From the President’s Desk

Good morning, Now is the time! I am so excited about last week’s momentum after the caravan and the town hall meeting.  I am encouraged by the comments and commitments from so many of you. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Town Hall meeting. True leadership shone through from all constituent groups.  I…

Dear Comets, I have struggled for the past several weeks, trying to find the right words to say regarding what is happening across our nation and the world.  As a black man with three black brothers and many black nephews, this moment in our history is certainly difficulty to comprehend and accept.  I have spent…

Good Evening Colleagues, Here we are at the end of my first full semester at CCC, and I still can’t believe what a great job you’ve all done, given the challenges we have faced together. It’s been one for the books. Thank you for supporting our students, and each other, through such extraordinary circumstances. GRADUATION While we…

Good afternoon, Comets! I hope you’re all staying safe and healthy, and continuing to adjust as well as possible to the current situation. It’s been a challenging semester, but also an enlightening one. So many students have told us that it meant a lot to them to discover, as they faced these unprecedented challenges, how…

Good afternoon, Comets! It’s time for another edition of the C-C-C Four-One-One! VIRTUAL TOWN HALL You will not want to miss tomorrow’s virtual town hall! We’ll be talking about the budget, staff, instruction and student services. It’s happening on Zoom from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The Elephant in the Room save the date invitation will…

Good afternoon, Comets! I cannot thank you enough for the cheerfully industrious way you’ve all met the challenges of the last few weeks. I know I say that every update, but that’s because it grows more true each day. I know It isn’t always easy, but you have really come through for your students.  Nelson Mandela…

Good morning colleagues, It’s been another week for the books, but you’ve made it through! I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy, and making this adjustment as smoothly as possible.  I know you have heard Governor Newsom issued a statewide order to ‘stay home’ effective last night.  We have several district meetings scheduled next week so I will be sure…

Good morning, Comets! Congratulations on completing your first day of fully remote college services!  We have a couple exciting developments today I want to share with you:  STUDENT COMMUNICATION All of our student services came together yesterday to create a guide for accessing their services remotely. We have combined this with earlier student-facing communications to make a single, one-stop…