Breakthroughs happen here™
Annual Report to the Community
2014 - 2015
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Table of Contents
Leadership and Governance.................................................................... 3
Message From The President/Superintendent....................................... 4
Committed To Student Success – Instruction........................................5-8
College Receives Grant for NetLab...........................................................9
HUB and Distance Education Expands....................................................10
South County Update/ Horticulture Grows New Ways..........................11
Our Mission: Cabrillo College is a
dynamic, diverse and responsive educational
community dedicated to helping all students
achieve their academic, career and personal
development goals.
VAPA Cultivates Art Entrepreneurship....................................................12
Student Services: Jobs, Veterans Assistance.....................................13-14
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Cabrillo Student and Alumni Profiles.................................................15-16
Cabrillo’s Successful Students................................................................17
One Stop Welcome Center and Outreach Update.................................18
Cabrillo At A Glance...........................................................................19-20
Financial Highlights................................................................................21
Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee.................................................22-27
Community Connections...................................................................28-31
Preparing for Active Shooter Emergency...............................................32
Sustainable Cabrillo................................................................................33
Technology Team Updates Campus........................................................34
Cabrillo College Foundation..............................................................35-36
Cabrillo Extension and Contract Education.......................................37-38
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On the Cover: The Horticulture program has expanded to meet industry and student demand for hydroponic, substrate and
aquaponic crop production systems. See page 11 for more information.
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Focused on Student Success 2
Cabrillo College 2014 – 2015
Leadership and Governance
Alan J. Smith
Margarita Carrillo, Vice President Rachael Spencer
Christina Cuevas
Donna Ziel, President
Gary Reece, Clerk Austin Yungmeyer, Student Trustee
Cabrillo College Administration Council
President and Superintendent
Dr. Laurel Jones
Dean, Health, Athletics, Wellness and Kinesiology Division
Dr. Ian Haslam
Vice President, Instruction
Dr. Kathleen Welch
Director, Personnel/Human Resources
Loree McCawley
Vice President, Administrative Services
Victoria Lewis
Director, Business Services
Graciano Mendoza
Vice President, Student Services
Dennis Bailey-Fougnier
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Dean, Student Services
Dr. Michelle Donohue
Director, Library
Georg Romero
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t u s Facilities Planning and Plant Operations
Joseph Nugent
Dean, Natural and Applied Sciences Division
Wanda Garner
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Kip Nead
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Dean, Visual, Applied and Performing Arts Division
Dr. John Graulty
Dean, Education Centers and Online & Innovative Learning
Dr. Rachel Mayo
Dean, Human Arts and Social Sciences Division
Dr. Isabel O’Connor
Dean, Counseling and Educational Support Services
Dr. Margery Regalado Rodriguez
Dean, Business, English and Language Arts Division
Dr. James Weckler
President’s Message
Dear Community,
Cabrillo College Governing Board
Ed Banks
Tootie Tzimbal
On behalf of the Governing
Board, faculty, classified staff
and administrators, we hope you
enjoy the second Annual Report
from Cabrillo College. This
snapshot of our 2014-2015 year
gives you a glimpse of some of
our stellar events, programs and
a few of our College facts. We
hope that the hard work accomplished here at this fine institution shines through the pages.
The College commitment to students is amazing and as you
will see here very fruitful.
We want to thank all of our County’s citizens for your
continued support. The last few years have seen many
legislative changes that have required both flexibility and
creative thinking. Your participation in how we respond
is part of our success and we are grateful for your ideas
and your energy.
Enjoy!
Dr. Laurel Jones
President and Superintendent
Cabrillo College Strategic Plan
Cabrillo College approved its five year strategic plan—Cabrillo Connects—in June 2014.
Director, Marketing and Communications
Kristin Fabos
There are five areas of focus for the college from 2014 – 2019.
These areas include:
Director, Planning, Research and Knowledge Systems
Terrence Willett
Executive Director, Cabrillo College Foundation
Melinda Silverstein
In the last Annual Report we talked a bit about our five year strategic plan. Included here is the link to our accomplishments from that plan, as well as our goals for
the 2015-2016 year: http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/ pro/
strategicPlanning/.
Please don’t hesitate to contact the College if you have any questions regarding our steps to meet the
future. It is an honor to present this report of our Cabrillo
Seahawk accomplishments, contributions and student
success endeavors.
Every commencement, as we watch our students cross
the threshold into transfer, employment, or entrepreneurial adventures we congratulate them and our County on
sustaining the grand institution of higher education.
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Sustainable Programs and Services
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The Strategic Plan can be found at this link: http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/pro/visioning/
The College is including county strategic planning as well as higher education partner planning as part of its overall action plan and response. These collaborative goals will be added on an annual basis.
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Focused on Student Success 4
Committed to Student Success
Instruction
Athletics Program Celebrates Success
Despite often facing colleges twice as big, Cabrillo athletes
made their mark this year in the state conference arena. We
credit the unparalleled efficiencies in the Health, Athletics,
Wellness and Kinesiology Division, the hard work of all our
coaches and community volunteers and, of course, the sheer
determination of Cabrillo student athletes.
Among our achievements this year, was the expansion of
sports opportunities for the first time in 13 years. The Seahawks
women’s volleyball team was especially strong again, finishing last year as runner-up with 31 wins and only two losses.
(In December, Cabrillo swept the competition to win the 2015
state title.) We introduced a women’s sand volleyball program
and brought on Lucas Bol as head coach. The team finished
out its first season with a fourth place ranking in the state
in 2014-2015. The Seahawks College No. 1 pair ranked third
in the state. The undefeated team went on to win the 2015
Coast Conference.
An equally big
campus sports story
this year was the success of diver Mackenzie (Max) Glynn who,
with the guidance of
coach Joan NewbyBush, won the state
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championship in 3-meter diving. Glynn accumulated a
total of 288.2 points, more than 30 points over his
nearest competitor.
Other programs that did particularly well this year included women’s soccer, which won Coast Conference Champions; our softball and baseball teams, which each garnered
a second place ranking at Coast Conference; and women’s
tennis standout Paula Canuse who earned a commendable
fourth place in women’s singles play.
The crowning achievement of our outstanding athletic program, however, was
that 64 students transferred
to four-year schools and 26 of
them received scholarships.
All in all, it was a good year for
student athletes at Cabrillo!
Grant Aligns Transfer Courses
Cabrillo College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
students will have a smoother transition to Cal State University-Monterey Bay thanks to a grant from the Lumina Foundation to support better alignment of community colleges
courses with programs at state universities.
The regional collaborative effort grew from discussions
between Cynthia Nelson Holmsky, director of the Cradle to
Career Initiative at CSUMB, and representatives from the
Culinary Arts programs at Cabrillo and Monterey Peninsula
colleges. They met last year at The Community Partnership for
Attainment, a Lumina Foundation conference in Dallas, TX focused on improving postsecondary attainment. Cabrillo was
one of 75 community colleges represented at the conference,
which drew more than 300 participants. The conference was
part of a national student pathways initiative known as 2+2
aimed at helping students earn a four-year degree. Together,
they identified each institution’s role in ensuring that community college courses align with those at CSUMB.
In the fall, CSUMB launched a Sustainable Hospitality
Management bachelor’s degree program. Discussions are
ongoing and the Cabrillo College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management faculty are excited to be working on this
project with CSUMB.
New Ideas, Gifts Sustain Dental Hygiene
Dental Hygiene, a popular career training program, won a
welcome reprieve last year thanks to the generosity of a private donor and a renewed focus on curriculum that benefits
the community and helps bring in new funds.
At the beginning of the academic year, the College
planned to cut admissions to the 48-year-old program by
50 percent due to the high operational costs and required
instructor/student ratio. The plan to reduce admission
intake would have meant skipping a year, which triggered a
community-wide discussion.
Long-time college supporters Theresa and Richard
Crocker stepped forward with a $100,000 gift to help cover
the cost of the first year intake. Theresa Crocker herself is an
alumna of Cabrillo’s Dental Hygiene Program.
It was a wonderful start and prompted more conversation about how the College could raise additional funds for
the program going forward. The goal is ultimately to make
Dental Hygiene self-sufficient. Faculty and staff have generated creative ideas to move the program forward, including
a proposal to offer post-graduate dental hygiene training for
working hygienists, such as new courses in coronal polishing and fissure sealants and courses for out-of-state hygienists moving to California. A new Registered Dental Hygiene
Expanded Duties course for a Registered Dental Hygienist
Extended Functions
license is underway. The
College will also continue to host tes- ting
by the Western Regional
Examination Board and
the Central Region Dental Testing agencies.
Revenues from these
courses should enable
the program to be selfsufficient for the
foreseeable future.
Wine Program Returns
The Cabrillo College wine program has returned, stronger
than ever, after a 2-1/2-year hiatus related to budget cuts.
The passage of Proposition 30, or the Temporary Taxes to
Fund Education initiative, and a supportive administration
have helped revive the popular program.
It now offers three skills certificates—Wine and Wine
Service, Wine Tasting Room Management and World
Wines—and a wider variety of classes, including courses on
French and Italian wines and Champagne.
The program, for wine professionals and enthusiasts, is
an excellent complement to Culinary Arts classes, provides
experience with food and wine pairing and helps students
become valuable employees in restaurants and in the local
hospitality industry.
Cabrillo graduates have embarked on new and exciting
careers in professional wine making, vineyard management, wine account management, sales and marketing,
wine brokering and working in local tasting rooms. Students working in the service industry say that their tip
average increases substantially as a result of taking wine
classes and many people further their wine education with
professional certifications.
CABT Introduces New Certificate
The Computer Applications/Business Technology program
is strengthening its certification offerings to better prepare
information workers seeking jobs in the current workforce.
It’s part of a statewide movement to better align worker
skills with employer needs.
In the 2016-17 academic year, CABT will offer a new
two-semester Business Information Worker certificate that
represents valued office skills for entry-level positions. The
program will have room for 12 to 15 qualified students. A
CABT faculty mentor will guide and support each student
through the program. Applications to the program were
available in fall 2015. For more information, contact Calais
Ingel at caingel@cabrillo.edu.
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Student Engineers Travel to Guatemala
In January 2015, engineering instructors Karl Ewald
and Kelli Horner joined 15
of their students in designing and building a water
system in Vuelta Grande,
a 120-family village just
outside of Antigua, Guatemala. The hard work of
the students expanded
the storage capacity of a
rainwater catchment system
that was built by Cabrillo
engineering students the
year before. The new storage system, which ties in to a
municipal water system, provides the village with much
needed water during the dry season.
Students Engineer Installations at Santa
Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery
Visitors to the
Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of
Discovery were
treated last spring
to new exhibits
showing the
effect of forces
and torques on
rigid bodies, thanks to students in Jo-Ann Panzardi‘s spring
Engineering 35 Statics course. Cabrillo students, who can
complete the first two years of their bachelor’s degree program in all fields of engineering, worked under the supervision of museum staff to create safe and engaging exhibits for
children. It was the first time the museum collaborated with
the College on exhibits.
Every engineering course in Cabrillo College’s program
has a design component to it. Working in pairs, students in
Panzardi’s sophomore-level, foundation course for structural
and machine design majors fabricated the Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) exhibits for the museum as
their final project.
“Seeing the energy and creativity the students have put
into conceptualizing and creating these exhibits has been wonderful,” said Patrice Keet, museum founder and board president.
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munity at a reception in May 2015. They remain part of the
museum’s interactive displays, mainly in the technology
area, one of five themed spaces. As a hands-on children’s
museum, exhibits are constantly in flux, with materials being
added and switched out regularly.
Offering New Noncredit Pathways
Last spring, Cabrillo began the process of developing a
noncredit program for the college. The focus is on building
basic skills, English as a Second Language and Career Technical Education for students with disadvantaged backgrounds.
The new program is related to the statewide initiative, Doing
What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy.
“This project gave students a taste of real
engineering, real world design with constraints,
a client, and a purpose. What a wonderful
opportunity for engineering students.”
The goal is to create stronger pathways
into college for students who are seeking to improve their earning power,
literacy skills and access to higher education. Rather than focusing on grades
or units, the focus will be on skills.
— Jo-Ann Panzardi
Chair of Cabrillo’s Engineering Department
Student exhibits include:
Chaotic Pendulum: Children activate one arm of a pendulum and see the effect.
Magnetic Maze Table: A shadowbox exhibit about magnetism that allows children to experiment with various materials, learning which ones are magnetic.
Gears: Children will use handmade, 3-D printed gears on a
magnetic wall to learn cause and effect.
Pendulum Wave: A hands-on, tabletop exhibit that allows
children to experience wave interaction.
Electric Fleas: With a wave of their arms, children can create a
sea of jumping “fleas” as iron filings react to static electricity.
Levers: Mechanical advantage and simple machines are
the focus.
Pulleys: Children explore the multiplying effect of pulleys.
Shock Absorbers: Children learn how different materials
absorb the energy of a falling object.
Soil Liquefaction: Designed to work with our upcoming
Earthquake Table, children can place pre-made bridges on
two types of soil (wet and dry) and test how soil density affects structural integrity.
— Contributed by Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery
Two key legislative funding changes were important
factors in the development of Cabrillo’s noncredit program.
The first change refocused the mission of adult education
programs statewide by shifting funding to only five of nine
previously established content areas—basic skills, ESL/
Honors Transfer Program Keeps Growing citizenship, disabled adults, short-term vocational and ap
prenticeships. The second legislative change increased state
Associate Transfer Degrees Gain Popularity
apportionment to community colleges offering noncredit
The number of students pursuing and graduating with new
courses. Effective in the 2015-2016 term, Career Developtransfer degrees continues to grow substantially each year.
ment College Preparation apportionment will be equal to
Cabrillo now has 16 approved Associate in Arts for Transfer
apportionment for credit courses in specific areas. Also, two
degrees and six approved Associate in Science for Transfer
or more courses must be linked to a noncredit certificate for
degrees. Three additional transfer degrees are currently
completion or competence.
under review by the Chancellor’s Office. For each of the
Faculty in Academy for College Excellence (ACE),
past two years, the number of these degrees conferred
Child Development, Computer Applications/Business
increased by 100 percent.
Technology, English, ESL, Library, Math, Reading and
Welding met during the semester to
Honors Scholars Excel
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their programs can support better acato propel transfer students into Califordemically prepared students and help
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them gain access to the college through
program graduated 45 students last
working collaboratively with the comspring. One-third of our graduates community to offer noncredit, communitypleted the program with at least 15
based courses.
units of honors coursework and achieved
A total of 16 new courses were apthe Honors Scholar designation. The
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Cabrillo Receives Grant for NetLab
A shared regional virtual lab facility was established on the
Aptos campus in fall 2015 thanks to a one-time, $995,270
grant from the Bay Area Community College Consortium
(BACCC). The Internet, Communications and Technology lab,
known as NetLab, is staffed and operated by Cabrillo and
used by students and faculty at 25 community colleges in
the San Francisco and Monterey bay areas.
“This was truly a collaborative effort,” said Rock Pfotenhauer, dean of Instruction, Career Education and Economic
Development. Pfotenhauer served as chair of the BACCC.
“Many area colleges worked together on the grant proposal.”
Through NetLab, students using the Internet from any
location are able to learn in a virtual lab environment that
provides hands-on experience with a variety of computer
operating systems, networking equipment and application software. Students are assigned a virtual network pod
allowing them to use an online reservation system any time,
day or night. Users have access to 450 lab assignments for
both entry-level classes and incumbent worker training in
Internet, Communications and Technology-related areas,
such as introductory computer, advanced cyber security,
virtualization, data storage, operating systems, systems
administration and network configuration and design.
Faculty is given statistical information on student sessions and can provide students with real-time assistance
via remote access. The lab environment is designed for
online classes and for traditional classes and instructors can
reserve pods for their students during class times. In one
week of 24/7-access, the ICT lab system can accommodate
288 simultaneous connections and up to 16,128 individual,
three-hour lab sessions.
The grant pays for one new system administrator staff
position at Cabrillo to oversee and maintain the lab, as well
as to provide remote support to the participating colleges.
“Each of our partners have struggled with funding,
building and managing hands-on lab facilities that develop
the skills demanded by ICT employers,” Pfotenhauer said.
He estimated that it would cost an individual college about
$150,000 to create a similar lab just to support its own
needs, not including costs and time to manage the system.
“One centralized lab with a systems administrator and
shared, remote access by all 25 community colleges is not
only more cost efficient, it enables students and faculty to
be more mobile,” he said.
“This is a very exciting project. It’s a great opportunity to work together with other community
colleges on a regional level. Coordinated efforts
such as this one are an emerging trend.”
— Gerlinde Brady
Computer and Information Systems
Program Chair and Instructor
Berkeley City College Diablo Valley College
Cabrillo College
Chabot College
City College of
San Francisco
College of Alameda
College of San Mateo
Contra Costa College
Contra Costa CCD
De Anza College
Evergreen Valley College
Foothill College
Gavilan College
Hartnell College
Laney College
Las Positas College
Los Medanos College
Merritt College
Mission College
Monterey Peninsula
College
Ohlone College
San Jose City College
Santa Rosa Junior
College
Skyline College
Solano College
NetLab, which can accommodate 288 simultaneous connections and up to 16,128 individual, three-hour
lab sessions was fully operational when it opened in fall
semester 2015.
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HUB Celebrates Growing Demand for
Tutoring and Academic Support
Each is celebrating considerable increases in the number of students served. To achieve this growth, the HUB has
embraced a philosophy of sharing resources, spaces, and
tools, making the most of what it has while making it easier
for students to sign up for and use services. One of the goals
is to help students develop “habits of mind” to establish sustainable success. If you build it, they will come. Our students
are coming in droves.
The bustling HUB, formerly the Learning Resources Center,
is busier than ever and each academic support service is expanding to meet student demand. The Math Learning Center, Tutoring Center, and the newly formed English Learning
Center—a consolidation of the Writing Center, Reading
Center and ESL Lab—are all housed in the HUB.
Distance Education Courses Drawing More Diverse Student Interest
More students than ever are taking courses online and
Cabrillo’s exemplary efforts to meet the growing demand for
distance education has resulted in our selection to be part of
the Chancellor’s statewide Online Education Initiative.
We are one of 24 colleges involved in the initiative that
is aimed at improving the success, accessibility and quality
of distance education programs. We are also one of eight
colleges to pilot the Student Readiness component, which
includes 24/7 tutoring support and readiness modules. As
a participant, we have provided three online courses to be
part of a statewide exchange that students can gain access
to from anywhere. In July, we began a transition to the
improved online delivery system for all Cabrillo distance
education instruction.
More students than ever before are taking advantage
of distance education. We offer eight online degrees and
more than 50 courses to support a general education
requirement. In 2014-15, we had more than 1,100 full-time
online students, an 8.5 percent increase from the year
before. The majority of on campus students who receive
degrees or certificates take one or more online classes to
complete their programs. Students also benefit from our
mid-semester online cybersession courses that provide
flexibility in completing general education requirements.
The College is responding to the increase in demand for
online courses not only by increasing the number of course
offerings, but also by focusing on the quality of online courses.
Quality instruction is the leading factor affecting student
satisfaction with a course—a strong predictor of success and retention. Improved learning support resources, student preparation to take online courses and instructor preparation to teach
online effectively are all part of this effort. Our report to the
Governing Board provides more information at https://www.
cabrillo.edu/services/disted/pdfs/DEReport%2014-15_V4.pdf.
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Fostering an Active Community in South
County at Watsonville and Solari Centers
Activities at the Watsonville Center and the Solari Green
Technology Center continue to focus on increasing access to
education, supporting student success and providing a valuable resource to the community for events.
Students have access to all essential college services at
the Center. We extended Saturday hours for more tutoring
and learning support and instituted FAFSA Fridays to help
financial aid applicants. A new workshop series helps students
set up course sequence plans for degrees or transfer and we
made a special presentation to
help undocumented students
continue their education.
Students can complete all
requirements for general education and certain majors at
the Center and enjoy more art
classes, online math courses
and English as a Second Language student lab sections.
At the nearby Solari
Green Technology Center,
the Emergency Medical Technician program started offering
classes. New classes are now offered for degree and career
pathways in Computer Information Systems. Our Construction
and Energy Management program worked with the Energy
and Technology Academy at Watsonville High and UC Santa
Cruz to pilot a sustainable/renewable energy design course.
Summer programs included a bridge program for migrant
education students, a PVUSD Solar Academy and a tutoring
and mentorship club.
Collaborative efforts with Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Pájaro Valley Unified School District on behalf of
high school students also continued. We worked with Second
Opportunity for Students, an alternative high school program,
and hosted advanced placement testing for Watsonville High
School seniors.
Others in the community also enjoyed our facilities. We
served as an official polling place for elections and provided
venues for the Watsonville Strawberry Festival, Jacob’s Heart
Kidrageous Carnival, various film festivals and the inaugural
Open Streets Watsonville.
The centrally located Solari Center has also proven to
be a valuable community resource for events and meetings,
including tri-county Health Projects Center meetings, and
the Junior Achievement Social Innovation Camp, which drew
young aspiring entrepreneurs from local public and private
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high schools. With its renewable energy systems and green
construction, the Solari Center is also an ideal venue for events
such as a PG&E photovoltaics solar training for people in the
industry who visited last year from all over the Central Coast.
This year, we look forward to collaborating with Digital NEST
(Nurturing Entrepreneurial
Skills with Technology), an
award- winning program that
brings technology to underserved student populations.
The NEST is co-locating into
the Center to expand access
to technology and provide
career development opportunities for local youth and
Cabrillo students.
VAPA Cultivates Arts Entrepreneurship,
Helps Put End to Starving Artist Myth
The Cabrillo College Visual, Applied and Performing Arts
Division, which is nationally recognized for its artistic excellence, is fast becoming a leader in arts entrepreneurship
education in the Monterey Bay region.
The College received grant funding from the California
Community College Chancellor’s Office to support the Doing
What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy initiative, a national movement to supply in-demand skills for employers,
create relevant career pathways and stackable credentials,
promote student success and get Californians into open
jobs. With this funding, Dean John Graulty and the VAPA Division (www.cabrillovapa.com) have responded to the needs
of local professional artists and current Cabrillo arts students
by developing arts entrepreneurship education.
Horticulture Students Use Hydroponics
and Substrate Systems to Increase Yield
The Horticulture program has grown to meet industry and
student demand in the area of controlled environment agriculture. In addition to a successful organic garden are hydroponic,
substrate and aquaponic production systems.
Students learn hydroponics, the production of plants
using water as the growing medium, substrate production,
which uses something other than soil to produce crops, and
aquaponics, a system that converts fish food into food and
plants. Among the many advantages of these processes are
higher yields and no water or nutrient loss that typically occurs
in traditional agriculture.
A donation in 2014 from Driscoll’s, a local berry distributor, helped install high hoop tunnels to grow organic substrate
blueberries and organic in-ground raspberries. Alum Ryan
Booker donated a new indoor nutrient film technique system
to increase our production of leafy greens. It uses one-tenth of
the water and produces significantly higher yields compared
to outdoor production.
The College grows microgreens for the Culinary Arts
program as well as substrate tomatoes and cucumbers and
aquaponically grown lettuce in a busy produce stall Saturdays
at the Cabrillo Farmers Market.
Santa Cruz has the fifth highest concentration of
artists per capita in the nation after New York City, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Fe, according to U.S.
Census data from 2010. Unfortunately traditional employment opportunities in the arts have long been saturated,
perpetuating the notion of the “starving artist.” The goal
of the arts entrepreneurship program is to teach artists
how to create their own jobs in the current economy
rather than rely solely on existing positions.
Since launching a very popular Business of Art workshop series through Cabrillo College Extension in partnership with the Small Business Development Center and the
Arts Council of Santa Cruz County several years ago, the arts
entrepreneurship program has expanded to include a creative entrepreneurship skills certificate to help arts students
leverage their creative talents into a meaningful livelihood.
The new three-course skills certificate will include
Creative Careers—Discovering Self-Directed Pathways, a
course to help students
investigate creative
career opportunities in
all arts disciplines. The
course guides students
to consider unique, selfdirected, non-traditional
and entrepreneurial
pathways, as well as the
academic and life choices
necessary to realize such opportunities. It is paired with a
discipline-specific course of the student’s choice and BUS
88 - Starting and Operating a New Small Business, a newly
created arts cohort offering.
The emerging arts entrepreneurship program has been
a collaboration of thought leaders from several disciplines within the VAPA and business divisions. Best practices
from national thought leaders have also informed
the direction of the program.
In spring 2015, David Cutler, a nationally
recognized professor of arts entrepreneurship at
the University of South Carolina and author of The
Savvy Musician, led Seizing Your Creative Future!,
a two-day Arts Entrepreneurship Summit at
Cabrillo. He provided ideas on the pursuit of selfdirected, impactful careers in the arts. The event
included four engaging sessions and drew 175
faculty, staff, students and community members.
There is a tremendous value in emphasizing the
practical in an art career and it was widely lauded
within the community.
“I applaud your focus on bringing the
WHY into your art curriculum. Both of my
sons attended Cabrillo …and each, in his
own way, has come to the conclusion that
success in [the arts] is reserved for a select
few who are exceptionally talented, driven,
or just more fortunate than the rest who are
destined to become educators or to find their
careers in another field. I hope that your
efforts to expand art education to include
the practical aspects that are necessary to
make art possible as more than simply a
pleasant hobby will be successful.”
— Parent of a Cabrillo arts alum
Focused on Student Success 12
Committed to Student Success
Committed to Student Success
Student Services
Student Services
Student Life, Leadership
Development and Service
The Student Life and Leadership Development
program had a banner year. Events included: a
cafeteria ribbon-cutting ceremony, a Senate retreat, College and Career Night, Welcome Week,
a Halloween event, Thanksgiving dinners, a
veterans barbecue, a Second Harvest Food Bank
Holiday Drive, Martin Luther King essay scholarship awards event, graduation and several
leadership training workshops.
Increased student involvement and engagement in the campus has also increased.
Student Job Services Serves Hundreds
Last spring, the Student Employment office posted and updated about 450 jobs and celebrated a number of successes
for the 2014-2015 school year. Students returning to work on
the campus filled out fewer forms resulting in less data entry
for the office, thanks to a new coordinator, Jennifer Wood,
who single-handedly streamlined processes and organized
several successful activities.
There were targeted presentations for student nurses
and veterans and a resume-prep workshop. Cabrillo staffed
tables at local community employment fairs to share information about the College job board and,
for the first time in nearly five years, the
community enjoyed a highly successful
campus job fair attended by 25 local employers and about 350 students. The fair
was a joint effort with Cooperative Work
Experience Education, Foster Youth Initiative, Student Affairs and Marketing.
This year, we’re looking forward to
increased collaboration with Cooperative
Work Experience Education. Matthew Weis,
CWEE coordinator, moved into the office
last summer. It is a natural partnership.
13 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
With a record number of student clubs
(35) chartering this year, the entire student body benefitted from having many
more interesting activities on campus.
Students enjoyed a cafeteria remodel project that was
completed by fall semester 2014. ASCC, the active student
government body on campus, has moved to the 900 building and set up offices and related services in Room 902.
Veterans Helping Veterans
More students coming to the Veterans Information
Center on the Aptos campus for services and support
are finding a warm welcome by four U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs work-study students. The welcoming
student staff is comprised of veterans themselves.
Visitors can get a cup of coffee and take a break for
awhile or learn more about the campus and how to connect with agencies in the greater community. Veterans
are encouraged to meet with an academic counselor
or Federal Certifying Official to better understand their
education benefits.
About 150 student veterans and their dependents last
year benefitted from:
• One-on-one counseling with staff from the Capitola
Veterans Affairs office;
• Weekly tutoring for writing and math;
• Free use of computers and a printer;
• Academic counseling;
• Benefits consultations;
• A community refrigerator and microwave
• Free coffee;
• Exercise equipment including a pull-up bar; and
• Job resume and interview preparation.
The VIC is a place for veterans to decompress and
surround themselves with fellow veterans who have the
same issues that only they can understand. It is a special
place for veterans for which they are grateful.
Focused on Student Success 14
Student Profile
Cabrillo students overwhelmingly elected Essy Barroso-Ramirez,
president of the Latina Leadership
Network, to represent them as vice
president of the student senate. It
is a new leadership opportunity for
the first generation college student
who is studying to be a nurse.
“This year our senate is so
diverse we can offer more input
and be more representative of the
student population than last year.”
Alumni Profile
graders to the college campus.
With friends, Ana Vasquez
Polito and Francisca Nupita,
Barroso-Ramirez created the Latina
Leadership Network and she served
as president. The group, however,
found it difficult to recruit members and they convinced her to run
for a Student Senate position. In
fall 2014, she became a senatorat-large. The next year, students
elected her to serve as vice president with 90 percent of the vote.
In addition to serving in the sen-
Barroso-Ramirez, a native of
Essy Barroso-Ramirez serves as vice president of
Santa Cruz, attended Harbor and Associated Student Senate of Cabrillo College.
Santa Cruz high schools and
ate, Barroso-Ramirez is a busy student. She is carrying 17.5
began her time at Cabrillo College as a member of the
units and working two on-campus jobs—in the library
Students Transitioning in Academics: Reaching Success
and in the Enrollment Services Department.
(STARS), a year-long Cabrillo learning community supShe’s on campus daily, all day and often until 10 p.m.
porting students who are focused on careers in health
Thanks to a phlebotomy class, she had an externship with
and human services fields. She started at Cabrillo as a
Watsonville CHOMP over the summer. She plans to graduate
part-time student while working part-time.
in the spring with degrees in Liberal Arts, Health Sciences and
“The STARS program included an Intro to College class
Spanish, as well as a certificate in Communication Studies.
that totally built the foundation for what I wanted to do
She plans to continue her studies in nursing at
academically,” Barroso-Ramirez said. She credits her counselSamuel Merritt University or one of the Cal State universiors Eva Acosta and Eric Grabiel and math instructor Alfonso
Lobato for mentoring her academic success. They “had a
ties in Bakersfield, Chico, or San Jose. She hopes to eventuhuge impact on my first year of education at Cabrillo.”
ally become a nurse practitioner or earn a doctorate in
Lobato encouraged her to enroll full time and Acosta
nursing policy and law.
helped her develop an educational plan to identify her
Barroso-Ramirez credits her family with supporting
goals. A capstone project in the Intro to College course
her education and is paying it forward by mentoring othhelped her realize that she
ers. She’s convinced her
wanted to help victims boyfriend’s 10-year-old
“Come to the campus and look around, ask of sexual assault by workdaughter to run for stuing as a specially trained
questions. Go to the library, senate offices, dent council president
nurse examiner.
Enrollment Services. It’s your responsibility as a student to seek them out.”
at her elementary school
“It’s a good blend
and has been invited to
of the legal system and
— Essy Barroso-Ramirez, President,
speak at middle school
Associated Students of Cabrillo College
the healthcare system,”
classes. She advises inBarroso-Ramirez said. coming Cabrillo students
She soon became involved
to
practice
time
management
and
consider on campus
with Alpha Gamma Sigma, the college honor society,
employment to make life easier. She repeats the wisdom
through which she participated in a teacher/staff appreciation event and the Samper Fourth Grade Experience,
from a sign on her math instructor’s door, Teachers show you
an annual event that brings thousands of local fourth
the door, but you have to open it.
15 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
Alumna Charlotte Achen, who
As AGS president, Achen had
struggled in high school before hitserved 140 students. When students
ting her academic stride at Cabrillo,
elected her to serve as president of Ascredits the College for inspiring her to
sociated Students of Cabrillo College,
develop leadership skills and evenher constituency grew to 15,000. She
tually become a magna cum laude
served on participatory governance
university graduate.
committees with staff and adminis
Achen started taking classes at
trators, such as the College Planning
Cabrillo when she was still in high
Council and the Services and Program
school. She enrolled full-time after
Reduction Advisory Committee. The
graduating from Delta High School,
College was in budget reduction mode
but had difficulties in English and
and she felt she could make a differAlumna Charlotte Achen served as president of
left school. She worked at a couple
ence so she ran for re-election, becomASCC and AGS, graduated from UC Santa Cruz.
of different jobs before trying again,
ing the first ASCC president to serve
one basic skills English class at a time, to bring her skills
two consecutive years. In her second year, she dealt with
up to college-level.
new issues—tension between senators, diversity issues and
differences of opinion; her leadership capacity grew.
It was when she signed up for the Academy for College
Achen, an Honors Transfer program member, was acExcellence, one of Cabrillo’s Learning Communities, that she
cepted to a number of universities and decided on UC Santa
began to gain a broader vision of what college could be.
Cruz. She was awarded the prestigious $25,000 UCSC Pfister
She thrived in the unique, cohort-based learning comScholarship and a Baskin scholarship.
munity where ACE teachers helped her engage with the
“Staying local, I had support from my Cabrillo network
campus in a more meaningful way. She felt supported and
as well as my family,” she said.
began to take a full class load.
At UCSC, Achen joined the College 10 Student Senate
“I got involved on campus with every event and club
and became involved with
possible,” she said. “I got to know
Successful Transfer to the
teachers, staff and fellow stu“I started Cabrillo at the lowest level and gradResearch University (STARS),
dents on campus.”
uated UCSC at the highest possible level. I want
a UCSC transfer services
Achen developed public
students
to
have
hope,
to
know
that
they
can
program. The following year,
speaking skills and discovered
make it. They have the support at Cabrillo.”
she returned to Cabrillo as an
hidden talents she didn’t know
intern when her mentor went
she had. When she qualified for
— Charolotte Achen, Alumna
UCSC magna cum laude graduate
on maternity leave. Achen was
Alpha Gamma Sigma, the caminvited to fill in as a temporary
pus honor society, she became
assistant. It was another turninvolved in leadership as vice
ing point. Achen realized student affairs would be her career.
president of fundraising, then as president.
She wants students to know that they have the support they
“I wanted to apply my skills to make a difference,” Achen
need to succeed.
said. She enjoyed working with the AGS executive board and
After graduating magna cum laude and with highest
watching others develop as leaders.
honors in sociology, Achen is back at Cabrillo as a volunteer
During a class-related conversation with Sesario Escoto,
and working as a temporary hourly assistant. She hopes
then-dean of students, she learned about skills required to
that a permanent position will soon open up on campus.
be student body president. She sought out mentorship from
Because Cabrillo is a federally designated Hispanic-serving
Flor Chacón, student activities coordinator and an advisor to
institution designed to assist first generation, majority lowstudent government. Achen picked up her campaign materiincome Hispanic students, she is studying Spanish.
als on the first day she could and the campaigning began.
Focused on Student Success 16
Cabrillo’s Successful Students
Developing Student Leaders
Through Club Involvement
Beyond the Student Senate, Cabrillo’s clubs
are, for many, the entryway into student
leadership and community engagement on
campus. With more than 43 different clubs last
year, there were a variety of events and service
projects that allowed students to actively engage with their academics and community.
Allocating Funds to College Programs
In the 2014-15 Academic year, Cabrillo’s Student Senate,
known as the Associated Students of Cabrillo College (ASCC)
supported Cabrillo’s student body in a variety of ways.
The ASCC manages an annual budget and allocates
funds to support Cabrillo College constituents and the community. This year, the ASCC funded the following programs:
• $30,000 to the Borrow-a-Book program, which enables
students who are unable to afford to purchase textbooks
the ability to borrow one for checkout and use throughout
the semester
• $30,000 to College-wide Support Grants for various faculty
and student programs
• $15,000 to the Textbooks on Reserve program in the Library
• $25,000 to general scholarships
• Throughout the year, the ASCC also funded many different events occurring on campus such as the Social Justice Conference and a photo exhibit of women speaking
out that took place during the College’s Sexual Assault
Awareness Month.
• The ASCC also provided $3,500 to the Engineering Abroad
Guatemala Experience that sent 15 students to Guatemala
over winter break to design and construct a rainwater
catchment system in the farming village of Vuelta Grande.
17 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
The P.E.E.R.S. Club, which stands for People
Empowering Each Other to Realize Success
held many events on campus promoting
healthy living and helping students manage
their stress. One of these events was Denim
Day, which brought community organizations
onto campus and promoted help and support
for victims of sexual assault.
The Seahawk Metal Arts Club, or SMAC for short, is a club
focused on the ancient and contemporary methods of metal
working. They provided many workshops to students over
the course of the academic year. One of these was held
specifically for the Japanese students visiting from Bunkyo
University. For Cabrillo students, they have also hosted workshops by local artists such as a three-day Gemstone Setting
workshop with Curtis Arima.
Cabrillo’s Robotics Club is focused on introducing students
to robotics and providing hands-on workshops that allow
the students to utilize the knowledge gained from their Engineering courses. This past year they designed, 3-D printed
and built a drone, that recently flew over Cabrillo’s campus.
Piloting New Programs
Looking ahead to the 2015-2016 academic year, the
Student Senate is starting off with 17 Senators and a
full Executive Board. They are starting an E-textbook
program pilot in one of Cabrillo’s Math classes and are
­
looking to extend
the Library and the Integrated Learning Center’s (ILC) hours, as well as to develop plans for a
Multi-Cultural Center and to provide more funding for
the Watsonville Center students.
Committed to Student Success
Welcome Center and Outreach
Designing a One-Stop Welcome Center
A more efficient Student Services department is working
to provide fully integrated enrollment processes to provide
students with a hotel concierge experience.
We will eventually include consolidated services under
one roof in a more efficient Welcome Center. In this Center,
students can handle tasks with Admissions and Records,
Financial Aid, and the cashier in a one-stop information hub.
In the 2014-15 academic year, we served more than
9,000 students, helping them with basic transactions to start
the year, including issuing: 4,066 parking permits, 14 book
lockers, 3,653 student IDs and 18 book lockers.
Aptos Campus Welcome Center Offerings
Higher One Card activation
Class schedule review
Class schedule printing
Financial aid application
and status check
Online financial aid help
SARS appointments
ASK Cabrillo
Outreach services
Campus tours
New student recruitment
Way-finding: maps, campus
apps or directions
Admission application
Class registration
Class payments
Add-code registration
Course withdrawal
Officials and unofficial
student transcripts
Discount tickets
Bike and book lockers
Vendor and free speech
group registration
Parking Permits
Express Counseling
Outreach Team Reports Busy Year
Our exceptionally motivated outreach team hit the
ground running last year, enthusiastically meeting, greeting and telling the story of our successful and expanded
campus to prospective high school students across the
county and beyond. Less than 2 percent of all outreach
activities had an unmet need for translation. Here are
some of the ways we worked to bring Cabrillo’s presence
into our diverse community:
• Attended 108 recruitment events
• Interacted with more than 5,200 prospective students
• Reached and influenced more than 15,000 prospec- tive students
• Visited 38 high schools (18 in Santa Cruz County), 14 agencies, 22 individual visits and 12 community events.
• Attended six education fairs and 18 adult education events
• Staffed a table at 28 events including 14 college fairs
• Conducted 48 campus tours
• Started a Student Ambassador program to involve stu-
dents in more recruitment efforts.
• Promoted numerous special interest and equity groups at events to promote campus diversity as a guest on an agenda.
• Started a student ambassador program where students were also involved in recruitment efforts.
• Special Interest and Equity groups were promoted at the events.
The Outreach team felt that meeting with faculty and staff to discuss their programs offerings would assist the
Team in effectively representing Cabrillo’s offerings. The Team was pleased to receive very positive responses.
Currently there is a short list of faculty and staff members
who can be called on for off-site events.
More than 500 Served by Bilingual Outreach
Funded by student equity monies, bilingual outreach was also a strategic priority and we were able to
translate campus materials and outreach presentations
for local schools.
We reached out to an estimated 528 prospective
students, families and community members at eight
events, some of which included campus tours, event
tables and presentations.
Ten percent of the College outreach activities
requested and received translation. Another 10 percent did not request needed translation. However, 98.8
percent of this group was provided translation, leaving
an unmet need of less than 2 percent. Although the
number of people not receiving translation services is
small, the team feels that due to Student Equity, it is
important that a consistent resource for translation is
available moving forward.
Focused on Student Success 18
Total Student Population 12,681
Female - 54.9%
Male - 44.7%
Unstated 0.4%
Students Attending Full Time/ Part Time
Part Time
Students
55.4%
Full Time
Students
44.6%
Age of Students
Average Age of Students: 28 • Median Age of Students (half are older, half younger) 22
19 or less
26.35 %
20 – 24
13.07 %
30 – 34
Incoming Students
Placing into Transfer
Level Courses
9.65 %
Unknown
.33%
International Students–Fall 2014
Asian
Filipino
Reading 58%
5.99%
50 +
African American
English 35%
Total Grants and Loans Awarded: $19, 920, 097
4.05%
40 – 49
University of California
Served 39.3% of Student Body
7.14%
35 – 39
Top Transfer Schools
Student Financial Awards
in Academic Year 2014-2015
6,670 Financial Aid Recipients
33.40%
25 – 29
Math
17%
sh
%
Cabrillo at a Glance
Students by Ethnicity
1.4%
2.5%
1.1%
Hispanic/Latino
39.4%
Multiple/Other
Native American
Non-Respondents
Pacific Islander
White
5.0%
0.4%
AY 2013-2014
UC Berkeley
30
UC Davis
25
UC Santa Barbara
14
UC Santa Cruz
108
Total Transfers to All UCs
207
Total UC under-represented
48
Percent under-represented
28.50%
Residency Status
number
%
AB540 & CJ International
277
2.2%
CSU Monterey Bay
108
AB540 & CJ Out-of-State
87
0.7%
San Francisco State
26
In State
12071
95.2%
San Jose State
198
International
79
0.6%
Total Transfers to All CSUs
479
Out of State
167
1.3%
Percent under-represented
34.40%
California State University
AY 2013-2014
2.2%
0.2%
47.9%
For more information, Contact the Cabrillo Planning & Research Office (PRO) at (831) 477 - 5577
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/pro/
Focused on Student Success 20
C abrillo C ommunity C ollege District
C itizens’
M easure D
Bond O versight
Committee
2014-15 Financial Highlights
Sound Fiscal Planning for Financial Stability.
A strong California economy and increased funding of the
governor's budget boosted statewide funding for the state’s
113 community colleges, in particular, it benefitted highly
specialized student support programs such as Student Equity and Student Success.
Other augmentations included:
• Enrollment restoration: 2.75 percent
• Cost of living adjustment: 0.85 percent
• Student Success: $199.2 million*
(allocated across 113 community colleges)
• Proposition 39 energy efficiency: $48 million
(to be allocated by Chancellor's Office)*
• Deferred Maintenance: $30 million*
• Online education coordination and access: $16.9 million*
• Extended Opportunities Programs and Services: $88.6 million*
• Disabled Students Programs and Services: $114.2 million*
• CalWORKs: $35.5 million*
* Cabrillo received a share of all of the funding augmentations above with the
exception of enrollment restoration. Funding is allocated on a per-Full-Time
Equivalent Student (FTES) basis or as a percentage of the California Community
College (CCC) allocation. Cabrillo receives Cabrillo receives approximately 1
percent of CCC funding.
Due to an improved economy that is drawing students
into the workforce, state-imposed repeatability regulations and lower demographics of graduating high school
students, Cabrillo, like many other community colleges,
continues to experience an enrollment decline.
As such, the College allocated $312,131 from its FullTime Equivalent Student operating reserve for the 2013-14
fiscal year. Based upon current enrollment and the current
growth model, however, Cabrillo did not earn restoration
funding for 2014-15 and full-time student enrollment for the
College has declined below its enrollment funding cap of
10,887. This will have an impact on our future funding.
Despite the enrollment decline below the College's
funding level, Cabrillo was able to maintain its same level of
funding for the 2014-15 fiscal year as part of a state budget
stability program. Cabrillo will again be in budget stability
for 2015-16. As a result of continued enrollment decline,
however, the new enrollment cap will drop from 10,887 to
10,400. In 2016-17 the College will be funded for 10,887 total
FTES. The reset to 10,400 FTES, however, means the College
stands to lose $2.5 million of ongoing funding. A budget
reduction process is underway.
For the 2014-15 fiscal year, Cabrillo's ongoing unrestricted general fund revenues in the base operating
budget totaled $57.8 million, while expenditures and
transfers totaled $58.9 million. Thanks to the prior year’s
growth funding and apportionment adjustments, Cabrillo
was able to reduce its structural deficit while maintaining a
fund balance of $12.2 million or 20 percent of the budget.
The College maintained a required reserve of 5 percent and
operating reserves of 4 percent.
Moving forward, Cabrillo will continue its tradition of
conservative budgeting and forecasting, carefully watching enrollment while employing cost-saving measures and
maximizing operational efficiencies to ensure that the College maintains a financially stable and sustainable future.
Fiscal Year 2013-14: Revenues & Expenditures
Unrestricted General Fund Base Budget
Revenues—$57,810, 174
State Apportionment: 94.8%
(Proposition 30, RDA Funding, Property Taxes, Enrollment
Fees)
Lottery: 2.4%
Nonresident Tuition: 2%
Federal Funds: 0.8%
21 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
Unrestricted General Fund Base Budget
Expenditures—$58,949,006
Academic Salaries: 43.4%
Classified Salaries: 19.72%
Employee Benefits: 21.37%
Services & Other Operating Expenses: 13.23%
Supplies & Materials: 1.87%
Capital Outlay: 0.41%
Annual Report
Letter from the Committee Chair
Tenth Report to the Community
on Measure D
March 2005 through June 2015
It is my pleasure to share
with you the Cabrillo College Citizens’ Measure D
Bond Oversight Committee’s tenth and final report
to the community. This has
been an exciting year for
Cabrillo College, having
completed and closed out all
of the Facilities Master Plan
projects. I encourage you to
visit the campus and see the
accomplishments made possible by your investment in
our community college.
In 1996, the college developed a comprehensive
Facilities Master Plan which identified the educational
programs that required expanded or upgraded facilities to support instruction. Measure C was approved
by the voters in 1998 at $85 million and Measure D
was passed in 2004 at $118.5 million. In addition,
the college has been extremely successful in securing
INSIDE
matching funds of $6.5 million from the Federal Economic
Development Administration and $40 million
Committee from
the
state in order to maximize the benefit to our
Members2
local community. The results:
About Prop. 39
2
• The Solari Green Technology Center (GTC) opened
Expenditures3-4
in 2012. This Platinum Level LEED certified “green”
building provides a unique learning environment focusProjects5
ing on career technical education at the former Watsonville Library site and is part of the Cabrillo Watsonville
Issues & Conclusions6
Center.
• State-of-the-art teaching facilities in the completely renovated Building 300 opened for Business,
English and Language Arts classes in spring 2011.
• The new Chemistry / Biology lab in Building 600
will allow the college to offer more high-demand science
courses. It came on line in spring 2014. The Dental
Hygiene Program, previously in building 600, relocated
to one of the two new Health & Wellness Buildings in
2010.
• Two Health & Wellness Buildings house the Allied
Health programs (Dental Hygiene, Radiologic Technology, Nursing, Medical Assisting, and the Stroke and
Acquired Disability Center). The Wellness Center opened
in September 2010 as a joint use building that serves both
instructional and revenue needs of the college.
• Three Arts Education Classrooms for visual, applied,
and performing arts have been holding classes since fall
2008. The theater, theater arts classes, recital hall and,
music classrooms opened in fall 2009 for everyone to
enjoy.
• The new Barbara Samper Student Activities Center, which opened in 2007, is a hub of activity with a
considerably expanded campus bookstore, student assessment and orientation services and expanded workspace
for student government and clubs and related student
programs and services.
Although the use of these buildings may change
over time, Cabrillo College has been significantly
improved by the addition of these buildings, which
provide the College the flexibility to meet everchanging educational needs.
• Bond funds have dramatically improved campus
accessibility. New kiosks with campus maps as well as
wayfinding signs have been installed to show building
locations and wheelchair accessible routes. In addition,
new seating in the football stadium has been installed to
provide better access for individuals using wheelchairs.
• The “Tech Refresh” and “Smart Classrooms Upgrades” projects of various buildings college-wide have
improved the learning environment for students through
technology improvements as well as creating more accessible and user friendly facilities.
The final audit for 2014-15, performed by Vavrinek,
Trine, Day and Co., LLP, disclosed no instances of
non-compliance with the terms of Proposition 39 nor
Measure D. The 2014-15 audit report was completed in
September 2015. Based on this report, the members of
the Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) conclude that
Measure D bond expenditures have been made in accordance with California Education Code 15278 and exclusively
for projects identified in the Bond Measure.
The $118.5 million general obligation bond approved by more than 62 percent of the voters 2004 has
certainly upgraded and improved the campus facilities to
better serve our students and community. The Citizens’ Oversight Committee is pleased to report that all
Measure D funds have been successfully expended. This
Citizen’s Oversight Committee has concluded its obligation to ensure compliance with the by-laws established
by the Proposition 39 mandates.
Ceil Cirillo, Chair Measure D Bond Oversight Committee
Focused on Student Success 22
About Voters' Passage of Bond
Measure Proposition 39
Measure D Funded Facilities Master Plan Projects
l
l
l
l
l
From left: Carter Frost, Blaine Brokaw, Georgia Acosta, Kathy Blackwood,
Ceil Cirillo, Brian Mathias, Victoria Lewis, Joe Nugent.
Not pictured: Sharon Gray, Ronald Kaplan
Members of the Citizens’ Oversight Committee
2014-15
Kathy Blackwood, Member at Large (Two-year term expires 8/16)
Blaine Brokaw, College Support Organization (Two-year term expires 8/15)
Carter Frost, Student (Two-year term expires 8/15)
Ceil Cirillo, Business Representative (Two-year term expires 8/16)
Sharon Gray, Senior Citizens Organization (Two-year term expires 8/15)
Ron Kaplan, Member at Large (Two-year term expires 8/16)
Georgia Acosta, Taxpayers Association (Two-year term expires 8/16)
Previous Members
Jack Baskin Member At Large
Michael Bethke Taxpayers Association Rodney Brooks Member At Large Bobby Buckter Student
Oleksii Chuiko Student Diane Craddock College Support Organization Leflora Cunningham Student Robert Dills Member At Large Harriett Duzet Senior Citizens Organization John U. Fry Business Representative Tila Guerrero College Support Organization Chloe LaFortune Student Leigh Ann Lively Student Brian Mathias
Taxpayers Association
Nicole Moreno Student Gary Meyer Student Helen Palmer
Member At Large Bob Petersen Member At Large Kris Reyes Business Representative Mike Siegel Student
Lou Tuosto Taxpayers Association Jeff Vella Student Bud Winslow Senior Citizens Organization
2
2004-06
2010-12
2004-08
2013-14
2011-12
2007-11
2007-08
2009-12
2004-07
2008-12
2004-07
2004-05
2010-11
2012-14
2005-06
2008-09
2008-09
2006-10
2004-08
2006-07
2004-08
2009-10
2007-11
23 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
$118,743,795
$9,345,721
$128,089,516
MEASURE D FUNDING SUMMARY
A member of the business community
An active member of a senior citizens organization
A member of a taxpayers association
An enrolled student active in a community college group
A member of a college support organization
Two members representing the community-at-large
SCHEDULE
Total Budget Measure D Projects In Progress
Total Budget Measure D Projects In Planning
Total Budget Measure D Projects In Future
Total Budget Measure D Projects Completed
Unallocated
Total Measure D Funding
Committee members serve in an uncompensated capacity for terms of
two years and may not exceed two consecutive terms. No District
employee, vendor, contractor, or consultant to the District may serve
on the committee.
TOTALS
$0
$0
$0
$128,089,516
$0
$128,089,516
(Schedule A)
(Schedule B)
(Schedule C)
(Schedule D)
S C H E DU L E A
Projects in Process
Measure D Bond
Issuance and Expenditures
Through June 2014
Measure D
Funding Category
Total in Progress Schedule A
Amount
Budgeted
Paid to Date
$0
$0
(thru 6/30/15)
S C H E DU L E B
The Cabrillo Community College District issued the first series of Measure D Bonds, Series A, in the amount of $60 million, in May 2004.
The District issued the second and final Series B in April 2007 in the
amount of $58.5 million for a total Bond Offering of $118.5 million.
Facilities projects are publicly bid as required by Contract Code
and the District has endeavored to make qualified local contractors
aware of the projects and to assist them with the public bidding process to facilitate work for local residents.
Included in this Report are the Measure D funded projects that
have been completed or were in progress as of June 30, 2014.
Projects in Planning
Total in Planning Schedule B
Future Projects in Planning
Committee Meetings
The COC met twice in the 2014-15 fiscal year. Meeting dates and
minutes of prior meetings are available at the bond oversight web page
at: http://www.cabrillo.edu/internal/facilities/measured/bondoversight/bondoversightDocs.html.
For questions or comments about the committee and its activities,
please call (831)479-6406. All meetings are open to the public.
As of June 30, 2015
Measure D Bond Sales
Interest Through 6/30/15
Total Measure D Funding
Supporters approved Cabrillo College Measure D under the provisions
of Proposition 39, which requires a minimum 55 percent approval by
the electorate. Proposition 39 bonds call for the appointment of an independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee within 60 days of election
results certification. By statute, the committee must include:
l
1, 2
None at this time
Total Future Projects
1
Only Measure D funding is shown.
2
Figures have been audited.
Measure D
Funding Category
S C H E DU L E C
Schedule
Amount
Budgeted
$0
Reserve for
Pending Projects
$0
Paid to Date
(thru 6/30/15)
$0
Paid to Date
$0
$0
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3
Measure D Funded Facilities Master Plan Projects (cont.)
1, 2
Building 1550, 1600 HVAC
As of June 30, 2015
S C H E DU L E D
Completed Projects
Measure D Funding Category
Enrollment Center
Faculty & Staff Offices
Smart Classrooms
Allied Health Equipment
Building 300
Watsonville Expansion
Carpet Cleaner-Truck-mounted
Smart Classrooms Equipment 13-14
Tech Refresh
Equipment
Utility Relocation Project
Southwest Power and Communication
Southeast Perimeter Road
Parking Lot R
New Fire Water Line Building 100
Campus Sewer Relining
Road and Utilities
100 Bldg. HVAC Upgrade Project
$4,173,253
$1,370,385
Building Upgrades and
Classroom and Lab Upgrades
$10,914,209
The 100 building also houses the main switch gear and information technology equipment for a majority of functions on the upper
campus. Untenable conditions required corrective measures in order
to ensure that expensive equipment was protected and functional.
Repairs to floor drainage systems and deteriorated walls were part of
the corrective work as well as upgrades to temperature controls and
air conditioning systems. The total project budget for this work was
$247,720 and was complete in the fall of 2013. Tech Refresh
Project & Smart
Classrooms
ADA Access and Safety
Allied Health Parking Structure
Sheriff’s Office Relocation
Allied Health Project
$1,596,068
$11,092,120
SAC Student Services
Student Services Project
$21,043,582
Arts Education Classrooms
AEC Project
$51,979,531
Arts Education Equipment
AEC Project
$1,126,453
Stadium Bathroom Renovation
ADA Accessibility
Allied Health Classroom Buildings
Health and Wellness
Building 300 Renovation
Building Upgrades
$1,116,963
Watsonville Expansion
Building
$7,180,110
Bond Fee, Audits
Fees
Total Completed Schedule D
25 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
The 100 building has been home to various administrative functions
over time and has had considerable redistribution of activities. Very
few areas of the building floor plan resemble the original construction layout except for the more than 50-year-old HVAC system. The
project, addressing the much needed reconfiguration of the existing
duct work and heating needs of the main floor, was bid in October
2013 and the work was substantially complete in June 2014. New
carpet, paint, door hardware, and electrical upgrades were also accomplished. The total project budget is $1,274,685, with final completion pending DSA certification.
100 Bldg. IT Equipment Relocation Project
Building 100 Enrollment Center
Building 400 Improvements
Exterior Painting Buildings 100, 900,1000,
1500, 1550, 1300, 1400, & 1600
HVAC Buildings 400, 450, 500, 700
Building 900 Restrooms
Building 400 Boiler Pipe Replacement
15 Smart Classrooms
Building 2100 and Stadium Bathroom ADA Upgrades
VAPA Remediation
H&W Secondary Effects Study
Smart Classrooms (2011-2013)
Building 800 Moves/Secondary Effects
Building 100, 600, 800 Renovation
Technology Refresh Project
Buildings 1550/1600 & 1400/1550 HVAC
Building 600 Cadaver Lab Renovation
Watsonville Bldg. A Repairs & Security 480V Switch Gear
Transformer
Building 100, 900, 1100 ADA Access
Stair Replacement Parking Lots E, F, and G
Upper Campus Land Bridge
Safety Phones Parking Structure
Building 100 Plaza
Campus Wide Signage
4
Paid As Of 6/30/15
The heating and ventilation systems in the 1550 and 1600 Buildings
were in much need of repair and renovation due to the age and lack of
functionality of the equipment throughout these buildings.
$276,650
$15,924,847
$295,345
$128,089,516
1
2
Only Measure D funding is shown.
Figures have been audited.
In addition to the implementation of numerous “Smart Classrooms”
upgrades, a comprehensive look at the aging computer labs throughout the
college identified the need to replace the technology infrastructure as well as
desktop computers, to improve student access. This included replacement
of faculty and staff desktops, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for student
computer labs, network and software upgrades. A total of $232,083 in
bond funds were combined with $478,480 in District funds for a total
project budget of $710,563. awarded $3.4 million
in grant funds from
the Economic Development Agency to
augment Measure D
bond funds specifically
to build to the model
Platinum Level LEED
certified “green”
building standard.
The District also received a generous donation of $500,000 from
the Richard and Mary Solari Charitable Trust and $100,000 from
the Les and Jeane Ley Family Fund for construction, which allowed
the District to add back some of the items that were deferred due to
budgetary constraints.
Building 300 Renovation
Twelve new smart classrooms and ten offices in Building 300 for
Business, English, & Language Arts (BELA) and Human Arts and
Social Sciences (HASS) classes opened in spring 2011. In addition to
Measure D funds, state bond funds supported the renovation.
Building 800 Renovation
The state-of-the-art Jack and Peggy Baskin Technology Center for
Engineering, Computing and Physics offered classroom, laboratory,
and office space for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs in the 2013 fall semester. Cabrillo College was
awarded a five-year Federal Title III grant for the STEM fields in 2011
to increase the number of Latinos in the STEM fields. The Cabrillo
College Foundation received
$250,000 from the Monterey
Peninsula Foundation to provide
support for the construction costs
to renovate the 800 building which
reduced the need for bond funds. In
addition to the classroom renovation, the heating and ventilation
systems and restrooms were repaired
utilizing Measure D bond funds.
Funding from the Peggy and Jack
Baskin Foundation helped complete
renovation work not covered by the
Federal STEM grant.
Green Technology Center
Building 600 Biology/Chemistry
Classroom Renovation Project
The new 14,000 square foot Green Technology Center (GTC) opened
in 2012. This Platinum Level LEED certified “green” building at the
former Watsonville Library site provides a unique learning environment focusing on career technical education in construction, energy
management, solar, and green building programs. The District purchased the library from the City of Watsonville in July 2008 and
Building 600 has been renovated for Biology and Chemistry classroom
and laboratory space. The Dental Hygiene program previously occupied
the west end of the building prior to relocating to the new Health and
Wellness Building in 2010. This project was completed in time for
spring 2014 classes.
(Watsonville Library Acquisition)
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5
Smart Classrooms
In an effort to provide state-of-the-art educational facilities, classrooms
throughout the District were identified in need of technology, furniture, carpet, and paint upgrades. Smart classrooms are utilized in each
of the Instructional Divisions. Measure D funds used for classroom
upgrades in classrooms this year are: 429, 506, 509, 510, 513, 517,
714, 913, 1302, 1303, 2501, and 2502.
Health & Wellness
Classrooms and
Parking
The 55,000-square-foot
Health and Wellness classroom
facility opened in fall 2010.
This new facility brought together health-related disciplines that include Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Medical Assistant, Radiologic Technology, the Stroke and Acquired Disabilities Learning Center, Health
Science, and a new Wellness Center. The adjacent Health and Wellness
facility parking structure opened in fall 2008. It provides 510 parking
spaces in the northeast corner of the campus for students attending
classes on the upper campus.
Arts Education
Classrooms
The Arts Education Classrooms project consists
of five buildings totaling
122,300 square feet, includes a 581-seat theater,
a 369-seat music classroom and recital hall, a building dedicated to
two-dimensional art, one building for three-dimensional art, and one
building for general instruction and offices. The space also allows for
community participation, partnership and events. Fifteen music practice rooms are available for students, four music rehearsal spaces, an acting studio, five drawing and design studios, and an experimental theater classroom. Three of the buildings opened for classes in fall 2008;
the Crocker Theater and the Music Recital Hall were opened in August
2009. Some aspects of the construction contracts between the trade contractors and the District were disputed by the parties which resulted in
mediation. The mediation process resulted in a settlement of outstanding issues. The settlement in the amount of $1.6 million was reached in
March 2011 and finalized in August 2011.
Student Activities Center
The Barbara Samper Student Activities Center, a 50,000-square foot,
two-level building located in the very center of the Aptos campus on
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27 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
Soquel Drive, opened in
fall 2007. The new center
provides a gateway to the
Aptos campus and houses
the campus bookstore,
student assessment and
orientation services, student government, student
activities and club space,
and related student services programs and offices. The project includes three new elevators which
significantly improve accessibility on campus to and from Soquel Drive.
Covered parking on the ground level provides access to the bookstore
and to enrollment services. The college received certificate of completion
from the Division of the State Architect (DSA) in March 2011. Aptos Campus Signage
A signage plan for the Aptos campus, prepared by Kate Keating Associates
of San Francisco, has been completed. Handicap accessible routes are now
clearly identified, and updated map kiosks and wayfinding signs have been
installed on campus to assist new students, staff, and visitors. Replacement
building identification signs have also been installed and will continue to
be updated as construction projects in progress become finalized.
Examination of Expenditures
Community Connections
Cabrillo Joins Regional Leaders to
Create Monterey Bay Internship Portal
Cabrillo has partnered with the Community Foundation of Santa
Cruz County, the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, UC Santa
Cruz and the Santa Cruz County Business Council to develop an
internship portal that is scheduled to launch in February 2016.
On the portal, local businesses, nonprofits, government
agencies and local colleges will list both paid and unpaid
internships. Students will be able to conduct map-aided
searches for positions by location or industry and upload
their resumes. The portal will also feature a rating system
for both interns and employers. There will be no cost for
student users or employers.
Matt Weis, program, coordinator for Cooperative Work
Education Experience (CWEE), is leading Cabrillo’s involvement in the project. The portal itself is being designed by
UCSC alum Jordan Iversen of Iversen Design who is based at
CruzioWorks in Santa Cruz.
The Citizens’ Oversight Committee continues to observe the California
Division of the State Architect (DSA) required approval process delay design and construction schedules resulting in potential additional
project costs. The Citizens’ Oversight Committee strongly supports any
changes which would streamline the construction approval process and
reduce overall project costs. The COC also encourages District personnel to continue to evaluate college projects using the industry best
practices in construction and design-bid cost alignment to ensure maximum utilization of Measure D bond funds.
Conclusions
The Citizens’ Oversight Committee finds that Cabrillo College has complied with requirements of state law in accounting for and expending
public bond funds. The Citizens’ Oversight Committee is pleased to report that all Measure D funds have been successfully expended. This
Citizen’s Oversight Committee has concluded its obligation to ensure
compliance with the by-laws established by the Proposition 39 mandates.
“My son really enjoyed the camp and we loved all of the projects he brought home!”
Recognizing the
synergy between
business, non-profit
and educational
institutions, Cabrillo
and MakersFactory
announced the establishment of a new
campus facility for
additive 3D printing
technology. At the
same time, the College announced Santa
Cruz-based Makers-
Factory had signed a one-year lease to move to campus.
The alliance brought greater collaboration, new courses,
and increased educational and vocational opportunities for
the students of the College, MakersFactory customers and
the broader Santa Cruz community. MakersFactory moved
to the Aptos campus Jan. 1, 2015.
Cabrillo College staff provides the Citizens’ Oversight Committee with
the monthly Facilities Master Plan Status Reports which are submitted
to the Cabrillo College Governing Board for review. A comprehensive
semi-annual update is provided to the Citizens’ Oversight Committee
and formally approved by the Governing Board.
Overcoming Challenges
Maker’s
Factory Signs
1-Year Lease
Scotts Valley Business Roundtable Looks
to the Future of Business Partnerships
Economic development initiatives and potential partnerships
between the College and North County businesses were
discussed last August at a lively discussion among about
25 business owners, employers, community members and
members of College faculty and staff.
The group generated several new ideas, created internship possibilities and developed goals to contribute to the
Economic Vitality section of the Cabrillo Strategic Plan. Faculty working groups are also following up on some ideas.
The discussion resulted in a new economic developmentrelated resource book for business partners that outlines
information about student employment, internship opportunities, community and contract education and trainings and
resources available through the Central Coast Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) on campus.
The first program to launch as a result of the move was
the inclusion of MakersFactory 3D EdTech workshops in
the Cabrillo Extension Spring 2015 catalog. New courses
included youth programs, adult courses and professional
development. The collaboration with Cabrillo Extension provides a fantastic opportunity to expand course
offerings and connect MakersFactory’s expertise to the
Cabrillo community.
Going forward, Cabrillo has plans to install a new FabLab
within the 3D Visual Arts building to house MakersFactory
state-of-the art 3D additive manufacturing equipment and
computer-controlled laser cutters and scanners. The vision
for the Cabrillo FabLab is rooted in the desire to empower
Cabrillo VAPA and Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math (STEM) students and faculty with new ways of thinking about design. It is another way to bridge the arts and
STEM disciplines to expand new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM-powered) collaborations.
Focused on Student Success 28
Community Connections
Community Connections
United Way Community
Assessment of 2014
More than 200 people attended the
United Way Community Assessment
Project Year 20 Press Conference and
Community Heroes awards celebration event held in late 2014 in the
Samper Recital Hall.
“The most beneficial and apparent
exposure was to the students that had
no prior understanding of what college
was, where it was, or what it means.”
— Cabrillo 4th Grade Experience instructor
Samper 4th Grade Experience Helps Elementary Students Imagine College
Cabrillo again welcomed close to 2,400 local fourth
grade students to the campus for the fourth annual
Samper 4th Grade Experience.
An overwhelming majority of the feedback was very
positive, according to a random sample survey of fourth
grade students taken at the end of the day. All of the
young visitors who were asked about the day said they
enjoyed it. About 80 percent of them said “YES,” when
asked if they planned to attend college.
County," said one fourth grade teacher who has witnessed
the impact it has on her students.
The College was delighted to show young students
some of the many wonders of college involvement with
our publishing message and poster with the tag line,
College Helps YOU Soar.
“As always, the [Cabrillo] students and I enjoyed our
time with the fourth graders immensely,” said a Cabrillo
4th Grade Experience instructor.
It is “a wonderful investment in children in Santa Cruz
S4C
29 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
College and Career Night, A 30 -Year Tradition Draws Nearly 3,000 Visitors
George Blumenthal, UC Santa
Cruz chancellor, co-emceed the
event along with Kristin Fabos,
Cabrillo director of Marketing and
Communications. It was the twentieth year of Santa Cruz County’s
nationally recognized community
report card, the Community Assessment Project, a tool that becomes
more and more useful and valuable
each year as a way to understand and improve the
quality of life for the people of Santa Cruz County.
For more than 30 years, the first Monday night in November
has been saved for high school students and their families
to visit the campus and learn about the many choices they
have in planning for their futures. Last year’s College and Career Night welcomed nearly 3,000 students and their family
members to the College for a three-venue event held in the
gymnasium, the library and the cafeteria.
The event also honored community heroes, special
individuals who have moved the county forward and made
Santa Cruz County a better place to live. The Cabrillo Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program catered
boxed lunches for all. It was a privilege for the College to
co-host this celebration along with UC Santa Cruz.
Representatives from more than 60 four-year universities
were available in the gymnasium to talk about their school
offerings and transfer opportunities for Cabrillo students. In
the library, Cabrillo staff provided information about twoyear degree and transfer programs at the College, college
and career planning options and transfer and financial aid
workshops. In the cafeteria, representatives from Career
Technical Education programs and student clubs were on
hand to share even more ideas.
It was the twentieth year of
Santa Cruz County’s nationally
recognized community report card, the
Community Assessment Project.
The event, part of a countywide College Awareness Week,
brings thousands of prospective students and their families
together on a single evening to begin planning their futures.
We look forward to continued collaboration with other colleges and four-year institutions and our S4C and K-12 partners
who help create such a special event next year.
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Community Connections
Hundreds of people
strolled throughout
the VAPA complex,
enjoying art of every imaginable medium.
Visual, Applied and Performing Arts
Invites the Community to its Open House
The event showcased the rich local talent of our students and instructors and
provided information about all sorts of
arts classes for college students, precollege students and lifelong learners.
The packed day showed that Cabrillo continues to be the
best place in Santa Cruz to get your creative groove on.
The community brought the entire family out to the third
annual VAPA open house held last May, a showcase of the
inspiring creative spirit on campus and in visitors of all ages.
We look forward to seeing you at the fourth annual
VAPA Open House this coming spring! Details about Cabrillo
arts programs are posted at www.cabrillovapa.com.
People enjoyed displays of unique works by art students
of all levels and unleashed a bit of their own creativity in
hands-on art projects for visitors of all ages. Music and performances by theater and dance classes happened throughout the day and Zameen’s food truck, an annual favorite,
provided delicious hot food.
31 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
Job Fair Connects Hundreds of Job
Seekers to 25 Local Employers
In 2015, the Cabrillo College Job Fair returned to campus
after a long absence and it served
more than 350 job
seekers and 25
local employers.
The event, a collaboration between
several departments— Student
Employment, Fast
Track to Work and Cooperative Work-Experience Education— and community agencies—Workforce Investment
Board of Santa Cruz County, the County Board of Supervisors, Workforce Santa Cruz County, and Goodwill Central
Coast. Student volunteers from the Student Support
Network and Alpha Gamma Sigma pitched in as well. The
event was so popular that several employers, students, and
Cabrillo faculty and staff are asking about this year’s plans.
Campus Prepares Together for Active Shooter Emergency
Cabrillo Prepares for Active Shooter With
Campus-Wide Practice Lockdown
Last spring, the College went into lockdown for about 10
minutes while classes were in session. The Emergency
Operations Center was activated and the Incident Command Team was assembled. The event, organized in
collaboration with the Sheriff’s Office was a campus-wide
training to prepare staff, faculty and students how best
to respond if an active shooter was on campus.
During lockdown, instructors reviewed active
shooter procedures with students and they viewed a
training video together. The College Incident Command
Team conducted an active shooter drill tabletop exercise, adhering to state Standardized Emergency Management System and National Incident Management
System procedures.
The library remained open to receive students and
staff who were outside during the drill and more than
70 people went in to watch the active shooter training
video and fill out desktop exercises.
With the help of the Marketing Department, Student
Senate, and a mass email campaign, we enrolled 610
new users to e2Campus, the campus emergency text
messaging alert system,
bringing the total number of subscribers to about 4,560.
Overall participant
responses to the drill
were positive. The Safety
Committee is continuously striving to improve
emergency preparedness and will incorporate all feedback into
the next annual active
shooter training that
takes place this year.
Former Virginia
Tech Professor
Cites Crucial Role
of Faculty and
Staff in Violence
Prevention
When the Virginia Tech
University student shooting tragedy struck in 2007,
Lucinda Roy, an Alumni
Distinguished professor
and former English Department chair at that university, watched televised updates
and realized the troubled student she had tutored and
tried to help had done the unthinkable.
Her story and what she has come to understand about
campus safety issues informed her keynote presentation on
Creating a Safe Learning Environment at last year’s Spring
Flex Week for Cabrillo faculty and staff.
In the two-hour program, she focused on the crucial
role of faculty and staff in violence prevention. There was a
Q&A session and a panel discussion with the College Incident Command Team moderated by Roy. It was an enlightening precursor to the spring campus-wide readiness drill.
A video of her presentation was made available to faculty
and staff via YouTube.
Following the presentation, which was organized by
the Cabrillo College Staff Development Committee, Roy
graciously stayed for a book signing of No Right to Remain
Silent: What We’ve Learned from the Tragedy at Virginia Tech,
a memoir and critique of the incident. The book is available
in the library and at the Cabrillo bookstore.
“How long can America continue to be surprised by outbreaks of
violence like these? At what point
does surprise become denial?”
— Lucinda Roy, Author, No Right to Remain Silent
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G
s
enStep
re
Sustainable Cabrillo
In the 2014-15 year, Cabrillo College was focused on sustainable practices, including water and energy conservation
measures. Between Cabrillo’s Facilities Planning and Plant
Operations (FP&PO) Department, and the Cabrillo Sustainability Council GreenSteps Initiative, comprised of Cabrillo
Faculty members, staff and students, Cabrillo is taking
action to ensure its campus locations are implementing
sustainable practices.
Hydration Stations
In the interest of continuing to reduce the use of plastic water bottles, FP&PO and the Student Senate worked together
to fund hydration stations at several campus locations
where people can refill their water bottles. Last year, a new
hydration station was installed at the Cabrillo tennis courts,
adding to previously installed stations at the Baskin Center,
the Enrollment Services Center, the cafeteria, Student Activities Center East and the Watsonville Center.
Mobile Solar Generators
Cabrillo Continues to Conserve Water
Per state mandate, the College has implemented a water
reduction plan to achieve a 25 percent decrease from the
2013-14 school year.
New Waste Reduction Goals
In the 2014-15 year, Cabrillo adopted a new, aggressive
goal for waste diversion. That new goal is to send 75 percent of its waste to recycling by the year 2020.
Campus-Wide GreenSteps Projects
Yield 9 Percent Reduction to Date
Cabrillo has received Proposition 39 funds from the Chancellor’s Office for the implementation of energy efficiency
projects for both the 2014-15 and the 2015-16 fiscal
years. These projects have yielded the college an overall
energy savings of 9 percent. Our Proposition 39 energy
projects from 2013-14 and for 2014-15 are as follows:
Cabrillo is planning to have mobile solar generators that can
be used in emergencies or to conserve energy consumption at the College on a day-to-day basis. In addition, these
generators could help power a plastics-to-fuel machine for a
2014-15 • Funds Received
completely sustainable solution.
New solar thermal system at pool (in progress)
l New pump at Horticulture facility
l PowerLink (energy efficiency lighting control system)
at four locations across campus
l High-efficiency, LED lighting at Samper Recital Hall and throughout campus parking lots and roadways
Drought Resistant Artificial Turf
In light of the current drought conditions and in partnership with an outside donor, FP&PO is installing artificial turf
on the baseball field. Cabrillo is also designing droughtresistant landscaping, known as zero-scaping, to replace the
sprinkler system and lawn at the Watsonville Center.
Plastics-to-Fuel Machine in 2015-16
In cooperation with UC Santa Cruz and Clean Oceans International, Cabrillo is testing a plastics-to-fuel machine (PTF
100) for use at the Aptos campus. The machine converts
plastic waste to a usable fuel that can be used much like diesel. The plan is to turn plastic waste into a valuable resource
while reducing marine plastic pollution on a global scale.
33 Cabrillo College Annual Report to the Community
Total Funding by Chancellor’s Office:
$288,439
l
2015-16 • Anticipated Funds
Anticipated Funding by Chancellor’s Office:
$311,000
High-efficiency exterior LED lighting on Aptos campus walkways
l High-efficiency, interior LED lighting inside
gymnasium
l High-efficiency LED lighting
l Cabrillo anticipates a PG&E rebate of nearly $23,000.
l
Technology Team Connects
Students, Faculty Across Campuses
Cabrillo students directly benefitted from a
number of innovative updates, upgrades and
expansions implemented by the information
technology staff. Among the many projects were
new and updated smart classrooms, two new
servers in the computer labs, hardware updates
and campus security projects. All of this was accomplished through the efficient use of district
resources. Here is a description of some of the key
achievements in the 2014-15 year.
Smart Classrooms
The IT team developed and deployed nearly a
dozen upgraded and new smart classrooms.
Automated technology and work flows are
among the many benefits. The status of all
networked classroom projectors is monitored so Photo: from top to bottom, left to right: Hart Hancock, IT manager; Ben Ten Cate and
Alex Renteria, computer techs; Daniel Bomarito, computer tech; Carol Jacobs, help
service requests are generated automatically as
desk; Marcelo Nogueira, CTC Lab coordinator; Chyrel Nicholson and Melody Mills,
computer techs; and Ahmad Allulu, IT student
issues develop such as problems with projector
bulbs or filters.
messages regarding counseling appointments and a new
In Building 400, two new classrooms for the Human
version of Astra Schedule software was deployed to facilitate
Arts and Social Sciences Division and the Communicaeasier space and appointment scheduling.
tions Studies department were created to greatly enhance the technology in these classrooms and simplify
Campus-wide Technology Refresh
controls for instructors.
Using restricted and non-restricted budgets, the IT team
In Buildings 1500 and 1600, the team created two
completed a significant technology refresh project across
new smart classrooms—rooms 1508 and 1605—benefitthe campuses, directly benefitting more than 150 faculty,
ing the Early Childhood Education and Fire Technology
staff and students in dozens of smart classrooms and labs.
departments respectively.
Five new smart classrooms were deployed in the
Connectivity and Bandwidth
Visual Applied and Performing Arts complex, a project that
Network architecture and design improvements inbrought standard desktop computing and projection syscreased network connection bandwidth between Aptems into classrooms and installed long-awaited networking
tos campus and each remote site. The Cisco Voice over
in some rooms for the first time.
Internet Protocol, a fault tolerant system designed with
Additionally, nearly two dozen classrooms in Aptos
fail-over capability via the Watsonville network, was upand Watsonville received new projection systems to
graded, virtualized and deployed.
replace aging hardware.
Communication
Server administrators deployed a new SARS Software
Products messaging server, allowing students to receive text
Campus Safety and Security
We addressed safety and security concerns of Cabrillo staff,
faculty and students, by installing video surveillance cameras in many locations throughout the campuses.
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This year the foundation provided $1,197,425 in scholarships and
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“Cabrillo instructors are very understanding and they are really, really good. They’re always there to help.”
— Jasmin Castillo-Valencia
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Last year, the foundation provided $453.278 for tutoring, mentoring and advising for current and future students.
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Who are we?
The Cabrillo College Foundation is a nonprofit organization
established in 1962 with a mission to raise private funds for
the support and benefit of Cabrillo College.
What we support?
We provide funding for student scholarships, educational programs, student services, faculty and departmental support, facilities, and equipment.
2014-15 Support to Cabrillo College
Total: $2,972,193*
Faculty and
Department
Support
45%
“They have a lot of good one-on-one opportunities for writing and editing. It helped me figure out that I wanted to go into a career in writing.”
— Alexa Summers English Sandra Shawhan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Support FACULTY with grants for
departments and programs
Student
Services &
Program
Support
15%
Scholarships
40%
* Includes new gifts and annual endowment payout
How can you help?
There are many ways you can give to Cabrillo College.
Choose one of these avenues to help Cabrillo College
and our students thrive:
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Planned gifts through the Heritage Club
Area of greatest need
The President’s Circle
Scholarships
Department Grants
Faculty Grants for Student Success
Women’s Educational Success
Cabrillo Advancement Program (CAP)
and more!
Contact us
The foundation provided $1,321,487 in funding last year for
faculty, staff, departments and programs at Cabrillo.
Cabrillo College Foundation
“This grant funded an incubator which maintains temperatures and adjusts well to changes in the outside environment. It is an essential piece of equipment for students who are studying bacteria.”
Aptos, CA 95003
6500 Soquel Drive
831-479-6338
foundation@cabrillo.edu
— Yves Tan
Biology Instructor
Melinda Silverstein Executive Director
mesilver@cabrillo.edu
Eileen Hill
Associate Director eihill@cabrillo.edu
www.cabrillo.edu/associations/foundation
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Cabrillo Extension Providing Valuable Services To Our Community
Cabrillo Extension provides valuable services to our community with a dedicated
staff and more than 140 instructors. In
2014-15, Extension offered over 700
classes and workshops, with more than
170 of those being brand new. The program served more than 8,900 students
on a wide variety of topics.
Highlights include: a greatly expanded Creative Arts program, a partnership
with the City of Watsonville, the City of
Santa Cruz and the Soquel Creek, San Lorenzo Valley & Scotts Valley Water Districts
to offer water conservation workshops,
our award-winning Motorcycle Safety
Training Program, a greatly expanded Professional Development program, and our
popular Youth Programs including: the Cabrillo Summer Youth
Institute, partnerships with Cabrillo Athletics for Youth
Sports Camps and a new partnership with MakersFactory
to develop a successful Youth Technology program.
Another part of the Extension mission is managing the
non-instructional use of college facilities. This year, more
than 120 contracts were coordinated with off-campus
community users bringing some fabulous events to
the college campus
including: Relay for
Life, junior high & high
school graduations,
the Farmer’s Market,
numerous youth
athletic programs and
dozens of others.
Cabrillo Extension
also offers affordable
open-enrollment Professional Development
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Cabrillo Extension Professional Development and Contract Education
“The City has experienced tremendous
value in the courses offered by Cabrillo,
and I look forward to finding opportunities
to continue to partner with Cabrillo to meet
the training and development needs of our employees on an ongoing basis.”
“Excellent in every way! Instructor is truly
passionate and cares about her students.”
— Janice Lum, Training Manager, City of Santa Cruz
Extension is a highly
sought after leadership
development resource in
our community. This past
year, Extension hosted
the second annual
Leadership Challenge
Training Program, which
served leaders from a
wide cross-section of business and industry.
In addition, we delivered
Register at www.cabrillo-extension.org
a customized version of
The Leadership Academy
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to many leaders within
the City of Watsonville.
Our Corporate Training Program provides services to
our local workforce through fee-supported on-site training,
consulting and coaching. We help local businesses identify
skills gaps, then design and deliver customized training
programs directly to their employees.
Professional Development Programs
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Extension
ees. Programs include the Personal Effectiveness Training
Series, the very popular Supervisory & Leadership Academies,
the Business of Art Seminar Series, and over 100 specialized
workshops. In 2014-15 we launched a new catalog, highlighting our commitment to make available high quality
workshops and training for Santa Cruz County employers and
those seeking professional development opportunities.
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Working with a wide variety of organizations across
industries as diverse as healthcare, government, manufacturing, hospitality, food service, and finance, we delivered
over 30 unique contract-driven projects this year. Organizations include: Driscoll’s, Santa Cruz Nutritionals, the
City of Santa Cruz and Encompass Community Services.
Topics were wide-ranging, including an organization wide
Customer Service training for Hospice of Santa Cruz, to a
completely customized New Manager Training program
for Gayle’s Bakery, to a Project Management program for
Santa Cruz Metro.
This year we also worked with Bay Federal Credit
Union to train multiple cohorts of leaders through their
BayFedU program, and with Superior Foods of Watsonville to train a 20-person
cohort in Supply Chain
Management principles.
“Cabrillo College’s corporate training courses provide valuable career development opportunities. In
particular their Supply Chain Management class,
taught by a subject matter expert master instructor, is helping us to improve our performance to
our customers. And, our employees are motivated
knowing that our Company is investing in their
career development. It is a win-win partnership.”
— Cynthia Carabba, Human Resources Manager Superior Foods
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Aptos, CA
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