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April 21, 2023

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Student Elections - Go Vote!

Student elections will be held on Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26. Voting is conducted online via eServices, from 5:00 am to 11:30 pm each election day. Currently enrolled students can vote for on-campus student association leaders as well as the districtwide student trustee.

Voting only takes a few minutes and makes a lasting impact on the campus environment and the student experience! Here's how to cast your vote:

1. Log in to eServices
2. Click on Other Resources
3. Click on Elections & Surveys
4. Review candidate information in the Student Voter Guide
5. Proceed to the voting site – and vote!

2023 Ken Deibert Award for Adjunct Faculty

ARC Academic Senate would like to announce the 2023 Ken Deibert Award for Adjunct Faculty. Ken Deibert was a Design Technology Faculty for more than 20 years and served on the Academic Senate for more than 10 years. His tireless effort and commitment to recognizing ARC’s talented Adjunct Faculty resulted in the creation of this award.

We want to invite you, to please nominate a part-time faculty member whom you feel should be recognized for their work and achievement during their career at American River College. Candidates may be nominated by any student, staff, or faculty member by completing the Google Application. Nominations are due by Friday, May 5 by 11:55 pm. 

A warm thank you goes out to the ARC Foundation for the $1,000 honorarium that will be presented to the winner during Fall 2023 Convocation. For any questions please reach out to K. Casper-Denman or Veronica Lopez.

2023 Black Student Success Week

The 2023 Black Student Success Week is scheduled for April 24 through April 28. This year's theme is "Vision to Action: Building Systems and Structures for Black Student Success." The focus of the week-long event will be on successful approaches to ensuring Black and African American students succeed at California community colleges.

The schedule of virtual activities for the week include:

• The Black Hour: A series of daily webinars hosted from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
• The Student Hour: A series of daily webinars held from 5:00 to 6:00 pm on resources available to help current and prospective community college students succeed
• The BlackOut: A virtual advocacy day event held on April 27, 2023

Register for 2023 Black Student Success Week events.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual assault, also known as sexual violence, is one of the most serious, pervasive, yet underreported crimes in the world. According to the CDC, more than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have or will experience sexual violence during their lifetimes, yet only 12% of victims report the incident to the authorities.

Wednesday, April 26 has been designated Denim Day to raise awareness and support for survivors of sexual violence. 

Los Rios' WEAVE Confidential Advocate is available to confidentially support or provide information to students or employees who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, or sexual harassment.

Live from Florence

Are you curious what it is like to study abroad? Join a panel of Los Rios students live from Florence, Italy for a special presentation on Wednesday, April 26, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, online via Zoom. Students currently participating in the Florence Study Abroad program this semester will share their living and learning experiences. The students will also be joined by their Los Rios Faculty Advisor, FLC Professor Diane Carlson.

Word Soup

Please join us for our annual Word Soup event on Thursday, April 27 from 12:15 - 1:15 pm in Raef Hall 162. Enjoy an inspirational hour featuring original poetry, written and read by our very own ARC professor Traci Gourdine. 

Traci’s poetry and stories have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has been anthologized within Shepard and Thomas’ Sudden Fiction Continued. Traci and Quincy Troupe were paired in a year-long exchange of letters for the anthology Letters to Poets: Conversations about Poetics, Politics, and Community. She is co-editor of Night is Gone, Day is Still Coming, an anthology of writing by young Native writers, as well as We Beg to Differ, poems by Sacramento poets against the war. She has also co-edited the Tule Review with Luke Breit for the Sacramento Poetry Center. Traci Gourdine chaired the Creative Writing department for the California State Summer School for the Arts from 1998 - 2013. She was Chair of the Sacramento Poet Laureate Committee for three laureate terms. For ten years she facilitated writing workshops within several California state prisons in the Arts in Corrections program for the William James Association. Her recent collection is Ringing in the Wild, out of Ad Lumen Press.

 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Fundraising Concert

Help the advance ensemble fund their last CD with Dr. Art LaPierre before he retires this Spring! The concert will be Sunday, April 23 at 7 pm in the Music Building Room 547. Tickets will be $25. Come support our amazing vocal jazz students!

EOP&S/CARE/NextUp Open House

Join us for an overview of the EOP&S program, requirements, and services offered to participants throughout the academic year. Our goal is to encourage the enrollment, retention and completion and/or transfer of students impacted by language, social, economic and educational disadvantages. Register for a virtual or in-person event!

Register for the Virtual Open House: 

• Wednesday, April 26 from 3 - 4:30 pm
• Wednesday, May 24 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm 
• Wednesday, May 31 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Register for the In-person Open House: 

• Friday, May 5 from 12 - 1:30 pm, Community Rooms 1 and 2 
• Tuesday, May 9 from 12 - 1:30 pm, Technical Education West (TEW) 400

Women in STEM Panel

Join WiS and MESA for a Q&A session with women leaders in STEM careers on Friday, April 28 from 12:30 - 2:00 pm online. RSVP today!

Panelists:

• Sara Amini, Math and Science Teacher pursuing medical school
• Isabelle Hoan, Purification Intern at Genentech, BS in Biotechnology
• Yohanna Khachiyan, Medical Student at California Northstate University
• Emily Kotcher, Science and Health Teacher, BS in Conservation Biology

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