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Scholarly A Textbook
Presentations Run Approach to

Hot & Cold Savings
Geography Department Chair The college hosted an OER
Mary Bates presented the Summit to promote collabora-
fall 2016 Scholarly Presen- tion of educational resources
tation “Ice Age California,” among 28 California higher
which highlighted how the education institutions. OERs,
Ice Age modified Califor- or Open Educational Resourc-
nia’s coastline, created lakes es, are teaching and learning
Four Stars
within deserts, reshaped materials released in the public
mountains, and provided domain or under an intellectual
Four career education pro-
an environment for several property license as a no-cost
grams were named Workforce
now-extinct large mammals. alternative to commercial
Flying Higher Anthropology professor Dr. Stars by the state Chancellor’s textbooks. The summit drew
Laurie Solis delivered the Office: Emergency Medical administrators, faculty, staff
For the second year running, Technician, Administration of
spring 2017 Scholarly Pre- and students from throughout
NASA selected a team of COC Justice, Fire Technology and
sentation “Tataviam: People California.
students for the High-Altitude Water Technology. The new an-
Who Face the Sun,” based
Student Platform program, nual commendation is awarded
on her published book of
where the team designed and to workforce training programs
the same title. The Tataviam
built an experiment to collect that help students enter careers
were a Native American group
cosmic dust particles in the that match their field of study,
living in the northern San
upper stratosphere launched or increase their pay.
Fernando, Santa Clarita, and
aboard a high-altitude southern Antelope valleys.
science balloon.
Learn & Earn
In partnership with AMS Ful-
fillment, the college launched
California’s first apprentice- Accreditation Approved
ship program to train students The college received approval the Accrediting Commission’s
in logistics, a fast-growing of its mid-term accreditation, confidence in the college’s
industry in the region. plus a two-year extension operations, outcomes, leader-
on submitting its next self- ship, and governance.
study report, which reflects
The Power of
a Promise All Grown Up

With a $750,000 grant from
The college’s Center for
the state Chancellor’s Office,
Early Childhood Education
COC launched First-Year
celebrated its 35th anniversary
Promise, which provides
of caring for young children
a free year of college and
and preparing students for
extensive academic support
careers in the field.
services for up to 300 new
We’ve Got It Made full-time students enrolled for
the 2017-18 academic year.
The state Chancellor’s Office
selected College of the Can-
yons as one of 24 community A Tradition of Service
colleges statewide to join the
Maker Initiative. The program More than 40 Cougars said
includes a renewable $311,432 goodbye to College of the
grant that will expand offerings Canyons, as a wave of long-
at the MakerSpaces on both time employees retired this year,
campuses. Open to the com- including Biology Professor Don
munity, the MakerSpaces pro- Takeda who announced he was
vide technology, manufacturing leaving the classroom after 45
equipment, and instruction to years of teaching.
help users design, prototype,
and build manufactured items.

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