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It is not too late to get started on your career path.
All interested potential students should come to the Administration Building where application workshops, placement information, counseling services, registration and financial aid information will be provided.
Students should bring their Social Security card or alien registration number (if applicable), a picture ID, and high school transcripts (if available).
The Summer Semester begins Monday, June 10, and the Fall Semester begins Monday, Aug. 19.
Summer hours for the administration office will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday (closed on Fridays) starting June 3.
The campus is located at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake.
Everyone is welcome.
For more information, call 707-995-7900.
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The goal of this event is to motivate youth to pursue higher education, provide them with an opportunity to learn about Mendocino College programs, and meet representatives from local organizations and four year universities.
The event was attended by students from Ukiah High School, South Valley High School, New Beginnings, Pomolita Middle School, Eagle Peak Middle School, Upper Lake Middle School, Upper Lake High School, Clearlake High School, Kelseyville High School, Point Arena, Terrace Middle School, Laytonville High School, Potter Valley High School, Mountain Vista Middle School, Willits High School and Baechtol Grove Middle School.
The day consisted of breakout sessions, a career panel, a keynote speaker, and lunch. The career panel included Sheriff Tom Allman; Jessica Aikman, LVN; Tina Rader, human resources director, Savings Bank; and Dan Buffalo, finance director for the city of Ukiah.
This year’s keynote speaker was Mikela Jones, a member of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians located in Northern California. Though he is not a member, he is also a relative of the Paiute Shoshone Tribe in Owyhee Nevada.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from CSU, Sacramento in philosophy with an emphasis in ethics and applied law and a Master’s of Science from San Diego State University in school counseling.
Jones is currently the principal for the United Auburn Indian Community School outside of Sacramento. He also has a consulting business, providing trainings on leadership, wellness, and motivation and has been doing community wellness and leadership trainings for over 20 years.
He lives by the words, “Success is not by chance, but by choice,” and promotes this philosophy throughout Indian Country.
The Ukiah campus of Mendocino College is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
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“Reading is a fundamental part of a developing child’s interaction with the world – sparking imagination, encouraging the exploration of new topics, and keeping active academically in the summer months. That’s why I am excited to announce the start of my 2019 Summer Reading Challenge,” said Thompson. “Students and parents are encouraged to sign up and be challenged to read throughout the summer and those who register will be recognized for their reading pursuits. I hope all our local students will participate.”
Each year, Thompson’s Summer Reading Challenge encourages local students to read throughout the summer months.
Reading lists are developed by the Association for Library Service to Children and are broken down by grade so all recommendations are age appropriate.
That list can be found by clicking here.
Thompson will recognize all students who participate at an event at the end of the summer. Students, parents, and teachers should sign up by clicking here.
Thompson represents California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
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The program would base financial aid on not only the cost of tuition, but rather on the total cost of attendance – including the cost of housing, transportation and textbooks.
Authored by Sen. Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino), SB 291 creates a new financial aid award program to help pay for expenses not already covered by a student’s family contributions, employment and other aid, such as Pell Grants and the Cal Grant program.
Under the program, financial aid would be available whether a student is seeking a degree, certificate, or short-term career education program.
“In recent years, the true cost of attending college has made higher education difficult or even impossible to achieve for far too many students,” Sen. Leyva said. “Unfortunately, the true cost of attending community college is much more than just tuition. When non-tuition costs like housing, food, transportation and textbooks are considered, it is unacceptable that community college is typically more expensive for the lowest-income students than other state universities. SB 291 will ensure that our community colleges remain affordable for everyone by creating this important financial aid program that helps to cover a community college student’s whole cost of attendance.”
While nearly 40 percent of undergraduates at the University of California system and approximately 36 percent of students at the California State University system received a Cal Grant last year, only five percent of community college students received one.
California community colleges enroll about two-thirds of the state’s undergraduate students, yet they receive only seven percent of Cal Grant funds.
Though California’s community colleges offer among the least expensive tuition rates in the country at $46 per unit, the actual cost of attending a community college for a student living independently is more than $20,000 annually when housing, transportation, textbooks and personal items are taken into account.
A California community college student receiving the maximum amount of aid possible today would still fall thousands of dollars short.
Very few community college students qualify for financial aid to cover living expenses, transportation or textbooks, and low-income students with unmet financial need have limited choices: work more hours, take fewer courses, accumulate what can become crushing debt, or drop out of school.
Co-sponsored by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, SB 291 is supported by the Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation, California Coalition for Youth, California Edge Coalition, California Federation of Teachers, California Workforce Association, Campaign for College Opportunity, Community College League of California, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Social Workers / California Chapter, Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, The Education Trust – West, The Institute for College Access & Success, United Food and Commercial Workers / Western States Council, Urban League of San Diego County, community college student and faculty organizations, as well as many community college districts from across California.