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Learning the FUNdamentals

Hosted by Cougar Athletics
and organized by Special
Olympics Southern California
and the Los Angeles Rams,
the FUNdamentals Football
Camp and “Punt, Pass, Kick”
Challenge brought more than
50 Special Olympics athletes
to Cougar Stadium to learn the
fundamentals of football from
COC football players and L.A.
Rams representatives.
Fostering Civic
Engagement
Across the
Disciplines

COC hosted the inaugural Cali-
fornia Community Colleges Civic
Engagement Summit. Keynote
speaker Thomas Ehrlich spoke on
the gap between civic engage-
ment and political involvement.
The conference addressed strat-
egies to increase voter partic- WOMEN’S
ipation, civic knowledge and
community volunteerism. CONFERENCE
HELPING LEGENDS ON CAMPUS SELLS OUT
ELEMENTARY The 2018 College of the
SCHOOLS Football Coach Ted Iacenda rier, Doug Flutie, Tony Dorsett, Canyons Women’s Conference
was a sold-out affair as keynote
and several players got to rub Herschel Walker, Desmond
INTEGRATE shoulders with seven former Howard, and Eddie George, who speakers from Boston Scientific
NEW SCIENCE Heisman Trophy winners, includ- were on campus filming a Nissan spoke on the topic of “Making
the Most of Your Life.”
ing Marcus Allen, Steve Spur- commercial in Cougar Stadium.
STANDARDS
Teachers from Castaic, Saugus College2
and Sulphur Springs school Career Day
districts attended a three-day
training on Next Generation Approximately 1,000 people
Science Standards with Teresa learned about the wide variety
Ciardi, chair of the Earth, Space of career paths and programs
& Environmental Sciences offered by College of the
Department, and Amy Foote, Canyons at College2Career Day.
director of Math Engineering
Science Achievement (MESA).
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Wendy Ruiz Nicole Faudree
2018 FOUNDER’S Department Chair, Paralegal Studies
FAMILY VISION AWARD 2017 PRO BONO AWARD
SCVi Charter School L.A. Paralegal Association

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