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Volum e 51 , No.5
Thursday, April 10, 1997
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Enrolling at San Jore City College and developing an educational plan can be a somewhat cumbersome process. Many students are unsure of the procedure and process that will help them devise the best, most rewarding plan to meet their academic and career goals. It is important to make the educational !Jocess andrequirementsasclearas possible 10 students, faculty and staff. The 1997 Matriculation Report, undertaken by the Matriculation Site Visil Team, is an attempt to do this very thing, by helping 10 clearly defme, evaluate and improve City College's procedures for helping students create a beneficial scholastic plan. Matriculation is basically composed of eight steps (see graphic.)
After careful review, the team concluded that the main areas of concern include prerequisites, corequisites and advisories, City College's exemption policy, and the coordi-
'The main focus is to make sure prerequisites, corequisites and advisories are validated and presented in a form that faculty and students can understand," said Charles Southward, associate vice president of matriculation and counseling. Students need written forms that tell them Enrollment sf San Jos4 CityCoUege is alengthy process known as · what classes they are required to take or are matriculation. Ths Site Visit Team's goal is to examine the following exempt from based on their educational eight steps and find ways to speed tf1 a cumbei!Omlf procsss. level and prior experience. 1. Admission to the school Another problem is that certain classes 2. Orientation .. expect different things from their students. 3. Assessment of acaderriic slo11~ For instance, in History 17 A, some 4. Counseling/Advising teachers prefer essay tests while others use 5. Follow-up on post-enrollment progress 6. Coordination/Training for staff on multiple choice tests. One class emphasizes matriculation procedures .. . writing and the other does not So if this is 7. Research/Evaluation ofstudent's succesS · the case, should both classes have the same 8. Pierequisites/Cotequisites established . . English lA prerequisite and if not, what Gr.iphlc by TreYOJ Bryden ••:• should be the requirement? nation and training of faculty and staff about "Students should be informed about their the process. See Enrollment, page 8.
8-STEP PROGRAM
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lege. Jake Eckhom, Jorgensen's assistant, makes in-class presentaWant to see some real green tions on campus about the benefits of using alternative forms of transthis spring? Anyone who uses an alternative portation. Eckhom also makes form of transportation to San Jose presentations during the new stuCity College at least once before denr orientations. AL TRANS is available to asEarth Day (April22) will be eligible sist anyone with ride sharing alterto enter a drawing for $1,000. Entry forms will be available in natives, carpooling, public transthe Student Union and the City portation (via County Transit, Light College Library. Once the entry Rail, Bart or even Cal Train) and form has been submitted to they also provide bicycle lockers ALTRANS or RIDES in San Fran- which help reduce the possibility cisco, then it will be the luck of the of theft. ALTRANS also provides free draw to determine the $1,000 dolof charge a Personal Trip Plan, lar winner. Tom Jorgensen is the which gives you the exact times ALTRANS representative at City that the buses depart from the bus College. He has held this position stop closest to you. There are six bicycle lockers at for one and a half years. "Theobjectiveof ALTRANS is City College, while De Anza has to reduce traffic congestion which 92. Jorgensen and Eckhom moniwill help improve the air quality," tor the usage of the bicycle lockers, and when the need for more locksaid Jorgensen. AL TRANS has offices in seven ers is apparent at City ColJege, community colleges and one uni- AL TRANS will be able to bring in more lockers. versity in the Bay Area. Jorgensen is the manager reFor more information, contact sponsible for serving San I ore City Tom Jorgensen at (408) 298-2181 College, Evergreen Valley College, ext. 3683 or stop by his ALTRANS De Anza College and Foothill Col- office in the G.E. Bldg.- 122. by Lynda Pearson Staff Writer
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by Luisa Prieto Staff Writer. From gi~t1g ·exotic French lnanicures to scalp treatments, the students o.f the cosmetology deparunent love what they' redoll!g. Like their coordinator Susie ~taneda, their love reflects itself in their bard work and the excellent rej)'u tation they have
tamed. The cosmetology program at
San Jose City Colfege is a one kat entry level series of classes. 11>tential Students apply one or o semesters prior to starting, QJ learn -everything from hairtins to Ei:ir6~ facials. Their ork s1atiorls; Which are 20 years .. deskto
saloo when they flip qJen their deslc lq) to reveal the mimr on the 001et
side. Since the fall of 1996, the department has run a skin care program in the evening. Both programs have a waiting list full of students whowanttoenroll. Unlike the day program. which goes from Monday to Friday during the day, the skin care class runs from Tuesday to Thursday evenings and all day Saturday. In the skin care claSs, students learn to do facials with dermal lights and whole body waxes. "I'm really enjoying the program," said Jennifer Jargick. She bas been in the class since the fall semester. "I like working with people. Ilike hair. I thought about itfota todo
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In the past, the students have won many awards in statewide competitions against other cosmetol0gy departments from vario~ schools. Last year, the City Gollege department won first place in the hair stylirlg and coloring competition at Long Beach. Impressed with thecosmetology department's .hard work, many people have donated scholarships or important items, like the man who sharpens their scissors and each year donates an expensive pair scissors. Various salons, like "Yosh For Hair," to the cosmetology club, Sigma Ata Beta, believe in the department's importance. They aren't alone. The"ProofofthePudding"wall
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