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to present at the prestigious Honors Transfer Council of California
(HTCC) Research Conference. In addition, COC’s chapter was
named one of PTK’s Top 100 Chapters in the world. Students
Elise Levy, George Park and Enrique Ybarra were honored for their
academic and extracurricular activities during the All-California
Academic Team Awards ceremony. For the first time in college
history, COC was represented at the annual Honors Transfer Council
of California Research Conference with three student presenters,
Savannah Macias, Anthony Tashjian and Lisa Tenorio, selected to
deliver 12-minute presentations.
Softball Team Catches Statewide Academic Honor
The softball team was named the 2015 California Community
College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Scholar Team Award winner.
The highest academic team achievement given annually by the
CCCAA, the award emphasizes the academic achievement of all
members of one specific team. To be eligible, team members must
have earned a total GPA of 3.0 or higher, and the team also must
have excelled in athletic competition. The 2015 COC softball team
posted a combined GPA of 3.24, and with their 28-12-1 record, they
ended the season ranked No. 10 in the state.
Partnership Promotes Free Textbooks
College of the Canyons was selected to partner with OpenStax
to increase the use of free textbooks to help make college more
affordable for all students. COC was one of 11 institutions from
across the U.S. chosen to receive support from OpenStax to
help implement widespread use of Open Educational Resources
(OER). OpenStax provides free textbooks that are developed and
peer-reviewed by educators to ensure readability, accuracy and
adherence to scope and sequence requirements of introductory
college courses. The rigorous application process highlighted COC’s
willingness to drive adoption of OER — publicly available learning
materials that are a no-cost alternative to traditional textbooks.

Phi Theta Kappa Classified Senate Softball

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