PACE News Flash February 8, 2008

Late-Start PACE class English 45 CRN#30861 has space available. It meets on Thurs eves 6:30-9:50pm, starts Jan 31, Room 520, with Instructor Darvin Wilson. Students generally really enjoy this class, and it meets a Humanities requirement for transfer and AA Degree. Course descriptions: Form, development, and cultural insights of the novel and short story; exploration of particular themes or periods as reflected in works of fiction. Strongly recommended: eligibility for English 1A. CSU & UC transferable. Meets one-third of the CSU Art/Humanities requirement

Geography 1-0P1 "Intro to Physical Geography" CRN# 30862 Mon even 6-6:50pm PLUS every other Saturday 8-11:50am. Class starts on Sat 1/26. Earth’s natural environments, with emphasis on spatial characteristics, change over time, interactions between environmental components, and human environment interactions. Physical processes, techniques, and tools by which Earth’s climates, soils, vegetation, water resources, and land forms are linked into integrated global patterns. Affect of natural environments on human activities and how humans modify environments. CSU & UC transferable. Meets CSU Physical Science requirement.

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OPEN NON-PACE CLASSES

Psychology-Counseling 11 "Interpersonal Relations" CRN 32818 PSCN 11- Instructor D'Aloisio Thur 6:30-8:20pm, Room 1717. "Exploration of behavior in interactions with others. Designed to improve interpersonal relationships for the benefit of academic, career, and personal development. CSU transferable.

Anthro 5 "Cultures of the U.S. CRN# 31024 Wed eves 6:30pm-9:20pm Room 508. Issues relevant to understanding race, class, gender and ethnicity within the American setting. Historical as well as contemporary situation of 1) African Americans; 2) Native Americans; 3) Hispanic Americans; 4) European Americans' and 5) Asian Americans, among other groups. Contemporary social issues such as race relations, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and bilingual education.

For more Open Classes Seeking Students, go to www.chabotcollege.edu and click on "Open Classes"

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DEFICIENCY LETTERS MAILED from A&R

Notices to students on academic deficiency status at the end of Fall 07 will be mailed this week. Students dismissed this week for progress or accademic dismissal will be allowed to stay in the classes they are enrolled in but will need to complete a return from dismissal form with A&R to add any classes or enroll for Summer of Fall. Fall dismissed students are not dropped from their pre-registered Spring classes but they can not add into Spring classes until they are readmitted (no probation contract needed). If you have questions, contact Julie at jmachado@chabotcollege.edu

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NEW PARKING PERMIT PROCEDURES

Chabot Parking Permits are now available on CLASS-Web; it's one of the menu items under Student Services. For students to activate their permits, they must first select the "Purchase or Activate a Parking Permit" link on the Student & Financial Aid Menu or the Registration Menu. This will take them to the BossCars home page where they will see the "Activate a Permit" link. (See attached screenshots from CLASS-Web). Please contact Campus Safety if you any questions about parking permits.

Paraeducator ACOE Grant Recipients should contact Ginger Ripplinter for a temporary parking permit good until Feb 29th, while she works out a method to pay for regular parking permits. You can drop by her office in Buliding "B", Room 6 (in the portable buildings on the Depot Road side of campus) during normal business hours and she'll issue a permit. You will only need to show a picture ID to verify identity.

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LIBRARY HOURS

The Chabot Library has had to cut the library hours for Spring. The new hours will be:

Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 8:00pm
Friday 8:30am - 3:00pm
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays

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A&R DEADLINES

Attendance deadlines for Spring 2008 Semester full-term weekly census courses :
Add or NGR (no grade of record) In-person February 8, 2008
Add or NGR (no grade of record) online  February 10, 2008
Census Day February 11, 2008
Apply for Credit/No Credit   February 22, 2008
Drop with automatic W   April 11, 2008
Submit Spring 08 grades   June 5, 2008

Attendance Deadline dates for short term classes are available on CLASS Web

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Admissions & Records Office Hours

Monday through Thursday
9am to 7pm
Friday
9am to 12
Saturday, January 26th
9am to 1pm

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The Student ID Center Room 2355 will be open as follows:
    Monday           10:15 am - 6:00 pm
    Tuesday          10:15 am - 6:00 pm
    Wednesday      10:15 am - 6:00 pm
    Thursday         10:15 am - 6:00 pm
     Friday               9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hours subject to change w/o notice. If you have any questions, please call us at 723-6914.

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BUY YOUR BOOKS ONLINE!

The Chabot Bookstore has its own website at http://www.chabotbookstore.com

The easiest way to see what books a student needs is to sign onto ClassWeb, call up their class schedule. In the upper left hand corner of the page is a link that says, "Get your Chabot Books". Clicking on that link takes the student directly to our website and the page will list all the books required and recommended for the classes they are enrolled in.

Students can order for shipping. We charge a flat $7.95 for the first book and $1 for each additional book and UPS picks up every work day. We just ended our Pick up at Store option because tomorrow, Friday, is the last day to pick up books. All orders must be prepaid via MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Bankcards (ATM Cards) with MasterCard or Visa logos can also be used. The student can also print a book list if they want.

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ONLINE CLASSES SUPPORT

The Chabot community now has supplementary Student Support for Distance Education and Blackboard!

In addition to these hours:
Online help: Available Monday - Friday 8:30am to 4:45pm.

Face-to-Face help: Building 3900/Computer Lab 3906/Office 3916 Monday - Friday 9am to 4:30pm

there are (limited) extended hours for the FIRST THREE WEEKS & FINALS WEEK:
Online help: Available Monday - Thursday 9pm to Midnight and within 24 hours of receipt of request during the weekend

Face-to-Face help: WRAC Center (in the Library) Monday - Thursday 5pm to 8pm

plus WEEKEND HOURS for the remainder of the term:
Online help: Available within 24 hours of receipt of request during the weekend.

• Blackboard tutors, Kate and Ethan, in the WRAC Center CANNOT re-set passwords
• Librarians and other Library staff DO NOT offer Blackboard help
• Always begin here http://www.chabotcollege.edu/DistanceEd/faq/ for help!

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CHABOT COMMENCEMENT

Commencement will be on Saturday, May 31st at 10AM after finals are over. If it appears anywhere as May 24th, the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, this is incorrect.

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AMATYC Student Math League Contest

Round One of this extremely difficult contest for two year college students was given in October. The contest is sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. Chabot College ranked 30th out of 173 colleges in the nation. We are proud to have such talented students, and we congratulate them!

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TRAVEL STUDIES OPPORTUNITY

Plans are underway for the Travel Studies Program to Merida on March 21-28 and to Peru on May 30-June 9.

Our next orientation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 29 at 7 p.m. in Room 520.

Both trips promise to be great adventures. We will visit many historic sites, museums, art galleries, and restaurants.

Visit Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Machu Pichu and more.

There is a great deal of interest in both trips so if you have thought about visiting the Yucatan or Peru this is a great opportunity to do so. If you have any questions please call us Rick Moniz at 723-958 or Guadalupe Ortiz at 723-6686.

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STATE BUDGET CUTS IMPACT COLLEGES

The January 16, 2008 Sacramento Bee reports that the California State University will close off applications for admission six months early, and plans to turn away 10,000 new students for the 2008-09 academic year. This decision follows the governor's proposed budget, which reduces state general fund support for both four-year university systems. If you want to apply to CSU for Fall '08, do so ASAP at www.csumentor.edu .

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CSU vs. COMMUNITY COLLEGE: STATE COSTS

To enroll 10,000 students in the California State University for their first two years would cost the state $81.7 million (growth is funded at a marginal cost of $8,170 at CSU). Meanwhile, enrolling them in the California Community Colleges would cost around $49.1 million (growth is funded at a marginal rate of $4,910 at community colleges).

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HARVARD GETS AFFORDABLE

The link below is to the Harvard website. Here is what it said for families that have an income of 60,000.

From this link:
http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/

he new initiative is the latest chapter in Harvard's systematic effort to increase affordability and widen access for qualified students from across the economic spectrum. In the winter of 2004, under the leadership of President Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard transformed the financial aid landscape with its announcement that families with annual incomes below $40,000 would not be expected to pay for their sons or daughters to go to Harvard. The zero-contribution threshold was raised to $60,000 in 2006, with further reductions in parental contributions for families with incomes up to $80,000. Over the past three years, the number of students in these income ranges has increased by 33 percent, representing a quarter of the entering Class of 2011. See news article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/12/10/national/a104629S16.DTL&hw=harvard&sn=004&sc=537

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TEST TAKING TIPS

Here's some test tips from Peggy Gister & Marge Eberts' "Dear Teacher" column (dearteacher@aol.com ).

· There's no reason not to guess on multiple-choice tests, especially those that you take in school. By chance, you are likely to get some answers right and improve your score.

· Always read the question all the way through and then carefully read all the answer choices before selecting one.

· Don't spend too much time on a question that you can't answer or are unsure of. You can mark the question and return to it later if time allows.

· Circle, underline or fill in your answer neatly. Stray marks can result in wrong answers on machine-scored tests.

· If you have no idea which is the correct option, begin by eliminating the options that you know are incorrect and then choose your answer from the remaining ones.

· If you have no idea which is the correct answer and you can't eliminate any options, choose B or C, as some test writers tend to use those answers more frequently.

· Options that are noticeably longer than others often have added information to make the option correct.

· If two answers are similar except for one or two words, choose one of these answers.

· If you are completing a sentence, make sure the answer would make the sentence grammatically correct.

· Don't be afraid to change an answer; you are more likely to be right than wrong.

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PACE COUNSELING INFO

If you need a Counseling appointment to come in and figure out what classes to take next semester, hit reply and tell me whether Mon or Thurs is better for you, and what time (approximately) you need. I will check the appt schedule and get back to you. I am available for PACE Counseling appts on Mon & Thurs from 2-7pm. Appointments are available for Thurs 1/31, Mon 2/4, Mon 2/11, Thurs 2/14 (4-7pm only), Thurs 2/21, Mon 2/25 and Thurs 2/28, all from 2-7pm unless otherwise specified (appointments are made on the half-hour).