The department has increased from one to two PC-832 Laws of Arrest Courses per month. Additional sessions have been added for the Public Safety Dispatch, Sergeants' Supervisor and the Civilian Supervisor Courses.
The Regional Criminal Justice Training Center works closely with the Huntington Beach Assistance League and they donated 1000's of dollars in scholarships to the Veteran students in the Police Academy.
The Regional Criminal Justice Training Center's Coordinator, Rick Hicks, received the Manager of the Year Award. This year he has played a huge role in the building, transition process and opening of the new center.
There were over 500 people in attendance at the Dedication of the New Criminal Justice Training Center. Various notable speakers discussed the center, tours were given and refreshments provided to those in attendance.
The new GWC Regional Criminal Justice Training Center officially opened in April, 2018. This approximately 30,000 gross square foot facility is a capable of hosting our AA degree programs, advanced and continuing education courses and Basic Recruit Academies all in one “best in class” training center.
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The Regional Criminal Justice Training Center's video training series, "Legal Updates," had its contract renewed and the center is still able to offer the series to law enforcement agencies through the state. Legal Updates was established in 1979 as a monthly video training series developed by the Golden West College Criminal Justice Training Center and GWC New Media Productions in cooperation with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The series delivers four segments per month, ranging from 6 to 8 minutes per segment. It is designed in a roll-call training format to keep law enforcement professionals informed of changes in the law, case law, court rulings, and court opinions. This is a member-based series with an annual fee, available to all interested parties.
The Orange County Training Managers Association (OCTMA) decided to hold all of their meetings at the new Regional Criminal Justice Training Center. The location was well suited to their needs including the state of the art audio/visual technology and large multi-purpose room. The meetings provide an excellent opportunity for the department to market academies and courses to local police agencies.
Wing: Instruction Department: Arts & Letters
Gary Metzker’s (Journalism) students, Spencer Otte and Madison Hopkins, received a 2nd place award from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges for an opinion story that originally appeared in The Western Sun.
Vinita Voogd’s (Art) student, Nancy Parch, won a scholarship from the Los Angeles Printmaking Society. Ms. Parch’s prints will be traveling to two exhibits this spring and one of her pieces will be included in the Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s permanent collection. In addition, Ms. Parch won an international student printmaking competition sponsored by Arnhem, a paper company in Holland. Her prints were in competition with printmaking programs from all over the world.
Vinita Voogd’s (Art) students, Jonathan Hunt, Brandon Medrano, Joy Vansel, and Mariko Ishii were selected to exhibit at this past summer’s prestigious Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach. Only nine printmakers were juried into this year’s festival and six of these artists were current or former students of Professor Voogd. In addition, 14-15 GWC printmaking students taught workshops all summer. Dean David Hudson (Arts and Letters) served as one of seven jurors at the festival. Jurors scored the submitted artwork based on quality, content, excellence of craftsmanship, and professional presentation. Without a doubt, the Golden West College art program was prominently represented at this year’s Festival of Arts.
Vinita Voodg (Art) will be teaching a professional masterclass for artists at the Swansea Print Workshop in Wales this coming spring.
The Orange County Tribune named the GWC production of “Never the Sinner” the best Drama produced by a local community theater in 2017, and Tom Amen (Theater Arts) was named Best Director for the same play. Student actors Matthew Cobb and Alex Jean were named Best Actors for their portrayal of 1920’s thrill-killers Leopold and Loeb, and Scott Keister was named Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Clarence Darrow in “Never the Sinner.” In addition, tudent actor, Savannah Smith was named Best Supporting Actress in Martie Ramm Engle’s (Theater Arts) production of “Macbeth.”
Dr. Brian Thill (English) has written a chapter on eco-criticism for a book entitled, Veer Ecology, published by the University of Minnesota Press. Dr. Thill’s chapter is entitled “Shade.”
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GWC student actors Matthew Cobb (Tom) and Alex Jean (The Gentleman Caller) were named nominees for the Kennedy Center/American College Theater Festival (ACTF) Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships for their performances in the recent Golden West College Theater Arts department production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Matthew Cobb and Alex Jean are now eligible to attend the 2019 KCACTF Region VIII Festival to compete for an Irene Ryan acting scholarship.
The logo created by one of Jerry Jankowski's Typography students, Austin Boomer, was selected as the winning design by Angles Bark Dog Rescue, a nonprofit company in Los Angeles.
Art student, Nancy Parch, won 3rd place in the Relief category of the New Impressions Printmaking Competition. Her work will be featured at the Southern Graphics show in April and exhibited at the Sawtooth Gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Nancy will also be included on the Speedballart.com website with the other winners. Nancy is a student in Vinita Voogd's printmaking class at GWC.
Art student, Nancy Parch, won 3rd place in the Relief category of the New Impressions Printmaking Competition. Her work will be featured at the Southern Graphics show in April and exhibited at the Sawtooth Gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Nancy will also be included on the Speedballart.com website with the other winners. Nancy is a student in Vinita Voogd's printmaking class at GWC.
Araceli Calderon, a GWC part-time Spanish instructor and University of California, Irvine Ph.D. candidate, is writing her dissertation on the important and broad ways that women contributed to, or were affected by, the Mexican Revolution. In addition, Professor Calderon was recently awarded an American Association of University Women American Fellowship to complete her doctoral dissertation. In 2017, she was named one of ten graduate students across the nation to become a Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellow through imagining America. Through this program, Calderon was able to make her research visible to academics outside of the humanities, and to share her insights through a blog. Her blog post, titled, "Dreamers: Citizens without a Homeland," discussed the need to make DACA permanent.
Don McKinney (Art) has been invited to exhibit and teach a workshop at the International Art Exhibitition and Workshop held at the Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts University in March 2018. Thirty Vietnamese artists and 52 international artists from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Phillipines, Brunei, China, India, Nepal, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Singapore, Italy, Brazil, and the United States are scheduled to exhibit and teach workshops at this event
Wing: Instruction Department: Workforce & Economic Development
With the support of several key faculty members and the Council for Curriculum & Instruction, the GWC faculty launched two (2) templates for Cooperative Work Experience courses (1 for Career Education programs (G192C), 1 for General Education programs (G191C)) that allow all GWC departments and programs to support students interested in exploring career opportunities related to their field of study thorugh experiential learning in a work or volunteer environment.
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Over 70 regional employers were hosted by GWC Workforce & Economic Development at the Fall 2017 Career & Job Fair, open to students the greater campus community. Feedback included, "Great event. Well organized," "We have been hiring students and promoting GWC in the last 4 years. It is a joy for me to see students grow with our organization," and "I hired 3 people on my team from the GWC fair last spring and am looking to hire more."
Over 60 regional employers were hosted by GWC Workforce & Economic Development at the Spring 2018 Career & Job Fair, open to students the greater campus community. Feedback included, "The organization was fantastic!," "Really appreciated the new fair location this spring," and "I would love to sit down with a business/economic/communication professor/staff to customize an internship that would be a win x3 experience for all."
Received award of $100,000 to fund the 2018-19 Year 2 Implementation Grant to support course development and programming of the Applied Learning, Innovation, & Community Engagement (ALICE) Makerspace Center.
Applied Learning, Innovation, & Community Engagement (ALICE) Makerspace opened in January in support of ENGR 101 "Introduction to Engineering" project-based, career exploration course (applied learning); Engineering Club, Makers Club, and Entrepreneurship Club activities (innovation); and hosting several public "101 Cups: Big Ideas for Small Businesses" forums (community engagement).
Received a $1,900 sponsorship award in spring 2018 from the Schools First Federal Credit Union in support of an ALICE (Applied Learning, Innovatoin, & Community Engagement) activity to be scheduled for Fall 2018. The event will introduce interested faculty and SFFCU team members to Design Thinking concepts, the workshop will focus on innovation and creating multi-disciplinary college and community projects that enhance organizational teaching and learning.
In partnerhsip with OCDE's "OC Maker" initiative, The ALICE Center hosted 240 middle school students and teachers for a DreamBIG day of STEAM outreach. The students--representing Orange, Anaheim, and Garden Grove USDs--worked in teams throughout the morning on a design challenge, followed by lunch and the showing of the movie "DreamBIG," an inspiring look at innovation and solving problems around the globe.
Wing: Instruction Department: Career & Technical Education
In the Fall, Professor Christie nominated and sponsored Gabrielle Sagona, a Cosmetology student, to participate in the Barristar Junior Styles Stars competition. Student contestants had to utilize their talents to create a high fashion up-do. Participants had to choose all aspects of the style and presentation including the color, cut, style, makeup, and gown, then take pictures of the final design using a traditional iPhone. Over a six-month time period, Professor Christie guided, motivated, and provided constructive feedback to Gabrielle. In February 2018, Gabrielle was selected among thousands to exhibit at the national hair show in Orlando, FL. Winners will be selected at the end of April. If selected as a winner, both Gabrielle and Professor Christie will be honored at the Junior Styles Stars national event in Florida. They continue the proud tradition of the Cosmetology program participating in student competitions. Barristar, a nationally recognized organization in the hair industry, educates students and instructors as well as produces trade shows specifically for beauty school students.
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In January, the Automotive Technology department was approved to deliver the full HONDA Professional Auto Career Training (PACT) curriculum. GWC students will obtain state-of-the-art automotive technician training that will enable students to become Honda & Acura certified technicians. The program provides specialized training specific to Honda and Acura vehicles. Our students will have full access to the Honda self-study training modules and a majority of the hands on skill modules, which are taught at Honda training centers. While in the Honda PACT program, students are required to work at a Honda or Acura dealership for approximately 640 hours applying and refining their skills. Upon completion of the two-year program, students will earn two GWC automotive certificates and become certified Honda & Acura technicians. Golden West College is the only institution in the region approved to offer the Honda PACT program. The certificate program will be available in Fall 2018. Students are not required to be in the associate’s degree program to participate in the Honda PACT certificate program. For more information, interested students should contact the Honda PACT coordinators, John Kasabian at [email protected] or Mike Russell at [email protected].
Wing: Student Services Department: SSSP/Equity and Veteran’s Resource Center
The GWC Equity Evidence Team will rebrand as The Equity Squad with the slogan “Closing gaps since 2016”. The Equity Squad completed the second year cycle of the evidence-based inquiry process through the established partnership with the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California (USC). This squad used data analysis and institutional inquiry as problem-solving techniques to gauge the academic achievement of student racial/ethnic groups. Furthermore, this squad will begin expanding services to the entire GWC faculty including syllabi review, classroom observations, grade book, and survey inquiry protocols. The team will continue to create goals and informed interventions to close equity gaps for disproportionate impacted groups identified in the Integrated Plan. The Equity Squad Members: Gita Alemansour, Faculty, Mathematics Dr. James Almy, Faculty, Chemistry Wes Bryan, President Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona, Manager, SSSP & Student Equity Dr. Kay Dutz, Faculty, Chemistry Nancy Fong, Faculty, Counseling Dr. Daniel Galvan, Research Analyst, Institutional Research Dr. Claudia Lee, Vice President, Student Services Carla Martinez, Dean of Students Dr. Kay Nguyen, Dean, Institutional Effectiveness Jessica Patapoff, Faculty, English Dr. Greg Peterson, Acting Vice President, Instruction Veronica Pizano, Faculty, Languages & Faculty Equity Coordinator Dr. Terry Speakman, Faculty, Chemistry Stephanie Tanio, Faculty, Biology
Disney Institute - GWC Student Equity sponsored the “Service Excellence – The Disney Way” training, focusing on the Four Keys of Service on September 15, 2017. This was delivered to 250 GWC staff including district-wide staff.
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Leading From the Middle Team (LFMT) completed the 2017 Leading From the Middle Academy facilitated by the RP Group. The team engaged in inquiry and designed a focus group protocol to capture student voices at GWC in relation to the delivery of student services. A report of the findings was created and presented to the GWC Executive Team, Student Services Team (SST), and to the campus at a Campus Conversation forum to inform the delivery and streamlining of student services for the opening of the Student Services Center. LFMT Members: Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona, Manager, SSSP & Student Equity Frank Cirioni, Manager, Student Life and Leadership Dr. Daniel Galvan, Research Analyst, Institutional Research Andrea Garcia, Manager, Financial Aid Denise Kahlen, Administrative Assistant, Maintenance & Operations Logan Shreve, Administrative Secretary, SSSP & Student Equity Mathew Valerius, Senior Research Analyst, Institutional Research
Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona, Dr. Daniel Galvan, Dr. Kay Nguyen, and Mathew Valerius presented a session on “A Look Beyond Numbers: Leading Change Using Student Voices” at the 2018 RP Conference. (April 12, 2018). This session showcased the work from the GWC Leading From the Middle Team (LFMT) and was submitted for consideration as a recipient of the RP Group Awards. The work of this team was shared with constituents represented at the statewide level.
GWC Student Equity office sponsored a series of professional development activities in collaboration with several campus departments to increase equity awareness. Professional Development Activities: • Ally training series (Vet Net Ally, UndocuAlly, Autism Ally, SAIL) • Disney Institute • CUE Institute • Peace Conference • Veterans Summit • Basic Needs Summit • RP Conference • Strengthening Student Success Conference • Myers Brigg & MBTI Training • Innovative Educators (access to unlimited webinars)
GWC Student Equity office facilitated student equity project leader presentations for the Recruitment to Completion Committee (RCC). Equity project leaders presented on initiative deliverables focused in closing equity gaps. RCC members provided feedback to streamline, expand, and increase student success impact through possible campus collaborations (Spring 2018).
GWC Student Equity Office, in collaboration with the Student Wellbeing and Resources Committee (SWRC), opened and began operations at The Stand on April 3, 2018. The Stand is a food pantry providing access to food at no cost for GWC students. Weekly fresh deliveries are serviced by Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. The Stand has served over 1,000 visitors during the first two months of operations.
GWC Student Equity Office, in collaboration with the Student Wellbeing and Resources Committee (SWRC), opened and began operations at The Rack on May 1, 2018. The Rack is a professional wardrobe
53 closet, providing access to new and gently used clothing at no cost for GWC students. Students can choose a professional outfit, accessories, and/or toiletries for use during special events such as classroom presentations, job interviews, scholarship night, and commencement. The Rack has served over 32 visitors during the first weeks of operations. GWC Veterans Resource Center opened its new location inside the new Student Services Center on April 2, 2018. This center offers a Mess Hall, computer lab, study hall, lounge, and two private offices for academic and mental health counseling. The center provided services to over 246 veteran students. New VRC services for the 2017-18 year include drop-in academic counseling hours and mental health services through a collaboration with OC Health’s program, Drop Zone.
GWC Veterans Resource Center, in partnership with the Veterans Task Force, hosted the Veterans Graduation Recognition Dinner on May 18, 2018. Veteran graduates were presented with a stole (to be used during the GWC Commencement Ceremony) honoring their military service and a certificate of appreciation. A total of 14 graduates completed their academic goals at GWC.
GWC Veterans Resource Center, thanks to a private donation, provided over 80 Angels baseball tickets to student veterans and their families for the May 10th and May 17th game in Anaheim, CA.
GWC Veterans Resource Center continues a partnership with the Assistance League of Huntington Beach. In 2017-18, the Assistance League of Huntington Beach awarded 16 scholarships to student veterans totaling $18,500. Additionally, over $7,000 in food donations and kitchen equipment provided access to daily food items for all student veterans. Mayra Montes-Torres, Student Assistant in the Veterans Resource Center, The Stand, and The Rack, graduated from Golden West College with an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Mayra will be transferring to California State University, Fullerton in Fall 2018 where she plans to earn a Bachelor of Science in Human Services.
Christie Vega, Student Success and Equity Specialist in the Veterans Resource Center, graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Master of Science in Counseling, with an option in Student Development in Higher Education.
Veterans Resource Center received $32,953 to expand services for veteran students. These services will include tutoring services, a mentorship program, and a book voucher program offered in the center.
Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona was a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California (GWC) for the Rossier School of Education Doctoral program (July 26, 2017).
Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona, Dr. Kristine Clancy, and Melissa Lyon facilitated the UndocuAlly training at Golden West College (October 20, 2017 & May 11, 2018).
Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona was invited to serve as a member of the evaluation panel for the County of Orange Health Care Agency to evaluate Requests for Proposals for the Early Intervention Services for Veteran College Students.
Dr. Susana Castellanos-Gaona represented Golden West College at the first edition of the Binational Education Week (BEW) hosted by the Consulate of Mexico (May 7, 2018).
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Wing: Student Services Department: EOPS
The GWC EOPS: CARE program facilitated our annual Adopt-A-Family event in December 2017. All 17 mothers and 35 children were adopted and all received what was on their wish list and more. Items were donated from Toys for Tots, Mariners Church members and from the GWC staff and faculty. The GWC EOPS/CARE/GS Club participated in several campus events in which they collaborated with other clubs and programs. They attended club meetings and community events. The club had ten participants for 2017-2018 year. Seven club members ended the spring 2018 semester by going on a field trip to the Fountain Valley Bowl with funds they raised.
The GWC EOPS: CARE program had four students from our program who received one or more scholarships this year. They were all recognized at the GWC Scholarship night. CARE students received scholarships from the Golden West College Foundation, staff and community partners.
The GWC EOPS program provided program sashes, caps and gowns to our 167 graduating students. In addition, EOPS students were recognized for their academic accomplishments at the programs annual recognition ceremony.
This year the GWC EOPS program established our scientific calculator loan program. We were able to provide 45 students with scientific calculator for the entire semester of enrollment. We will continue to expand the program as funding permits.
The GWC EOPS Program, Bridget Vu, with the support of EOPS classified professionals, facilitated 100 classroom presentations, 10 campus presentations and attended 73 outreach events at local area high shools, college fairs, campus tours, and information booths.
The GWC EOPS Program Specialist, Hilda Friend, with the support of EOPS classified professionals raised more than $800 in funds for student scholarships.
This year 54 GWC EOPS program students were awarded scholarships and participated in the Golden West College scholarship recognitioin ceremony.
The GWC EOPS: NextUp and Guardian Scholars staff presented as part of a larger group, the OC Network, at the 2017 Blueprint for Success Conference in LA in October 2017. The presentation focused on best practices and strategies to serve former and current foster youth.
The EOPS: NextUp & Guardian Scholars program organized and provided additional training for our on campus and of campus partners to raise ongoing awareness of the need for on going trauma training. Working with CSU Fullerton and The LA County Office of Education we offered “Fostering Success with Trauma Informed Practices”.
The GWC EOPS: NextUp & Guardian Scholars program organized a cultural field trip, which provided the opportunity for former foster youth to attend the acclaimed "Shen Yun" performance at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
The GWC EOPS: NextUp & Guardian Scholars program worked with outside partners including the Senior Human Resources Manager for Hot Topic to put on basic life skills workshops such as Resume and cover
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The EOPS: NextUp & Guardian Scholars took future transfer students on three university tours. These tours were specifically tailored for our current and former foster youth. Two tours were given to CSU Long Beach and one to CSU Fullerton with plans to do more this coming year.
GWC NextUp & Guardian Scholars had 10 scholars who received scholarships, both through GWC Foundation and from outside agencies.
The GWC EOPS: NextUp & Guardian Scholars program had 5 students who graduated and/or transferred to 4-year institutions including Boise State, Vanguard, CSU Dominguez Hills, and Cal poly Pomona. One student was admitted into the EMT program at OCC.
Wing: Student Services Department: Admissions & Records
Due to an increase in targeted text messages and warnings we dropped 302 students during our Summer 2018 drop for non-payment period. This is compared to 541 students dropped during the Summer 2016 drop for non-payment period.
Through increased communication from Admissions & Records, 12.8% more instructors took action concerning dropping their “no shows” between Spring 2017 to Spring 2018.
Staff in Admissions & Records are utilizing Cranium Cafe to interact online with faculty, staff and students. Documents can be shared, filled out and submitted electronically reducing the need for faculty and students to have to physically visit the A&R office. We have increased the use of Cranium Café. Since November 28, 2017 we have had 161 registered users on the platform, 165 Cranium Sessions have been conducted, and 97 text chats have been recorded.
Re-designed the Admissions and Records website to increase student interaction and success.
A&R staff reviewed hard copy academic rosters and student applications from 1966 to the present in order to ensure they were scanned appropriately in the system before moving to the new Student Services Building. This project was critical as the new building does not have storage therefore, since the documents were Class 1 Permanent records, we had to verify we had a legible digital image before submitting the request to the Board to destroy the records.
Wing: Student Services Department: Counseling
Two employees, Veronica Ornelas and Thao Tran, received employee of the month.
Welcome Day (372 students served and reviewed rated the event 3.5 out of 4.0 and the students increased their Fall retention by 8% and Spring by 11%)
Nearly 500 students participated in FPR this month. This is far above expectation given the early registration.
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Largest ever career fair, with over 70 venders participating and 300 students.
Significant growth for Transfer Center: Over the past year, we had 3,603 “walk-in” student contacts made in the Transfer Center (55% increase from 2 years ago); 754 students have requested transcript evaluations; 453 students have participated in transfer application workshops to date, up from 350 during all of 2016; 1,056 students have requested assistance with applications this year, double from what we provided in 2015.
Technology – Moved EduNav and MyPath into production – Worked with Christina and Team to launch Cranium Café – Civitas provides a window into our campus persistence – at instructor’s course level (Inspire for Faculty – All faculty trained in January), – at the individual student level (Inspire for Advisors), and – for Guided Pathways (Illume Courses). – as a whole (Illume Students): Over 30,000 nudges sent, with more than 2,000 students clicking on desired links. We also established a nudges task force to create a calendar of nudges throughout the year.
For the 2017/18 launch, we had 372 students register for our second-annual Welcome Day! Of these students, 94% (over 5% above the campus average) were enrolled through Fall census. This event provided students with tours of the campus, peer team-building opportunities, personalized orientation, lunch, and intramural events.
Wing: Student Services Department: Assessment/Outreach
Outreach conducted 39 workshops to help 734 high school seniors apply to GWC for the Summer/Fall 2018 semester. Of those, 121 students received follow-up services to complete the Online Orientation.
GWC Outreach increased the number of touch points (events or activities relating to recruitment) from 115 in 2016-17 to 140. These touch points include parent nights, presentations, workshops, pathway days, and college fairs.
The Outreach Taskforce members and other student service departments represented at a mini-college fair that featured only GWC. The departments featured were Assessment and Outreach, Career Technical Education, Counseling, DSPS, EOPS, Financial Aid, and PUENTE. The event was at Bolsa Grande High School.
Assessment collaborated with ORPIE and faculty in Math and English to transition the Multiple Measures Assessment Project from the pilot stage. New applicants to GWC received an email within three business days of becoming a student regarding their placement results and the next steps to enroll.
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Wing: Student Services Department: Financial Aid
Financial Aid has now launched Cal Fresh (formly known as SNAP) as a resource for students. We offer one on one appointments and workshops to assist students in the application process. Our financial aid website has a Cal Fresh link which provides additional information. Students do not need to be financial aid students to receive assistance from our office to apply for Cal Fresh.
We held our annual Financial Aid Awareness Fest on March 4th in our new Student Center North Patio. It was a great success with 400 attendees. They stopped at our various booths to receive financial aid resource information on Federal and State grants. Along with other student services resources such as EOPS, DSPS, Shcolarships etc. Attendess also were able to enjoy lunch and enteratainment after visiting the booths. Samantha a GWC student won the $600 scholarship for 18-19. It was her first scholarship and she was extremly excited.
For the 17-18 year 72 workshops were held for students to complete their FAFSA and/or Dream Act Appliciaiton, and to assist students in completing their financial aid file.
Our outreach team held these workshops in labs, traveled to our local highshcools and faculty invitations to their classroom and/or their orientations (Cosmo, Police Academy, Nursing). The workshops were held in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
During the 17-18 school year, one of Financial Aid's missions was to bridge the gap of Veterans applying for Financial Aid. In the past, only 10% of veterans were applying for Financial Aid. Financial Aid created a Veterans Liaision to assist with the gap. In combination with the Veterans Taskforce, Financial Aid hosted three veteran workshops (Summer 17, Fall 17, and Spring 18). Financial Aid has been able to increase from 10% of veteran completing the application to 62% of veterans are now completing their FAFSA application.
Assembly Bill 801 required that every institution designate a Homeless Liaison. The liaisons requirements included; understanding the provisions regarding Financial Aid, being able to determine homeless status and able to identify services available to students. The Financial Aid designated a Homeless Liaision that would be housed in the Financial Aid Office. In addition to the liaision, a homeless process was created to assist the growing number of homeless students. The liaision has met and determined that 17 of our students are in fact homeless. The liaison was able to expedite their financial aid, refer them to much need services and provide a backpack full of school supplies. In addition, the Homeless Liaison partnered with the Student Wellbeing and Resource Committee to create a Winter Closet. It provided coats, hats, scarves and personal care products. The Winter Closet was such a hit that it inspired The Rack (Professional Closet on campus).
Wing: Student Services Department: Athletics
The Rustler Women's Beach Volleyball Team won the 2018 Orange Empire Conference Championship. Sophomores Ashleigh Atsaros and Andrea Gonzalez ccaptured the pairs championship.
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Scott Taylor has been named GWC Teacher of the Year for 2017-18. Scott is a Kinesiology Professor and Head Coach for Men's Water Polo and Swimming.
Sophomore Middle Blocker Ashleigh Atsaros was named 1st Team All Orange Empire Conference and Freshman Setter Erica Cantley was named to the 2nd Team.
GWC Men's Water Polo and Swim Coach selected 2016-17 Male Coach of the Year for the Orange Empire Conference after leading both teams to CCCAA State Championships.
Golden West Men's Water Polo capped off its' second consectuive undefeated season by defeating West Valley College 10-8 in the CCCAA Championship Game. Rustler Captain Lachlan Trabinger was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
Alex Gimenez in his 7th year as Head Coach was named Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year. Alex is also a teacher at Westminster High School.
The GWC Men's Soccer team won the Orange Empire Conference Championship with a 11-2-1 conference record. The Rustlers finished the season with an overall record of 17-3-3 after losing a sudden death shootout to Cerritos College in the Southern California Regional Final.
Sophomore Cross Country Runner Luke Baird (Cypress HS) has been named to the 2017 California Community College Athletic Association All-Academic Cross Country Team.
Sophomore forward Emily Flores (Warren HS) was named to the first team all-Orange Empire Conference. She helped guide the team to a 5-11-4 record with three assists, two of which came in OEC play. Freshman Midfielder Rachel McClure (Cypress HS) was named to the second team all-Orange Empire Conference. She started and played in 12 matches on the season leading the team in goals scored (5) and assists (4) totaling 14 points.
Golden West women's water polo team left it all in the water as they faced the number one seed Santa Barbara in a semifinal match to determine who would go to the state tournament. Unfortunately, Golden West fell short losing 10-9 in double overtime.
Golden West started fast and never looked back in handling the Orange Coast Pirates in the 50th matchup between the two schools. This is the 7th victory in the past 8 years for the Rustlers.
Wing: Student Services Department: International/Intercultural Programs
Carla Martinez, Dean of Students, completed the NAFSA- Association of International Educators Diversity Impact Program. This year long program provides international education professionals from tribal colleges and universities; historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs); Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs); and community colleges mentoring and professional development opportunities.
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Center for Global & Cultural Programs International Student Program
International student enrollment grew to 320 from 41 countries, the largest and most diverse cohort in the history of the college.
Established the college’s second international student recruitment partner agreement with Study Abroad Sweden.
Participated in the direct overseas recruitment initiatives in Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Sweden.
Participated in US Department of Commerce virtual recruitment event with Hong Kong. Launched new international student online, interactive eBrochure and app for international marketing.
Co-hosted a delegation of visiting agents from Japan along with Kaplan.
Hosted a day of workshops, faculty and student engagements with a visiting delegation of 16 international secondary school counselors from 13 different countries in collaboration with KIC UnivAssist.
Implemented new international student health insurance program with improved coverage and services.
Celebrated the graduation of 40 international students in Spring 2018.
ISP staff member, Alison Carlock, elected as Community College representative to the NAFSA Region XII, Southern California District Board.
ISP staff member, Veronica Soto, and counselor, Nicole Diamond, recognized as 2017-18 Club Advisors of the Year for their work with the International Club.
Study Abroad Established a new Study Abroad space in the new Student Services Building with resources for students and faculty interested in study abroad.
Improved and expanded advising services for GWC prospective study abroad students.
Hosted information sessions, expanded outreach and marketing strategies, and co-hosted annual pre-departure orientation program for London 2018 program.
Held GWC’s first Study Abroad Fair during International Education Week (IEW). The Fair featured participation of districtwide faculty led programs, independent third party providers, university partners, and the Department of State U.S. Passport Services on to provide on-campus passport application processing for students, faculty and staff.
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Two participants in the GWC London 2018 program earned ACCENT scholarships, covering a large portion of their program fees, as well as airfare costs.
Intercultural Programs Expanded campus and community partnerships to deliver a robust calendar of events, excursions, and workshops on themes related to diversity, identity, equity, inclusion, and intercultural competency. Programs included: Sexual Assault Awareness Week, September 5-8 International Day of Peace, September 21 LGBTQ Pride Week, October 9-13 UndocuAlly Training for Faculty & Staff, October 20 My Culture is Not Your Costume Workshop, October 24 Día de los Muertos Celebration, November 1 International Education Week, November 13-17 Islam 101 Introductory Workshop on a World Religion, November 29 Museum of Tolerance Field Trip, December 1 Black History Month Celebration & Events, February 7-27 Lunar New Year Celebration, February 13 International Women’s Day Leadership Seminar, Luncheon, & Fair, March 8 CSULB Puvungna Pow Wow Field Trip, March 10 Autism Ally Week Events, Including Ally Workshop for Faculty & Staff, April 2-6 Co-Sponsor for 2018 GWC Peace Conference, April 20 Take Back the Night Candlelight Vigil & Procession, April 24 o UndocuAlly Week Events, Including Film Screenings & Ally Workshop, May 7-11
Wing: Student Services Department: Admissions & Records
For the first time in many years, we had 100% on time re-payments of debt to the VA resulting in zero TOP’d accounts during the past year.
Veterans Services partnered with the Veterans Resource Center to implement a Veteran’s Graduation Recognition Dinner at the end of the spring 2018 semester.
Increased student participation in our Summer Dual Enrollment partnership with HBUHSD school district by 28.4%.
During the fall 2017 semester, A&R implemented a completely online system for students to submit pre- requisite clearance requests. Students will receive an email with the status of their request in 3-5 business days depending the time of year.
Wing: Student Services Department: Student Activities
Carla Martinez, Dean of Students, was a guest lecturer in the CSU Long Beach Student Development in Higher Education Master’s Program classes: Management in Higher Education, Intro to the Community College, Counseling the Adult Student.
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The Office of Student Life & Leadership, in collaboration with ASGWC, held their Spring Club Expo (formerly known as "Club Rush") on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. The event featured over 50+ tables and booths featuring Student Clubs and Organizations, College Departments and Programs, and local businesses offering students great deals on products and services. The event offered GWC students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to come together and see all that Student Life & Leadership has to offer. It is estimated that over 500 students were in attendance and participated in the event. The event featured ice cream bars, Shave Ice, and a dessert bar. Additionally, we offered students Henna and Caricatures by Twist & Shout and Music by DJ Maximus.
The Office of Student Life & Leadership, in collaboration with ASGWC, held their first "Golden West Fest & Club Expo" (formerly known as "Club Rush") on Thursday, September 14, 2017. The event featured over 50+ tables and booths featuring Student Clubs and Organizations, College Departments and Programs, and local businesses offering students great deals on products and services. The event offered GWC students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to come together and see all that Student Life & Leadership has to offer. It is estimated that over 500 students were in attendance and participated in the event. The event featured free lunch by TK Burgers Food Truck, unlimited photo booth sessions by The Booth & Bus Co, Henna and Caricatures by Twist & Shout, Music by DJ Maximus, and desserts by S&B Catering.
The Cultural Connections program connected GWC students to peer mentors who lead small group discussions on how to become a successful student and get more involved on campus. The program succeeded in helping students make new friends, get involved in campus life, and learn about cultural competence and social justice. 142 students registered for our two large kick-off events on October 6th and October 13, 2017. 44 student mentees attended the October 6th event and 34 attended the October 13th event. Cultural Connections had 17 Student Mentors who participated in a 4-day training during the summer session lead each meeting and facilitate small group discussions. Cultural Connections held monthly meetings in November and December to encourage and continue social connections and dialogue between our students.
ASGWC student leaders and Campus Life advisors traveled to San Jose for the annual California Community Colleges Student Affairs Association (CCCSAA) Student Leadership Conference from Friday, October 13 to Sunday, October 15, 2017. ASGWC sponsored twenty (20) student leaders from Student Government, Student Clubs & Organizations, and Volunteer Programs to attend this conference. The three-day student leadership development and training conference focused on building individual student leadership and technical skills and professional collaborative connections. This year's conference included energetic presentations and educational workshops.
On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, the Office of Student Life & Leadership hosted an Open House on the 2nd Floor of the Student Center to introduce students, faculty, and staff to everything that Student Life has to offer. Guests were welcomed by Student Leaders and invited to attend a brief orientation session by ASGWC. Afterward, guests were invited to mix and mingle with students and staff over coffee, hot cocoa, and desserts.
On Monday, January 22, 2018, the Campus Life team (formerly Student Life & Leadership) hosted a one- day training for the new ASGWC Executive Student Council members who were appointed at the end of
62 the fall 2017 semester. The training included sessions on team building, problem solving, leadership development (The Leadership Challenge), values, and goal setting. On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, the Campus Life team hosted a one-day training for the entire ASGWC Executive Student Council. The training included team building, team values, goal setting, parliamentary procedures, and how to run effective meetings.
On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the Campus Life team hosted a one-day training for all Student Club & Organization officers and members. This training provided identical leadership development workshops as the previous training minus the focus on parliamentary procedures.
On Saturday, October 28, 2017, ASGWC hosted a tailgate for students, faculty, and staff prior to the "Battle of the Bell," GWC vs. OCC football rivalry game. ASGWC purchased "rally towels" and other school spirit items for students to receive after participating in games and activities. Additionally, ASGWC collaborated with S&B Catering to provide students with free food prior to the game (hot dogs, hamburgers, etc.). ASGWC also collaborated with the Christian Club to provide free ice cream to students from their very own Ice Cream Truck (sponsored by Compass Church). Lastly, ASGWC and Campus Life partnered with Chik-fil-a to host a "Punt, Pass, & Kick" half-time show which allowed students to compete for a year supply of Chik-fil-a. The football game was very well attended with the bleachers packed to capacity and the GWC Rustlers WON the game with a decisive victory over OCC.
On Thursday, November 2, 2017, ASGWC hosted their Town Hall event where students can ask questionsto GWC staff and administrators, including President Wes Bryan. The event was hosted in the Student Center and lunch was catered to encourage students to attend. Approximately 30 students were in attendence, however the Student Interest Committee received over 100 questions via digital mediums (GWC App, Google Form, and other Social Media platforms).
On Thursday, April 12, 2018, ASGWC hosted their Spring Town Hall event where students can ask questionsto GWC staff and administrators, including President Wes Bryan. The event was hosted in Forum II in partnership with an American History class which hosted over 150 current students. An additional 50 students were in attendence. The Student Interest Committee received over 100 questions via digital mediums (GWC App, Google Form, and other Social Media platforms).
From October 3-5, 2017, ASGWC Student Interest Committee responded immediately to the Trump Administration's decision to end the DACA program. ASGWC Executive Student Council passed a resolution to fully support DACA students. Additionally, ASGWC partnered with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts to host a fundraiser for a DACA Student Scholarship. ASGWC raised almost $500 to support a DACA student in the upcoming academic year. The DACA Scholarship was awarded in Spring 2018 at the Scholarships & Awards Ceremony.
On November 8, 2017, the Veteran's Resource Center and Veteran's Student Club hosted their annual Veteran's Day Event. ASGWC and Inter-Club Council (ICC) financially supported this event and also widely-advertised the event on-campus. ASGWC Executive Student Council members, delegates, senators, and student club members were in attendance to appreciate and support our Student Veterans.
From Friday, November 17 to Sunday, November 19, 2018, ASGWC's Student Interest Committee attended the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC) Fall General Assembly in Ontario, CA. The Student Interest Committee sent 7 students to the General Assembly and joined their
63 peers from 113 California Community Colleges to vote on new resolutions for student advocacy. Members of the Student Interest Committee spent weeks prepariong for the General Assembly reviewing hundreds of proposed resolutions as well as revisiting resolutions that will be sunsetting this year. The students who attended the General Assembly proudly represented students from Golden West College and voted on their behalf at the state level.
In the 2017-2018 academic year, the ASGWC Student Activities committee made a positive impact in on- campus student engagement by creating a calendar of events for the fall and spring semester. The Activities Committee hosted monthly programs including Retro Video Game Tournaments, Karaoke Nights, a Halloween Party, and "Cocoa with Council." Each event hosted between 20-30 students and students shared positive feedback regarding the events. Specifically, students appreciated the opportunity to meet new people, take a break from classes and homework/studying, and learn more about ASGWC and Campus Life.
Campus Life, in collaboration with GWC Athletics, piloted the GWC Intramural Sports program in November 2017. Students, faculty, and staff were invited to participate in open-play Basketball and Volleyball on Mondays and Tuesdays, and open-play soccer on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the New Gym (Boand). Over the course of November, approximately 50 students per week participated in the open play. As a result, the Intramural Sports program returned for the duration of the spring 2018 semester with similar success. Additionally, a one-time event, "Kickball Tournament" was held in the spring semester to kick-off the new semester.
This year's ASGWC General Elections was very successful on several fronts. ASGWC started the Spring 2018 semester off strong by advertising the upcoming General Elections online and in print. Additionally, Campus Life hosted Candidate Information Sessions for students interested in running for ASGWC positions. After candidates were identified, ASGWC hosted tables to inform their constitutents of the upcoming election, which included a proposal for revisions to the ASGWC Constitution and Standing Rules, as well as the creation of By-Laws. ASGWC General Elections were widely advertised online and in print and yielded the highest student turnout to date: 274 ballots were cast!
The 2018 High School Senior Day (aka "Goldchella") was a smashing success. While the credit goes to the phenomenal planning committee, it is important to share that Campus Life, ASGWC, and ICC played an integral role in the success of the event. Campus Life team members; Mary Avalos, Therese Grande, and Graduate Assistant Tiffany Schultz; served on the High School Senior Day planning commitee. Additionally, Campus Life team members volunteered throughout the event along with ASGWC and ICC student volunteers who hosted tables, led tours, and intereacted with prospective students throughout the day.
On Friday, April 6, 2018, 300 students, faculty, and staff filled the Honda Center to enjoy "Fan Appreciation Night" and watch the Anaheim Ducks take on the Dallas Stars. ASGWC financially backed the special program in an effort to bring GWC school spirit off-campus for a shared experience. Fans watched ASGWC President, Nuran Alteir, and GWC Presient, Wes Bryan, ride zanbonis during intermission and cheered the Anaheim Ducks to victory!
From Monday, April 23, to Friday, April 27, 2018, the Dean of Students Office, in collaboration with Global and Cultural Programs, Student Equity, and Campus Life, hosted "Sexual Assault Awareness Week" on-campus. Students from ASGWC, ICC, and Student Clubs and Organizations were involved in
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On Friday, April 27, 2018, 274 students voted in the ASGWC General Elections. The majority of students voted to approve the newly revised ASGWC Constitution and Standing Rules and new By-Laws. ASGWC has been operating without By-Laws since their inception, which was a noteable concern from our Professional Parliamentarian. As a result, ASGWC formed a "Rules Task Force," in September 2017 and worked diligently to complete the proposed drafts and solicit feedback from their student constiuents, faculty, staff, and professional Parliamentarian. In early Spring 2018, ASGWC put the new governing documents on the General Elections ballot and all governing documents were approved by a majority of students in the General Election.
The Office of the Dean of Students in collaboration with the Intercultural Program coordinated sexual assault prevention and awareness activities including the Clothesline Project, The Mask You Live in film screening and discussion, Consent Fair, Denim Day, Take Back the Night, Times Up Speak Up bystander intervention workshop and a poster campaign about sexual assault awareness.
The Office of Student Life & Leadership and Student Equity sponsored 12 students to attend the United Collegiate Women’s Leadership Conference (UCWLC) on November 17 & 18, 2017, at Loyola Marymount University. The UCWLC is an interactive transformational experience where women from all walks of life come together to understand the authentic leader they have within themselves, while preparing them to tackle critical issues facing their campus and larger communities. Golden West College students attended conference sessions on “Finding, Understanding, and Utilizing Your Authentic Voice,” “Dare to Be: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome,” and “Thrive: Cultivating Inclusive Communities.” Additionally, Golden West College students were paired up with fellow students from around the country for two sessions of “Women’s Empowerment Coaching,” where they engaged in active listening and meaningful dialogue about their individual leadership experiences in college.
ORANGE COAST ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
A report highlighting a year of awards and accomplishments of departments, programs and employees at Orange Coast College. These notable features are accolades achieved in the 2017-2018 academic year.
PRESIDENT, DR. DENNIS HARKINS
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More than 500 people turned out for Orange Coast College’s viewing event of a solar eclipse. The College’s astronomy department set up nine telescopes and the OCC Foundation provided paper solar glasses for attendees. Orange Coast College’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion opened “And I Will Always Forever… (1 Hour)” by sound artist Maura Murnane. The multimedia installation played a manipulated version of a Whitney Houston hit song on repeat for one hour in overlapping fragments, with a sound that mimicked the waves of the ocean. The result was a meditative and emotional listening experience. OCC officially opened the doors of its new Recycling Center in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that brought members from every corner of the local community together, including Costa Mesa councilwoman Katrina Foley, officials from the Costa Mesa Sanitary District and representatives from the U.S. Green Building Council, CalRecycle and architecture firm Dougherty + Dougherty. Orange Coast College’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion opened “ˌterəˈfərmə,” featuring the activist artwork of artist Kim Abeles, whose projects explore the complicated, interconnected systems of our world: society, geography, and environment. Orange Coast College’s Campus Safety department hosted a day of safety training in honor of National Preparedness Month. OCC’s Student Health Center provided information about mental health services on campus, and the College screened a showing of the film “Shots Fired On Campus: When Lightning Strikes” which focuses on how to respond when an active shooter is in the vicinity. Orange Coast College paid homage to deceased coach, administrator and faculty member Jane Hilgendorf by dedicating the College’s gym floor in her name. Hilgendorf bequeathed more than $1 million to OCC in her will in 2016 — 75 percent went toward the College’s Athletics program, with 25 percent going toward the OCC Friends of the Library. OCC hosted the 14th annual Orange County Children’s Book Festival. The festival hosted more than 100 authors, illustrators and storytellers, and gave families a chance to spend the day meeting with favorite authors and artists, as well as dozens of exhibitors like Discovery Science Center, PBS SoCal, Lakeshore Learning Materials and Orange County Department of Education. OCC’s dance department hosted a full day of Hip-Hop with its Mesa Dance Festival. The day kicked off with three separate master class dance workshops, followed by a dance battle and a performance in the College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre. The Orange Coast College Symphony opened its 2017-18 season with popular pieces from the Romantic Period, including music composed by Rossini, Faure, and Schubert. Orange Coast College’s marine science department invited shark expert and CSULB marine biology professor Dr. Chris Lowe to give a guest lecture on campus. Titled “Beach Babies: Southern California Beaches Form Important Nursery Habitat for White Sharks in the Northeast Pacific,” the lecture gave insight into why the number of great white shark sightings have increased along Southern California beaches in recent years. The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion presented “Ken Marchionno: 300 Miles, The Oomaka Tokatakiya.” The exhibit was part of a larger, multi-layered documentary project that featured members of the Lakota tribes in North and South Dakota and highlighted an annual event undertaken by three Lakota tribes as they embarked on a nearly 300-mile ride by horseback across the Dakota winter.
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OCC’s Student Equity Program invited motivational speaker James Anderson to give a talk, titled “Am I Still a Criminal,” which highlighted Anderson’s childhood struggles and his story of overcoming incarceration, abuse, drugs and struggles as a Chicano. The Orange Coast College Theatre department adapted George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” novella as part of OCC’s recently launched Social Justice Series. The retelling included a soundtrack comprised entirely of Pink Floyd songs, and director Tom Bruno partnered with local pet adoption agencies to promote the welfare of animals. Orange Coast College’s renovated Garrison Honors Center (GHC) officially opened its doors. The structure — designed by famed architect Richard Neutra in the 1950s — provides student honor societies with a meeting space and an area for honors instructors and their students to work together on GHC programs. More than 100 members of the campus and local communities participated in a special beam signing event for OCC’s Planetarium, currently under construction and expected to be complete in Fall 2018. OCC kicked off the New Year with the grand opening of its Pirates’ Cove food pantry. Members of the media and the general public, in addition to faculty and staff, attended the event, which was sponsored by Whole Foods. The work of artist Eric Johnson was on view at Orange Coast College’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion in an exhibit titled “Helix2: Sculptures by Eric Johnson.” Johnson — whose art combines shipwright-like woodworking with the resins of hot rods, aerospace industry, and surfboards — is well-known in the art world for large-scale sculptures that incorporate elements of mathematics, biology, physics and cosmology. A first-time retrospective featuring nearly 50 years of highly engaging, abstract paintings by Los Angeles artist Jim DeFrance (1940–2014) was on display at Orange Coast College’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. As a colleague of the “Light and Space” and “Finish Fetish” artists of the 1970s, DeFrance forged his own vocabulary of painterly abstraction that merged craftsmanship with wood, shaped paintings and unique surfaces. As the Spring 2018 semester got underway, the College launched a new and improved mobile app that helps students, faculty and staff stay more connected on campus. The app — available on Apple and Android devices — includes features like a schedule planning tool, message board, calendar of events, news, and interactive map. A traveling exhibit honoring the service and sacrifice of our nations veterans opened in OCC’s Student Center Lounge. The “Eyes of Freedom” exhibit included interactive displays with life-size portraits of the fallen marines and navy corpsman of Lima Company, one of the hardest hit units in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The boots of 23 soldiers accompanied the portraits. Orange Coast College’s Symphony presented “Computer Games: Unplugged,” featuring music from some of the most popular video games of the past 30 years, including Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, World of Warcraft, Fallout 4, and more. Orange Coast College’s Chamber singers joined forces with the Long Beach Chorale and Chamber Orchestra to perform Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” Brahms’ Requiem is one of the most personal of all the great Requiems, or masses for the dead, in the choral- orchestral repertoire OCC’s theatre department staged a collection of one-act plays titled “Rowing to America — The Immigrant Project.” Rowing to America is a collection of nine one-act plays that delve into the topics of immigration, emigration, and the migration experience in general. Orange Coast College's Fashion department unveiled its first on-campus pop-up retail shop, located in a shipping container and aptly named "The Box.” The space hosted a total of five
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brands during the Spring 2018 semester, including popular local brands like Tavik, Freewaters Footwear and Sister LB. OCC's World Languages and English as a Second Language departments hosted the College's first ever Language Exchange series, offering students who speak a foreign language the chance to “trade” skills with each other. Two-time Olympic coach and 11-time Hall of Fame recipient Dr. Joe Vigil gave a guest lecture on OCC’s campus titled "The Long and Winding Road to Achievement.” OCC hosted its second annual Giles T. Brown Student Project and Research Symposium. The Symposium gave students a chance to present the work they do inside or outside the classroom, and aimed to highlight many different disciplines on campus in a single event. The Orange Coast College baseball team commemorated its 70th birthday on as it hosted one of its original rivals, Fullerton College. OCC provided some special giveaways for the first 125 fans in attendance and admission to the game was free. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hosted “Orange Coast College Night” for all fans at matchup against the Minnesota Twins. Students, faculty and staff were invited to purchase discounted tickets for the game, which included a customized OCC Angels hat and a chance to win two field passes to watch pregame batting practice. Orange Coast College handed out nearly $600,000 in scholarships at its 60th Annual Honors Night, an increase of more than $100,000 from last year. OCC’s Symphony and dance programs joined forces with Symphony of Irvine for a performance of the "Carmen Suite" ballet in the Robert B. Moore Theatre OCC's Global Engagement Center hosted a screening of the documentary "Daze of Justice,” followed by a panel discussion that included the film's director OCC conferred 5,503 associate's degrees and certificates of achievement at the College's 70th commencement ceremony. Orange Coast College’s Foundation named actors Blake Anderson and Adam Devine as this year’s Alumni Hall of Fame recipients. Anderson and Devine, who met as students at OCC, were the co-creators and co-stars in popular Comedy Central TV show “Workaholics,” and both have multiple film and television credits to their names.
Student Achievements:
The Orange Coast College women's water polo team capped off one of the best seasons in program history with a solid third-place finish at the 2017 Southern California Regional Playoffs. Two teams of student programmers from OCC held their own at the 2017 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest at Riverside Community College. The teams placed first and third among two-year colleges, and 15th and 28th overall, among a field of 105 teams including those from University of Southern California, University of California campuses in Los Angeles and Irvine. Orange Coast College’s 2017 Hot Food Team won the American Culinary Federation California State completion, held at the Arts Institute in North Hollywood.
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Orange Coast College’s nationally ranked dance team took home two first-place trophies at the Universal Dance Association Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship in Orlando, Fla., defending their title in the Open Pom division and earning the top spot in the Jazz division. For the first time in 40 years, the Orange Coast College men's basketball team earned the title of conference champions, claiming the Orange Empire Conference crown with an 83-74 overtime win against second-place Fullerton College before a packed and frenzied OCC-heavy crowd inside the Peterson Gym. For the second consecutive year, the Orange Coast College men’s crew captured the top spot at the 53rd annual Newport Regatta, winning three of five races under rainy conditions on the Newport Harbor Orange Coast College’s 2017-2018 Hot Food Team won a ticket to the national stage after winning the top prize at the American Culinary Federation California Western Regional Championships. The Orange Coast College men's crew set the pace from start to finish at the 2018 UCLA Classic — in the grand finale of the Varsity 8 race, the Pirates jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, winning the 2,000-meter race, ahead of runner-up UC Irvine and the UCLA "A" boat. OCC student journalists won big at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges convention, walking away with a total of 12 awards for their work on the College’s student-run newspaper, the Coast Report. Orange Coast College history major Manuel Santiago was elected as the newest governor of the California-Nevada-Hawaii District of Circle K International. Circle K is an international collegiate service organization that is part of Kiwanis International. With more than 13,000 members, the organization promotes service, leadership and fellowship to students all over the world. Seven OCC student directors saw their work featured on the big screen as part of this year’s OCC Shorts collection at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The films — screened at the Lido Theatre in Newport Beach — included two documentaries, two comedies, two dramas and one horror film. Both the OCC women’s and men’s tennis teams took the top spot in the Orange Empire Conference. In mid-April, OCC's Speech and Debate team did what no other community college has ever done: won four national championships in a row. OCC bested more than 50 community colleges from across the country, competing for the national championship in Daytona Beach, Fla. Computer Science major Tuong Do was selected to receive the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer scholarship this year. Do is among 47 students to receive the highly selective scholarship, which awards up to $40,000 per year for up to three years to students seeking their bachelor's degree at select four-year colleges and universities The Orange Coast College baseball team clinched the outright Orange Empire Conference title for the second year in a row, earning the No. 2 seed for this year’s Southern California Regional playoffs. With 43 team wins this season, the Orange Coast College men's golf team finished on top of the Orange Empire Conference standings for the seventh time in nine seasons after an impressive performance at the 36-hole OEC Finals. The Orange Coast College men's swim team stood alone atop the mountain, capturing the state title at the 2018 California Community College Athletic Association State Swim/Dive Championships at De Anza College on May 5.
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After a one-year absence, the Pirate women returned to the top of the mountain at the 2018 California Community College Athletic Association State Swim/Dive Championships at De Anza College, winning the state title for the 19th time in school history.
Faculty/Staff Achievements:
Architecture instructors Joseph Sarafian and Steve Fuchs invited the OCC community to the closing reception of an exhibit featuring a concrete structure they built using industrial robots. The exhibit — which featured a pavilion built using a new method for casting concrete — was on display at the Architecture and Design Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. A memoir co-authored by OCC creative writing professor Raymond Obstfeld and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for a prestigious NCAAP Image Award. This is the third nomination for the dynamic duo, who previously won the award in 2013 for their children’s book, “What Color is My World.” Their latest book, titled “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court,” was listed by the School Library Journal as one of the best books of the year. After an extensive search, Orange Coast College appointed Tyler Stallings as the manager of the College’s Frank. M. Doyle Arts Pavilion in Costa Mesa. Stallings — who will be the first full-time gallery director at the Doyle Arts Pavilion in seven years — came to Coast from the University of California, Riverside, where he was interim executive director of UCR ARTSblock. With construction of the OCC Planetarium entering its final phase, the College hired Scott Mitchell as its Planetarium manager. Mitchell came to Coast from the University of Maine, where he was the acting director at the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and Observatory, part of the school’s recently constructed Emera Astronomy Center. College faculty and clinical educators from across the Western United States recognized Orange Coast College dietetic technician professor Beth Blake for her work as a teacher of nutrition and dietetics. The Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors (NDEP) named Blake its Outstanding Educator of the Year for the Western Region. The group, which advocates for and empowers dietetics educators, includes members who work in community colleges, hospitals, community nutrition agencies, and private industry. Before a standing-room-only crowd inside the Peterson Gym, longtime head coach Mike Thornton felt the love of the crowd as the 29-year head skipper of the Orange Coast College women's basketball team coached the final home game of his career. The American Council on Education (ACE) named Orange Coast College Dean of Mathematics and Sciences Dr. Tara Giblin an ACE Fellow for the 2018-19 academic year. The ACE Fellows Program is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying and preparing faculty and staff for senior positions in college and university administration through an intensive nomination-driven, cohort-based mentorship model. Orange Coast College's department of Marketing and Public Relations cleaned up at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relation's (NCMPR's) 2018 National Conference, bringing home two national Paragon Awards and nine regional Medallion Awards Orange Coast College's marketing and public relations department won nine top awards at the annual Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) conference awards dinner.
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College Accolades:
Orange Coast College was one of only 24 colleges in the state to receive a California Community College Maker Implementation grant from the CCC’s Chancellor’s Office. The $340,000 grant — which is renewable for a second year — will enable OCC to build an inclusive makerspace community, provide internships, embed making into its curriculum, and prepare students with STEAM skills to succeed in today’s economy. The Orange Coast College Foundation received the largest donation in its 32-year history — a gift of $1.8 million from the estate of late philosophy professor David Johnston to establish the M.F. & Marvel Monia Johnston Scholarship Fund. Orange Coast College was recognized by the Orange County Business Council (OCBC) as a local government organization that cuts through red tape to open the door to private sector job creation. The College’s Recycling Center was nominated for the Sustainable and Green Development program at OCBC’s 7th Annual Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet Awards. Orange Coast College was invited to compete with top community colleges around the nation for the prestigious Aspen Prize, a $1 million grant that recognizes high achievement and performance. The prize — to be handed out in 2019 — recognizes institutions with outstanding achievements in four areas: learning; certificate and degree completion; employment and earnings; and high levels of access and success for minority and low-income students. Orange Coast College was recognized by the California Community College Board of Governors for its leadership in creating a sustainable and eco-friendly campus. The College was named “Best Overall District – Large” for CCC’s Excellence in Energy and Sustainability award competition, presented by the 17-member Board of Governors. Orange Coast College was named a Military Friendly School for 2018. It is the ninth year that Coast has ranked among the top 20 percent of colleges universities and trade schools evaluated in a national survey by Victoria Media, which focuses on military personnel transitioning into civilian life. Orange Coast College’s recently built Recycling Center was recognized at the 2017 U.S. Green Building Council’s Orange County Eco Awards. OCC was recognized as the “Most Sustainable School” in Orange County, in a category that included four-year universities such as University of California, Irvine. Orange Coast College was recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a “Gilman Top Producing Institution” for its success in making international study and internships more accessible and inclusive for American students of all backgrounds.
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