VISION, MISSION, VALUES, AND GOALS

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1 6 VISION, MISSION, VALUES, AND GOALS VISION STATEMENT Ohloe College will be kow throughout Califoria for our iclusiveess, iovatio, ad superior rates of studet success. MISSION STATEMENT The Missio of Ohloe College is to serve the commuity by offerig istructio for basic skills, career etry, uiversity trasfer, ecoomic developmet, ad persoal erichmet for all who ca beefit from our istructio i a eviromet where studet learig success is highly valued, supported, ad cotiually assessed. CORE VALUES We provide life log learig opportuities for studets, college persoel, ad the commuity. We ope access to higher educatio ad actively reach out to uder-served populatios. We promote diversity, iclusiveess, ad opeess to differig viewpoits. We maitai high stadards i our costat pursuit of excellece. We value trust, respect, ad itegrity. We promote teamwork ad ope commuicatio. We practice iovatio ad actively ecourage risk-takig ad etrepreeurship. We demostrate stewardship for our huma, fiacial, physical, ad evirometal resources. COLLEGE GOALS 1. Through iovative programs ad services, improve studet learig ad achievemet. 2. Support the ecoomic vitality of the commuity through educatioal programs ad services that respod to idetified employmet eeds. 3. Promote cotiuous, eeds-based learig ad professioal developmet opportuities for all District persoel. 4. Use huma, fiscal, techological, ad physical resources resposibly, effectively, ad efficietly to maximize studet learig ad achievemet. 5. Lead ad educate the commuity i evirometal sustaiability. 6. Ehace college-wide iteractio with, ad acceptace of, diverse peoples, cultures, arts, ad perspectives. 7. Icrease access to higher educatio of uder-served ad uder-represeted demographic groups i the District ad local commuities. 8. Egage all members of the college commuity i active, cotiual istitutioal improvemet. Adopted by the Board of Trustees 6/10/09

2 7 Welcome to Ohloe 1 C H A P T E R WELCOME TO OHLONE Welcome to Ohloe! We are hoored that you have chose to pursue your educatio at Ohloe College ad are excited to have this opportuity to share our campuses, programs, ad services with you. We hope that you will take advatage of the may programs ad services available at Ohloe. GOOD NEWS ABOUT OHLONE! At Ohloe we are proud of the accomplishmets made by our dedicated studets, faculty, staff, ad alumi. We are pleased to share several of the highlights of the past year at Ohloe, which are a mere samplig of the great thigs that are goig o at Ohloe. Studet Accomplishmets The success rate of studets erolled i basic skills Math classes for Fall 2010 was up 10% over Fall 2009 ad is at its highest rate i at least the past 10 years. O November 15, 2011 over 100 studets from Ohloe evirometal studies courses trasformed a 2,200 square foot space at the Newark campus ito a Urba Farm Research Lab to celebrate America Recycles Day. They were joied by employees of Waste Maagemet of Alameda Couty ad WMEarthCare (WMEC), who doated all the materials ad labor, ad will be beefitig from the research that Ohloe studets coduct i the lab. At the Commuity College League of Califoria coferece i Sa Jose durig fall 2011, attedees were treated to performaces by the Ohloe Jazz/Rock Combo ad the Ohloe Guitar Esemble. We have received a official thak you for the superb job they did ad a commedatio for Tim Roberts, Assistat Professor i Music, for his great work with studets. Paul Mueller s stellar photography studets recetly completed a book project, Capturig Ohloe about Ohloe College. O Jue 25, 2011 Ohloe College hosted the NABCEP (North America Board of Certified Eergy Practitioers) photovoltaic etry level examiatio. NABCEP is the gold stadard for photovoltaic ad solar thermal istallatio certificatio. Fourtee studets took the exam ad twelve passed, for a cumulative pass rate of 85.71%. The atioal pass rate is 50%. Ohloe s PTA Program graduates ow officially have posted a 100% pass rate o the Natioal Physical Therapist Assistat Exam for the past five years! Members of Ohloe s Speech ad Debate team wo prizes at the Diablo Valley College Touramet i Poetry Iterpretatio, icludig a first place i poetry, Programmed Oral Iterpretatio, ad Dramatic Iterpretatio. At the Califoria State Speech Touramet March 15-18, 2012 Ohloe studets took the fourth place sweepstakes for small schools ad Philip Eguacho eared a Silver Medal i Prose Iterpretatio. Two of our studets, Philip Eguacho ad Heather Warre, qualified for the Natioal touramet. (cotiued o ext page)

3 8 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE The Foresics (Speech ad Debate) Team competed at Sa Fracisco State i September 2011, with impressive results at two separate touramets. At the first touramet Eric Camacho eared a secod place i Novice Extemporaeous Speakig ad fourth place i Novice Impromptu; Phillip Eguacho eared a place i Novice Poetry Iterpretatio ad third place i Programmed Oral Iterpretatio; Heather Warre eared Commuicatio Aalysis, Top Novice Speaker; Dramatic Iterpretatio, Top Novice Speaker; ad third place i Prose Iterpretatio. At the secod touramet Eric Camacho received a secod place i Novice Extemporaeous; Alle Cha received a sixth place i Ope Extemporaeous; Philip Eguacho received a third place i Programmed Oral Iterpretatio ad third place i Prose Iterpretatio; ad Heather Warre received a first place i Prose Iterpretatio; sixth place i Ope Dramatic Iterpretatio; ad Commuicatio Aalysis, Top Novice. Athletics was oce agai aother amazig year for Ohloe Athletics. Ohloe offered 11 sports durig ad six sports wet o to compete i the post seaso. Graduated sophomores Jaso Corbett, Swimmig, ad Jessica Varady, Softball, were hoored as the Male ad Female Athletes of the Year durig the 27th Aual Fremot Bak ad Ohloe College Golf Touramet i September The Ohloe Wome s Soccer Team posted a record of to ear the 14th seed i the Norther Califoria State Playoffs. This is the secod cosecutive year that the wome have see a postseaso berth. Ohloe Me s Soccer completed the seaso o a high ote that was accetuated by a draw over Foothill, the secod place team i the regio. The 2011 squad was a mix of players from aroud the Bay Area ad beyod. The Ohloe team cotiues to add local players from Fremot, Sa Jose, Newark, Uio City, Pleasato, Hayward, Sa Lorezo, ad eve Phoeix, Chicago, ad beyod. O the iteratioal side, players from Mexico, Costa Rica, Eglad, Germay, Afghaista, Ghaa, Nigeria, Belgium, ad other atioalities have foud Ohloe a great place to start their college playig career. Special ackowledgemets go to Joatha Cookie Satilla, sophomore, ad Greive Pacheco Quesada, both amed All Coferece first team players; ad to Joshua Weiert, sophomore, ad Domiic Hertz, freshma, secod team All Coferece. The team s fial record was overall ad a coferece fiish of 7-4-3, which was a fiish oe place out of the top six that go o to the playoffs. The Volleyball Team fiished 3rd i the coferece with a 17-8 record, which represets their first wiig record i almost a decade. The team received Hoorable Metio i the fial six of seve Top 25 State Polls. Cogratulatios to all four sophomores as they will be leavig Ohloe with a associate degree. Two freshme, Lidsey Calabrese ad Jeifer Covey, were selected to the All-Coferece Team. The volleyball program has bee growig uder Coach Peaflor s leadership ad we are very excited to see this program grow. Ohloe s Me s Basketball fiished the seaso with a record of ad a coferece record of 8-4. The seaso was extremely successful with the team advacig to the Norther Califoria Regioal s as the 6th seeded team. Coach Peterso is proud to aouce that all of his graduatig sophomores have bee placed ad/or will be acceptig placemet to four-year uiversities to cotiue their academic ad athletic pursuits. The Wome s Basketball Team wo the Coast Coferece Champioship for the fourth cosecutive year. They had a 12-0 record i coferece play ad a 24-6 record overall, which is oly the secod time sice 2007 that the team has wo more tha 20 games i a seaso. Coach Julia Alleder was amed, oce agai, Coast Coferece Coach of the Year. Player accomplishmets iclude Sophomore Chereese Thomas, who eared Coferece MVP, 1st Team All State, ad 2012 Norther Califoria Player of the Year. Tia Dag eared 2d Team All State ad All Coferece. Nikki Beckma eared All Coferece. Four out of the four sophomores will be trasferrig, three of them with a associate degree. Chereese ad Nikki will be attedig four-year uiversities with full-ride athletic scholarships to the D1 level. Ohloe s Swim Team competed well this year with two members of the team qualifyig ad competig i the State Champioship Touramet. Deva Seeley ad Victoria Gerome both qualified for three idividual evets. Cogratulatios to Deva as she recetly broke the Ohloe record i the 200 idividual medley. The Ohloe Softball Team oce agai qualified for 2012 Post Seaso Playoffs. The Reegades have qualified for postseaso for 24 years uder Coach Doa Ruyo. The 2012 seaso had the Reegades seeded i Norther Califoria as the 6th seed i Regioal Playoffs. Their coferece record was agai a 15-3 record ad overall. Ohloe received first, secod, ad hoorable metio hoors by placig five players o first team, four players o secod team, ad a player o hoorable metio. Ohloe had a player selected o the All State Team ad a selectio to the All America Team as well this year. Ohloe s Baseball Team oce agai captured the 2012 Coast Coferece Champioship, which was solidified four games prior to the ed of the regular seaso. This year the Baseball Team fiished with a overall record of ad a coferece record of The team was seeded 3rd for the post seaso playoffs, which is the highest rakig sice their State Champioship seaso of There were 13 members of this squad that were hoored with 1st team or 2d team All-Coferece. Secod year Coach Julia Russell was amed, oce agai, Coast Coferece Coach of the Year. Cogratulatios Reegades! Faculty ad Staff Accomplishmets Ohloe College Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Maru Grat, Couselor Breda Arteaga-Reyoso, ad Ohloe studets Jasmie Cacio, Elizabeth Rodriguez, ad Roberto Rosas were hoored i Jue 2011 by Avazado, a Newark commuity group dedicated to advacig ad empowerig our Latio youth, their families, ad our commuity. Kate Harriso, Ohloe Commuity Educatio ad Workforce Developmet Program Coordiator, has bee selected by the Associatio of Commuity ad Cotiuig Educatio to receive the award for creatig a model program. Kate s award is for Ohloe for Kids ad Tees. Cythia Katoa, Emeritus Professor of Eglish, has published a ew book of haiku, Imagie My Surprise. (cotiued o ext page)

4 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE 9 Dr. Kim Stiles, Professor i Nursig, published a article Becomig a Nurse Faculty Leader: Practices of Leadig Illumiated Through Advacig Reform i Nursig Educatio i Nursig Forum. This article is based o research ad work Kim has completed with the America Holistic Nursig Associatio. Cogratulatios to Waye Yue, Philosophy Faculty, for publishig his work agai. He edited ad wrote a chapter i the book The Walkig Dead ad Philosophy, ad co-edited ad wrote a chapter for Neil Gaima ad Philosophy. Durig Summer 2011 fourtee Ohloe College faculty taught overseas, at our parter schools i Chia ad Vietam. The disciplies represeted by our faculty were ESL, Music, Busiess, Computer Sciece, ad Computer Networkig. The istructio took place i Shaghai, Suzhou, ad Hagzhou, Chia, ad i Ho Chi Mih City ad Haoi, Vietam. These activities were subsidized by our just-cocluded BIE grat program ad our Eglish Laguage Istitute (ELI). College Accomplishmets I the 2012 ARCC (Accoutability Reportig for Commuity Colleges) report Ohloe College scored above both the peer group ad the statewide average for all seve studet success idicators for the secod year i a row. This year there were four of the 112 commuity colleges to achieve that level of success. I additio to Ohloe, Foothill, Gledale, ad Sierra Colleges were rated above peer ad statewide rates for all seve idicators. Ohloe is i the top three of all peers o five of the seve idicators. Fially, o the most critical Progress ad Achievemet idicator, which is based o trasfers ad completers, Ohloe is umber oe amog our peers. September s 2011 Ohloe College Foudatio Golf touramet etted a estimated $45,000 for our Athletics program the highest amout ever! Ohloe is i the third semester of implemetatio of a ew itership program for our biotechology studets. Typically we try to place our biotech studets with local compaies to gai some real-world experiece where they ca practice some of the skills they lear i our program. However, sice the idustry itership positios have recetly bee fewer, the biotechology faculty developed a iteral itership opportuity for the studets. Studets go through the iterview process with some of our biotech faculty ad sciece lab techicias as iterviewers, the each lab techicia selects a biotech studet to serve for oe semester as a iter i their lab o campus. This itershipmetorig arragemet is for credit, ad the Ohloe lab techicia gais some assistace from studet iters practicig their laboratory skills i the real-world eviromet of a microbiology or chemistry laboratory. The partership betwee Ohloe s high school outreach program i biotechology, the Learig Alliace for Biosciece (LAB), ad CSU East Bay pays for Ohloe studets to gai some teachig experiece by servig as i-class tutors ad teachig assistats. This arragemet provides assistace for high school teachers i our LAB Program. Oe great outcome is that LAB studets who, after comig to Ohloe College ad cotiuig their studies i Biotechology, become eligible to retur to their respective high schools to serve as teachig assistats ad tutors. Ohloe College Deaf Studies celebrated its 40th aiversary o April 19, For forty years, the Laguage ad Culture Ceter for Deaf Studies at Ohloe College has opeed the doors to educatioal ad occupatioal opportuities for the Deaf ad Hard of Hearig. Ispired by the leadership of George Attletweed ad other visioary educators, the Deaf Studies Divisio at Ohloe College allowed for Deaf studets i the area to cotiue their educatio at a istitutio for higher learig. Deaf Studies has expaded to iclude istructio i ASL ad a Iterpreter Preparatio Program (IPP). Sice its foudig i 1972, the Deaf Studies Divisio has grow to serve more tha 200 Deaf ad Hard of Hearig studets each year ad 420 ASL ad IPP studets. It is oe of the largest ad most comprehesive programs i the West, with award wiig faculty ad a ew state-of-the-art Laguage Lab. The divisio has a atioal ad iteratioal reputatio for excellece i educatio with their collaboratio with Japa (JASS ad the Nippo Foudatio), Swede, ad visitors from all over the world. The Ohloe College Newark Campus Urba Garde has bee desigated as a Moarch Butterfly Statio by Moarch Watch. The moarch s exquisite orage ad black markigs ad large size make it a wildlife gardeer s favorite. Moarchs appear i North America s gardes i sprig, summer, ad fall. The moarch is the oly butterfly that migrates seasoally i the same way that birds do. Our garde is very attractive to the moarchs because of the Africa milkweed we have plated. It is the moarch s favorite food ad mai choice for depositig its larvae. Our Newark Urba Garde will also be a stop o the sprig 2012 aual Garde Tour of over 65 gardes located i geographic clusters i Alameda, Mari, Napa, ad Sata Clara couties. This year s host gardes represet the may differet styles of Bay-friedly plats. They iclude urba homesteads with orchards, chickes ad bees, greywater istallatios by local experts, ad drought tolerat replacemets for water thirsty laws. The host gardeers themselves are a diverse group that icludes permaculturists, ative plat ethusiasts, do-ityourselfers, ladscape professioals, ad Ohloe. Program awards for were up 80% over , with the umber of associate degrees awarded up 45%, ad the certificates awarded were up 220%. This icrease reflects a college wide effort by faculty, couselors, deas, Studet Services, ad other maagers to ecourage studets to complete a program before they leave Ohloe. This icrease also aligs with a systemwide effort to icrease completios. Commuity Outreach Commuity Educatio successfully added 30 courses to the state s Eligible Traiig Provider List. These courses ow qualify for Workforce Ivestmet Act fuds, allowig dislocated workers to take courses through commuity educatio o govermet grats. Commuity Educatio is also extedig its course offerigs, schedulig several Fie Arts, Healthy Livig, ad special iterest classes that are curretly i high demad at other commuity colleges. Our Tri-Cities Oe-Stop Career Ceter ad the Alameda Couty WIB has bee doig great thigs for the laid off Solydra workers. These evets iclude two orietatios i September 2011 that had a attedace of 160 people; a job fair i September 2011 that was atteded by 160 people, ad a sessio o how to access affordable health care whe Cobra is ot a optio, atteded by 30 people. The Oe-Stop Career Ceter has hosted five erollmet days ad more dates are scheduled. Curretly we have erolled 104 people i the WIA program. We are also workig with several Eastbay employers who are iterested i employig these idividuals.

5 10 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE ACCREDITATION Ohloe College is accredited by the Accreditig Commissio for Commuity ad Juior Colleges (ACCJC) of the Wester Associatio of Schools ad Colleges, 10 Commercial Blvd., Suite 204, Novato, CA 94949, (415) , a istitutioal accreditig body recogized by the Coucil for Higher Educatio Accreditatio ad the U.S. Departmet of Educatio. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM College Evets The Ohloe College commuity celebrated Dia de los Muertos i October 2011 with a altar display ad receptio. A short presetatio o the origis of Dia de los Muertos, ad altars created by the Chicao Studies Departmet, MEChA, LISTOS, the Puete Club, ad the Multicultural Athropology Club was well received. O March 16, 2012 Ohloe hosted the 19th Aual High School Theatre Festival, with over 800 studets from 35 high schools i attedace. Studets ejoy ad lear from watchig competitive performaces ad competig themselves. Nearly 200 Latio/Latia studets from local high schools atteded Ohloe College s 7th Aual RAZA Day i May They leared the importace of pursuig their future through educatio. Five-time Grammy omiee ad US Artist Fotales Fellow, Joh Satos, was the keyote speaker, ad discussed the power of music for chage ad uity. The evet featured iformative workshops, fiacial aid iformatio, college programs, careers ad services, geder gatherigs, testimoials from curret ad past studets, as well as etertaimet by Aztec Dacers. Studets were also itroduced to the strog etwork of support that exists at Ohloe to assist studets as they make the trasitio from high school to college. The first commuity college i the Uited States, Joliet Juior College i Illiois, was fouded i 1901, makig 2011 the 110th aiversary of the commuity college system. Accordig to the America Associatio of Commuity Colleges, as of 2012 there were 1132 commuity colleges i the Uited States, with 986 of those istitutios beig publicly cotrolled. There were 13 millio studets attedig commuity colleges i the Uited States i Fall 2009, represetig 44% of all udergraduate studets i the Uited States ad 43% of all first-time freshme i the Uited States. I commuity colleges awarded more tha 630,000 associate degrees ad early 425,000 certificates. The Califoria Commuity College system of two-year public istitutios is composed of 112 colleges statewide orgaized ito 72 districts. Durig the academic year the Califoria Commuity College system erolled more tha 2.60 millio studets, more tha 85,000 studets eared a associate degree, ad more tha 47,000 studets eared a certificate. The Califoria Commuity College System represets the largest system of higher educatio i the world. Ohloe College is a part of the Ohloe Commuity College District with campuses i Fremot ad Newark, as well as the virtual campus of olie course offerigs. Durig the Ohloe Commuity College District served six high schools, two cotiuatio high schools, two adult schools, ad the Regioal Occupatioal Programs, ad almost 17,000 studets. Ohloe is proud of its role i the commuity college system both i the Uited States ad Califoria ad hoored to be able to provide its studets with a quality educatioal experiece. IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT OHLONE Ohloe erolls almost 17,000 studets per year at our Fremot ad Newark campuses ad olie. Ohloe offers more tha 180 degrees ad academic programs. Every year about 500 studets trasfer to four-year colleges ad uiversities. Over 700 studets graduate with degrees or ear vocatioal certificates every year. Ohloe College employs approximately 450 part-time ad full-time faculty ad 225 support ad maagemet persoel. Did you kow??? Ohloe has the third highest trasfer rate of all Bay Area commuity colleges.

6 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE 11 HISTORY OF OHLONE Established i 1965, Ohloe College serves the cities of Fremot ad Newark ad is located i the southeast area of the Sa Fracisco Bay Area, Califoria. Ohloe College is part of the Ohloe Commuity College District. The Fremot campus is located o Missio Boulevard off Highway 680 o a beautiful 534- acre hillside site just south of historical Missio Sa Jose. The Newark campus is located o Cherry Street west of Highway 880 o a 31-acre site adjacet to the Sa Fracisco Bay. Officially amed Ohloe College o Jue 18, 1967, the istitutio hoors the early Ohloe Idias of the Costaoa tribe, who ihabited the Fremot ad Newark area. Log before the local Idias were amed Costaoas by the Spaish priests, they were kow by a eighborig Miwuk tribe as the Ohloes or people of the West. Distiguished by peaceful pursuits, especially i agriculture, they held profoud reverece for the earth, believig it was theirs for livig ad ot for the takig. They aided the Fracisca Fathers i buildig the Missio Sa Jose de Guadalupe i the late 18th cetury ad prospered util whe a series of epidemics virtually destroyed the tribe. Some descedats, however, still reside i the Fremot-Newark area. Ohloe Commuity College District opeed its doors i September Classes were first held at a temporary site i the former Serra Ceter Home for Girls o Washigto Boulevard i Fremot. A year later, the Huddleso Rach property, located i the Missio foothills just south of old Missio Sa José, was selected as the permaet campus site. The academic year marked the 40th aiversary of servig the Tri-cities commuity with higher educatio opportuities. I Jauary of 2005, the College itroduced a ew logo to more fully represet the Ohloe heritage of its ame. The ew logo represets two eagle feathers suspeded from the su. The rays shootig off from the su look like arrowhead poits aimed i the four compass directios, a traditioal Native America symbol. The white bad aroud the su represets the O i Ohloe. The two feathers, aother traditioal symbol, also serve as a remider of the Native America traditios that Ohloe has emulated with our goals of beig more evirometally aware i our buildig ad our practices ad celebratig ad promotig cultural diversity. THE OHLONE CAMPUSES Fremot Campus The Fremot campus opeed i September 1974 ad is located o a beautiful 534-acre hillside above souther Alameda Couty betwee Highways 680 ad 880. With 300 acres reserved for ope space, the campus offers a peaceful learig eviromet for studets. Natural features icludig black oak, chaparral, ad seasoal sprigs domiate the ladscape ad welcome wildlife alogside the academic eviromet. The architecture is desiged to complemet the hillside surroudigs. At the ceter of the campus are eight of the ie origial buildigs comprisig the academic village, with classroom buildigs dedicated to music, art, Deaf studies, athletics, ad sciece labs, icludig the biotechology laboratory ad greehouse. The cetral campus also features a studet ewspaper, cafeteria, ad bookstore. Additios to the Fremot campus are the fie ad performig arts ceter, the Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts (which opeed i 1995); the busiess ad techology ceter, the Morris ad Alvirda Hyma Hall (2002); ad the Studet Services Ceter (2009) located at the souther ed of the campus where Buildig 7 was formerly located. Newark Campus The Newark Ceter for Health Scieces ad Techology (NCHST) opeed i Jauary Awarded LEED Platium Certificatio from the U.S. Gree Buildig Coucil, the highest achievable level of sustaiability, the campus serves as a model for other colleges to follow. It is a buildig that teaches resposible, sustaiable resource maagemet both by example ad by itetios. The campus desig is tailored to meet the academic ad service eeds of studets o campus, with circulatio routes i ad aroud the buildig to promote studet iteractio ad ease of access. The buildig has four wigs that come together at a cetral hub. This feature creates a Campus Commos area with access to the café, computer kiosks, idividual ad group study areas, ad wireless access. The latest educatioal techology features ad ergoomic furiture are foud throughout the colorful learig eviromets. The NCHST offers degree ad certificate programs i health scieces, biotechology, ad evirometal studies. A variety of courses to meet geeral educatio requiremets are also offered. Learig Resource Ceter (LRC) The Learig Resource Ceter (LRC) has two locatios, oe o each campus. The Fremot LRC is located o the third ad fourth floors of Buildig 1; the Newark LRC is located o the first floor of wig 1 i Room NC1124. The LRCs prit ad media collectios are housed o the Fremot campus ad are accessible to Newark campus studets ad faculty through a iter-campus loa system. Registered studets may access the LRCs may electroic resources, icludig electroic books ad periodicals, through the LRCs Web page at Both campus LRCs provide group ad idividual study space, access to persoal computers, ad wireless Iteret service. The Media Ceter, located at the Circulatio Desk o the Fremot campus, houses a wide array of media. Faculty may reserve istructioal videos ad computer equipmet for classroom use. Media equipmet for viewig ad listeig to library materials is available at both the Fremot ad Newark LRCs. The Studet Techology Ceter, located i Hyma Hall o the Fremot campus, offers peer tutorig for studets, access to persoal computers, ad wireless Iteret service. There are two specially equipped workstatios for studets with disabilities. Hochler Studet Ceter The Hochler Studet Ceter i Buildig 5 o the Fremot campus houses the Ohloe College Bookstore; Cafeteria; facilities for The Moitor, the Ohloe College studet ewspaper; classrooms; ad serves as the hub of studet activities. Buildig 5 was dedicated to the memory of the Ohloe Trustee Abraham (Abe) Hochler o Jue 17, Mr. Hochler had served the Fremot-Newark Commuity College District as a trustee from July 1, 1966 util April 2, 1976, ad is remembered for his exceptioal leadership i developmet ad costructio of the College. He was a stauch supporter of studets durig his years of service to the District.

7 12 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts The Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts was built o the Fremot campus i 1995 to serve studet ad commuity eeds for a professioal performig arts facility. A impressive architectural creatio, the Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts ca be see o the hills above Fremot from as far away as the Sa Mateo Bridge. The Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts boasts state-of-the-art facilities i the areas of radio ad televisio productio ad broadcast, a dace studio, stages for theatre productios ad music performace, as well as a professioal art gallery. The Smith Ceter has three stages: the Jackso Theatre, a 400-seat prosceium theatre; the NUMMI Theatre, a itimate black box stage with adjustable seatig; ad the Ohloe College Outdoor Amphitheatre with a breathtakig view of the Bay Area. The Louie-Meager Art Gallery displays a wide rage of professioal art exhibits from Skateboard Art to Kietic Neo Sculpture. The Televisio facilities provide stagig, shootig, post-productio, ad broadcast of ews ad etertaimet programmig. KOHL Radio is a popular Bay Area top- 40 statio broadcastig o 89.3 FM. The Gary Sore Smith Ceter for the Fie ad Performig Arts is the largest performig arts theatre i the souther ed of the East Bay. Each seaso Smith Ceter Presets! offers professioal artist performaces; a childre s theatre series; Louie-Meager Art Gallery Exhibits; ad the Ohloe Music, Theatre, ad Dace Departmet performaces. I additio, it is the primary performace site for the Fremot Symphoy Orchestra. Ohloe Network Televisio (ONTV) With two fully equipped studios ad cotrol room, Ohloe College s Broadcastig Departmet offers studets istructio for a career i televisio from istructors who have spet their careers workig i commercial televisio ews ad etertaimet. Studets use professioal grade Soy DV Cam ad Beta Cam cameras ad AVID digital editig equipmet. The departmet s AVID Xpress Elite No-liear Editig Suite ad multiple AVID DV Editig Bays give studets the chace to receive extesive hads-o editig time ad to develop editig skills that are i short supply i the broadcast idustry. The Broadcastig Departmet s Live News Productio class produces a weekly ewscast throughout most of the academic year, broadcast live over ONTV Chael 28 ad servig the cities of Fremot, Newark, ad Uio City. A Producig ad Directig Live Televisio class is also offered for studets iterested i the techical side of broadcastig, as well as a Live Productio Crew class i which studets cover live theatre, sportig, ad political evets. Radio Statio KOHL KOHL FM 89.3 is a commercial broadcast traiig program focusig o the busiess of radio broadcastig. KOHL is a 24- hour operatio with o-air staff primarily provided by studets i a cotrolled ad formatted broadcast lab eviromet. The statio s operatioal platform is a computer busiess software program fully itegrated with digital broadcastig equipmet cosidered state-of-the-art i the idustry. This rigorous program prepares studets for a wide variety of positios icludig o-air talet, productio, programmig support, ad broadcast sales to meet busiess ad idustry stadards. Did you kow??? Morris ad Alvirda Hyma Ceter for Busiess ad Techology Ohloe was the first smoke-free college i the Bay Area ad has set a tred for other colleges. The missio of the Morris ad Alvirda Hyma Ceter for Busiess ad Techology o the Fremot campus is to provide quality, cost-effective educatio ad traiig for the fields of busiess, computer sciece, office techology, ad software applicatios. Hyma Hall serves to advace ecoomic developmet i the greater Fremot-Newark regio. Hyma Hall s programs perform three importat fuctios: 1. Prepare studets for etry-level, re-etry, mid-level, or advaced jobs requirig a commuity college educatio. 2. Assist studets i preparig to trasfer to baccalaureate degree-gratig istitutios. 3. Serve as a ceter for cotiuig educatio (upgradig curret employees of busiess, idustry, ad govermet). Programs housed i Hyma Hall iclude Computer Applicatios ad Occupatioal Techology; Computers, Networks, ad Emergig Techology; Computer Sciece; Eglish; Eglish as a Secod Laguage; Graphic Arts; Mathematics; ad Multimedia studies. Hyma Hall boasts a seve-to-oe studet per computer ratio ad offers the latest techology i multimedia, busiess, ad other applicatios. Hyma Hall is a vital ecoomic developmet asset i the Fremot-Newark regio, providig beefits to the etire commuity. Hyma Hall offers opportuities to prepare for a wide variety of occupatioal fields. It is also a place where employees ca receive cotiuig educatio ad professioal Ohloe College Ceter for Deaf Studies developmet. By preparig idividuals for the workplace ad providig cotiuig educatio to employees, Hyma Hall is a excellet resource for employers as it offers customized traiig for compaies ad orgaizatios. Ohloe College has oe of the largest ad most comprehesive programs i Califoria desiged to meet the academic ad vocatioal eeds of Deaf ad Hard of Hearig studets. The Ohloe Deaf program is uique i that there are both self cotaied ad maistreamed classes. Studets may work toward a certificate, associate degree, or may fulfill requiremets eeded to trasfer to four year istitutios such as Gallaudet Uiversity; Natioal Techical Istitute for the Deaf/Rochester Istitute of Techology; Califoria State Uiversity, Northridge; or other uiversities. (cotiued o ext page)

8 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE 13 As a importat complemetary program, Ohloe has oe of the largest ad most comprehesive ASL/Deaf Studies associate degree ad certificate programs available i the Uited States. I additio, Ohloe has atioally recogized Iterpreter Preparatio associate degree ad certificate programs. The large Deaf ad ASL studet populatios at Ohloe allow for a wide variety of extra curricular activities, icludig special iterest clubs o campus. There are may activities for studets withi the local ad Bay Area Deaf commuities as well. The close proximity of the Ohloe College Ceter for Deaf Studies to the Califoria School for the Deaf i Fremot provides uique collaborative opportuities for Deaf, Hard of Hearig, ad hearig studets. The program is staffed by full time ad part time istructors, all educated ad certified i the area of educatio of Deaf ad Hard of Hearig people. Couselors provide assistace with registratio; persoal, academic, ad social cocers; ad educatioal, vocatioal, ad career guidace. Couselors are available to assist studets with ay of these educatioal plas. The Ceter for Deaf Studies is located i Buildig 6, secod ad third floor o the Fremot campus ( Registratio iformatio ad appoitmets with a couselor may be obtaied by callig (510) (VP) or (510) (V). Gallaudet Uiversity Regioal Ceter Sice its foudig i 1864, Gallaudet Uiversity i Washigto, D.C. has bee a symbol of achievemets ad abilities of Deaf ad Hard of Hearig people ad has provided leadership, ispiratio, ad exemplary programs for Deaf ad Hard of Hearig people all over the world. For some time the Uiversity has bee expadig its scope of services beyod the traditioal four-year liberal arts ad practical scieces degree. This expasio is i respose to the chagig eeds of society. The Gallaudet Uiversity Regioal Ceter at Ohloe College opeed i October The Ceter serves twelve wester states icludig Alaska, Arizoa, Califoria, Colorado, Idaho, Motaa, Nevada, New Mexico, Orego, Utah, Washigto, ad Wyomig ad works i cooperatio with the College of Professioal Studies ad Outreach at Gallaudet Uiversity. The Ceter provides iformatio, traiig, services, ad resources to address the educatioal ad vocatioal eeds of Deaf ad Hard of Hearig people from birth through post-secodary employmet, their families, ad the professioals who work with them. The Ceter has a library of books ad videotapes for loa. Upo request the Regioal Ceter will assist local commuities with plaig ad coordiatig educatioal programs, workshops, ad semiars for Deaf ad Hard of Hearig people, their families, ad professioals who work with them. The Ceter will utilize resource persos from Gallaudet Uiversity as well as appropriate resource persos from schools for the Deaf, colleges ad uiversities, ad state ad local agecies. Additioal iformatio about the Gallaudet Uiversity Regioal Ceter may be obtaied by callig (510) (Voice/TTY); by sedig a fax to (510) ; or by sedig a to gurc.ohloe@gallaudet.edu. Campus Tours The Ohloe College Peer Metors are available to coduct tours of the Fremot ad Newark campuses. Please refer to the Peer Metors Web site at for exact days ad times of tours. Tours begi promptly at the scheduled time ad last approximately oe hour. Ayoe iterested i takig a tour of the Fremot campus should meet o the secod floor of Buildig 7, ext to the Office of Admissios ad Records. Comfortable shoes should be wor as the tour ivolves a great deal of walkig. Idividuals i eed of special accommodatios for takig a campus tour should cotact the Peer Metors Office at (510) at least 48 hours prior to the tour. Tours ca be provided o alterative days by makig arragemets i advace with the Peer Metors Office. Groups over 10 people eed to cotact the Peer Metors Office at (510) or by ig ewstudet@ohloe.edu to arrage a private tour. Peer Metors will coduct tours of the Newark campus upo request. Please ewstudet@ohloe.edu to request a tour of the Newark campus. Commuity Educatio Commuity Educatio courses are desiged to meet the ot-for-credit educatio eeds of idividuals i the Tri-Cities area. No tests or exams are required. Classes provide skills, kowledge, ad hads-o activities appropriate to the cotet. Studets ca improve job skills, prepare for promotio, or explore ew careers by takig ot-for-credit workshops. May classes are available olie. The Ohloe for Kids program has special classes desiged for studets goig ito grades Studets practice critical thikig skills ad ejoy a variety of activities icludig arts, computers, math, readig, ad writig. The Commuity Educatio program is self-supportig ad receives o taxpayer fudig. Visit the Commuity Educatio Web site at or call (510) for iformatio. Study Abroad Program For over 20 years the Study Abroad Program has bee part of the istructioal offerigs at Ohloe. Throughout this time, Ohloe has offered studets the opportuity to study ad travel i a wide variety of coutries. The Study Abroad Program has icluded programs offered by the Art, Busiess, Eglish, Laguage Arts, Music, ad Theatre ad Dace departmets. Ohloe studets have studied art i Italy, Frech i Paris, busiess i Shaghai, atteded theatre i Lodo, cruised the Nile River i Egypt, performed i Europe ad Asia, ad spet semesters abroad i Stratford-upo-Avo, Eglad ad Sydey, Australia. Studets may receive iformatio about fiacial aid for use i Study Abroad by cotactig the Ohloe College Fiacial Aid Office at (510) Studets who are iterested i studyig abroad may cotact the Study Abroad Coordiator at kharriso@ohloe.edu. Please also visit the Study Abroad Web site ( for iformatio o upcomig trips.

9 14 1 WELCOME TO OHLONE OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Ohloe Commuity College District serves the cities of Fremot, Newark, ad a portio of Uio City, ad icludes all facilities ad fuctios for Ohloe College. The District is govered by a seve-member Board of Trustees who are selected by voters i local electios. The Board appoits the District Presidet/Superitedet ad establishes policies to assure the quality, itegrity, ad effectiveess of the programs ad services ad the fiacial stability of the District. Iformatio about the Board of Trustees activities ca be foud o their Web page at OHLONE COLLEGE FOUNDATION The Ohloe College Foudatio exists to broade educatioal opportuities for studets. Oe importat fuctio is to expad the umber of scholarship opportuities available to studets. Studets ca apply for Foudatio Scholarships twice a year durig Fall ad Sprig semesters. The etire Ohloe commuity beefits from the Foudatio s support i providig equipmet, furishigs, ad commuity awareess programs at both the Fremot ad Newark campuses. To develop fiacial resources for its edeavors, the Foudatio coducts a rage of activities, icludig a aual golf touramet, a beefit lucheo hoorig local commuity members, ad other fud-raisig activities. The Foudatio receives the bulk of its fiacial support from idividual commuity members, local busiesses, ad private fudig groups ad foudatios. Doatios, edowmets, grats, ad other gifts are a importat source of fudig for the College ad its studets. Of course, each gift to the College idirectly beefits the etire commuity as well by icreasig opportuities for educatio. How You Ca Help The Foudatio facilitates grats, gifts, plaed gifts, corporate fuds, gifts-ikid, ad a host of other doatio vehicles. May doatios are made with a specific purpose; for example, doatios are made to hoor a idividual (livig or deceased) or to fud a specific type of scholarship. May gifts are left urestricted to allow the Foudatio to idetify areas of eed. Support for the Foudatio ca come i the form of cash, commitmets, life isurace, wills, or trasfer of ivestmets ad real property. Other givig arragemets iclude bequests (wills), trust fuds, ad edowmets, which are ivested for log-term growth ad ogoig icome to help Ohloe studets reach their educatioal goals. Doors may purchase a brick o the Pathway to Progress at the Newark campus, participate i the aual Golf Touramet, or atted the spectacular Citize of the Year beefit lucheo. The ewest scholarship program, HOSTS (Helpig Oe Studet To Succeed), eables doors to help a studet afford college without demadig a large fiacial commitmet from the door. All gifts are tax deductible ad subject to curret tax accoutig limitatios. Prospective doors are ecouraged to cosult a qualified tax cosultat for more detailed iformatio. Cotributios of ay size are ethusiastically welcomed ad greatly appreciated, ad supportig the Foudatio is a great way to ivest i the future of Ohloe studets. To lear more about the Foudatio or how to help, please call (510) or visit the Web site at REVISION OF REGULATIONS Ay regulatios issued by the Admiistratio of the College shall have the same force as those prited i this catalog ad shall supercede, after otice has bee made, ay rulig o the same subject that may appear i the prited catalog or other official bulletis of the College. Ohloe College exists to serve residets of the cities of Fremot, Newark, ad the Bay Area. Every effort is made to provide the iformatio ad services eeded to facilitate successful attedace at Ohloe College. Studets are idividually held resposible for iformatio cotaied i this catalog ad i the Class Schedule. Failure to read ad comply with policies, regulatios, ad procedures cotaied therei will ot exempt a studet from whatever pealties the studet may icur.