David Stern presents “Commercializing algal biofuels: Hope or hype?” at CGCC. |
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Biofuel researcher delivers seminar to biology students
Monday, April 20, 2015
Transfer agreements with state universities benefit students
The Garcia family with Adeline, Martine Jr., Martine Sr. and Mireya. (Photo courtesy of Martine Garcia, Jr.) |
See a full list of Maricopa Community College District's transfer partners.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Two student athletes headed to national golf competition
Samantha Hernandez and Madison Woodward are headed to the college national golf competition in May. |
Hernandez, a freshman from Gilbert High School, has held the top spot for the CGCC Coyotes all season averaging a 79 and has medaled in three tournaments.
Woodward, a freshman from Mountain Pointe High School, has held the number two position, averaging an 84 for the season.
This will be the fourth time the Coyotes have participated in the national tournament under CGCC Head Women’s Golf Coach Pierson Hamilton.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
CGCC recognized with leadership and educator of the year
The Si Se Puede Foundation honored Chandler-Gilbert
Community College President Linda Lujan with its Leadership Award at their
annual Educator of the Year Cesar Chavez Dinner on April 4. The award was given
to Lujan for her outstanding leadership in promoting equality, equity,
diversity and higher education within the Chandler/Gilbert communities,
according to Alberto L. Esparza, president and CEO of the Si Se Puede
Foundation (SSPF). Lujan also was recognized with the Educator of the Year Award in 2012.
The foundation also recognized mathematics faculty Pamela
Woodbury as a Cesar Chavez Educator of the Year Honoree. Woodbury incorporates
a service-learning component into her course each semester that benefits both
CGCC and SSPF students. CGCC students design games based on mathematical
principles, problem solving and vocabulary, which create a fun way for game
participants to learn and apply math.
“Many students have a perception that math is hard or boring
or difficult. By having them create games, they begin to realize that math can
be fun,” said Woodbury. “By watching the students at Si Se Puede play these
games, our students get to see that math really is fun. This award reinforces
that this work really does make a difference. I can see it in my students and
in the classroom afterward, and it’s good to know that it’s making a difference
for Si Se Puede students as well.”
CGCC students lead Si Se Puede students in Battleship Math. |
Twenty recognized as science and math scholars
Twenty students were recognized by Chandler-Gilbert
Community College as Emerging Science and Mathematics Scholars and honored at a
banquet on April 10. Each of the scholars began their academic career in a developmental math course and successfully completed a number
of additional math and science courses while maintaining a 3.5 or higher grade
point average.
"Emerging Scholars are a rare group of students who, despite facing a series of courses with historically low success rates, manage to excel in mathematics and the sciences. These students not only successfully completed courses, but did so with excellence. Many of them faced a myriad of personal and academic challenges along the way. In fact, this year of the scholars let me know this was the first time they had ever been recognized for an accomplishment. By honoring them we are letting them know that their hard work and dedication is noticed and that we are proud of them," said Milos Podmanik, mathematics faculty and event coordinator.
The event was attended by more than 100 scholars, mentors and guests who heard personal stories of the challenges the scholars have overcome, the successes they have achieved and their goals for the future.s
"Emerging Scholars are a rare group of students who, despite facing a series of courses with historically low success rates, manage to excel in mathematics and the sciences. These students not only successfully completed courses, but did so with excellence. Many of them faced a myriad of personal and academic challenges along the way. In fact, this year of the scholars let me know this was the first time they had ever been recognized for an accomplishment. By honoring them we are letting them know that their hard work and dedication is noticed and that we are proud of them," said Milos Podmanik, mathematics faculty and event coordinator.
The event was attended by more than 100 scholars, mentors and guests who heard personal stories of the challenges the scholars have overcome, the successes they have achieved and their goals for the future.s
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Five teams place in spring technology games
CGCC student team places its robot to begin the line-following challenge. |
Congratulations to Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s five
student teams that placed in the 2015 Avnet Tech Games.
Chandler Ridding, Kevin Grout and Sean Walker won first
place for the Digital Design Dilemma where teams had four hours to design
and build a visual indicator for next generation pedestrian crossing signal
system. Each student received $1,000. Faculty coach was Bassam Matar.
Alec Iverson and Michael Camacho came in with an extremely
close second place in the Java Blitz where teams developed an application using
Java 7 Standard Edition which was then judged based on a predefined set of
criteria. Adjunct Faculty Ray Hedgecock was the team’s coach.
Achilles Tsantarliotis, John Stephenson and Gjergii Joco
won third in the HP Fastest Computer Build, a three-part event where teams were timed on their ability
to Build it Fast, Troubleshoot it Fast, and Refurb it Fast. Faculty coach was Bassam Matar.
Jimi Aguirre, Devin Klein, Richard Mortensen, Mark Murray
and Roger Her participated in two different teams in the Robot Race Obstacle Course, taking fourth and fifth place out of 15 teams. In this challenge, each
team had five hours to build and program a robot from Legos that then had to complete
a line-following course and a maze challenge. Faculty coach was Bassam Matar.
Read Avnet's announcement of all the first-place winners.
Read Avnet's announcement of all the first-place winners.
Ridding, Grout and Walker work to build a computer the fastest. |
Friday, April 10, 2015
Sustainability Day brings campus-wide efforts to one location
Environmental Technology Center on April 9. Organized by the Office of Student Life and Leadership and the Civic and Global Learning Committee, the event featured mini-workshops, educational activities, poster displays and demonstrations from a variety of classes. Sixty third-grade students from nearby Humphrey Elementary School came to participate as well as CGCC staff, faculty and students.
“Students at CGCC worked on semester-long sustainability projects that linked the classroom to the community and gave students a meaningful service learning experience,” said Pushpa Ramakrishna. CGCC biology faculty.
Some of the workshops and activities included soil and water testing, adobe brick-making. seed bombs, re-useable plastic bags and solar ovens where students could melt marshmallows to make s'mores. All Pecos Campus general biology and environmental biology students made sustainability posters, some of which were on display. Everyone had the opportunity to give a three-minute presentation on their project allowing others to learn about sustainability activities across the campus.
The HEAT club sponsored the event.
“Students at CGCC worked on semester-long sustainability projects that linked the classroom to the community and gave students a meaningful service learning experience,” said Pushpa Ramakrishna. CGCC biology faculty.
Some of the workshops and activities included soil and water testing, adobe brick-making. seed bombs, re-useable plastic bags and solar ovens where students could melt marshmallows to make s'mores. All Pecos Campus general biology and environmental biology students made sustainability posters, some of which were on display. Everyone had the opportunity to give a three-minute presentation on their project allowing others to learn about sustainability activities across the campus.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Holocaust-era rail car brings survivors, students, community and understanding
Approximately 1,500 students and community members came to Chandler-Gilbert Community College's Pecos Campus on April 1 to see a Holocaust-era rail car and hear first-hand accounts of survivors in an exhibit provided by the East Valley Jewish Community Center. This was the first time the rail car has appeared on a college campus in Arizona which was accompanied by kiosks that share the stories of three survivors. George Kalman, who is one of those featured on the kiosks, was also present to speak with students and visitors throughout the day. The event attracted community members and veterans as well as many of the Valley's television stations who aired both live and recorded segments.
12news: Survivor recounts Holocaust, educates 70 years later
AZFamily's first segment: Historic World War II rail car on display at Valley college and second segment
12news: Survivor recounts Holocaust, educates 70 years later
AZFamily's first segment: Historic World War II rail car on display at Valley college and second segment
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