Thanksgiving Holiday November 24 and 25

As we look forward to our nation’s annual day of Thanksgiving, I am reminded to express my gratitude to our Grossmont College family, as well as to everyone in our District, for your dedication and commitment to our students every day. We are engaged in a wonderful enterprise of education, and it is an honor to participate.


 

Digital Arts and Sculpture Building Complex

We were treated to perfect fall weather for the groundbreaking ceremony for our new Digital Arts and Sculpture Building Complex. Thank you for joining us to celebrate this long-awaited project. Faculty and staff were on hand, along with members of the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee and many students to share in the excitement. We especially appreciate the comments of Jimmy Sprague, president of the Grossmont Sculpture Club, and Trustee Cutting’s remarks about the importance of art in our lives. Thank you all for sharing this very special day with us.

Walk of Fame Gala Generates Support for Foundation, Honors for Students, Alumni, and Business Partners

I would also like to express my appreciation to the members of our Governing Board and to so many others in our Grossmont College community for your participation in our annual Grossmont College Foundation Walk of Fame Gala. It is always a pleasure to see everyone all dressed up, having fun, and spending money for our cause. Dave Scott was the perfect Master of Ceremonies! Congratulations to Ernie Ewin and Dat Phan, our newest inductees into the Walk of Fame.

San Diego Blood Bank Names Grossmont
Top Community College

The San Diego Blood Bank mobile van is a frequent campus visitor, returning often throughout the semester. Students, faculty and staff appreciate these opportunities to give blood conveniently. Congratulations to Student Health Services for facilitating this beneficial partnership.

Rod Luck to Visit Campus Health Occupation November 28

KUSI’s Rod Luck will be back to visit with Grossmont College students and teachers for the early morning segments at 6:30 and 7:10 a.m. During this visit, he will focus on our health occupations program. Stay tuned.

New Grant Provides $50,000 for Students
to Access Child Care

I am happy to share the good news that $50,000 from Child Care Access means Parents in Schools grant (CAMPIS) means that more Grossmont College students will have access to child care. The grant is funded by the Higher Education Preparation and Support area of the U.S. Department of Education.

Marketing & Promotion Items Win Medallion Awards

Congratulations are in order for our marketing team for bringing home five NCMPR Medallion Awards in the recent competition for District 6, which includes community colleges in four western states, Hawaii, and the Trust Territories. We are especially pleased with the first place gold award for our print ad series promoting the value of an education. Congratulations also to the District team and Della Elliott for the gold first place Medallion award for her feature story on Grossmont College commencement speaker Dawn Monday.

Grossmont Leads Regional Nursing Education Initiative

San Diego and Imperial County health care facilities can expect an infusion of more than 200 new nurses in the next few years thanks to a program now underway in our local community colleges with Grossmont College as the lead agency. With the assistance of new $2.051 million funding from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Nurse Education Initiative, Grossmont College is aligning with San Diego City College, Southwestern College, Imperial Valley College and a host of local healthcare facilities and other agencies to address the chronic shortage of registered nurses.

The three-year funding awarded to Grossmont through the Center for Nursing Expansion/Innovation is to provide additional enrollment opportunities for students who may have been unable to enroll in impacted nursing programs.

Grossmont EOPS Active at State Level

Grossmont's EOPS program has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the State EOPS Association. A Grossmont EOPS student will be named the recipient of this scholarship in the Spring 2006 semester.

Three members from the EOPS department represent Grossmont College, the district, & Region X in Sacramento:

• Pat Murray is on the State Classified Senate Executive Board

• Sylvia Montejano has been re-elected as Secretary of the
  State EOPS Association Executive Board.

• Steve Tamanaha is a member of the State Chancellor’s Office
  CalWORKS Advisorys Board and is the Region X Coordinator
  for Community College CalWORKs.

Recently, Michael Perez and Pearl Lopez presented a workshop on the Grossmont College EOPS Mentorship Program to a conference audience of over 100 California Community Colleges.

 
Fall Sports
 

• Men's Water Polo PCC Awards- Brian Harvey -Coach of the Year, John Lackey (So) Player of the Year. First Team All PCC- sophomores Brian Todd, Karl Maes, Scott Turton, and freshman Paul Harvey. Second Team; Sean Liguor (Fr) and Jake Coin (Fr).

• Women's Water Polo PCC Awards- First Team- Dana Johnson (Fr), Whitney Robinson (Fr), Alex Ramirez (So). Second Team- Caroline Galambos (So), Anna Schocenmaier (Fr).

• PCC Men’s Athletes of the Week- Derrell Hutsona -Football and Gerred Link -Basketball

• Conference Team Champions - Football (Foothill) -Men's Water Polo (PCC)

• Women's Soccer - The Lady Griffins went on to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Pirates and will face LA Pierce on Tuesday Nov. 22 at Pierce.

• Basketball Season is Here - The Grossmont College Invitational is scheduled December 2-4. Our Griffins are undefeated, having won the Glendale College Tournament.