Week ending September 14, 2018

Week ending September 4-14, 2018

 GUIDED PATHWAYS INSTITUTE #4 – From September 6-8, Superintendent/President Dreyfuss attended the Guided Pathways Institute #4 in San Francisco with our Guided Pathways Committee Members: Henry Gee, Laura Ramirez, Michelle Bean, Gerson Montiel, and Adam Wetsman. The theme of this institute was: “Redesigning Student Intake and Ongoing Student Support.” The objectives were to: reinforce the case for pathways reforms and achieving equity; provide support to better enable students to explore career and college option, choose and successfully enter a pathway suited to their interests and aptitudes, and complete the pathway as effectively and efficiently as possible through these changes; integrate career and college exploration into the college intake experience to help students choose a pathway that fits with their interests and aptitudes as soon as possible; evolve advising approaches to support students in choosing a pathway and to monitor student progress through pathways; provide frequent feedback and support as needed; integrate field-appropriate academic and non-academic supports into critical college-level gatekeeper courses in main areas of study; identify and address challenges involved in organizational redesign and evolving faculty and staff roles as colleges revamp their processes for student intake, advising, and monitoring of student progress through pathways; strategize the integration of student financial stability supports to optimize student progress under a guided pathways framework; and continue building an engaged learning network among Pathways colleges.

THEATRE – On September 9, Rio Hondo College Theatre students presented a short play at the Mexican Independence Day Celebration at The Hispanic Outreach Taskforce (HOT). The event took place at Whittier High School and included other performers such as Trio Ellas and the popular Mariachi Divas. Mike Gomez, a veteran performer of stage and screen, introduced our students who presented an original piece. This piece was a dramatic and humorous explanation of Mexican Independence Day and the Grito de Dolores, which served as the lead to the entire afternoon. Board of Trustee Mary Ann Pacheco attended who shared that the performance was outstanding! The students and Performing Professor Bill Korf only had two weeks to write, rehearse, and perform their presentation. The audience loved it as evidenced by the enthusiastic applauding and cheering at the end.

 9/11 MEMORIAL EVENT – On September 11, the Veterans Service Center and Student Life and Leadership hosted Rio Hondo College’s 17th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Event at the Veterans Week ending September 14, 2018 Memorial. Police Academy Cadets Class #207, EMT Class #85, and the Sheriff’s Color Guard all participated in this event. Robert Diaz served as the emcee and Arely Castaneda gave the opening and closing remarks. After the National Anthem, Superintendent/President Dreyfuss gave remarks and led a moment of silence. Police Academy Director Walter Allen recounted the 9/11 events in detail. EMT Program Director Scott Jaeggi reminded us about the service and sacrifice of first responders, and USMC Kevin Skinner, Student Trustee Diana Laureano and ASRHC Student Leader Monica De La Cruz also delivered moving remarks.

RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (CalRTA) – On September 11, Superintendent/President Dreyfuss attended the California Retired Teachers Association Whittier Division 31 along with Superintendents from Lowell Joint Elementary School District; Mountain View School District; Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District; and Cerritos Community College District. During her remarks she shared that during her time leading Rio Hondo College as Superintendent/President the number of ADTs have increased from four (4) to 27 and that we were selected as only one of 15 colleges to offer a four-year degree, ours being in Auto Tech. She also shared that Rio Hondo College is:

 Financially strong and solvent per our 2018-19 balanced budget adopted on September 12, 2018 by our Board of Trustees.  The first community college in Los Angeles County to offer FREE TUITION for the first two years, through our Rio Promise program, to first-time college students. We are able to provide the second year for free due to Rio Hondo College being fiscally sound.  Achieving Student Success as illustrated by our completion and persistence rates: o Completion rate is 73.4% for college-ready students who achieved at least 30 units and 60.4% for college-ready students who completed a degree, certificate or transfer- related outcome. Source: 2018 Student Success Scorecard o Persistence rate is 78% for college-ready students who enrolled in the first three consecutive terms. Source: 2018 Student Success Scorecard  Achieving Student Success as demonstrated by the increase of degrees and certificates awarded to students from 2013-14 to 2017-18: o The number of degrees and certificates awarded to students increased by 234% from 1,263 to 4,224. Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Data Mart Numbers o The number of degrees awarded to students increased by 84% from 982 to 1,824. Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Data Mart Numbers o The number of certificates awarded to students increased by 785% from 271 to 2,400. Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Data Mart Numbers

 WHITTIER AREA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WELCOME BACK BREAKFAST - On September 14, Rio Hondo College hosted the Whittier Area Schools Administrators (WASA) Welcome Breakfast in the Campus Inn. During President Dreyfuss welcome, she shared about her upcoming retirement; the launch of our 2nd year of free tuition through our Rio Promise Week ending September 14, 2018 program; how fiscally sound the College is as evidenced by the Board of Trustees adopting the budget on Sept. 12; the increase of associate degrees by 84% and certificates by 785% over the last five years; and the great news about our first cohort from our four-year degree in automotive technology program graduating next year in May 2019. She also introduced Board of Trustee Mary Ann Pacheco and welcomed the new administrators.

 Board of Trustees Meeting, Wednesday, October 10, 6:00 p.m., Board Room  Hagop Najarian: Atonal Chromatics, Now through October 2, 9: 00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Rio Hondo College Gallery  Gordon D. Crowell Observatory Public Night Program Fall 2018, Fridays, 7:00 p.m., September 21 and 28. Fridays, 8:00 p.m., October 12, 19, 26 and November 16 and 30. Park in Lot C and meet at the gate in front of the Child Development Center at the designated time. Please wait at the gate as the group will walk up the ½ hill together.  Día de los Muertos Community Altar Building, Thursday, September 20 through Friday, November 2, LRC 1st Floor  Conjunto Hueyapan, Trio Chicontepec, and Nuestras Raices Performance: A Celebration of Mexican and Dance, Friday, September 21, 7:30pm, Wray Theater  Rio Promise 2nd Year Launch, Tuesday, September 25, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Board Room  Self Help Graphics Día de los Muertos Printmaking Workshop, Thursday, September 27, 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m., Lower Quad  Student Directed Plays, Friday September 28 and Saturday, September 29, Black Box Theatre

ATHLETIC EVENTS

Women’s Friday, September 21 – @ Rio Hondo, 6pm Wednesday, September 26 – Rio Hondo @ L.A. Harbor College, 6pm Friday, September 28 – Rio Hondo @ San Diego Mesa, 1pm; 2:30pm

Men’s Soccer Schedule Friday, September 21 – LA Mission College @ Rio Hondo, 6pm Tuesday, September 25 – Rio Hondo @ East L.A. College, 4pm Friday, September 28 – Mt. SAC @ Rio Hondo, 6pm

Women’s Water Polo Schedule Friday & Saturday, September 21-22 – Rio Hondo College @ Mt. SAC Tournament, All Day Wednesday, September 26 – Cerritos @ Rio Hondo, 4:30pm Friday, September 28 – Rio Hondo @ Mini Tournament, 6pm

Week ending September 14, 2018 Women’s Water Polo Schedule Friday & Saturday, September 21-22 – Rio Hondo @ Mt. SAC Tournament, All Day Wednesday, September 26 – Cerritos @ Rio Hondo, 3pm

Men’s Wrestling Schedule Saturday, September 22 – Rio Hondo @ West Hills College Tournament, All Day Saturday, September 29 – Rio Hondo @ West Hills College Tournament, All Day

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