Cityscape

January 18, 2021

Welcome to the Spring 2021 semester! We hope you were able to join us for Convocation on Friday, but if not, you can watch the recording on YouTube!

Reopening Planning

Thank you to everyone who attended the flex listening session(s) about the reopening of our campuses. As a follow up to those sessions, and for those of you who are unable to attend, please visit our new reopening webpage for a recording of the listening session, more information, and opportunities to provide feedback. We recommend you save or bookmark this page as the reopening team will regularly share updates and all planning documents for input there. Note: There will be a student-focused listening session Thursday, Jan. 21, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. via Zoom.

Davin Brown , Vice President, Student Services is SCC's lead, and she is working with Frank Kobayashi , Vice President of Instruction at American River College, Monica Pactol, Vice President of Instruction at Folsom Lake College, and Theresa Tena , Vice President of Administration at Cosumnes River College to lead this effort.

Broad input from all stakeholders will be a critical and essential part of this planning process.

Reopening Webpage

Student Communications

To support students and provide them with the best possible information as they start the semester, the colleges and District are broadly communicating on a variety of important topics like Canvas, virtual campus services, and more. The coordinated communication campaign includes a spectrum of channels, including email newsletters, social media platforms, web content, and more.

Access Tutoring Help in Your Canvas Shell!

Learning Skills and Tutoring Center have created this Tutoring Canvas Page for you to put directly into your Canvas shells. Simply download to your course and use it to direct your students to our tutoring services.

Additionally--and especially if we do not offer tutoring for your course--please consider enabling the NetTutor navigation link in your Canvas shells. NetTutor is a free online service provided to students for when we don't have a tutor for the subject they want, or our tutoring centers are not open.

This can be an important lifeline for students.

Blood Donors Needed

Blood donors are vital to ensuring blood is available for the 1 in 7 people who enter the hospital and require blood to survive. Make an impact in 2021 by committing to donating regularly. Blood donations typically drop off during and immediately after the winter holidays, which makes National Blood Donor Month in January a critical time for the American Red Cross. Busy schedules, holiday breaks from school, inclement weather and winter illnesses contribute to fewer blood and platelet donations.

A decision to donate your blood can save a life, or even several if your blood is separated into its components — red cells, platelets and plasma. For more information about blood donations and where to donate please visit:

Scholarships Update with piggy bank wearing grad cap

Scholarship Season Now Open

Scholarship season opened Jan. 15 and runs until March 5. Students can choose from 184 scholarships worth thousands of dollars. Students must have completed at least 6 units at SCC as of Fall 2020 and be currently enrolled in a minimum of 6 units. Apply online at losrios.academicworks.com. Questions can be directed to Vicky Austin at AustinV@losrios.edu.

President Gutierrez's Office Hour

President Gutierrez will be holding an office hour twice a month during the Fall semester. Office hours will be held on the second Friday at 8:30 a.m. and fourth Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The next upcoming office hour will be Thursday, Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please look for an email prior to each event to sign up. Zoom info will be sent via a calendar invite on the day before the event to those who signed up.