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| Peralta Colleges Board Elects New Officers, Including First Latino, Youngest President |
 OAKLAND, Calif., December 18, 2009 – The Peralta Community College District’s Board of Trustees, at its annual organizational meeting held on December 15, elected a new slate of officers. Abel J. Guillén, who has represented Area 7 since 2006, was elected president and Dr. William “Bill” Riley, who is serving a third term representing Area 5, was elected vice president of the nine-member board.
The first in his family to attend college, Guillén, 34, is the board’s first Latino president and the youngest elected to serve in the leadership position. READ MORE...
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$1 million CIRM grant allows Berkeley City College to train future stem cell
researchers BCC to create internships with Oakland’s CHORI, U.C. Berkeley |
 Berkeley, Dec. 16—Berkeley City College (BCC) was awarded a $1,093,500 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s (CIRM) Bridges Program, Dr. Betty Inclan, president, announced.
Berkeley City College has an excellent science faculty and bioscience curriculum,” Inclan said. “I was quite confident that with Dr. Barbara Des Rochers writing this grant, we would have an opportunity to involve our biotechnology program in one of the cutting edge areas of scientific research.” READ MORE... |
College of Alameda Auto Tech Department Awards
Four Daniel Gilbert Memorial Scholarships |
 Four College of Alameda Automotive Technology students were awarded Daniel Gilbert Memorial Scholarships in a ceremony at the college on December 1, 2009. Recipients of this semester’s $300 scholarships were Calvin Maglaya, Alex Leate, Adam Leate and Travon Murphy. Adam Leate is receiving the scholarship for the second consecutive semester. READ MORE... |
Peralta TV’s Oakland Holiday Parade Broadcast Seen on 150 PBS Stations, Worldwide
On the Armed Forces Network |
 OAKLAND, Calif., November 30, 2009 – Peralta TV, the cable television station of the Peralta Community College District, which includes Berkeley City College, College of Alameda and Laney and Merritt colleges in Oakland, will provide not only national, but worldwide coverage of the 2009 annual Oakland Children’s Holiday Parade, a favorite Oakland tradition. READ MORE... |
Peralta Colleges Health Fair Provides Community with Information Ranging from
Cancer Prevention to Vacation Destinations
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 OAKLAND, Calif., October 21, 2009 – The Peralta Community College District held a community health and wellness fair yesterday in conjunction with one of the three “Professional Days” the District holds each year to further the professional development of faculty and staff. The event was open to the public. READ MORE... |
Peralta Colleges’ Foundation Announces Guest Speakers for 6th Annual Gala Dinner:
Willie Brown and California Federation of Teachers |
 OAKLAND, Calif.,October 7, 2009 – The Peralta Colleges’ Foundation is pleased to announce they’ve tapped the Honorable Willie Brown Jr. as one of the keynote speakers at the Foundation’s annual gala dinner. Along with Marty Hittelman, the president of the California Federation of Teachers, and Chancellor Elihu Harris, who will serve as Master of Ceremonies, this annual fundraising event will be an evening not to be missed. READ MORE..
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Peralta Colleges Student Wins 2009 Best Short Drama Award at
New York International Film Festival |
 OAKLAND, Calif., October 6,, 2009 – Former Laney College student and Peralta TV intern, Sandra Smith, wants to change the world through the lens of her camera by producing movies and shows that will inspire and encourage young adults to change their lives. And Smith has done it. Her short film, “The Sealed Letter,” has won the Best Short Drama award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
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| Peralta TV’s Groundbreaking Black Panther Documentary to Be Screened at the United Nations |
 OAKLAND, Calif., March 16, 2009 – “Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers,” the groundbreaking documentary produced by Peralta TV that has been generating considerable interest in the Bay Area, has caught the eye of the United Nations.
Each year the United Nations marks the “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” with a series of events. This year, Peralta TV’s new documentary about the Black Panther Party is going to be screened as one of three keynote films presented at UN Headquarters in New York. READ MORE...
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Thirty Two Newly Tenured
Faculty Honored
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 The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees honored 32 newly tenured faculty members on the evening of Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Peralta’s president of the District Academic Senate, Joseph Bielanski, formally introduced each faculty member, who were then congratulated by Peralta Colleges presidents and others. A short reception in honor of the faculty members and their families followed. READ MORE...
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| College of Alameda Sisters Win Statewide Academic Honor |
 Sisters Su Zhen Cai and Su Hua Cai, both College of Alameda students, have been selected for the 2008 Phi Theta Kappa All-California Academic First Team. The award, given annually by the community college honor society, Phi Theta Kappa, recognizes outstanding students from two-year colleges throughout the United States. READ MORE...
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| Peralta TV wins National Award for Documentary on Race Relations |
 OAKLAND, Calif., March 24, 2008–Peralta TV, the college television station of Berkeley City College, College of Alameda and Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland, won a Gold Paragon Award for the best college video program in the country.
The award, presented by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, is the first national award for the cable television station, which has previous won a number of state and regional awards for its programming. READ MORE...
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| College of Alameda Auto Tech Department Awards First Annual Daniel Gilbert Memorial Scholarships |
 The first annual Daniel Gilbert Memorial Scholarships were awarded to seven students in the College of Alameda Automotive Technology department in a ceremony at the college on December 11. The scholarships were established by Stephen Gilbert in memory of his son, COA Auto Tech graduate Daniel “Opie” Gilbert, who at the age of 21 was tragically murdered last April on the streets of Oakland.
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| Peralta Colleges Yee Works in El Salvador
To Build Houses for Habitat for Humanity |
 OAKLAND, Calif., December 17, 2007 – For a week this past November, Vice Chancellor Gary Yee found himself in a remote village in El Salvador hauling dirt, cinder blocks and cement. “There were sixteen of us,” said Yee, of the Habitat for Humanity group he joined at the urging of his son. “I estimated we moved around 80 tons of material.”
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The Peralta Colleges Help At-Risk High School Students Earn Diplomas –
Graduation Set for December 19
in Oakland |
 OAKLAND, Calif., December 11, 2007 – A grant from the California Department of Education State Chancellor’s Office is helping at-risk students who finished high school – but didn’t pass the state exit exam – prepare for the test and bring home their high school diplomas.
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| Laney College Art Building |
 The new Laney College art building was recognized in November for design excellence at the annual meeting of the California Community College Facility Coalition.
The state-wide coalition of community college districts, facility planners, architects and consultants supports and advocates for development at community colleges state-wide. The Laney College Art Center won an “Award of Excellence” for the “Specialized Facility.”
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| Oakland Holiday Parade on Peralta TV, PBS |
 Weren't able to make this year’s Oakland Holiday Parade, which was hosted by Peralta TV's very own Anthony Cooper and Charity Tooze, above, or just want to watch it again from the comfort of your living room?
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| Laney College Eagles Achieve Bowl Victory – Head Coach Uchiumi Wins Mid-Empire Conference “Coach of the Year” |
 OAKLAND, Calif., November 29, 2007 – The Laney College football team once again achieved a winning season, topping off their 10-1 record with a bowl game victory in Modesto.
Under the leadership of Head Coach Jay Uchiumi, the Eagles whipped the Modesto Junior College Pirates in the 15th Annual Graffiti Bowl. Laney overcame a 21-14 halftime deficit to keep the Pirates scoreless in the second half, ultimately pulling in a 42-21 win. This year’s Laney victory echoed the 2006 Graffiti Bowl, when the Eagles bested the Pirates 34-28.
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Dr. Betty Inclan Named
President of Berkeley City College
New CEO Assumes Post Jan. 1, 2008 |
 Berkeley, CA——Peralta Community College District trustees at their regular board meeting Tue., Nov. 13 chose Dr. Betty Inclan as Berkeley City College’s new president, Chancellor Elihu Harris announced. Inclan assumes her new post beginning Jan. 1.
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| Berkeley City College Biology major wins Coca-Cola Foundation Scholarship |
 BERKELEY, Aug. 17 - Fatima Bensadek, 23, is a winner of a 2007 Coca-Cola Foundation Scholarship. The $1,000 award was presented in August to the Berkeley City College biology major. The money will go toward books and college fees.
"When I came here, I was 19, and I looked at all options," says the future physician. "In my country, you have to stand on your own; there are no scholarships, and few people get help from the government; you have to pay on your own."
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| Peralta's Reggie James Elected to the California Community College Board of Directors |
 Reginald James, Student Member of the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees, was elected to the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) Board of Directors at the League's Student Trustee Workshop, August 10 - 11.
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| Enrollment Campaign in Full Swing |
 The Peralta Colleges' fall 2007 enrollment advertising campaign is in full swing with a combination of direct mail, community billboards, television spots and student ambassadors on the streets urging new students on. And the effort seems to be having its
effect: Enrollment jumped 5% in three days as the campaign hit its stride.
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 Recently, a number of Peralta Colleges faculty retired. Here is Academic Senate President Joseph Bielanski’s (pictured) tribute to those faculty members who served Peralta Colleges’ students for so many years.
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