Dear SDCCE Community,
I am pleased to announce on Saturday, March 23rd, San Diego College of Continuing Education raised a record-breaking $30,234 at the 2024 surviveHEADSTRONG Walk and Health Fair, a fundraiser hosted by the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation. Our college body joined together under the name, “Team ABI” at Mission Bay’s DeAnza Cove. Newly-retired Professor Heike Kessler-Heiberg formed Team Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) to partake in the event 16 years ago, and Team ABI has become a top donor, raising more than $300,000 since 2008.
We honored Heike during the March 23rd walk with a plaque in front of her students, colleagues, friends, and family in gratitude of her 35 years of service to our college and philanthropic efforts for Team ABI!
The $30,234 raised at the surviveHEADSTRONG Walk will benefit the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation with $6,046.80 of donations going towards the College of Continuing Education’s ABI trust fund for scholarships. With the support of the President's Office, Outreach, DSPS, ABI, and the Communications and Creative Services Team, for the first-time Team ABI was represented with expanded outreach to further extend visibility to the community and inaugural scholarships were awarded to students in need to participate in the walk.
We will sincerely miss Professor Kessler-Heiberg and we will continue to collaborate with her and Team ABI. The partnership between SDCCE and the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation has a rich history. Upon meeting with Chief Operating Officer for the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation Stephanie Bidegain and Executive Director Dr. Roslyn Knox, I am certain that we will keep the legacy strong. The future is bright for our Acquired Brain Injury program.
Read the surviveHEADSTRONG Walk recap here
View surviveHEADSTRONG Walk photos here
A sincere thank you to our Acquired Brain Injury program team and DSPS for putting on a wonderful event for our community. Thank you Dean Katie Serbian, Brandi Bass, VP Shakerra Carter, VP Jacqueline Sabanos, Anthony Vargas, Richard Weinroth, John Bromma, Dr. Tammi Foy, Lisa Carulli, and our entire team for showing up for our students during the fundraiser as well as Raymond Williams and the Gomez organization for supporting with video.
As a reminder, Spring Break will take place today through March 29th! Classes will not be in session for students. The San Diego Community College District office and all college campuses will be closed on March 29th in observance of César Chávez Day.
Enrollment Updates
SDCCE’s overall enrollment for spring stands at 29,786 (6% greater than this time last year, and a 3% increase from last week). SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,749, an increase of 7% compared to this time last spring (14,727) and a 2% increase compared to the previous week (15,469). FTEF scheduled for the spring semester is 3% higher than last spring (190.40 to 185.14). View the enrollment report here.
As spring semester continues to be strong and as we get ready for the upcoming summer session, please review SDCCE's Registration Calendar Spring 2024 – Summer 2025. The 2024 summer schedule will go live April 15th and summer enrollment opens May 13th for students.
As you all know we were among the institutions impacted the largest following the January 22nd rainfall, please know we are doing everything we can to resume normal operations at San Diego College of Continuing Education. We appreciate your flexibility from all the displaced services/programs, employees working in temporary spaces, and of course our faculty and students adapting to remote modalities.
Below is a comprehensive list of updates for our beloved Cesar Chavez Campus and the Educational Cultural Complex. Back in January we were told 6-8 weeks for restoration, however we are still a long way from returning to normal business operations. The most recent target period of completion is toward the end of May or end of June.
As we see progress at both Chavez and ECC, we will continue to provide updates as we receive them. In the meantime, here are some big wins:
- ECC C Bldg.-Prep and drywall installation started 2/18. Drywall in all classrooms on North side of the hallway should be hung by close of business 3/21. Drywall starts in classroom, offices and Repro on 3/22, and should be completely hung 3/25-3/26. Drywall taping (mud) should start 3/26 and be completed 4/9.
- ECC A-Bldg.-Drywall installation to start week of 3/25 and should take one day. Drywall mud to start next day.
- ECC Main-Abatement of flooring mastic in 107, 113-117, 121 Conf to begin week of 4/1. May start sooner depending on APCD permit? Drywall to start as soon as asbestos clearance (from pulling flooring/mastic) is received.
- Cesar E CFhavez-24 Hour Elevator on site 3/19. Both elevators up and running now.
- Cesar E Chavez-Carpet quotes are being reviewed.
A huge thank you to VP Jacqueline Sabanos, our College Facilities and Operations Director Anthony Vargas, and SDCCD Assistant Facilities Services Director Charlie Williams for leading us in these critical restoration efforts!
San Diego College of Continuing Education is featured in two news stories in The Fabricator, North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry! Congratulations to our welding department - please take a moment to read:
San Diego landmark becomes floating classroom for student welders
USS Midway’s tuition-free welding program a win-win
I am pleased to share the first Joint High School Diploma/Equivalency Program partnership video for SDCCE and San Diego Unified School District adult school!
We are celebrating our 110-year-anniversary this year, as our college was founded in 1914! Our Communications and Creative Services Team is leading a 110-year anniversary campaign. We are asking students to take part in short and fun TikTok and social media videos to celebrate. We would like to film all people from our diverse student body including, our ASB groups, affinity groups, and inside our career certificate program labs, and classrooms! Filming will begin after spring break at each campus. If your students would like to be considered for filming please email, Public Information Officer, Brenna Leon Sandeford at bleonsandeford@sdccd.edu.
For Women's History Month, Zahra Husainy is sharing her story, "Losing Everything to War; Finding a Future at San Diego College of Continuing Education". Read Zahra's story in SDCCE's News Room.
Join us at this year’s Faculty Appreciation "All Stars" Event scheduled for April 15th, 2024, from 2pm-4pm. Register for this year’s Faculty Appreciation "All Stars" Event by April 10th.
SDCCE's ESL Go Green Committee invites Faculty, Staff, Students, Friends and Family to I Love a Clean San Diego’s Community Transformation. In addition to the litter cleanup, invasive species removal, weeding and native planting, interpretive sign installation, graffiti removal and park bench painting are all available at this event.
For SDCCE professional development opportunities visit the professional development web page for upcoming workshops.
Only 25 spaces are available for an upcoming professional learning and development opportunity for SDCCE employees, which will take place virtually, Wednesday, April 17th, from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. The workshop, “Linguistic Bias and Linguistic Justice Awareness”, will provide awareness around linguistic biases and linguistic racism. Kisha Quesada Turner will be presenting, and offer definitions and examples of linguistic bias and linguistic racism along with illustrations from various contexts like the legal system, educational settings, and professional spaces. Due to the limited space, please confirm you are able to attend the entirety of the workshop before registering. To sign up for the Linguistic Bias and Linguistic Justice Awareness workshop, register here.
The SDCCD Police Department presents: RAD for Women (Self-Defense Class) on April 6th & 7th
from 8:00am-4:00pm at North City Campus. This is a free 12 hour program offered to SDCCD faculty, staff, and students (WOMEN ONLY).
The Chancellor’s Office is hosting an upcoming webinar that promises to be both enlightening and empowering: All The Black Girls Are Activists, featuring the esteemed author, Ebony Janice. Please encourage your colleagues and students to attend. Register for All The Black Girls are Activists.
Congratulations Dr. Jacqueline Hester on her new role as the Dean of Public Health and Safety at San Diego Miramar College! Thank you for all of your support with SDCCE's Child Development and Emeritus programs over the last couple years as well as being instrumental to the Noncredit to Credit Alignment (NCAL) Lab. We wish you the best of luck on your new endeavor!
Congratulations to Rita Avila on her upcoming retirement. If you would like to a share a message with Rita, please visit the Kudo board here.
SDCCE's Dean of Enrollment Services Dr. Maureen Rubalcaba, Samantha Stanley and Suzanne Bueno will represent SDCCE at the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE) in May. They will present on SDCCE's PATHWAYS retention model programming, needs of noncredit homeless students, and best practice strategies.
SDCCE’s Director of Admissions & Records, Libbier Bakit, and Associate Dean of PRIE, Jesus Rivas, will present at the 2024 Pathways to Equity Conference, their session “Strengthening Equitable Outcomes through Strategic Enrollment Management” will focus on the strategic enrollment management work that SDCCE has embarked on over the last year.
The SLO Taskforce is kicking-off SDCCE’s 4th Annual SLO Assessment Week April 1st - 5th to promote the assessment of student learning and professional development. View the SLO ASSESSMENT WEEK ACTIVITY SCHEDULE 2024.pdfIVITY SCHEDULE 2024.pdf. Kudos to last year’s gold and silver winners, Healthcare and Child Development Programs respectively!
A reminder that all requests of the Communications Department must be approved by a dean or vice president and requires submission of a request form. You can find the Project Request Form link on the Faculty and Staff Resources Page of our website. Please allow ten working days for a request to be completed. If a request needs immediate attention, please complete the form and contact the Public Information Officer.
President's Updates
I enjoyed attending the Joint SDCCD and SDUSD Board Meeting last week, which focused on dual enrollment, the San Diego Promise, joint legislative priorities including support for a state facilities bond and continued expansion of four-year degrees at community colleges.
SDCCE will proudly join forces with the SDCCD and the California Community College's Chancellor's Office in celebration of Black Student Success Week from April 22nd through April 26th! Stay tuned for more details.
The Research Corner
This week we invite you to check the 2023 CCC College Attendance Survey presentation. This presentation provides the results of a survey conducted by CCCCO staff, The RP Group, and a professor at UC Davis, aimed to understand the reasons for California students for attending college during fall 2023.The report may be found on the following link. Take a minute to review this resource and email jsalcedo001@sdccd.edu if you have any questions.
President's Office Hours
President's Office Hours are back! Individual zoom meetings will be 20 minutes and are available on a first come first serve basis. If you would like to schedule a virtual appointment with me, please email sdccepresident@sdccd.edu for detailed information.
Best,
