Foster Youth & The College Experience

Did you Know . . .

At best, only 10% of foster youth go to college.

 

Of that 10%, only 3%  graduate.

 

Foster Youth & The College Experience

 

Join us for what promises to be a lively and poignant discussion of the challenges of foster youth in college, and what our community can do to support their success.  This event is free and open to students, staff, and faculty at Cuesta College and to the community.

 

 

Monday, April 11, 2016

2:00 – 3:15pm

Cuesta College

Room 5401 & NC Polycom

 

 

Janaan Miles, Foster Family Development Supervisor, Family Care Network   Elie Axelroth, Author of Thin Places, Former Director of Counseling Services, Cal Poly (Retired)     Thin Places is a novel about a young woman in foster care heading off to college as she struggles with the memory of her mother. It is available at the Cuesta College Library or for sale on Amazon in paperback and Kindle, Barnes & Noble (Nook), and iTunes (iBook).  **Attendees are encouraged, but not required to read Thin Places prior to our discussion.  Copies are available for loan at the Cuesta College library.   For purchase and more information on Thin Places or Elie Axelroth, see:   www.elieaxelroth.com

 

For more information about the event, Contact Bailey Drechsler bdrechsl@cuesta.edu

 

This event is a collaborative effort between the Human Development Division & the Cultural Diversity/Student Equity Committee.

 

 

Academic Profiling

 

"Academic Profiling:

What's happening in our schools, and why

should we care?"

 

 

This talk focuses on Gilda Ochoa's award-winning book Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans and the Achievement Gap. At a time when politicians and pundits debate the sources of an achievement gap, this talk uses powerful interviews from students, educators, and parents to expose multiple gaps reproducing ​racial, class, and gender inequalities. In spite of these patterns of inequality, this work finds hope in the students and teachers who resist academic profiling. 

 

Following her presentation, Ms. Ochoa will facilitate a discussion focusing on developing a blueprint for an institutional and pedagogical action plan.

 

Thursday, 14 April 2016

11am – 1pm ¨ Rm. 5401/Polycom N3213

 

Gilda L. Ochoa is Professor of Sociology and Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at Pomona College and currently the 2016 Susan Currier Visiting Professor for Teaching Excellence at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She writes and teaches on Latinas/os, education, and race/ethnicity. Her newest book, Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap (2013) was named as in a Huffington Post article as one of 35 books that all educators of African American and Latino students must read. It has also received awards from the Asian American Studies Association, the American Sociological Association, and the Society for the Study of Social Problem for its focus on race and eradicating racism. Ochoa's earlier books include Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community (2004), Learning from Latino Teachers (2007), and Latina/o Los Angeles (2005), co-edited with her brother Enrique C. Ochoa. Her work has also appeared in Rethinking Schools, Truthout, CounterPunch, Alternet, and LA Progressive.

 

A product of public schools, Ochoa was born and raised in La Puente and Hacienda Heights, California. She received her B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Irvine and her Ph.D. from UCLA.

 

This event is a collaborative effort between the Human Development Division

& the Cultural Diversity/Student Equity Committee.

For more information about the event, Contact Bailey Drechsler bdrechsl@cuesta.edu

 

 

TELLUS

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Cuesta College Student Ambassador Program Applications 2016-2017

Student Ambassadors for Cuesta College

 

Applications Due: Friday, April 15^th

 

REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBERSHIP

• Must be a full time Cuesta College student and maintain a 2.5 GPA

• Must participate in the program from Fall 2015 semester through the end of Spring 2016

• Expect to spend a minimum of 20 hours per semester with events, outreach, tours, thank-you phone calls to our donors, etc.

• Must attend scheduled Student Ambassador monthly meetings and volunteer activities

• Ambassadors must maintain good communication with the Student Ambassador program coordinator

 

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sociology tutor available

Tutor will be in the Student Success Tutorial Office every Tuesday, throughout the rest of this semester, from 11 AM to 1 PM. She will also meet you outside of these times--just go and meet her first.