![]() CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO Community E-Bulletin Summer 2008 |
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Chancellor Don Q. Griffin welcomes you
This is my first community e-bulletin since becoming Interim Chancellor of City College of San Francisco in March 2008. My career at CCSF has spanned nearly 40 years as a professor and an administrator, most recently performing responsibilities of both Vice Chancellors in Academic Affairs and Student Development. I am very pleased to utilize my many years of experience to further this great institution which has served the San Francisco community since 1935. As in past City College e-bulletins from former Chancellor Philip R. Day, Jr., this communication provides us with an opportunity to acquaint you with recent developments and happenings at the College. It's also a chance to share with you the achievements of several of our outstanding faculty and staff as well as report on important information impacting the CCSF. Most notably, California's major budget shortfall has become a critical issue for City College. As a state-funded institution, we are looking at budget cuts of up to $8 million for the Academic Year 2008/09. This is in addition to a $2.5 million funding shortfall in 2007-08. The College administration, faculty and staff are working to best address this grave situation with the least impact on our core mission - the best education for students. Since taking the helm three months ago, I have been impressed by the efforts of the CCSF community to come together and tackle this crisis head-on. Perhaps even more importantly, it has not kept our faculty and staff from excelling. With this in mind, I ask you to read on and learn more about the good work taking place at City College. Sincerely,
Dr. Don Q. Griffin Interim Chancellor |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlines new Mission Campus dedication |
Photo by Monica Davey CAPTION:
Cutting the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for the new Mission Campus are (left to right) Supervisor Tom Ammiano, Campus Dean Dr. Carlota del Portillo, SF Treasurer José Cisneros, Board Vice President Dr. Natalie Berg, Trustee John Rizzo, Trustee Julio J. Ramos, Student Trustee Diana Muñoz-Villanueva, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Board President Lawrence Wong.
Speaker
of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-SF),
celebrated the grand opening of the new Mission Campus on February 20 with more
than 350 invited guests. The new campus is located on San
Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said, “City College of San Francisco is one of our
crown jewels.” He heralded the first |
| MEGA EVENT CELEBRATED ON APRIL 10… |
Mayor swears-in Board President Lawrence Wong,
CAPTION: In photo at left above, Lawrence Wong, Esq., receives the oath of office as President of the Board of Trustees for the San Francisco Community College District (City College of San Francisco) from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on April 10. It is the fourth time that Wong has been elected by his fellow Trustees to serve as President of the Board. San Francisco voters first elected Wong to the Board in 1994 and re-elected him in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Wong was born and raised in San Francisco. He was educated in the city’s public school system and is a graduate of City College of San Francisco, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Santa Clara School of Law. In photo at right above, Mayor Newsom administers the oath to Dr. Natalie Berg as Vice President of the Board of Trustees (see biographical information in story below). Wong and Berg will serve throughout 2008. Community welcomes Dr. Don Q. Griffin as Interim Chancellor
CAPTION: Dr. Don Q. Griffin acknowledges his selection as
Interim Chancellor of City College of San Francisco and welcomes participants
to the dedication ceremony for the Community Health and New Community Health and
CAPTION: Also on April 10 was the cutting of the ribbon at
the dedication ceremony for the new Health and
CAPTION: Mayor Gavin Newsom (left at podium) presented on
April 10 a recognition of achievement award to Head
Coach George Rush and the members of his 2007 Rams Football Team which was
named the US Community College Championship Team. |
| Dr. Anita Grier reelected to CCCT Board |
Dr.
Anita Grier has been reelected to the California Community College Trustees
Board of the Community College League of California for a fourth two-year term.
The 21-member board of directors is elected by the 27 local governing boards.
Action is taken at board meetings on education policy issues before the state
Board of Governors and the Legislature. Policy direction also is provided to
staff concerning statewide educational policy, research initiatives,
publications, workshops and conferences. The CCCT Board meets quarterly in |
| Board VP Dr. Natalie Berg one of Business Times' "100 Most Influential Women in Business" for the third time |
Dr.
Natalie Berg, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of City College, has been
honored by the San Francisco Business Times for the third year as one of “The
100 Most Influential Women in Business.” Dr. Berg received her award June 3 at
a special dinner at the Hilton San Francisco. The announcement appeared in the
April 11 issue of the San Francisco Business Times. Nominations are submitted by their peers and
others who have judged these women as outstanding leaders and role models with
a wide range of influence. Her professional affiliations include the American
Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges, Fisher School of
Business (UCB) Policy Advisory Board, and Lambda Alpha International, an
honorary land use association. Dr. Berg is Vice President of Jewish Vocational
Services, President of the Market Street Association, and a member of the Board
of Governors of the Commonwealth Club. She is a member of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood
Association. Trustees approve Chinatown/North Beach campus design
CAPTION:
The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Community College District (City College of San Francisco) approved this design for the 14-story portion of the new Chinatown/North Beach Campus. The action was taken at the Board’s April 24 meeting. An additional four-story building to house an auditorium as well as a culinary arts program, will be an agenda item at the July 10 Board meeting. Bond funding for the construction of the new campus was approved by San Francisco voters in 2001 and 2005.
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| Trustee Rodel Rodis, Chancellor Don Q. Griffin, administrators brief press on City College budget cuts |
CAPTION:
Rodel E. Rodis (right, above) of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees, listens while Dr. Don Q. Griffin (standing), Interim Chancellor, briefs members of the neighborhood and ethnic press about the proposed budget cuts to City College (see Chancellor Griffin’s message above). Pictured at the head table (from left) are Juan Gonzales, Chair of the Journalism Department; Peter Goldstein, Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration; Dr. Griffin; Leslie Smith, Associate Vice Chancellor of Governmental Relations; Martha Lucey, Dean, Office of Marketing and Public Information; and Rodis. Attendees at the May 9 press conference held in the new Community Health and Wellness Center included representatives of Asian Journal, Asian Week, El Mensajero, Philippine News, Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, Sing Tao Daily, West Portal Monthly, Ming Pao, World Journal, Castro Courier, Central City Extra, El Tecolote, Mission Dispatch and San Francisco Bay View.
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| Chronicle of Higher Education lauds City College's achievements |
The Chronicle of
Higher Education wrote in its |
| First annual scholarship day May 14 at Mission Campus |
CAPTION:
The Mexican Consulate in San Francisco provided $200 scholarships for 70 Latino students enrolled in transitional studies classes at the Mission Campus. Consul General Carlos Félix Coronado presented the awards and was the keynote speaker at the first of what will become an annual scholarship award ceremony. Pictured in the center above are (from left) Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Dr. Alice Murillo, Consul General Coronado, Dean of Mission Campus Dr. Carlota del Portillo, and City College Trustee Julio J. Ramos, Esq. Raul Montemayor, Treasurer of the Latino Education Association (LEA) presented the LEA scholarships which ranged from $250 to $1000 and were awarded to 10 students enrolled in credit and noncredit courses. After the ceremony the students and their families had an opportunity to socialize and enjoy light refreshments provided by El Café de la Misión.
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| SFFD Chief Joanne Hayes-White keynoter at CCSF Graduation 2008 |
CAPTION:
Posing for an official portrait prior to the start of the 2008 Commencement Ceremony in the Nob Hill Masonic Center on May 23 are (from left, above), Student Trustee Diana class=SpellE>Muñoz-Villanueva, Trustee Milton Marks, Board Vice President Dr. Natalie Berg, Trustee Dr. Anita Grier, Trustee class=SpellE>Rodel E. Rodis, San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White (keynote speaker), Chancellor Dr. Don Q. Griffin, Inee Ico (student speaker), Board President Lawrence Wong, Esq., and Trustee Julio J. Ramos, Esq. More than 400 graduates participated in the ceremony.
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| Sustainability Plan promises 'green' throughout College |
• A new Green
Career Internship Program began at the Southeast Campus of City College in the
Spring and is continuing this Summer, said Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt,
Dean. •
An environmental advocacy course is offered at the Evans Campus through the
Labor Studies Dept. •
9 tons of e-waste was collected by the CCSF recycling department during an
Earth Day event April 22 and 23. Drop off was free in order to provide a
convenient location for students, staff, faculty and administrators to dispose
of and ensure that their personal electronic wastes are safely and responsibly
recycled. Electronic items accepted included computers, monitors, computer
components, fax machines, copiers, cell phones, VCRs, telephone equipment,
televisions, DVDs, CDs, batteries and toner cartridges. Update on the Basic Skills
Initiative College
begins instant messaging |
| Recognition of Accomplishments |
Dr. Mark Robinson appointed Vice Chancellor Student Development Mark
D. Robinson, Ph.D., was selected May 22nd by the Board of Trustees to be the
Vice Chancellor of Student Development for City College of San Francisco,
beginning Dr.
Robinson recently was named the recipient of an American Council on Education
(ACE) fellowship for 2008–09. Dr. Robinson has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
from Bolton Institute, as well as a Ph.D. from Dean
Linda Squires Grohe Champion of Health Professions
Diversity
CAPTION: Linda Squires Grohe,
Dean of the
Joanne Low named Associate Vice ChancellorJoanne
Low, a member of the Dr. Bob Gabriner, Dr. Bruce Smith
and Pam Mery honored for research Dr. Robert S. Gabriner,
Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement, along with colleagues Dr. Bruce
Smith, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, and Pam Mery,
Researcher, have earned the prestigious ACCCA Mertes
award for their work in the Center for Student Success, the research and
evaluation arm of the Research and Planning Group for California Community
Colleges (RP Group). In addition, RP Group gave its “Award for Excellence in
Research” and the “Award for Excellence in Planning” to the Center for Student
Success — the first time both awards have gone to the same recipient. The Mertes award from ACCCA was made based on the Center’s
study of successful basic skills practices. The award acknowledges significant
contributions to the understanding of the effectiveness of community colleges
and higher education. “This was an unprecedented collaboration that brought together researchers, college faculty, classified staff, administrative leaders and the Academic Senate to produce the document Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges,” said Dr. Gabriner, who serves as director of the Center for Student Success. Professor Sara Peterson’s teaching recognized by peersSara
Peterson, faculty member of the Mathematics Department was awarded the
prestigious “Excellence in Teaching Award” by the California Mathematics
Council, Community Colleges at the Council’s Northern California Conference in “Sara
earned a BA from “Five
years ago, Sara returned to her real love, teaching mathematics, when she
joined the faculty of CCSF. She teaches the full range of courses with a
personal emphasis on helping students who have had little previous success in
mathematics,” Piontkowski said. Trinity
Ordona one of 20 most influential Lesbian Professors Trinity
Ordona of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
Studies Department — one of the few such departments in the world — has been honored in
the March issue of curve magazine as
one of the “20 Most Influential Lesbian Professors.” The article notes: “not
many lesbian academics can claim that they are ordained ministers (in the
Church of Natural Grace), cult survivors and teachers of self-healing through
meditation and guided imagery. An instructor at several Bay Area colleges with
accessible admission policies and affordable tuition, such as City College of
San Francisco, Ordona is a longtime activist for
civil rights and queer rights, and has long-standing memberships in various
organizations for Asian Pacific Islander women. She has contributed to many
anthologies and exhibits about Asian Pacific Islander women, and is the author of Coming Out Together: An Ethnohistory of the Asian and Pacific Islander Queer
Women’s and Transgendered People’s Movement of San
Francisco. Ordona is also the former associate
director of the
Lauren Muller co-edits anthology of fiction by Native American women Lauren
Muller of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department faculty is co-editor of a
newly released anthology from Oxford University Press titled Reckonings: Contemporary Short Fiction by
Native American Women.
Mayor Newsom, Board of Supervisors honor Professor Terry Bloom on her birthday Harriet
“Terry” Bloom who teaches part time in the Older
Adults Department, was honored recently at a gala luncheon in honor of her 75th
birthday. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared Alumna Cara Black contributes to redroom.com
alumna Cara Black, local mystery writer, was mentioned in the January 8 issue
of the San Francisco Chronicle as a
contributor to the new literary discussion site redroom.com. Black took
advanced acting in Fall 2007 from Susan Jackson.
Black’s books deal with a French detective, Aimée
Leduc, and feature distinctive locations in Dr. Jack Wilde educates federal workers about disabilities
Dr. Jack Wilde, DSPS Counselor and
Instructor, recently gave a speech about his text, The Disability Journey: The Bridge from
Awareness to Action, published by iUniverse.
Wilde gave a two-hour presentation to federal employees invited by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission and detailed excerpts of his book that tells
stories from 30 years of work in disabilities. Wilde reflected on his roles
with the United Nations comparing disability laws, his position as a DSPS
counselor and instructor for student with disabilities, and his current
research project in
Speech team wins gold at national tournament Capping
a successful year, the Ram Speech and Debate Program returned home from the The
team of Alex Krakow and Kareem Saber secured the best preliminary record by
winning 5 out of 6 debates. Sarah Hamid and Yasir Khan went 4-2. Hamid also
advanced to the elimination bracket in Lincoln Douglas debate where she debated
the merits of developmental assistance to the Greater Horn of Africa. “I’m
so proud to see The
team is equally proud of Cynthia. Dewar was elected for a second term as Phi Rho Pi President. Phi Rho Pi
organizes national community college forensics participation and its officers
administer the largest forensics tournament in the nation. |
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