Campus Connection - October 30, 2023

 

Dr. Mercedes Gutierrez with the award

Dr. Mercedes Gutierrez honored for her leadership in education

Cerritos College’s Vice President of Human Resources/Assistant Superintendent Mercedes Gutierrez, Ed.D., received the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award for the College of Education and Integrated Studies from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, on October 21. Dr. Gutierrez was among the first cohort of the doctoral program in educational leadership at Cal Poly Pomona... Link to the full story about Dr. Gutierrez

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The annual professional development event Falcon Day coming on November 3

Join us this Friday, November 3, for our annual Falcon Day workshops.  Each event highlights one professional development track: Invest in You, Students, Cerritos, & Your Career.  To view the program, visit Invest in Success: 2023 Falcon Day. For more information on each event and to register, please visit Cornerstone.  We look forward to seeing you at the workshops!

A Street Car Named Desired

A Streetcar Named Desire coming to the Performing Arts Center

Coming to the Performing Arts Center at Cerritos College, Tennessee William's Iconic play "A Streetcar Named Desire" is about Blanche DuBois, her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband, Stanley. It's a story about what happens when a woman who fancies herself a Southern belle falls from her state in society and has to live with her poorer sister and her husband. Opening Friday, December 1, at 8 p.m. and more performances on December 2, 7, 8, and 9 at 8 p.m. and December 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. Buy tickets

Spookfest

Halloween fun coming to campus on October 30 and 31

Encourage students to join some Halloween fun on campus today and tomorrow.

ICC Spookfest on Mon., Oct. 30. Activities will include painting, goodie bag, pumpkin painting, and more. First 40 students will receive a Halloween goodie basket. 3:30-6 p.m. in Falcon Square. Costumes are encouraged. View the flyer.

Little Shop of Horrors movie screening and free popcorn on Mon., Oct. 30, 11:15 a.m. in LC 217 and a scavenger hunt on Tue., Oct. 31, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Clues will be posted on Oct. 31. View the flyer.

Pride Scavengers on Tue., Oct. 31, 12-4:30 p.m. Come dress up to the Equity Center and engage with one another in a fun scavenger hunt around campus! The winner(s) will get a prize.

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Dia de Muertos: Honoring Nuestras Voces (our ancestral voices)

Join Puente and ASCC as we celebrate and honor our ancestral voices by displaying alters. The first 150 students will be receiving complimentary refreshments and appetizers. ASCC will sponsor a complimentary craft table.
View the flyer.

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Join the Stress Awareness Week

Join the Student Health Services for a Stress Awareness Week to learn to cope with stress! Activities include box breathing technique, meditation room open house, paws to share, de-stress bracelet making, and online stress test. View the flyer for more information.

Time to get your flu vaccine It's worth a shot

Fight the flu; don't let it get you

Time to get your flu vaccine! Students $5, and staff and faculty $15. Call 562-860-2451 ext.2321 or stop by Student Health Services to schedule your appointment.

Outstanding Faculty Awards now accepting nominations

Nominate your professor! Outstanding Faculty Awards

The 2023-24 Outstanding Faculty Awards will recognize exemplary full-time and part-time professors, counselors, librarians, and student services faculty. The online nominations are open now until November 30. View the flyer.


Shared Governance Committee Meetings

Employment Opportunities
For general questions, please contact us at HR@cerritos.edu. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

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