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Student body president Shelly Michael shaped by Bay Area diversity
College offers 2 years free tuition De Anza College will offer free tuition and funds for textbooks and materials for two years to eligible students. The program, initially the De Anza First Year Promise, was to provide students with one year of financial support. The now implemented California College Promise Program will offer service for two years. Funding comes from the increased 2019-2020 state budget. The program includes $1000 to spend on materials and includes the VTA Smartpass. Qualifying students must be California residents or AB 540 students, enrolled full-time and attending college for the first time. De Anza’s College Promise is funded by Assembly Bill 19. De Anza ran a pilot in Winter 2019 with 175 students and saw an increase in retention rates from 2% to 3%.
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Shelly Michael, 19, political science major, takes office as the 2019-2020 De Anza Student Body president. She says De Anza College “felt like a place that I could make a difference.”
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hile on the phone with a friend, then 10-yearold Shelly Michael, 2019-2020 DASB president, heard the Israeli warning sirens ringing. She said goodbye to her friend, headed to a shelter and waited for the missiles to stop before resuming her conversation. Michael was born and raised until the age of 10 in Petah Tikva, Israel. Michael said during that time she was “aware of what was
happening, but wasn’t completely aware.” “People go through terrible events that can impact their entire lives,” she said. “So this made me aware that you need to be receptive to people.” Those sirens became apart of Michael’s life until she moved to the U.S. “Moving made me more aware of the world itself,” said Michael. “Just because the Bay Area is such a diverse place, so I learned about many new cultures and I think that made me a better person.”
Michael graduated from Fremont High School, where she was apart of the theater program, speech and debate team, French Honor Society and a tutoring program called FHS Sol. “One of my favorite things is learning about people, where they come from, diversities coming together here, so all those experiences really helped me learn that,” she said. Although De Anza seemed like the “natural step” after high school, Michael said she “fell in love” with the college.
“The Bay Area is such a diverse place, so I learned about many new cultures and I think that made me a better person.” -Shelly Michael, DASB President
‘UndocuWelcome’ orientation holds workshops, perfomances, outreach Nathalia Moran STAFF REPORTER
Undocumented students chanted, “We’re here and we’ve got this” at the De Anza College second annual “UndocuWelcome Orientation” on Sept. 12 and 13, in an indigenous blessing
ceremony to respect the native land being stood on. Undocumented students and families were invited to participate in workshops and learn tips on how to navigate college in relation to their immigrant status. The event was a collaboration
between Higher Education for AB 540 Students, Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action and the Office of Equity. The orientation gave the opportunity for students to bond over shared experiences and a sense of unity on campus. The gathering of the
students also alleviated a feeling of displacement some felt previously before having attended UndocuWelcome. Juan Rodriguez, 19, music major, said the event made him feel empowered.
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parking postponed Assembly Bill 302, which proposes allowing homeless students to sleep in their cars overnight on California community college campuses, will be paused this year. The bill will be adjusted to a two-year bill instead, according to an article from the Mercury News. The bill now proposes allowing students to park overnight on campuses from July 2021 to the December 2023. According to the California Community Colleges #RealCollege survey, 19% of community college students experience homelessness and 60% are housing insecure.
De Anza president search continues The Foothill-De Anza chancellor’s office and an appointed hiring committee will conduct the search for a new De Anza College president this academic year In October, the chancellor’s office will announce steps for the selection of the De Anza president and form a search committee, said Becky Bartindale, Foothill-De Anza coordinator of communications and public affairs. Christina Espinosa-Pieb will continue to serve as interim president until June 30, 2020.