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Sonya Christian
Here is the November 11, 2014 Renegade Roundup.
The fall semester is rolling along, and with the milder weather finally descending on the campus, students are out and about everywhere, everyday! Five more weeks to the end of the term.
Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)
Last year BC geared up aggressively with the development of the Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs). There was significant work put into this development by the instructional departments (chairs and lead faculty) as well as the curriculum committee. Thank you!
You will be happy to see the results. BC has one of the highest number (21) of ADTs in the state with Moorpark leading at 23. See bar graph below that Janet Fulks sent me a few weeks ago. If you enlarge the graph, you will be able to see all 112 colleges.
As of the end of October, Bakersfield College had 21 AS-T or AA-T degrees approved. A catalog addendum has been posted online containing the newest degrees. What are Bakersfield College’s 21 Associate Degrees for Transfer? Anthropology, Communication Studies, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Studio Arts, English, Music, Theatre Arts, History, Journalism, Political Science, Administration of Justice, Business Administration, Kinesiology, Spanish, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Economics.
Number of CCCCO Approved AS-T and AA-T Degrees October 2014
Learn@BC!
Learn@BC!
Institutional Learning Outcomes Conference
If you haven’t yet reserved your spot, you should. On November 17, Bakersfield College will host Effecting Positive Change: Learning Outcomes 2014. As we all know, the national conversation has centered on completion—how many students have completed a certificate or degree. Join us as we bring in nationally-recognized speakers and work to shift the conversation from quantity to quality, now. Faculty, consider an alternative assignment so that you can join us, and staff, work with your supervisor to arrange your attendance. Register online.
Amber Chiang and Chris Counts
Title IX and Clery Act Symposium
Bakersfield College’s most recent Learn@BC! event was the Title IX and Clery Act Symposium in mid-October. Chief Chris Counts and Amber Chiang, our resident emergency notification team, helped colleagues from across the district better understand the aspects of the Clery Act, particularly when it comes to crime reporting, and the college’s emergency notification process. Then, the pair took the discussion to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which boosted the reporting requirements for crimes of a certain nature on college campuses.
Counts and Chiang had a few key points they want us to remember:
- The college sends out Timely Warnings when an ongoing threat is present, or in relation to crimes of a certain nature. In addition, in the hope of protecting students and employees, Timely Warnings can be sent without good information, or before all victim/witness interviews have taken place.
- Emergency notifications, evacuations, and drills are to be taken seriously and all students and non-essential personnel must abide the emergency orders.
- If you see something, say something.
Chiang and Counts were followed up by two guests from the Office of Civil Rights: attorney Michael Chang and law investigator Ava DeAlmeida, who discussed Title IX in depth for our audience. They detailed sexual harassment, and explained the differences so that attendees could better understand how “yes means yes” is treated on a college campus. Chang and DeAlmeida went on to discuss the college’s role in preventing future sexual harassment, and the efforts the college can make to keep students safe when they are on campus.
You can find the two presentations, photos, the video of the symposium and more on the Learn@BC! website. If you weren’t able to join us, I encourage you to go view the materials so that you, too, will have a better understanding of these two laws and how they affect Bakersfield College.
Community Outreach Efforts
Over the last year, BC has hosted several conversations with our community leaders about student success and closing the achievement gap. Through the Renegade Scorecard we have been able to provide our community partners with important pieces of information regarding the academic performance of our students and collaborate on potential partnership solutions to raise performance levels. On October 15th, we invited Latino leaders to campus for a breakfast conversation to discuss academic achievement for our Latino student population.
Pipeline Proportionality Index: Hispanic
The pipeline proportionality index created by Lisa Fitzgerald, one of our Institutional Researchers, shows that our Hispanic students are disproportionately impacted in 8 out of the 9 indicators. See bar graph.
Their performance is below the proportionality index in the categories of: (i) transfer (ii) transfer prepared (iii) degree/certificate completion (iv) 30-unit milestone (v) persistence (vi) remedial math progress (vii) remedial English progress (viii) course success.
The Latino Community Leaders breakfast was organized by Corny Rodriguez and his team—Lisa Kent, Victor Diaz and Joanna Acosta. If you would like to know more about what we discussed, you can see the presentations and remarks as well as photos commemorating the morning’s activities at
https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/president/latino-community-leaders-breakfast
Professional Development Workshops
Your Professional Development Committee, led by Todd Coston, Judy Ahl, and John Giertz has been hard at work improving usability of the workshops website. To make it easier for you to see the available workshops, just visit https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/president/deans-administrators – you’ll still need to go to the Employee tab on InsideBC to sign up, but with this page, you’ll be able to see the upcoming offerings at a glance. Good work, team!
Direct from Delano to Panorama Campus
Delano Area Rapid Transit has announced a Bakersfield Express bus that is coming to Bakersfield College. The bus leaves Delano three times during the day, and the fare is only $2.50! Check out the full information embedded here, and feel free to share with interested students.
Newest Roughneck Review Out Now
Bakersfield College is a place of scholarship and learning, and the best way to see all the good work our students do is through the Roughneck Review, Bakersfield College’s online journal. The just-released Fall 2014 issue contains some terrific artwork from art professor Andrew Borrega’s art classes, as well as essays on topics ranging from utopian/dystopian literature to perspectives about the American Dream from our country’s Dreamer population. See more amazing work from our own Bakersfield College students on the Roughneck Review website.
Mark your calendars
It is a busy time of year here at Bakersfield College. Mark your calendars and join us for as many of these events as you possibly can. All the events happening on campus are posted online.
November 15th, Saturday: Final Football Game of the Year at 4:00 p.m. in the Memorial Stadium
November 17th, Monday: Learn@BC! Conf. on Learning Outcomes. All day at the Indoor Theater.
November 19th, Wednesday: Volleyball at 6:00 p.m. in the gym
November 20th, Thursday: International. Around the World in 40 minutes. 12:15 to 12:55 @ SPArC
November 14th, Monday: Jazz Emsemble Fall Concert at 7:30 in the Indoor Theater
November 27th and 28th: College Closed for Thanksgiving
December 6th, Saturday: Culinary and Choral at the Indoor Theater
December 11th, Thursday: Planetarium Show. Season of Lights at 7:00 p.m.
Winter Closure – December 24, 2014 – January 5, 2015
January 14, 2015: Spring 2015 Opening Day at Delano Campus
May 6th, Wednesday: Chicano/Latino Commencement
May 7th, Thursday: Honors Reception
May 8th, Friday: Closing Day
May 15th, Saturday: Commencement
That’s all for now….. Until next time.
With Renegade pride and collegiality,
sonya
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