Sravani Banerjee

Evergreen Valley College
Articulate September 21-26: Evergreen Valley College celebrated a week-long festival of global arts and cultures to commemorate the opening of our new Theater Arts Complex. The presenters, from diverse backgrounds and a variety of disciplines, included renowned authors, performers, musicians and composers, such as Cherie Moraga, Sandip Roy, and Aimee Pham.
Achieving the Dream initiative: Evergreen Valley College has been invited to join this national initiative:
“Achieving the Dream’s student-centered model of institutional improvement is focused on creating a culture of evidence in which data and inquiry drive broad-based institutional efforts to close achievement gaps and improve student outcomes overall.”

Currently, we have 25 classified professionals, administrators, faculty and students serving on the core and data teams. These teams will use the academic year to analyze disaggregated data to identify gaps in student achievement and develop an action plan to improve outcomes for students. The goal is to identify three to five priority areas for improving student success and have these priorities integrated into our campus-wide strategic initiatives. The teams will also create a four-year plan to reduce the achievement gaps our students are experiencing.

Campus Technology: EVC is transitioning from Blackboard to Moodle for course management systems by next semester and Windows XP to Windows 7 in the next 18 months

Accreditation: The report is in progress with the first draft due next week.

Curriculum Issues: Curriculum separation between Evergreen Valley College and San Jose City College is being discussed and researched for its impact on students.

Budget Issues:

• The General Fund Revenue has been reduced by $2.2 million and translated by the State Chancellor’s Office into a 3.39% Workload Reduction (think of this as negative growth). This means that we now have a permanent lower funded base. The colleges will be working hard to determine the most effective way to approach this reduction.
• The Categorical Programs revenues have had revenues reduced by an initial estimate of 16-32% depending on the program. The large programs are DSPS, EOPS, CalWORKS all at 16% and Matriculation at 32%. These initial amounts assumed the same percentage, as backfill from the federal American Recovery and Re-Investment Act and this is the basis for our adopted budget. However we have just learned that the federal backfill will only by about half of what was expected.
• The state is already predicting that revenues will come up short for the budget that was just passed. In anticipation, we have budgeted a reduction of resources of close to $1 million.
• In 2008-09, after mid-year reductions, the district still had a structural deficit (when ongoing expenditures are greater than ongoing revenues) of almost one million dollars. To address this structural deficit in 2009-10 we have budgeted an annualized reduction of $500,000 in the medical benefit category. The Benefits Committee will be working this fall to identify ways that this target can be met effective January 1, 2010.

Latina Heritage Month: Our celebration of Latina Heritage month included presentations by author Reyna Grande, Dr. David Lopez, president of National Hispanic University, Latin Dance fundraisers, and a writing contest.

We also celebrated 40 Years of the Chicano Movement in San José, with speakers such as Sophia Mendoza who is featured in Nanette Regua & Arturo Villarreal’s book, Mexicans in San José. The event focused on community-based organizing which has played a profound role in empowering San Josés’ diverse Latino community. Rallying around issues of quality education, police brutality, immigrant and labor rights, groups have employed militancy, culture and history as key organizing tools. Newer generations have also worked to strengthen the voices of women and the LGBT community.

Disabilty Awareness Month: Events included: Suicide Prevention presentation by Mary and Victor Ojakian; “Passion = Perseverance: Why Having a Career Plan Makes College Easier”; Interactive discussion presented by Jan Johnston-Tyler, a neurodiversity counselor and author; California State Assembly member Jim Beall presenting on Disability rights.

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Northern California – Region 1

Butte College, Clear Lake College, College of Redwoods, College of the Siskiyous, Feather River College, Lassen College, Mendocino College, Shasta College, Woodland College, Yuba College

San Francisco Bay – Region 2

Chabot College, City College of San Francisco, College of Alameda, College of Marin/Indian Valley, College of San Mateo, Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College, Laney College, Las Positas College, Los Medanos College, Merritt College, Napa Valley College, Ohlone College, Santa Rosa College, Skyline College, Solano College, Vista College

San Francisco South Bay & Monterey – Region 3

Cabrillo College, Canada College, DeAnza College, Evergreen College, Foothill College, Gavilan College, Hartnell College, Mission College, Monterey Peninsula College, San Jose City College, West Valley College

North Valley – Region 4

American River College, Columbia College, Cosumnes River College, Deep Springs College (private), Humphreys College (private), Lake Tahoe College, Merced College, Modesto Junior College, Sacramento City College, San Joaquin Delta College, Sierra College

South Valley – Region 5

Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College, College of the Sequoias, Fresno City College, Porterville College, Reedley College, Taft College, West Hills College Coalinga, West Hills College Lemoore

Central Coast – Region 6

Allan Hancock College, Cuesta College, Moorpark College, Oxnard Community College, Santa Barbara City College, Ventura College

North Los Angeles – Region 7

Antelope Valley College, Citrus College, College of the Canyons, Don Bosco Technical Institute (private), East Los Angeles College, Glendale College, L.A. Harbor College, L.A. City College, L.A. Mission College, L.A. Pierce College, L.A. Southwest College, L.A. Trade-Technical College, L.A. Valley College, Mt. St. Mary’s, Doheny (private), Pasadena City College, Rio Hondo College, Santa Monica City College, West Los Angeles College

South Los Angeles & Orange County – Region 8

Cerritos College, Coastline College, Compton College, Cypress College, El Camino College, Fullerton College, Golden West College, Irvine Valley College, Long Beach City College, Marymount Palos Verdes (private), Orange Coast College, Sadivleback College, Santa Ana College, Santiago Canyon College

San Bernardino – Region 9

Barstow College, Chaffey College, College of the Desert, Copper Mountain College, Crafton Hills College, Mt. San Antonio College, Mt. San Jacinto College, Mt. San Jacinto College-Menifee, Palo Verde College, Riverside Community College, San Bernardino Valley College, Victor Valley College

San Diego – Region 10

Cuyamaca College, Grossmont College, Imperial Valley College, MiraCosta College, Palomar College, San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Miramar College, Southwestern College

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