Here's a video montage of the annual chili cook-off at Grossmont College. The three-peat winner was Ken Emmons, who also won for best vegetarian chili. Michael Perez and Ernie Ewin tied for best meat chili. And the best spicy chili came from Grossmont College president Sunny Cooke!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Chili cook-off at Grossmont College
Here's a video montage of the annual chili cook-off at Grossmont College. The three-peat winner was Ken Emmons, who also won for best vegetarian chili. Michael Perez and Ernie Ewin tied for best meat chili. And the best spicy chili came from Grossmont College president Sunny Cooke!
College district offers lighting systems training program
With help from San Diego Gas and Electric, the
Continuing Education and Workforce Training program based at Cuyamaca
College is offering free training for installing and maintaining
energy-efficient lighting systems.
The
California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program, a 50-hour training
program for state-certified general electricians, is scheduled for 5-9 p.m.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Jan. 15-Feb. 20, 2014, at SDG&E’s Energy
Innovation Center at 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. in San Diego.
The
training program is a statewide initiative aimed at increasing the use of
energy-saving advanced lighting controls in commercial buildings and industrial
facilities. Building and facility owners whose electricians and contractors
complete the training are eligible for utility rebates and other
incentives. The program represents a broad partnership between utility
companies, manufacturers, electricians, contractors and select community
colleges.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Grossmont College nursing students pinned amid drive for 4-year degrees
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Esther Sanchez speaks at the Grossmont College nursing pinning ceremony held at Cuyamaca College |
Thirty Grossmont College nursing students were welcomed into
the profession in a traditional pinning ceremony on December 11, as efforts are
underway in California to allow community colleges to grant four-year degrees
in high-demand workforce fields such as nursing.
Associated degree nurses are registered nurses qualified to work in hospitals. Once the associate degree graduates have passed their national licensure examination they will become registered nurses, and are qualified to work at hospitals. However, not all positions will be open to them unless they go onto four-year colleges to obtain a bachelor of science-nursing degree. Many hospitals in metropolitan San Diego are magnet hospitals, which seeks to hire a certain percentage of their nursing staff with at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
“The community college movement toward technical baccalaureates is a practical cost-effective answer to critical workforce needs. We are eager to answer that call,” said Cindy L. Miles, chancellor of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District.
Associated degree nurses are registered nurses qualified to work in hospitals. Once the associate degree graduates have passed their national licensure examination they will become registered nurses, and are qualified to work at hospitals. However, not all positions will be open to them unless they go onto four-year colleges to obtain a bachelor of science-nursing degree. Many hospitals in metropolitan San Diego are magnet hospitals, which seeks to hire a certain percentage of their nursing staff with at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
“The community college movement toward technical baccalaureates is a practical cost-effective answer to critical workforce needs. We are eager to answer that call,” said Cindy L. Miles, chancellor of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Chris Hill named as a senior dean at Grossmont College
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Chris Hill |
Chris Hill, a faculty member at
Grossmont College for 11 years, has been named senior dean of college planning
and institutional effectiveness.
In her new position, Hill will help
to devise strategies to enable the college to meet goals such as increasing its
outreach to underserved communities; assuring that students have the necessary
support to complete their studies; and developing grant applications and budget
analyses to support these efforts.
Hill has worn many hats since she
began working as a geology instructor at Grossmont College in 2002. In 2007,
she was elected as president of the college’s Academic Senate. Hill began a
second two-year Academic Senate term in 2009, but before it was completed, she
was tapped by the college to serve for a semester as its interim dean of Math,
Natural Science, Exercise and Wellness.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Governing Board officers elected for 2014
The
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Governing Board has unanimously
selected Bill Garrett to serve a seventh straight year as president,
while Edwin Hiel and Debbie Justeson were re-elected to serve their second
terms as fellow board officers for 2014.
Garrett
has served since 2008 as board president for the East County district. Fellow
board members also elected Hiel as vice president and Justeson as board clerk,
posts they had held this year. The district serves about 30,000 students at
Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges, in addition to the district’s Continuing
Education and Workforce Training program.
Garrett
praised the Governing Board for its cohesiveness and its excellent service to
constituents. He added that much has been accomplished by the district under
the leadership of Chancellor Cindy L. Miles. A revamp of the district’s
public safety program, the re-staffing of key positions, and an extensive
effort to bring back classes and students lost during the state budget crisis
are just a few of the challenges undertaken during the course of the
year.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Cuyamaca College holds bone marrow drive for automotive instructor
It was his conquest over
cancer the first time around and a changed perspective that led longtime
mechanic Jake Konen to a new career teaching at Cuyamaca College.
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From left, Jake Konen's son Josh; daughter-in-law Veronica Gehrich; Be the Match representative Janet Higgens and Cuyamaca College President Mark Zacovic |
Four
years after he beat non-Hodgkins lymphoma, cancer has returned to wage another
war, this time in the form of acute leukemia. And Konen is determined to once
again prevail.
On
Thursday, while he was at the hospital with Tina, his wife of 22 years, his
sons and other family members were at Cuyamaca, taking part in a donor registry
drive the college sponsored on his behalf. The six-hour event netted 34 people
who swabbed their cheeks for cell samples and signed up for a national registry
-- a commitment until age 61 to donate stem cells or bone marrow to any
patient with whom they’re found to be a match.
“It
was a great drive – it only takes one match to potentially save a life,” said
Janet Higgens, community outreach specialist with Be the Match, the largest
registry of potential marrow donors in the world.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Community college leaders endorse proposal for 4-year degrees
A proposal that would enable
community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees in selected majors with high
workforce demands has been endorsed by the leaders of the nine community
colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties.
On December 2, the chief executive
officers of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Association
(SDICCCA) voted unanimously to endorse the concept. SDICCCA members include all of the region’s
community colleges and community college districts.
“Our local community colleges excel
at preparing students to enter the workforce in career technical fields such as
nursing and allied health,” said Dr. Melinda Nish, president of the San
Diego and Imperial Counties Community Colleges Association and
superintendent/president of Southwestern College. “This proposal would enable
community colleges to grant four-year degrees in similar fields. It’s time for California to join this
national movement and address our local workforce and student needs.”
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Winter Wonder Jam music fest at Cuyamaca College
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Lyrical Groove |
If home-grown
music is your thing, then the place to be this Friday night is the Cuyamaca
College Performing Arts Theater, the venue for the always eclectic and
entertaining Winter Wonder Jam, produced by students in the college’s Music
Industry program.
Set for 7-10 p.m.
Dec. 6, concert-goers will be treated to music ranging from rock, pop, jazz,
acoustic and hip- hop.
Headlining this
year’s show is the genre-defying group, Lyrical Groove, a 2013 San Diego Music
Award winner for best hip-hop artists. Sharing the Cuyamaca stage will be the
heavy metal sounds of It All Starts Here; the electronica band, D.L.O.D.
(Digital Lizards of Doom) and rock/jazz instrumentalist Jay Williams.
Admission to the
annual event is three cans of food to be donated to the San Diego Food Bank or
$5.
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