FAIRFIELD, CA, OCTOBER 10, 2012: Solano Community College’s Cosmetology Department is hosting a Locks of Love event and asks the community to come out and support the cause! The event will benefit the non-profit organization, Locks of Love, in providing recipients with a custom, vacuum-fitted hairpiece (does not require tape or glue) made entirely from donated human hair. The majority of Locks of Love applicants suffer from an autoimmune condition called Alopecia Aerate. There is no known cause or cure for the condition. Many other recipients have suffered severe burns or injuries, endured radiation treatment to the brain stem, or other dermatological conditions that result in permanent hair loss. The Locks of Love donation event will take place on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Fairfield campus, Cosmetology Department, Bldg. 1600, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Donation requirements are as follows:
• You must be willing to have your hair cut a minimum of 6 inches.
• Your hair cannot be bleached (permed/dyed hair is okay).
If you do not meet the hair donation requirements, but would like to support the cause, the SCC Cosmetology students are accepting cash donations in exchange for a haircut. Bring your family and friends out to make a difference in a child’s life!
For additional information about the event, please contact Cheryl McDonald at Cheryl.mcdonald@solano.edu or 707.864.7000, ext.4389.
About Locks of Love:
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 who suffer from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. The organization meets a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics.
Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called Alopecia Areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers. For more information, please visit www.locksoflove.org.\
About Solano Community College:
The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is currently serving over 20,000 students throughout the academic year.
In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville, and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base, and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.
Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to CSU and UC, and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us at www.solano.edu.
FAIRFIELD, CA, OCTOBER 8, 2012: Solano Community College (SCC) is working diligently to satisfy our students’ needs for more class offerings. SCC will add more classes to its Spring 2013 schedule at the Vacaville, Vallejo, and Fairfield locations. The two centers, Vacaville and Vallejo, will offer more classes than ever before to accommodate the students who live in these areas, reducing the necessity to commute. The Spring 2013 Course Information will be available online at the end of October, in order to afford current and future students the opportunity to plan next semester’s schedule. In addition to the additional Spring 2013 course offerings, SCC is pleased to announce the reinstatement of Summer Session in 2013!
“It is imperative that the College offer the classes that students need to be successful to earn their degrees, transfer to 4 year colleges and universities, and fulfill their basic skill goals,” commented Dr. Jowel Laguerre, SCC Superintendent/President. “The faculty and staff have worked very hard to analyze the areas that need more course offerings and to incorporate those courses into the Spring 2013 schedule to make it as robust and fulfilling for students as possible! Our goal is to serve our communities responsibly.”
A Spring 2013 Course Information will be available at www.solano.edu at the end of this month. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy of the Spring 2013 Course Information (available late October/early November), please email admissions@solano.edu or call 707.864.7171 to request a copy.
About Solano Community College:
The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is currently serving over 20,000 students throughout the academic year.
In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville, and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base, and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.
Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to CSU and UC, and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us at www.solano.edu.
Solano College will offer Social Science 053, a Civil Rights Travel Course, during the summer of 2013, for the fifth time. Students who previously completed the course report that it was “the trip of a lifetime” and “a transformational experience.” We have developed an exciting, educational itinerary for the 2013 Civil Rights Travel Course. The course brochure and detailed information are attached to this email.
Travel Course Brochure 2013 Final September 18
The course and tour will provide an overview of the United States Civil Rights movement and students will travel to places significant to the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Some instruction which will include a panel of Civil Rights Movement Veterans will be held on the beautiful campus of Jackson State University in Mississippi.
During this nine-day course, participants will visit landmarks of the United States Civil Rights movement including, historic sites, museums, centers and educational institutions. This guided tour will provide opportunities for learning about the people and events that began the non violent movement for freedom and equality within the United States of America.
Tour highlights include: Martin Luther King Birth Home and Center, Atlanta University Center, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Rosa Parks Museum, The National Voting Rights Museum, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Airman Museum, the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Medgar Evers Museum, Fannie Lou Hamer Historic Sites, Southern Poverty Law Center, Civil Rights Memorial, The Mississippi Delta, Civil Rights Museum Memphis, Slave Haven – Memphis and the Alex Haley Birth Home in Tennessee. Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to hear from Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
Travel dates for 2013 are June 20th – June 28th. The cost is $1,695.00 based upon quadruple occupancy additional occupancy rates are available. Please see attached brochure for more information. This price includes roundtrip airfare from Sacramento, lodging, most meals, ground transportation and entrance fees. This course is suitable for students of all ages, the oldest student in 2010 was 80 +! Please review the attached documents for additional information and details. If you have questions or desire additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Feel free to share this infomation with others who may be interested.
Dr. McCord
On October 3rd and 4th, from 10am to 2pm, the Asian American Donor Program will be holding a bone marrow donor drive on the Fairfield campus right outside the 1400 building. The drive, hosted by the Associated Students of Solano College, is to help a former SCC student with leukemia.
Asian-American donor matches are very difficult to make, so the bigger the turnout the more likely we are to find a match. We really need your help – you could be the one to save a life.
For more information on the Asian American Donor Program, visit their website at aadp.org.
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012, the Department of Labor awarded $500 million to community colleges across the country. Solano Community College (SCC) joins a consortium of 10 community colleges in the East Bay who have been awarded a portion of the grant for a program called Design It, Build It, Ship It.
The Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Program (MESA) at Solano Community College (SCC) is proud to announce that MESA Student, Arturo Castillo, was awarded a $5,000 grant from the 2012 Dwight David Eisenhower Community College Fellowship Program.
The Solano Community College (SCC) District Governing Board approved an agreement between its Contract Education and Workforce Development Office and Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation.
FAIRFIELD CAMPUS