Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA-39) awarded Adjunct Counselor Nancy Ruano with a Leadership in Education Award during a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. The event recognized Hispanic community members in the fields of education, community service, and small business, and featured a resource fair to connect constituents with community services. Read more...

Gainful Employment Website to be Archived

Due to changes in federal regulation, Fullerton College will no longer publish annual Gainful Employment data. The Gainful Employment website will be archived by the end of October. 

Fullerton College's longtime Athletic Trainer Juan Cuevas received the Excellence in Athletic Training Award from the Far West Athletic Trainers' Association (FWATA) District 8. "I am truly humbled and surprised to have been nominated to receive the Excellence in Athletic Trainer Award," he said.  Read more...

There are many activities this week at Fullerton College. There is an open forum this afternoon on the college's free speech policy and procedures. Visit the Transfer Center website to learn about Transfer Awareness Week. Get ready to roll, this Thursday at 10:17 for the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill . Press your suit and get dressed up for the President's Gala this Saturday.  

Staff Development is offering Classified Learning Days on the first Friday of each month. The workshop on Nov. 1 is Mail Merge: Importing Excel Data for MS Word Docs at 2 - 3 p.m. in Room 317. Register through myGateway's District-Wide Staff Development Calendar. See the flyer for additional dates and trainings.

The Disability Support Services office is partnering with the North Orange Continuing Education's DSS office to sell See's Candies ®! This year's fundraiser will be held through Nov. 1. Funds raised will supplement existing DSS student scholarships. Many of these scholarships were established by parents in remembrance of their son or daughter who had disabilities. Order forms are available on the DSS website.

The Fullerton College holiday party will be on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 11:30 a.m. and at 9:30 p.m. in Room 224-228

Adopt An Angel is an annual holiday tradition that provides an opportunity for employees to buy gifts for the children of FC students in the CARE/CalWORKs and FYSI programs. Faculty and staff are also encouraged to join the Adopt An Angel Committee, which plans the annual holiday event for student-parents and their children. The meetings are held at the Ben Franklin Conference Room on Mondays, Oct. 21 and Nov. 18 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Please see attachment for more information. Employees may stop by Room 2002 starting Monday, Nov. 4 to "Adopt an Angel" which is the process to select a child's holiday wish list. Monetary donations are also accepted. For more information, view the flyer.

 

 

In an Orange Empire Conference game, the Hornets pulled off a last-minute victory at Santa Ana College on Tuesday beating the Dons 2-1. The last two games for Fullerton have been absolute nail-biters as the Hornets had to come from behind in the previous conference home game to defeat Irvine Valley College 3-2. Up Next: The Hornets (6-4-2 overall, 2-1 conference) will play on the road again on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m.

Fullerton made it six in a row on Friday winning at Saddleback 3-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-22). The Hornets are currently in second place in the Orange Empire Conference. Up Next: After playing on the road for eight straight games, FC (10-6, 5-1) will finally host a game in the South Gym on Wednesday, Oct. 16 against OEC rival Golden West College at 6 p.m.

 

The Hornets played in a mini tournament at Cypress College on Friday winning both of their games. Game one against Citrus ended in a 17-14 win for FC, and game two was another victory over Cypress 14-11. Up Next: Fullerton (9-9 overall, 2-2 conference) will play in another mini tournament on Friday, Oct. 18 at Santa Monica College.

 

Running in the Brubaker Classic on Friday, Fullerton placed 8th out of 17 teams. Leading the pack for the Hornets was Ian Rusk who finished in 4th out of 187 runners with a 20:55 finish. Up Next: FC will compete in the Mt. San Antonio Invitational on Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m.

 

FC golfers Geri De Ville shot 85 and Daelynn Torres shot 88 at Singing Hills (hosted by Cuyamaca) last Monday. Up Next: The Hornets will get back on the links on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at Via Verde (hosted by Mt. San Antonio) at 11 a.m.

The Jazz Cadré is comprised from the full-time and adjunct jazz faculty of Fullerton College. Collectively, the members of the Jazz Cadré have amassed an array of honors and international acclaim.

Presence explores the meanings of the word, including "a person or thing that exists or is present in a place but is not seen", "a group of people, stationed in a particular place", as well as "a noteworthy quality of poise and effectiveness". Co-curated by collector Dee Kerrison and gallery director Carol Henke, Presence shares the work of artists addressing these concepts, including Patrick Martinez, Gabriella Sanchez, Calida Garcia Rawles, and Diedrick Brackens and more.

The Symphonic Winds ensemble is the major performing group for wind, brass and percussion music majors at Fullerton College. This ensemble performs standard band literature as well as commissioning new works from both students and established composers. Entrance in the ensemble is by audition. Non-majors are also welcome to join this ensemble.

Improve Your Metacognition and Critical Thinking - 1 p.m., Room 808A

Indigenous People's Day- 3 p.m., Room 229

UC Berkeley Webinar - 4 p.m., Room 212

Transfer Talk - 5 p.m., Room 212

Fall College Fair - 10 a.m., Quad

Interview and Elevator Speech Workshop - 10 a.m., Building 2000, 2nd floor

UC Admissions Panel - 2 p.m., Room 212

Successful Student Strategies: Tips to Improve Your Grades - 4 p.m., Room 808A

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen - 1:30 p.m., Room 1420

Transfer Talk - 2 p.m., Room 212

Communication Studies Symposium - 3 p.m., Room 224-8

Pathway to Medical School - Noon, Room 410

Financial Aid Workshop - Noon, Room 2029