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Celebrating Mother’s Day 2023 with Hummingbirds

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers. I hope you have an enjoyable and restful weekend. Check out this 23-sec video of a hummingbird from Sunday  morning in the garden when I was having my morning coffee on the porch. My mom loved hummingbirds. Mom, this is for you! This week, Chancellor Emeritus Tom …

Teaching and Learning Exchange (TALE) at Kern CCD

TALEFEST 2023 Last week, Kern Community College District hosted the inaugural KernCCD TALEFEST. The Teaching-and Learning Exchange Festival was created to celebrate and support Kern CCD educators through the sharing of teaching-and-learning stories and the discussion of strategic new directions in a festive, positive environment showcasing achievement and innovation, peer-learning opportunities, and building district-wide mutual …

KCCD – Districtwide collaboration and fellowship

Like many of you, last Sunday I tuned in for Super Bowl LVII. What a game. I particularly tune in for the performances …. so here they are for you once again ….. sit back and enjoy! Check out these videos on the NFL’s YouTube channel: Lift Every Voice and Sing performed by Sheryl Lee …

Kern CCD starting the holiday season

As we wrap up the semester – and the year – we have had some wonderful opportunities to gather with colleagues across the district. On December 6th and 7th we had our Chancellor’s Winter Retreat which included Chancellor’s Cabinet and other administrators across the district.  We heard presentations on Early College, Rising Scholars, Supplemental, Adult …

The wisdom of ‘love thy neighbor’

Sep 24th …. beautiful morning as I walked Neo. The moon was a tiny but bright sliver; the air was soft in the predawn hours. Yesterday, I had the Laver Cup doubles match on in the background while I did my zoom meetings, where Federer and Nadel teamed up for Federer’s last match as he …