Solano Community College (SCC) is celebrating the graduation of its 95th Fire Academy, graduating 19 cadets on Friday, May 15, 2015, at the SCC Vacaville Center. The ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00 pm. The College’s Fire Fighter I Academy has a 99% graduation rate. Cadets must complete a one year internship prior to being hired for a fire department. Richard MacKenzie, SCC Academy Administrator/Fire Instructor commented, “The Fire Fighter I Academy prepares cadets for careers in Fire Rescue. I, along with Chief Curt Henke, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department (Retired), and Chief Steve Vucurevich, Benicia Fire Department (Retired), are graduates of the SCC Fire Academy. The program has been revamped with an increase in required hours, in addition, the course content meet state requirements to become a Fire Fighter. This academy makes the students more marketable and prepared to enter the field. I am proud to be a graduate of the program and thirty plus years later come full circle to teach and mentor cadets!”
For more information about the Fire Fighter I Academy please contact Richard MacKenzie at Richard.Mackenzie@solano.edu or 707.863.7872, Ext. 5516.
The Solano Falcons Softball Team have clinched their 10th consecutive Bay Valley Conference (BVC) championship. The team finished the season 20-0 in the BVC, and this is the second time that Coach Terri Pearson-Bloom has coached the team to an undefeated conference season. The Falcons overall record is 33-7 and they are currently ranked #6 in Northern California.
The June meeting of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) is scheduled for June 3-5, 2015 and will be held at the Hilton Oakland Airport. The Public Session will be held June 5th beginning at 1:15 pm. It is open to members of the public; there will be approximately 20 seats available. The Commission has scheduled 15 minutes for public comment. individuals will be asked to provide their name, organizational affiliation, and the subject of their comments when they sign the roster for public comment.
Preliminary Public Session Agenda
June 5, 2015
1:15 pm
1. Chair’s Welcome and Opening – Steven Kinsella
2. Public Comment
3. Staff Reports
- President – Barbara Beno
- Vice President – Susan B. Clifford
- Vice President – Krista Johns
- Vice President – Jack Pond
-Associate Vice President – Norval Wellsfry
-2015 Report on the Annual Fiscal Reports
4. Policy Committee – Raul Rodriguez
-First Reading Policies (Note: The Policy Committee has not yet met to forward First Reading materials for Commission Review. This section of the preliminary agenda will be updated in early May)
-Second Reading Policies and Organizational Documents
a. Policy on Substantive Change.
b. Policy on Closing an Institution
c. Policy on Evaluation of Institutions in Multi-College/Multi-Unit Districts or Systems
d. Policy on Commission Good Practice in Relations with Member Institutions
e. Policy on Eligibility to Apply for Accredited Status
f. Policy on Commission Actions on Institutions
-Report on Changes to Organization Policies and Documents
a. Policy on Access to Commission Meetings
b. ACCJC Bylaws
5. Operations
-ACCJC Operations Report – Frank Gornick
a. Budget and Personnel Committee Report
6. Commission Election Process
a. Nominating Committee Report
b. Election Report
7. Agency Relations
-Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions Report (CRAC) – Barbara Beno
-Council for Higher Education Report (CHEA) – Barbara Beno
-WASC – Schools Commission – Sharon Loucks (Fred Van Leuven)
-WASC/Senior Colleges and Universities – Eleanor Siebert (Mary Ellen Petrisko)
-California Community Colleges Report – Erik Skinner
-Hawai’i Colleges Report – John Morton
-Western Pacific Colleges Report – Mary Okada
Calendar
-ACCJC Commission Meeting: January 7-9, 2016, Sacramento
-Substantive Change Committee Meetings – November 4, 2015; February 29 and May 3, 2016
Teaching skills to a hungry workforce: EBMUD partners with community colleges to increase local job opportunities
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Article from California Special District Jan-Feb 2013
It’s that time of year again! You know, where you submit to your favorite literary magazine: Suisun Valley Review!
Much like bears, squirrels, other woodland beasts, and tortoises, SVR’s editor committee takes a break about accepting and reviewing submissions until the spring. But with the arrival of Solano Community College’s spring semester, so comes the arrival of this year’s batch of editors! We’re all super jazzed to get to work on reviewing submissions, and are very likely to jump right into that in the following weeks. Until then, submit!
Submissions are open to anyone, SCC student or not!, until March 31st, 2013! For more information, please visit http://suisunvalleyreview.blogspot.com/
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