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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Yuba College Clear Lake Campus is welcoming a new business and management instructor.
Steve Wylie, who joined the Clear Lake Campus as director of campus operations in August, will teach “Principles of Management” in the spring 2016 semester.
This course will focus on the role, functions and responsibilities of management in a contemporary organization.
Lake County residents will have the opportunity to further business and management skills, and employers and employees will benefit from understanding the theory and practice of management.
Wylie has served in numerous management roles over the past 25 years at both small and large corporations, including Berkeley Systems, WordStar International, Wells Fargo and Target Corp.
More recently, he was chief information officer and director of e-commerce for BareBones WorkWear, a retailer in Sacramento.
Wylie earned his bachelor’s degree from Alma College in Michigan and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix San Francisco campus.
He has been a mentor to many of his employees, and is eager to share his knowledge and experience with Lake County professionals and students.
“Whether you plan to be a manager or just work for one, the Principles of Management will make you a better employee and enhance your career,” he said.
“We’re excited to offer this class,” said Yuba College Clear Lake Campus Counselor Pamela Bordisso. “Not only it is an excellent professional opportunity, but the course fulfills requirements for certificates and degrees in general business management, personnel management, retail management and small business management. We look forward to working with our business community and increasing opportunities for our local population.”
Clear Lake Campus is looking for new part-time instructors in many disciplines, including English, mathematics, sociology, astronomy, geography and more.
The minimum requirements to teach in a community college are a master’s degree in the subject or equivalent.
To learn more, please call the college, 707-995-7900, during regular business hours.
Clear Lake Campus is located at 15880 Dam Road Extension, Clearlake. Visit the campus online at http://clc.yccd.edu .
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Saturday, Nov. 14, the Lake County Office of Education medical assistant class of 23 students was fortunate to have Sasha Reynolds, RN, CNOR, BSHCA as the guest speaker for the obstetrics and gynecology lesson of the course.
Reynolds shared her vast experience and knowledge with the class, including a discussion of hormones, the reproductive process, prenatal vitamins, the importance of dental care during pregnancy and more.
Student Charlotte Horton-Wright and her classmates throughly enjoyed Reynolds' presentation.
“Who knows where I will land in my career, but if I were working with expectant mothers, I would feel good knowing from the moment a mother comes in for her first prenatal visit, I can have a part in sharing all the things I've learned, like patient education, prenatal history, tests, procedures and postpartum. There is nothing in the medical field more beautiful to me than a mother giving birth to a healthy baby,” Horton-Wright wrote of the presentation.
In addition to Reynolds, the medical assistant class has been fortunate to have the knowledge and experience of many other local health care professionals shared with them, including Deb Mitchell; Pauline Orr, RN-BC, BSN; Jackie Rad, RN, BSN, MSN; Lorena Watson, NPH; and former LCOE MA program student and graduate Jazmin Cruz, CMA.
All of these health care professionals have donated their knowledge and time to enrich and support the efforts of LCOE’s Adult Career Education program. Their generous gift of knowledge and their examples of professionalism inspired the entire class.
The students are most thankful to them for such an outpouring of support from established and esteemed members of the Lake County health care community.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that scholarship applications are now available for college-bound high school as well as current college and continuing students.
The awards from the company’s employee resource groups will mean that at least 150 students in PG&E’s Northern and Central California service area will receive from $1,000 to $6,000 next year for exemplary scholastic achievement and community leadership.
Every year, PG&E’s 10 employee resource groups – each representing the company’s diverse 20,000-plus workforce – conduct fundraisers in order to award scholarships to help offset the cost of higher education.
Scholarship information, including criteria and applications, is available on PG&E’s Web site, www.pge.com .
To be considered for a scholarship, all applications must be submitted by Feb. 1, 2016.
In 2015, PG&E’s Employee Resource Groups awarded a record $429,000 in scholarships – a more than 25 percent increase over 2014 – to 176 deserving students. Many recipients are the first in their families to attend college.
Since 1989, more than $4 million in scholarships have been awarded to thousands of recipients. The funds come from employee donations, fundraising events and Campaign for the Community, the company’s employee giving program.
“The scholarships recognize and honor the incredible work of so many students in their schools and communities while helping cut the cost of college,” said PG&E Director of Performance and Inclusion Joyce Ibardolasa, who’s also the board president of the Employee Community Fund, the umbrella charitable organization that provides governance for the ERG scholarships.
More than 5,000 PG&E employees belong to these groups. Each group helps contribute to the company’s commitment to serving its communities and growing employee engagement.
PG&E’s 10 ERGs include:
· Access Network (individuals with disabilities);
· Asian;
· Black;
· Latino;
· Legacy (tenured employees);
· NuEnergy (new employees);
· PrideNetwork (LGBT employees);
· Samahan (Filipino);
· Veterans;
· Women’s Network.
In addition to the ERG scholarships, PG&E offers scholarships through its Bright Minds Scholarship Program, targeting high achieving, low-income students, and the Pacific Service Employees Association (PSEA), a nonprofit mutual benefit organization serving employees and retirees of PG&E, and providing scholarships for dependents of company employees.
ERG scholarship recipients also are encouraged to apply for summer internships within the company. PG&E set a record this year by employing 280 interns in the company’s various lines of business.
PG&E interns receive practical experience with real-world projects, while receiving an inside track to full-time employment within the company.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool celebrated Thanksgiving with a giant feast and lots of games and fun on Friday, Nov. 20.
The students were excited to show off the pilgrim and American Indian headbands they made themselves.
The preschool thanked all the wonderful parent volunteers who make these celebration such a tremendous success through donations of food, items and their time.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!