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Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook
Chancellor

“Change is the

end result of all
If you haven’t visited the MakerSpace at College of the
Canyons, you’re missing one of the most inspiring places
on campus. Using the array of tools and equipment, and true learning”
drawing on the expertise of the creative staff, our students,
employees, and local community members bring their
ideas to reality. - Leo Buscaglia

The MakerSpace is a playground for the mind, a place
where possibilities are not limited by what has already
been created before. Instead, it is somewhere that gives
birth to possibilities. By working to figure things out,
makers discover new ways of seeing things, find innovative
ways to move forward, and often emerge with something
even better than what they imagined.

In that sense, the MakerSpace serves as a metaphor
for College of the Canyons. Our college is a place of
possibilities – one where students can access the tools they
need to take their idea of the future and make it reality.
They can become what they imagine themselves to be,
with hundreds of faculty, staff, and administrators eager to
support their efforts.

We serve more than 32,000 different students every year,
and each student brings with them their own definition
of success. The variations in their imagined futures are
as numerous as they are. Each student is on a personal
journey to success, and the path taken to reach their varied
goals will be different for each, as will their promises to
themselves.

Enhancing and expanding those pathways to opportunity
has been our focus this year. And looking back at what
we accomplished, I feel immense pride in the results
we achieved through the collaboration of our team –
administrators, classified staff, faculty and those who
support us. It is through this collective effort that we make
a real impact in the lives of our students.
The Power of a Promise
That is particularly true when it comes to improving

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