October 31, 2022

November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people.

Solano Community College Veterans Resources Center will be showing

their appreciation to Veterans, Active-duty, Reservists, and National

Guard Members by providing free catered lunches, resource fairs, and

services through the college's Cosmetology Department and an Open

House with pastries and coffee all week. Join us in the Veterans Resource Center Bldg. 2700, Room 2750 on the Main Campus.

Registration is required for lunches and Cosmetology services.

To register, visit https://tinyurl.com/VAPW2022

Events:

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 & Thursday, November

10, 2022, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm free lunch provided in the Veterans Resource Center (Lunch registration is required by 1:00 pm on Friday, November 4)

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

SCC Student Services & Program Resource Fair

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 10:00 am - 12:00 pm &

12:45 - 2:00 pm Bldg 1600 Rm 1610 (Main Campus)

Cosmetology Treatments (Registration Required by Tuesday, November 8)

Thursday, November 10, 2022, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in the Veterans Resource Center

Veteran Resource Fair

For more details contact the Veterans Resource Center at 707-864-7105 or

veterans@solano.edu

A big shout out to Karla Cardinal and Brooke Molina, Solano women’s soccer transfers who made All Conference Academic Team at Bushnell University. This is Karla's second time making the team. Great work and congratulations!

Beta Mu Gamma, the Solano College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, traveled to the NV/CA 2022 Fall Leadership Conference in El Segundo, CA recently.

Representing Solano were BMG-PTK members Karissa Brown, Cindel Harris, Danielle Jones, Grecia Lopez, and Cherry Quitugua. At the conference, these students practiced leadership, networking, and project management skills. Co-advisors LaNae Jaimez and Michael Wyly also benefitted from professional development to bring Solano’s Beta Mu Gamma chapter into top standing with the PTK international office. Go Falcons!

Join me congratulating your Solano Speech and Debate team which competed at the Big Little City Invitational held at the University of Nevada Reno on October 15^th & 16^th.

Your team competed against Colleges and Universities from California, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho and won Three 1^st Place awards, 3^rd Place Sweepstakes in the Two-Year Community College Division, and every Solano competitor won an award. This honor is even more special since this tournament marks our first travel tournament of year in which we brought a small team comprised of only our top competitors, many who are in there 1^st semester competing. 

Our next tournament is the Mustang Invitational & Paul Winters Invitational held at Delta Community College and University of the Pacific on November 4^th – 6^th. If you are interested in seeing exactly what our award-winning Solano Speech and Debate Team does, look forward to our next announcement for the date of Forensics Showcase which will take place in November at the Solano CC Theatre. 

Below is a list of our accomplishments from another successful tournament: 

• 3^rd Place Sweepstakes in the Two-Year Community College Division 
• 1^st semester competitor Sarah Campri won Gold in Novice IPDA Debate and won 2^nd place speaker of the entire tournament 
• Returning competitor James Baird won 1st Place in Open Informative Speaking, placing 1^st in every round of the tournament 
• 1^st semester competitor Jasmine Wilson won 1st Place in Open Poetry Interpretation. This honor is even more special as she won the event as a novice competitor competing against varsity competition. 
• 1^st semester competitor Sofia Pineda won 2nd Place in Open Prose Interpretation. Sofia was also the top Novice competitor in this event 
• 1^st semester competitor Frida Torres won 5^th place in Open Informative Speaking. 

Solano Community College Department of Public Safety (SCCDPS) has begun awarding “Challenge Coins” to students, faculty and staff members for actions that will help improve campus life or acts of kindness. The coins contain the emblems of the SCCDPS shield and the Solano Community College Tree of Knowledge seal. 

Challenge Coins began centuries ago in Europe when they give out coins for when soldiers did well on the battle field. This tradition started in the U.S. military during WWII. Soldiers were given challenge coins. They are a symbol of hard work and a job well done. They are physical proof of achievements in a soldier’s life. Each one has a story behind it. What the soldier did and had gone through to earn it.

Below are the most recent stories. 

SCC Employee Herman Porter Personal Sacrifice Story: During lunch time, Herman saw a homeless gentleman looking through a garbage can by the cafeteria, trying to find something to drink. Herman had just purchased a water bottle to quench his thirst but he didn’t even think twice about his personal need before offering the water to the man. Thank you, Herman, for sacrificing your own needs to help someone who was truly in need! His personal sacrifice story is one of many stories that happen here at SCC every day.

First Year College Student “Jules” Act of Kindness Story: Jules was exiting the library when he noticed students were coming out the same door. The students’ hands were full of books and other items. Instead of letting the door shut on them, Jules stood by and held the door open for these students so they can exit safely. The students were very grateful to Jules for his act of kindness. They all exchanged greetings and smiles before they went different ways.

SCC Employees Danny Murillo and Steve Ercole Exude “Duty”: Many people know what the word “Duty” means. But how often do you see someone actually live up to it? Danny and Steve live this word every day, whether they’re on the job or off. Doing your duty means more than carrying out your assigned tasks. It means being able to accomplish your tasks as part of a team and making sure everyone on your team succeed in the overall mission. Danny and Steve are the backbone of our great facilities team we have here at SCC! They always ensure their team complete the overall mission at SCC.

Students Kyle, Dennis and Kaitlyn Selfless Service to SCC story: Selfless service is larger than just one person. It’s doing something without thought of recognition or personal gain. This is where these three come in. Solano College just completed a very successful Taube-Haase Pro Tennis Tournament. It was successful due in part to our trio of SCC students Kyle, Dennis and Kaitlyn who volunteered many hours of their time to help set up, helped run the tournament and then helped clean up long after the trophies were handed out and many of our visitors have departed. It’s because of students like them that SCC continues to shine so bright.

We will continue to share these great stories with our community throughout the school year.

On Tuesday, October 18th, scholarship awards were presented to Solano Community College students by the SCC Scholarship Foundation and SCC Educational Foundation. 131 scholarship awards were announced, totaling over $83,000. 

Funding was provided by donors that want to help students achieve their education and career goals. Supporting a scholarship is a meaningful way to leave a legacy while honoring an important person in your life or supporting a student in your career field. Most students at Solano Community College receive some form of financial aid. But most need additional assistance for the things many of us take for granted, such as books, transportation, and personal computers. A scholarship awards students that are taking the initiative to improve their future and working hard to achieve academic success.

Please consider a scholarship gift today. Find out more at https://foundation.solano.edu/scholarship/ and check out our photo gallery here: https://foundation.solano.edu/2022-scholarship-awards.../

Join colleagues Karen Cook, Julene Calvo, Michelle Smith and Renee Moore to make cool stuff on cool equipment like 3D printers, vinyl cutters and laser cutters. You can laser etch a drink glass, 3D print a keychain, phone stand or other fun things, make a custom shopping bag, build a laser cut airplane, holiday ornament, box, and/or puzzle. Bring your kids!! Space is limited, so please enroll early! The event is free. 

Hello Falcons! Make your voice heard! Solano Community College and ASSC are excited to participate in the 2022 California University and College Ballot Bowl.

Developed by the California Students Vote Project (SVP), Ballot Bowl is a friendly competition in which all of California’s major higher education institutions—the California Community College (CCC), CSU University of California (UC), and Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)—are invited to compete to register the most students to vote. 

For more information, contact:  rischa.slade@solano.edu, Student Life Office

Many students start at Solano without a clear idea of what they want to study, or even what’s available at the college. Let’s help them explore! Just in time for Spring registration, the Guided Pathways Program Showcase will feature thirteen of Solano’s programs across a wide range of interest areas. 

Students can meet faculty and students and learn about career opportunities in some of our most cutting-edge programs as well as our “hidden gems.”

Zoom sessions Nov. 7-8; On-campus, drop-in activities Nov. 16-18. Click here to see the full schedule with session descriptions, Zoom links & campus locations.

Every year, the Solano Puente Project pairs the cohort of first-generation college students with mentors in the community. Mentors play a crucial role in students’ lives in and out of school, offering guidance and support as they navigate these early years of adulting.

This year the program held its first in-person Student-Mentor Mixer since the pandemic and it was a huge success. The turnout was so beyond expectations that the group barely fit into the combined Transfer and Career Center space. It was a noisy, fun event with food, games, and prizes leading up to students being introduced to their mentors.

A huge thanks to Emily Burt and Patricia Young for sharing their space, and to all the members of the Solano Community who support our Puentistas!

Many thanks to our Puentistas and the Art faculty for the beautiful ofrenda in the Library.

The library has almost two million ebooks in our digital collection! When COVID closed our doors, we doubled down on filling our digital collections across the curriculum and now that everyone is used to the convenience of anytime/anywhere access, the Library plans to continue augmenting this valuable collection. Our ebooks can be used on or off campus, embedded in your Canvas shells, or shared as links. (There are some limitations here and there, so please get in touch if you have questions or encounter any hiccups.) And we are always excited to receive requests and suggestions, so if there’s a non-textbook title that you’d like available to your students, please let us know! Click on the “ebooks” tab from our homepage to search our ebook collections directly.

The esteemed and decorated Speech & Debate team (picture below) visited the library this week to have some fun in the Hamster Wheel – students love this space and we love having them here!

Thank you to everyone who attended many of our October events, including Cafecito, Pan Dulce & Community, the Scholarship Awards Ceremony hosted SCCEF & Scholarship Foundation, Lotería Social, and USAW Keynote Speaker, Ovi Vasquez.

There are many more events in November, including the following:

Tues., Nov. 1                   

Fall Business Pop-Up Event, 10 AM – 3 PM, 1400 Building, Hosted by SCC Entrepreneur Club, For more info:  lavonne.slaton@solano.edu

Tues., Nov. 1                   

Student Food Pantry Grand Opening, 12 Noon – 1 PM, 1400 Building

Thurs., Nov. 3                 

ASSC Rock the Vote, 11am-2pm, Front of Library/LRC

Fri., Nov. 4            

Multicultural Folklore Night/Storytelling & Film, The Book of Life, 5:00-8:00 PM, Art Bldg. 1300, Fairfield Campus

Thanks to all of you who were able to attend the Harvest Festival and Parade.

We had a wonderful turnout and the event was a huge success.

ASSC and Student Life Office sponsored a Halloween Costume parade around the campus and A Costume Contest in the 1400 building.



There were nearly 100 audience members and 13 contestants. The contest winners were from the left - 1^st place Shelby Banovitz, 3^rd place Torranna Burch and 2^nd place Dean Ramos.

Each received a gift card for the campus bookstore. Thanks to VP Neely, Dean Lamba and ECHS Principal John Pizzo for judging the event.

Fairfield Councilmember Cruck Timm and Suisun City Councilmember Wanda Williams, vying for the District 3 Board of Supervisor seat, spoke with students in the 1400 building on October 18^th.

We are actively seeking students who may be eligible-financially and academically-for the Cooke scholarship, whether or not they are members of PTK (Phi Theta Kappa).

On Tuesday, November 9, Mira Costa will hold a webinar viewing session for the Jack Kent Cooke scholarship.

We will host a viewing session (and an internal Q&A afterward) on November 9 from 5-6:30pm, in Room 113 (Library).

There will also be an event on November 16 from 4:30-6:30pm in Room 113 for last minute scholarship support.

Most PTK scholarships are available to non-PTK members. There are non-transfer/CTE scholarship opportunities as well.

Please contact Emily Burt in the Transfer Center for additional information.

If you find Banner or another web application being sluggish, not showing all the expected tabs or widgets, or just not working as expected, maybe it’s time for a fresh start. You can try clearing your web browser cache to relieve some of these common issues.

1. Open your web browser

2. Hold CTRL and Shift, and press Delete (CTRL-SHIFT-DELETE)

3. When prompted, check all the boxes and click OK. This will clear out anything previously cached

4. Close your browser and restart, and try your application again

If you still have issues, reach out to the helpdesk, helpdesk@solano.edu