The SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT —
"[The] blog he developed was something that made the district better." - Tim Jemal, SOCCCD BoT President, 7/24/23
Lake Street Dive can do anything, it seems.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is Camus for knuckleheads. It was a big hit when I was in college, forty years ago. I recall simultaneously cringing and thrilling to it. I like the guitar solo a lot. Here, it has been replaced with "meows." Nice touch.
Enjoy the vigorous verbs such as "denounces" and "applaud" used in the SOCCCD Faculty Association statement on DACA. Rebel Gilr dure did. The statement landed in email boxes across the distinct this morning. Sources say that it was approved unanimously without revision or objection, although one member expressed the wish to add the word “asshole” just before each appearance of the T word.
South Orange County Community College District Faculty Association Statement on DACA
Approved by Representative Council, 10/2/17
The South Orange County Community College District Faculty Association (SOCCCDFA) denounces the decision by the Trump administration to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which could lead to as many as 800,000 young people being deported, including many students within the California Community College system. DACA, which provides renewable two-year work permits for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, was created by President Obama in 2012 and has been a pathway to education and employment for over 240,000 students in California alone. One of the major factors that makes American higher education a world class system is the diversity of our faculty and students. We owe it to these students and their families, as well as to other undocumented young people, to speak out against this action in the strongest manner possible.
We applaud the State of California and the University of California for filing lawsuits against the Trump Administration for rescinding DACA. We also applaud the California Community College (CCC) Chancellor’s office for making resources available for our undocumented students at http://www.cccco.edu/ResourcesforUndocumentedStudents.aspx, and we urge all faculty to direct students to this site.
Welcome to the home portal for the California Community College's Chancellor's Office web presence. Here you will find access to the 3 main websites of our agency: CaliforniaCommunityColleges.cccco.edu -- Primary public website Extranet.cccco.edu -- System website Datamart.cccco.edu -- Data analysis and reporting website
We ask faculty to immediately communicate with their students that individuals with DACA permits that expire on or before March 5, 2018, can file for renewals until October 5, 2017. No new renewals will be accepted after this date so urge them to act now. Students who cannot afford the $495 renewal fee can apply for scholarship from the Mission Asset Fund at http://lc4daca.org/.
We further call on our members to urge Congress to act immediately to undo President Trump's action and allow these young scholars to remain in our classrooms.
Swiped from someone's FB page. The two main organizers of IVC's Banned Books event smile in the sun. Note Prof. Shank's skirt made out of pages from George Orwell's 1984.
This editor of this august blog apologize for her neglect these last few weeks. Life has been going on, with its joys and pains. This semester seems to have a particularly bountiful share of both, joyful joys and painful pains. In our defense, Rebel Girl reminds you that we have faithfully served our readers for twenty years now! Imagine that! Perhaps there's a party to be had. We'll keep you posted.
To revisit our early days, check out "Origins" to see how we got started and why. Some fun!
Banned Books Week at IVC
Meanwhile, a shout-out to those stalwart faculty and staff who once again produced a spirited Banned Books Event on our campus this week. More photos to come. Among the highlights: special guest appearance by acclaimed poet Mitsuye Yamada whose contributions to American letters is lasting. To see more about Yamada, check out this appreciation of her work via her alma mater, the University of Chicago: "Alumna examines Japanese immigrant experience." It is truly an honor for the college to have hosted such a writer (now an Irvine resident whose granddaughter attended IVC.)
Rebel Girl could not attend the event because she had to teach, but she did drop by before it began. She was able to greet Yamada and introduce her to WR 1 students who were gathering. Yamada was gracious and warm and the students seemed thrilled to meet an author whose writings appear in their textbook.
DACA and the Travel Ban (so much banning)
Folks at IVC from different sectors of the campus community are pushing to make the college more responsive to the needs of our DACA and AB 540 students. One result has been the creation of this webpage: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This new page boast resources (local, state and national( and promises to advertise events (past, current and forthcoming). Nice. This new webpage is linked to on the IVC homepage.
On the same homepage. The original one announcement remains under IVC news:Statement on Rescission of DACA. Someone (who? me?) might point out that the lead photo of tents and yellow buses is a poor choice. Those buses look for all the world as if they as if awaiting to deport people. And on that page, no link to the more helpful, newly created webpage.
The flags outside A-100 has been flying at half-staff for ten days now. Even the one of the regular Jehovah's Witness women noticed it and asked me about while waiting at the bus stop.
"I don't know why," I told her. "It started on 9/11 and then just stayed that way."
The first California Guided Pathways Project (CGPP) Institute was held this week in Costa Mesa. I had the pleasure of joining my AACC colleagues, Aspen Institute leaders, and the Bakersfield and Mt. San Antonio College presidents in making a presentation on our national AACC Guided Pathways Project experience. 20 California colleges were chosen to participate in the first round of CGPP Institutes. Out of the 20 colleges, a few have already done much of the work of setting Meta-majors (or a term of their own liking), and mapping courses leading to the Meta-majors. Mt. SAC (AACC National Guided Pathways Project College), has completed this process for over 70 programs and is moving to implementation. Other colleges are at the very beginning and are highly engaged in the process and the opportunity to increase student completion. CGPP will also go a long way toward supporting our underrepresented students that are often challenged by our existing system of application, matriculation, academic planning, enrollment, and the pathway to completion.
California Guided Pathways Project
In addition to the AACC National Guided Pathways Project and now the CGPP, the State Chancellor Office has established its own Guided Pathways Grant that will be administered by the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI). The grant has been funded by the legislature up to $150M. It is anticipated that continued funding for SSSP, SEP, and Basic Skills, will be determined on a direct and measurable connection to the IEPI Guided Pathways under a performance-base model.
Oo! It's big and shiny!
I hope you will participate when the Pathways Pioneers come to your School or Department for an in-depth dialog regarding Guided Pathways.
Very Respectfully,
Glenn R. Roquemore, PhD
President
Irvine Valley College
The California Guided Pathways Project will help 20 California community colleges implement an integrated, institution-wide approach to student success by creating structured educational experiences that support each student from point of entry to attainment of high-quality postsecondary credentials and careers.
