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Blackness History Month - Feb
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Fourth dimension: ane:00PM-2:30PM
Title: Black History Calendar month Get-go
Presenter: Madam President, Jewell Riversmith, African American Faculty & Staff Association - Fresno City College
Link: Recording of Event
Opening Twenty-four hours Plan
- Commencement of Black History Month: Jewell Riversmith, President, African American Faculty & Staff Association of Fresno City Higher.
- Welcome Remarks: Dr. Lataria Hall, Vice President of Pupil Services.
- Preview of Black History Month Events: Andralyn Keys, Dr. Gerri Santos, Dr. Kalisha Spomer
- Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carole Goldsmith, Chancellor, Country Center Community College District
- Keynote Accost: Dr. Marlon Hall, Acting President Fresno City Higher
- Musical Performance "MLK" & "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing": Julie Dana, Director of Choirs & Vocal Music, Fresno City Singers
- Endmost Remarks: Jewell Riversmith, President, African American Faculty & Staff Association of Fresno City College
Wednesday, Feb two, 2022
Time: 12:30PM-2:00PM
Title: Knowing Your Rights equally a Student
Presenter: Clarke-Lauren Richard, M.Southward & Jessica Shadrick G.S - Fresno Metropolis College Counselors
Link: Recording of Knowing Your Rights as a Student
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: Surviving and Thriving as a Black Professional
Presenters: Dr. Brian Olowude, Clinical Psychologist, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Academy of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Arrie Smith, Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist - Extended Opportunity Programs & Services Counselor, Fresno Urban center College
Link: Recording of Surviving and Thriving as a Black Professional
Mon, February 7, 2022
Fourth dimension: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: The Effects of Substances on Your Mental Health
Presenter: Angie Keys, M.S, AMFT- Special Programs Advisor- Fresno Metropolis College
Link: Recording of The Furnishings of Substances on Your Mental Health
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: Equity, Inclusion & Removing Barriers
Presenters: Dr. Kitty Catania, Consultant, Retired Deputy Superintendent for Fresno County Office of Education
Dr. Angie Barfield, Fresno County of Education
Dr. Geraldine Santos, Licensed Matrimony & Family unit Therapist, Counselor- Fresno City College
Link: Recording of Equity, Inclusion & Removing Barriers
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Time: xi:00AM-12:30PM
Championship: Special Guest Speaker Series
Presenter: Dr. Marlon Hall, Interim President, Fresno Metropolis College
Link: Recording of Special Invitee Speaker
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Fourth dimension: 12:00PM-1:30PM
Title: Surviving COVID-19 & Understanding It's Stressors
Presenters: Dr. Brian Olowude, Clinical Psychologist, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Academy of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Geraldine Santos, Licensed Union & Family unit Therapist, Counselor- Fresno Urban center Higher
Link: Recording of Surviving COVID-19 & Understanding It's Stressors
Monday, February 14, 2022
Fourth dimension: 12:00PM-1:30PM
Title: Immature, Black & Professional
Presenters: M. Regan Garner, Grand.S - Health Educator
Kientra Garcia, M.S - Criminology
Julius Smith, M.A - English
Link: Recording of Immature, Blackness & Professional person
Tuesday, February xv, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: COVID-19: How to Take Care of Yourself
Presenter: Horace Stewart, Iii, RN, Entrepreneur
Link: Recording of COVID-xix: How to Take Care of Yourself
Wed, February 16, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: College Presidents Panel
Presenters: Dr. Marlon Hall, Interim President, Fresno City College
Dr. Christine McPhail, President, St. Augustine University
Dr. Marking Sanchez, President, Southwestern College
Dr. Doffiney, Chancellor Emeritus, North Orange County Community Higher District
Link: Recording of College Presidents Panel
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: Fresno City College RN Plan Nursing Students Console
Presenters: Student's Console
Link: Recording of Fresno City College RN Program Nursing Students Panel
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022
Time: 12:30PM-iii:00PM
Title: HBCU Caravan Tour
Location: OAB-251
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Fourth dimension: 2:00PM-3:30PM
Title: Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Amber Balakian, Entrepreneur, Business organization Possessor & Fresno City College Teacher
Link: Recording of Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - volition exist rescheduled
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Title: Speakers Forum: Real Life Guardian of the Galaxy
Presentes: Dr. Moogega Cooper
Location: OAB Auditorium
Link: https://scccd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FwG2jL8yT5657YbmQqFZSQ
Midweek, February 23, 2022
Time: 1:00PM-2:00PM
Title: State Center Community Higher District African American Administrators
Presenters: Jerome Countee, Vice Chancellor of Student Effectiveness-CCCD
Dr. Lataria Hall, Vice President of Student Services-Fresno City College
Derrick Johnson, Acquaintance Dean of Allied Health, Physical Education & Athletics, Director of Athletics-Fresno City College
Keisha Nesbitt-Lewis, RN, Managing director of Nursing-Fresno Metropolis Higher
Link: Recording of State Center Customs College District African American Administrators
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Time: eleven:00AM-12:30PM
Championship: Why Taking Care of Your Mental Wellness Matters
Presenters: Dr. Geraldine Santos, Licensed Matrimony & Family Therapist, Counselor- Fresno City College
Dr. Kalisha Spomer, LCSW, Articulation Office-Fresno City College
Link: Recording of Why Taking Intendance of Your Mental Health Matters
Friday, February 25, 2022
Time: eleven:00AM-12:00PM
Championship: Transfer Center Presentation
Presenters: Clarke-Lauren Richard, M.South, Transfer Eye Advisor-Fresno City College
Jessica Shadrick, M.S, Athletics Advisor, Fresno City College
Link: Recording of Transfer Eye Presentation
Mon, February 28, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM
Title: Black History Calendar month - Closing Day
Link: Recording of Black History Calendar month - Closing Solar day
Presenters
Biography:
Dr. Gerri Santos holds in B.A., in Social Piece of work, and a K.S. degree, in Rehabilitation Counseling, from California State University, Fresno. She also completed the class work for the Matrimony & Family Therapy caste, and she is a Licensed Marriage Family unit Therapist. She has a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership and Management, from California School of Professional Psychology, with distinction, with a 3.97 overall GPA. Dr. Santos, Dissertation Title: Social System Structure, in place to Motivate African American Students to Pursue Higher Instruction. Dr. Santos possesses more than 25 years of feel as a community higher advisor and has a comprehensive understanding of the entire spectrum of customs college. She tin compartmentalize the needs of students by making certain they are given every opportunity to maximize their potential. She knows that the success of the customs college student is best understood through disinterestedness lenses, being equity minded in your approach when working with students. She understands the demand to appraise, re-assess and have a re-imagination that educatee accept the ability, fortitude, and the ego force to perform well at the college level. To think otherwise, would exist the meet the educatee from deficit thinking and would contribute to subtract capacity and impair student's self-efficacy belief. Dr. Santos believes that for students to succeed, those who work with them, must believe in the cocky-efficacy of the students, and decisions regarding best practices for students must be data driven.
Dr. Santos is a fierce advocate for the rights of students; in 2014 Dr. Santos participated in the evolution of the showtime equity plan at Fresno Metropolis College. Dr. Santos advocates tirelessly on behalf of African American students who are from depression-income families, the under-served, under-represented and those who are most disproportionately impacted in the California Customs College system.
Dr. Santos by experiences includes working for Fresno County as the Deputy Conservator, extensive piece of work as a Licensed Clinician in the Acute Psychiatric Unit of measurement, the Pact unit, evaluating and making determination for hospitalization (5150) to those who could not provide for food clothing and shelter due to their mental incapacity/impediments. She has a background in Child Welfare Services and was the President of Bridges to Life a non-profit (501C3) arrangement that she started. Dr. Santos intends to return to private practice as a Licensed Marriage Family unit Therapist (LMFT).
Dr. Santos personal perspective, " I would like to exist equally praised, as I am criticized for the work I practise".
Biography:
Clarke-Lauren Richard was born and raised in San Bernardino, Ca. She moved to the primal valley during the summer of 2010, where she soon began her bookish journey at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Ca. In 2012, she transferred to Fresno State, pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications and Journalism. During her time at Fresno State, Clarke-Lauren was able to earn a bachelor of arts and main's degree in counseling. Clarke-Lauren currently serves equally a counselor at Fresno Urban center College within the Transfer Eye. Her mission is to ensure students reach their fullest academic potential. She understands the importance of her presence and being an advocate and mentor for students of color.
Biography:
Jessica Shadrick received her Master'south Degree in Counseling with an Option in Matrimony & Family Therapy and her Educatee Personnel Services (PPS) Credential from California State University, Fresno.
She has worked in the California Customs College system for 10 years and has been in all levels of positions. She started her Customs College career as a Classified employee with Kern Community College District with the EOPS/CARE & CalWORKs Department, she then transitioned into the part of ETC (Extending the Class) Coordinator at Fresno City College for 3 years where she grew the program from 24 supported grade sections to over 100 supported grade sections. From there, she transitioned into Counseling and has been the counselor for: General Counseling, Probation/Disqualification, SYMBAA, Reg-To-Go, Early on Warning, Adult Education, Fiscal Aid, Athletics and the Foster Youth Success Plan. She has also taught diverse Counseling Education, Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology courses at the Community College level as well.
She has besides worked in the community benefit sector forth the lines of bridging the gap of equity in education and services provided to families from disenfranchised backgrounds. She worked for and alongside CSU, Fresno Children's Institute, Children's Services Network, Commencement 5 Fresno County, Fresno Unified School District, Fresno Family Counseling Eye, Tulare County Part of Education, Lindsay Unified Schoolhouse District and Pomona Unified School Commune.
She is happy to be home at Fresno City College full time and has a passion in working for and with educatee-athletes.
Biography:
Johnson comes to Fresno City later on spending the last 22 months at Middlesex County College (MCC) in Edison, New Jersey every bit Director of Athletics and Recreation and with over 15 years of able-bodied administration feel. While at Middlesex, Johnson was responsible for the overall functioning of the Blue Colt athletic program, including coordinating facilities, budgets, fundraising, corporate sponsorships, and community relations.
Prior to MCC, Johnson made stops at Elizabeth City State University, Riverside City College, and Benedict College. He has served in positions such as Manager of Athletics, Associate Athletic Director, Sports Information Director, Head Baseball Coach and Assistant Director of Public Relations and Marketing all at the collegiate level.
Johnson, a Trenton, NJ native and graduate of the Academy of South Carolina-Aiken, where he earned a bachelor'due south degree in journalism/Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. He also earned a Master of Sports Science degree from the United states of america Sports University in Daphne, AL. During his college career Johnson was a gifted student-athlete as both a writer for the Pacer Times newspaper and equally a standout baseball role player. Johnson was named to the NCAA Division II Peach Belt All-Conference squad in back-to-back seasons. In improver, Johnson was selected every bit a Major League Draft Pick by the Florida Marlins system in 1993 and 1994. In 2008 he was inducted into the Ewing High Schoolhouse Able-bodied Hall of Fame for by accomplishments in Football and Baseball game.
Biography:
Dr. Mark Sanchez' experience includes over xx years in customs college leadership, education and teaching and workforce development. His passion for social justice is demonstrated throughout his career. In his career in California community higher leadership, he has been successful in the development and implementation of comprehensive race conscious-disinterestedness focused instruction, pupil services and online programs designed to increase student admission and success, student outreach, and educatee personal evolution.
At the previous colleges in which he served, Dr. Sanchez worked collectively with his Student Life and Leadership team to bring students from diverse backgrounds together to appoint in cantankerous-cultural learning and date. Prior to beginning his Presidency at Southwestern College, Dr. Sanchez was the Assistant Superintendent/Vice-President of Student Success and Back up Programs at Cuesta College, Dr. Sanchez besides served as the Dean of Student Affairs, Counseling at Hartnell College; Dean of Pupil Services, Counseling at Fresno City Higher; and Director of Student Back up Programs at San Jose Evergreen Valley Higher. Dr. Sanchez likewise teaches university graduate courses online (asynchronous) in the Master of Instruction Program at Brandman University.
Prior to starting time his profession in postsecondary leadership, Dr. Sanchez worked in developing educational and career programs at the Fresno County Workforce Development Lath and career training programs funded by the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Dr. Sanchez is a collaborative leader who works effectively with constituent groups on campus, businesses and community-based partners.
He is a stiff supporter of whole person development and services that assist higher students with the skills they need to complete their educational, career and personal goals. Among these services is access to counseling, financial assist, academic supports, and mental health/wellness coaching for students. Throughout his career, Dr. Sanchez has worked with fantabulous teams of college faculty, staff, students and administrators to expand the overall availability of equity focused programs on college campuses. Additionally, he has experience in financial direction with both short-term and long-term financial planning. Dr. Sanchez is a native of San Diego, CA and began his college career every bit a educatee at Southwestern College.
Upon graduating from Southwestern College with an Acquaintance'due south Degree in General Studies, Dr. Sanchez went on to complete his Available of Arts in Sociology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. Master of Arts in Education Administration with Distinction and Doctorate in Educational Leadership both from California Land University, Fresno. Dr. Sanchez knows San Diego and the S Bay well and is proud of his roots growing upwardly in the region.
Biography:
Dr, Christine Johnson McPhail is the 13th President of Saint Augustine'due south University. Christine Johnson McPhail is a nationally recognized, well-respected idea leader in higher education in her own right. Dr. McPhail too currently serves as Professor of Exercise at the John E. Roueche Heart for Community College Leadership at Kansas State University. She is the Founding Professor and Managing director of the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program at Morgan State Academy. Under McPhail's leadership, Morgan State Academy became a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution, indicating that the plan awarded at to the lowest degree 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees during the update year.
Dr. McPhail is the recipient of the 2018 Various Champions Accolade from Various Issues in College Education, the 2010 American Clan of Community Colleges (AACC) National Leadership Award, and the 2008 League of Innovation's Terry O'Banion Leadership Award. She served on the Informational Council for the Customs College Survey of Student Date and the National Center for Postsecondary Inquiry at the Customs College Research Center. Dr. McPhail besides served equally the affirmative activeness officer for Partition J of the American Pedagogy Research Association and on the editorial board for the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
A prolific scholar and practitioner, she is the editor for one of AACC's acknowledged publications,Establishing and Sustaining Learning-Centered Customs Colleges (2005), coauthor of the all-time-selling book,Practical Leadership in Customs Colleges, with Dr. George R. Boggs (2016), author ofLeadership Tune-Up: Twelve Steps to Becoming a More than Successful and Innovative Leader (2020), and co-editor ofTeam Leadership in Customs Colleges, with Dr. George R. Boggs (2019). Her latest book,Transformational Change: Becoming an Equity-Centered Higher Education Institution, co-authored with Dr. Kimberly Beatty, is slated for publication in Spring 2021 (Stylus Publishing).
Biography:
Dr. Brian Olowude (Dr. O) is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and is the Manager of Counseling and Psychological Services at the Academy of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). Prior to joining UCSB, he served as the Coordinator of Psychological Services and Internship Director for the Land Heart Customs College District for 10 years. He received his A.A. from Monterey Peninsula College, a B.A. in Psychology from CSU Sacramento, a Main of Public Administration from Syracuse University, and a Master'due south and Ph.D. in Cross-Cultural Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. He has over xx years of experience in Higher Mental Health and regards delivering clinical services in a culturally competent and inclusive manner every bit an essential element in all operations of an agency.
Biography:
Angie has worked in the social service sector for over 11 years, providing case management and psychotherapy to a variety of population, which include pregnant and parenting teens, probationers, and dual diagnosis. Angie is passionate nigh assisting at-risk populations with developing positive coping skills to better performance within the community and reduce recidivism.
In 2019, Angie began to focus on quality assurance and compliance for group homes transitioning to STRTP'southward (brusque-term residential treatment program) in the state of California, equally well equally accreditation. With the new and innovative changes to the foster intendance system, Angie understood the need to ensure that providers were made enlightened of the new regulations for foster youth that promote Trauma Informed Intendance principles.
Angie has recently assisted three STRTP's with receiving accreditation from CARF; each STRTP has received the maximum fourth dimension allotted for accreditation of 3 years. Angie has assisted two STRTP's with receiving approval from their respected county for Plan of Performance and Program Statement Approval.
In add-on to quality assurance and compliance, Angie besides provides trainings to providers, foster youth, and resource parents on development of historic period-appropriate interventions, understanding Trauma Informed Care principles, and harm-reduction. Angie has provided various trainings on working with CSEC youth, psychopharmacology, and reactive attachment disorder (RAD).
Angie is trained in EMDR (heart-move desensitization reprocessing) and EMDR DeTUR.
Angie completed her bachelor'south degree in Political Science at U.C. Riverside, where she also played volleyball. Angie completed her Master'due south in Matrimony, Family, and Children's Counseling at University of Phoenix. Angie is currently working towards the completion of a Doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership, with an emphasis on cerebral behaviors at Chiliad Canyon Academy.
In her free time, Angie enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and doing hot yoga.
Biography:
Dr. Marlon Hall is the retired Superintendent/President of Lassen College and volition replace Dr. Carole Goldsmith, who was appointed every bit State Center Community Higher Commune Chancellor at the December 14, 2021 board meeting.
Before serving as acting president at Fresno City Higher, Dr. Hall spent seven and a one-half years at Lassen Customs College, in Susanville, California. While at Lassen, Dr. Hall heightened the awareness of the challenges facing small-scale and rural community colleges, at both the national and state levels. He worked tirelessly to advocate for funding and for system-wide reform. Dr. Hall is also a strong advocate for students and their successes.
"As i door closed with retirement, another opened at FCC, with this new opportunity I will emphasize that we leave no stone unturned in regard to our students reaching their educational and career goals," Hall said.
Dr. Hall was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his outset xviii years of his life there. Upon graduation from high school in 1976, he migrated to California to pursue his bookish and athletic goals.
In California, Dr. Hall attended W Hills College Coalinga, Westward Coast Christian College, California State University-Fresno, Fresno Pacific University, and the Fielding Graduate University. He has earned six higher degrees. During his time as a college educatee, Dr. Hall earned letters in track at West Hills College Coalinga and basketball from Due west Coast Christian Higher.
As an educator, Dr. Hall has both K12 and community college experience. While at Fresno Unified School Commune, he served in a variety of roles: heart school instructor, loftier school English teacher, varsity basketball jitney, developed school teacher and acting Vice-Chief. While at West Hills College, he served as a community college faculty member, Academic Senate President, college basketball game coach, instructional dean and Vice President of Student Services.
He is the husband of Mary Hebert-Hall and father of the late Marlon Hall Jr.
Biography:
Horace Steward III is a Registered Nurse, (RN) Entrepreneur, Mentor, Consultant and Adviser for those who desire to become RN'Southward. Horace has a wide range of work feel equally a Navy Nurse Corps in the The states Navy, Fleet Marine Technician, Hemodialysis Apheresis Technician, numerous years as a Hospital Corpsman, and is currently an adjunct faculty at FCC. In his current part every bit an Teacher, he mentors all students with accent in working with a various pupil population, equitable practices, and closing achievement gaps for nursing students to transition from students to fiscally responsible healthcare professionals.
Horace is a United States Navy veteran, where he served for 10 years. Prior to his retirement from the Navy, Horace was instrumental in the opening of Toshiko Japanese Cuisine in Hanford, California. Horace joined Fresno City College Nursing Department in 2014, after serving xiii years as a Hospital Corpsman and x years as a Navy Nurse Corps Officer in the Usa Navy. During his time in the armed forces Horace worked as a Fleet Marine Technician and a Hemodialysis Apheresis Technician.
The inspiration and guidance he received during the first half of his career laid the foundation for pursing a degree in nursing and becoming a Navy Nurse Corps Officer. Subsequently receiving a committee as a Navy Nurse Horace focused about of his fourth dimension preparation enlisted personnel in the emergency room and promoting breast and colorectal cancer screening. During his tenure with Fresno Urban center Higher Horace teaches clinical lab skills and adult medical surgical nursing on campus and in local hospitals.
Horace enjoys mentoring inspiring business organization owners and snowboarding, spending fourth dimension with his daughters, wife family and friends.
Horace Steward III is available for educational mentorship and private consultations. You lot can accomplish him at horace.steward@fresnocitycollege.edu.
Biography:
A real life "Guardian of the Galaxy," Dr. Moogega (Moo-ji-gae) "Moo" Cooper holds the awesome responsibility of keeping the red planet condom from any of the Globe'south contaminants. Moo is the planetary protection pb of the famed NASA 2020 Mars mission—with its highly viewed landing on February 18, 2021. Her work with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is integral to the ongoing mission to discern whether Mars could exist habitable for humans and that nosotros don't harm what's already at that place—a chore she has been working up to for most of her life. After graduating from loftier schoolhouse at 16, Cooper studied physics equally an undergraduate, received a master's caste and went on to earn her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at 24 years one-time with a dissertation on sterilizing spacecraft materials. Moo is passionate about empowering organizations and others to reach their dreams and overcome obstacles that she articulately conveys through her life story and honey of her work. A office model for women in science and applied science, she is also passionate about introducing more people to the wonders of the STEAM world, including by talking nigh her work to boys and girls from underrepresented communities and appearing on shows like Because Space and Bill Nye Saves the World. Moo is a recipient of several awards, including the NASA Early Career Public Accomplishment Medal, the Charles Elachi Award for Exceptional Early Career Achievement, and JPL Voyager Awards for Technical Leadership.
Biography:
Keisha Lewis Nesbitt has been a Registered Nurse for 24 years, and received a Master of Science in Nursing Didactics, from the Academy of Phoenix, and Associate Degree in Nursing, from Los Angeles Trade Technical College.
Post-graduation, she began her career in community health centers, and transitioned into inpatient clinical settings, specializing in a wide range of specialty areas, including Medical- Surgical Nursing, Perioperative Services, Infusion Dwelling house Therapy, Traveling Nursing, and Nursing Instruction/Administration. During the pandemic, she worked as a frontline staff, providing care to rural areas of Fresno, plagued past COVID, obtained grants and resources to back up frontline staff, and the community during this tumultuous time in history. Her present professional interests focus on nursing leadership, academia, and embarking on her vision, of bringing sensation of nursing careers to young children.
Keisha is an active fellow member of the Nursing Leadership Coalition, of Key San Joaquin Valley, and the Central Valley Black Nurses Association. Through her professional affiliations, she has been instrumental in providing educational resource to the community, empowering and supporting collective voices pertaining to health care policies, advocacy, and disinterestedness and equality. She has a passion for uplifting, and supporting kinesthesia by highlighting their skills, and expertise. Every bit a result, this not only inspires faculty, but enables them to stay motivated, relevant, and informed during this transitional stage in health care.
Her near recent project includes co-authoring, "Discover the Earth of Nursing", an animated children'due south volume serial, inspiring children to explore the variety of careers in nursing. In addition, she serves every bit Vice President, of Jack and Jill of America, Fresno Affiliate, leading multi- faceted mothers, who are dedicated to raising the next generation of leaders through programs that focus on leadership, service, legislative advocacy, and philanthropic giving.
She was spotlighted, in "Mom's on the Motility", of Jack and Jill of America, Far W Region, for her contributions to enlightening children's imagination, to the unique adventures in Nursing.
Keisha enjoys spending time with her son and loved ones, traveling, working on creative projects, volunteering on Veteran and Civic community projects.
Biography:
Dr. Lataria Hall, is a native of the Central Valley. She currently serves as the Vice President of Student Services at Fresno City College. She is President of the California Chief Pupil Services Officeholder Association, where she contributes to policy making and procedures that governs students' rights. Dr. Hall holds a Bachelor of Arts caste in Social Work, a Master of Science in Rehabilitation from California State University, Fresno, and a Doctorate degree in Education with an emphasis in Exceptional Learning from Northcentral University.
Dr. Lataria Hall is a tearing abet for students, she seeks equitable solutions to close achievement gaps for students who are under-represented, who may not otherwise be given an educational opportunity and the disproportionately impacted. She brings a wealth of higher education feel to her work, including policy development, strategic planning, threat cess, program development, direction, and state and national advocacy piece of work. She understands that each student brings to campus their own unique background that requires and equity minded approach that is student focused/centered. As a leader she is engaging, committed, collaborative, and dedicated to reaching consensus for all-time institutional practices and especially when working with students.
Dr. Hall is a scholarly practitioner who uses data to strategically and effectively design pupil success interventions that supports equitable piece of work that is aligned with the state chancellor'due south part. Dr. Hall was recently tasked past then President Carole Goldsmith, to develop a chore force to review current practices in the RN program. She was instrumental in assembling an RN taskforce that consisted of staff, administrator and faculty that contributed to a well-rounded assessment and reassessment of the RN program.
Biography:
Amber Balakian is originally from Reedley and a Reedley Loftier School graduate. She has her B.A. in Economics and minors in Science & Technology and Humanities from University of California, San Diego. She continued her educational activity in business, and received an M.A. with a focus in Management and Operations from Harvard University. Amber is a fourth generation organic farmer and helps manage Balakian Farms.
She is an entrepreneur who manufactures and distributes CPG products nether the Balakian Farms brand. Bister is the Entrepreneurship Instructor at Fresno City College, and oversees both the Entrepreneurship and Style Merchandising programs inside the Business Division. In 2020, she was the recipient of the $250,000 USDA VAP grant for her concern. Amber was selected as a Stacy'due south Rise Project finalist 2021 class in partnership with Pepsi Frito-Lay, Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine. She was accepted into the Amazon Black Business Accelerator airplane pilot program for 2021, and recipient of an Amazon Black Business grant.
Biography:
Dr. Kalisha Spomer, accept a bachelor's degree in Sociology from California Land University, Long Beach, a master'due south caste in Social Work from California Land University, Fullerton and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Dr. Spomer besides has a PhD in Psychology with an emphasis in Knowledge and Instruction from Grand Canyon University.
Dr. Spomer has a wide range of counseling experience including wok with the Kid Welfare Services Adoption Agency, work with families who requires therapeutic intervention, the underserved, the under-represented and those who just need assistance with life bug. Her background in providing counseling services to families, children and adult who required counseling assistance has laid a well-rounded foundation for her to deal with complex issues, such as mental health diagnosis, treatment for depressive, eating, adjustment disorders and other mental health issues that falls under the umbrellas as an LCSW. Dr. Spomer impressive educational background, her past experience prepared her well for her transiting into the California Community Higher organisation and being a resources to underrepresented populations.
Dr. Spomer, has been employed by Fresno City College since 2016, as a counselor and the Articulation Officer. Every bit a Counseling faculty member, she has served on a numerous committees including Academic Senate, Curriculum, Student Equity and Guided Pathways. Dr. Spomer is a mentor and role model for offshoot kinesthesia, students, her peers and specifically those who desire aid within the community college system.
Additionally, Dr. Spomer teaches Sociology, Counseling and Social Piece of work courses College of the Sequoias and Fresno Pacific University. Dr. Spomer is grounded in equitable practices for the disproportionately impacted students and provide compliance for transfer issues, completion of degree, curriculum approval and keeping the higher abreast on the issues that occurs at the four-year college level. Dr. Spomer she has a growing appreciation for different cultures, ethnicities, religions, socio-economic statuses, and lifestyles. Her work experience, in both school settings and public agencies, and a not-profit organization, demonstrates delivery, strengths, and pity to serve vulnerable and underserved populations of all diversities.
Biography:
Arrie Smith, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, Adjunct Professor at CSPP/AIU and Counselor with the EOPS Program at Fresno Urban center Higher. Dr. Smith is involved both nationally and locally in California's efforts to heighten the quality of life and empowering people of African beginnings through advocacy, homo service commitment and enquiry. She has been actively involved in educating on and researching problems such equally mental health promotion, mortality patterns and suicide prevention efforts in the African American/Black Community. She has worked with adults in Fresno Canton customs mental wellness, emergency psychiatric services, substance abuse and co-occurring disorder treatment settings for over twenty years. Her clinical groundwork includes working with the seriously and persistently mentally ill in a crunch setting, Batterer Intervention Handling Programs (male and female), conducting bonding studies and court mandated comprehensive psychological evaluations for family reunification. Dr. Smith's clinical interests include acculturation and multiculturalism, working with veterans, active duty armed services, individuals who feel trauma, depression, feet and anger management. Dr. Smith enjoys education Psychology and Cultural Diversity and incorporates health and recovery into her therapeutic framework. A veteran of the United states of america Marine Corps, she also holds Available Degrees in Psychology and African American Studies, Master's Degrees in Counseling Psychology and Public Administration and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. She is currently President of the Fresno Chapter and California Association of Blackness Social Workers.
Biography:
Jerome T. Countee Jr. is Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Institutional Effectiveness for the Land Eye Customs College District. Mr. Countee is a senior community college executive with over 25 years of feel in higher education leading entrepreneurial initiatives, scaling organizational capacity, cultivating stakeholder relationships, and establishing customs partnerships that support successful student outcomes and advance institutional goals.
Earlier becoming Vice Chancellor, Mr. Countee worked four years as Associate Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development at American River College in Sacramento, California. Prior to arriving in California, Mr. Countee served eleven years as Managing director of Continuing Educational activity and Business organisation Partnerships at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland where in 2013 his colleagues recognized him with the Outstanding Administrative and Professional Staff award. Prior to that, Mr. Countee directed professional instruction programs at the University of Maryland Global Campus (formerly University Higher), and later at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Mr. Countee's early professional experience includes; several years as a patent-belongings entrepreneur and pocket-size business organization owner, five years every bit a corporate manager in IBM's Mid-Atlantic area headquarters, four years as a engineering consultant for the Prince George's County Maryland Public School System, and legislative staff assignments with both the United states Senate and the Maryland General Assembly.
Mr. Countee has a Political Science Bachelor'due south degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), an MPA from Western Kentucky Academy, and will earn his Doctorate of Education from Morgan State University post-obit his doctoral dissertation defense in Spring 2022. A native of the Washington, DC area, Mr. Countee is the proud begetter of a son and a daughter, both recent college graduates. Mr. Countee is re-married and currently resides in Fresno, California
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Dr. Ned Doffoney has served on the ACCJC since 2016. He holds an Ed.D. in Institutional Management from Pepperdine University, an Chiliad.S. in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Dr. Doffoney is the Chancellor Emeritus of the Northward Orange County Community College Commune, a position he held from 2008 until 2015. He served as the President of Fresno City College for half-dozen years, the founding President/Chancellor of South Louisiana Community College for four years, and as the President of Saddleback College for four years. Dr. Doffoney has all-encompassing experience in institutional effectiveness and accountability, college and district-wide facilities planning, budgeting, research, and institutional assessment strategic and primary planning. He has served equally chair and member of external evaluation teams for the ACCJC and likewise worked closely with the Southern Clan of Colleges and Schools while in Louisiana.
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Regan Garner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Scientific discipline from Pepperdine University and a main's caste in Health Care Informatics from Thousand Coulee Academy. Health Care Computer science is a rapidly growing subject area that promotes admission in health care, by combining leadership and advanced applied science that increases the quality of services that is delivered in patient care. When the two intersect, the results are a more than effective health intendance organisation that increases access and maximizes how services are delivered to patients. Regan takes this one step farther by utilizing this noesis in her career in Diet. In her jobs as a Nutrition Educator for WIC and equally a Health and Diet Specialist, applied science is crucial to productivity through the connections of a family's medical information to their eating habits and the procurement of foods called and served for school meal programs.
Regan began her career in diet promoting healthy children through the WIC program every bit a Nutrition Educator for low-income families. Diet education involved providing resource for counterbalanced meal plans, promoting dental health, and good medical care for low socio-economic young women who were significant or with children under 5 years old.
Regan is currently employed by the Arizona Department of Didactics equally a Wellness and Diet Specialist, where she manages food acquisition and distribution for schoolhouse districts participating in the USDA Foods Program in Arizona. Regan besides coordinates two grants that provides federal funding for school districts to purchase equipment for food grooming and provide nutrition educational activity for their students. Regan has always been passionate about food and her current task allows her to share that passion with schools as she encourages healthy eating and the procurement of healthy foods for schoolhouse repast programs. Promoting a healthy lifestyle is probably one of the nigh hard habits to instill just starting those habits in schoolhouse can encourage habits in kids that can last for a lifetime.
Regan resides in Peoria, Arizona where she loves spending time with her family and their iii dogs. She as well loves to watch movies, baking, and traveling with her family.
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Julius Smith holds an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from Fresno Metropolis College, a B.A caste in English literature, with an emphasis on creative writing from William Jessup Academy, and an M.A. degree in English Literature, from California Baptist University.
Julius's thesis is titled "Embracing Vernaculars in African-American Literature: Germane Signification". Julius analyzes how Black Linguistics, in the use of African American Literature, intersected with gimmicky ideals and the evaluation of the "The New Negro Movement". He contributes to the African American literary cannon and helps further the importance of African American Literary Criticism, by taking a deeper look at how this topic gives credibility to African American culture as a whole.
Every bit a educatee at Fresno City College, Julius was hired by the tutorial eye, to work with students who struggled in their reading and writing courses. Julius experience at Fresno City Higher laid a solid foundation for him to pursue his B.A. and M.A. degree in English Literature.
Julius believes, you must take advantage of every opportunity that comes your style, because these opportunities, helped to shape Julius's understanding of the importance of didactics and how that procedure looks dissimilar for each individual. These opportunities would not have been possible without the aid of awesome people at Fresno City College, such as, Monica Cuevas, Sean Henderson, Dr. Mark Sanchez and Kehinde Solwazi. They were all instrumental and willing to accept a chance on a higher educatee who had his own doubts almost adjusting to the rigors of higher life.
Julius is currently employed at Indicate Hill Nazarene University in San Diego, as an Assistant Men's Basketball Jitney. Julius has experience teaching, was a collegiate athlete as a men'due south basketball player, is a mentor/ role model for young people and especially African American males. Julius is actively involved in equity and inclusion, by collaborating with others who are equity minded creating paths for increased diversity in the community and at the university level. The dearest of both academics and athletics, Julius's continues to touch on young students in multiple ways that resonates with many throughout campus. While finding a rest betwixt the two, Julius has been multifaceted in his attempts to coach pupil-athletes to excellence both on and off the court.
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Dr. Kathryn 'Kitty' Catania has been an educator in Fresno County for 39 years as a teacher, counselor, principal and deputy superintendent. She retired in 2019 as Deputy Superintendent of Fresno County Office of Teaching, where she served for sixteen years. During that fourth dimension she lead several state committees in conjunction with the CA Dept of Educational activity and the CA Canton Superintendents Clan. She also worked in conjunction with UC San Diego, Professional person Evolution Establish in designing professional learning for educators.
Dr. Catania currently does Educational Leadership Coaching throughout the land of California and internationally for the American affiliated schools in Europe, Due north Africa and the Centre East.
She received her Masters in Education from Fresno Land and her Doctorate from Alliant International University. She likewise works in conjunction with Acquire four Life charter schools beyond the United states.
Dr. Catania was recognized in 2019 as one of the Top Ten Women of Fresno County and received the Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to International Education from the US Department of State and the Mediterranean Association of International Schools.
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Dr. Angelia Barfield is a wife, mother, daughter, friend, mentor, and community advocate. She has spent the concluding 15 years working with schoolhouse aged youth and their families in Fresno County. Angie currently works for the Fresno Canton Superintendent of Schools' Student Equity & Empowerment Department, bringing positive experiences and opportunities to all students, but specifically African American students.
Angie recently completed her Doctoral degree from Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her degree is in Educational Leadership with a higher didactics focus. Angie loves to work with young people, she co-founded a non-turn a profit arrangement to cultivate leadership in African American students and encourage civic and community engagement and academic excellence. Angie has been named a Marjaree Mason Eye Tiptop X Professional Womenand also honored with many other awards, her favorite is being called "Momma Barfield" by the students she is blessed to serve.
Angie is married to Mr. Gregory Barfield and together they take 7 children.
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Black History Month Committee
Black History Month Commission: (left to right) Jessica Shadrick, Co-Chair; Dr. Gerri Santos, GHM Commission Chair; Dr. Kalisha Spomer, Co-Chair; and Angie Keys, Co-Chair. Not Shown: Clarke Lauren Richard, Garbralle Conroe, and Dr. Gennean Bolen.
Source: https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/campus-life/events-and-places/african-american-history-month.html
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