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Moore, Zapata Bestowed Rank of Professor
Moreno Valley College had two faculty members bestowed professorship at the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees meeting on April 20. This year, Frankie Moore in Student Activities and Valerie Zapata in English were granted professorship.
Each year, faculty may submit an application for rank of professor to the District's Professional Growth and Sabbatical Leave Committee. Applications which meet the minimum qualifications are forwarded to the appropriate college president for review. The presidents then forward their recommendations to the chancellor. He then forwards his recommendations to the Board for affirmation.
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Education Leaders Distribute Cromebook to Students
Moreno Valley College and Val Verde Unified School District officials began distributing free Cromebooks to MVC students today. Over the course of three days, the College expects to hand deliver 1,000 laptops to students.
VVUSD donated the used Cromebooks. “We’ve had a long-standing partnership with Moreno Valley College inspired by our shared commitment to students,” Michael R McCormick, superintendent, Val Verde Unified School District, said. “Providing surplus laptops to Moreno Valley College students is an opportunity to support scholars in the community we serve.”
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MVC UBMS Student Named Dell Scholar
Leslie Zaragoza, a student in the Moreno Valley College’s TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program, has been named a Dell Scholar.
She has been accepted to a number of universities, including Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and recently received an offer of a full scholarship from Johns Hopkins University.
As a Dell Scholar, Zaragoza will receive a $20,000 scholarship, a laptop, and personalized and multifaceted items that support academic, financial and emotional life challenges that may prevent students from completing college. The Dell Scholars program is a national scholarship and college completion program that nurtures and empowers students on their path to a college degree.
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IREX Global Solutions Cites Students for Student Leadership
Although a team of students from Moreno Valley College’s Biology-61 course was not invited to make their pitch at the Virtual Global Business Expo, Team Auter which was composed of students from the College and Soran University in KRI, Iraq, was recognized for “fantastic student leadership.”
The students were part of the IREX Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge which is built upon a curriculum for a virtual exchange conversation on sustainability, design thinking, and cross-cultural communication. The purpose of the program is to provide a unique virtual exchange experience for students to practice empathy and cross-cultural communication skills as they learn about design thinking and ideate a sustainable solution to a real problem in the community.
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College Schedules Four Community Vaccination Clinics
The College will be hosting four more vaccination clinics — May 7, May 14, May 28 and June 4 — in partnership with Albertson’s. To schedule an appointment and learn more, click here. Riverside City College Nursing and MVC Paramedic students administer the Pfizer vaccine, and Emergency Medical Technician students facilitate check-in and post-shot stations. The College previously held a vaccination clinic on April 23, resulting in 270 individuals getting vaccinated — 57 percent were students; 30 percent community members; and 13 percent were employees.
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RCCD Colleges Launch Summer Math Institute
Riverside Community College District (RCCD) and its colleges are launching an online Summer Math Institute for graduating high school seniors and current RCCD students. District leadership is especially interested in attracting African American and Latinx students to the Institute, to accelerate their time to an associate degree and/or transfer to a four-year institution.
There are great incentives for students to participate in this summer program including free tuition and fees, a loaned laptop computer and hotspot, and a Summer Math Institute Scholarship of $1,000 ($500 disbursed the week of July 15 and the other $500 the week of August 2). These students will also have an opportunity to apply for CARES Act HEERF Student Aid grants (up to $1,000) during the Summer 2021 term. First-time freshmen participating in the Institute are also guaranteed enrollment in the college's Promise Program, which includes priority registration during their first year.
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Up to 40,000 Students in Riverside County Are Now Eligible for CalFresh Benefits
Riverside Community College District students make up the largest contingency of students receiving CalFresh benefits in the county. Combined the three colleges have 669 students receiving assistance.
Yet, nearly 40,000 college students in Riverside County are eligible for CalFresh. Officials say less than 10 percent of eligible students in the county have signed up. Congress temporarily expanded food assistance to college students in January’s pandemic relief package, said Allison Gonzalez, assistant director of the Department of Public Social Services.
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First Campus Provost Passes Away
Joyce Black, Ph.D., former Moreno Valley campus provost, passed away on Thursday, April 8. She served the Moreno Valley campus from September 1, 1989 until June 30, 1990, overseeing some of the first construction on the campus.
Overall, Black, who held degrees in anthropology, had a 22-year administrative career at the community college level. After a three-year stint at San Diego Mesa College as dean of General Studies, Black became dean of Liberal Arts at Riverside City College in 1981. Then, after 10 months as the provost at the Moreno Valley campus, she moved into the role of vice president for Student Services (1990-92) and Academic Affairs (1992-94) at RCC.
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Biology Courses Come Up Big in Hunt for Ants
Last fall, Moreno Valley College’s Biology 60 and 61 classes were tasked with thinking small, real small.
Thirty-one students participated in the US Ant Project, a national effort to collect and identify ants by DNA barcoding. With funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor (New York) launched a pilot project, Barcoding US Ants, to show the feasibility of citizen scientists using DNA barcodes to identify and map the ant species of the United States.
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iBelong CTE Day
Moreno Valley College is holding an iBelong CTE Day on May 14 from 8:30 am to 4 pm, via Zoom. The one-day event will include workshops at various times throughout the day. The event is free and open to the public. The day will provide hands-on activities and demonstrations, led by CTE professionals.
To register, click here.
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College Featured in AACC/NCH Article
Moreno Valley College was featured in an article by the AACC/NCH that highlighted colleges that have maintained focus on student access, achievement and equity in the time of COVID. Written by Ed Finkel, the story delves into how community colleges throughout the nation have refocused their mission to meet student needs through an equity lens. The College was highlighted after completing “a successful reorganization of its academic affairs and student services divisions based on a Guided Pathways framework.”
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A Perch With A View
Now, here is a perch with a view. The Student Academic Services Building has become home to a red tail hawk and her two eyass. Red tail hawks breed throughout the majority of North America and as far south as the West Indies and are protected in the United States. Aaron Niles and Joseph Murray, employees in the College’s iMake Innovation Center, have built a bird condo which will be installed on the northeast side of the campus, next to Mechanical II Building.
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The Heart Matters Foster Family Agency Establishes New Scholarship for Foster Youth
Carrie Matthews, executive director of the Heart Matters Foster Family Agency, established The Heart Matters Foster Youth Scholarship . This scholarship will provide financial support for Foster Youth students at Moreno Valley College.
Matthews has worked with the foster youth community for over 19 years, and in 2016, she decided to open her own non-profit foster family agency. Located in Riverside County, her agency has now provided safe homes for over 500 foster children.
The Heart Matters Foster Family Agency is dedicated to serving the physical, emotional, educational and mental health needs of foster children by providing quality care. Foster children are usually removed from homes because they are innocent victims of abuse and neglect. These children need the support from those willing to make a difference in children’s lives.
“These young adults are consistently fighting to beat the odds, and I want to help with their academic journey by investing in their future, their goals, and their dreams,” Matthews said.
To learn more about how you can support this scholarship or establish a scholarship at the RCCD Foundation, please contact the Foundation Office at (951) 222-8626 or foundation@rccd.edu
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