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Volume 67, Number 1
OUTREACH Expo bestows knowledge and workplace skills on youths
August 21, 2012
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Burgess to retire City College president has been at campus since 2001 By Jennifer Manalili City Times
Signs hung around the campus, direct attendees to various workshops and speeches. Troy Orem, City Times
A passport to a new life Expo focuses on giving youths skills to help them achieve By Adam Burkhart City Times Roughly 800 youths crowded City College on August 14 for the Passport to Life Career and Education Expo, an event for the benefit of youths on probation in the San Diego Superior Court system. The message iterated by organizers and speakers was that law enforcement and the courts want to stop crime not solely through incarceration, but also by guiding youths to the right path. “We’ve all made mistakes,” said Juvenile Court Judge Carolyn M. Caietti, “but that doesn’t mean it has to define [our] future.” Caietti began the program four years ago for the young people who she saw could use encouragement and guidance during a difficult time in their lives. She believes that having City College host the event can have a big impact on youth setting foot on the college campus. “It’s City College that I think has made a difference,” she says. “Just by showing up, [they] see that they can go to college.” A big focus of the expo is, of course, introducing young people to career possibilities. Karen Dalton, public information officer for the San Diego Superior Court, acknowledged the obstacles faced by job applicants with a criminal record: “It’s difficult enough to get a job when you have a clean slate and a college education.”
Following the conclusion of the 2012 - 13 academic year, Terrence J. Burgess will retire from his position as President of City College after serving for 12 years. Burgess made the announcement at the college’s Convocation program on Aug. 17 and also relayed the message through email. “I have made this announcement early, as I want City College to have an academic year to prepare for the leadership change and to assure that the transition is orderly,” he said in an email announcement to the campus. He will depart following Commencement in May.
City College President Terrence J. Burgess will be leaving after 12 years. City Times file photo “The City College presidency is far-and-away the zenith of my professional career, a career which has been blessed with many wonderful things. I will continue to champion City as I continue to support your remarkable work and innovation while preparing for your new leader,” said Burgess. See Burgess, page 4
HIGHER EDUCATION
City College hosts the 4th annual Passport for Life: Career and Education Expo. An expo which focuses on giving young people on probation, skills and life lessons that can benefit them. Troy Orem, City Times To give young probationers a leg up, Passport to Life offers workshops where they can begin to learn about developing personal skills and habits that will serve them in school and at work, as well as available scholarships and student aid. Around 80 organizations comprised of representatives from schools, the military, training services and companies looking to employ workers set up informational exhibits in Gorton Quad. Hosmar Hernandez, 19, who is currently finishing up a 10 month prison term, was released for the day, under
supervision, so that he could attend Passport to Life. Hernandez’s story is unique, yet the experience of parents frequently absent during childhood and an abusive father is perhaps familiar to many teens convicted of crimes. “I was kind of…an emotional kid,” said Hernandez. “Them not being around that much, I felt like I needed something all my life.” Hernandez said his best memories come from the time his mother quit working to stay home
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CSU turning away in-state students By Carla Rivera MCT Campus LOS ANGELES — The California State University system is embroiled in a controversy over plans to admit higher-paying out-of-state and international students to its undergraduate and graduate programs next spring while barring California residents because of state funding cuts. The issue has become so heated that department leaders on some campuses are saying that rather than turn
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away Californians, they will not accept any students into their programs. “I don’t want to come across as xenophobic,” Maria Nieto, a professor of biology at Cal State East Bay who coordinates her department’s graduate studies, said Thursday. “Diversity from the international community is always welcome. ... But you do not run a program in the Cal State system and exclude California residents from the application pool to bring See Admission, page 3
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