Fullerton College was victorious at the ‘Three for Free’ individual events tournament hosted by Irvine Valley College on Oct. 16. In an event that included both informative and persuasive speeches, FC students finished first, second, and third. Andrea O’Loughlin earned a first place gold medal, Brandon Curington earned a second place silver medal, and Octavio… Read more »
Category: Achievements
STEM Students Visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] 59 FC STEM students along with the Natural Sciences dean and faculty toured the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn about careers in the design of spacecraft and interplanetary research on Sept. 25. Highlights of this tour included the Mars rover “Curiosity”, Spacecraft Assembly Facility and the Mission Control Center for the Deep… Read more »
Students Get Up Close and Personal During Whale Watching Expedition
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][/tabs] 35 students joined Oceanographer-Marine Biologist Professor Sean Chamberlin on an expedition with Dana Wharf Sportfishing to watch whales off the California coast. This is the time of year when blue whales, the largest animal to ever live on Earth, and humpback whales, known for their dramatic breaches, cavort off… Read more »
Fine Arts Faculty Debuts New Art Exhibition
Fullerton College faculty, Deborah Davidson will be exhibiting her new artwork at the Sue Greenwood Fine Art gallery in Laguna Beach from Sept. 20 to Oct. 31. Entitled Balancing Acts, the exhibit features a variety of paintings that “are about perception and the ability to be aware,” says Davidson’s artist statement. Over 30 paintings will… Read more »
FC Sweeps Early Bird Debate Tournament
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab width=”600″ height=”425″][/tab][tab width=”600″ height=”425″][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College’s Kitiny Phumchun and Iris Chu led a 1-2-3 sweep at the 6th Annual Early Bird Debate Tournament hosted at Fullerton College on Friday, Sept. 18. Fullerton’s top three teams all finished with 3-0 records; finishing second on speaker points were Matt Adams and Daniel Boughter, and in… Read more »
McKamy, Mummery Recognized by the Board
[tabs slidertype=”simple” auto=”yes” autospeed=”4000″][tab width=”600″ height=”300″] Jim McKamy stands with former FC President Rajen Vurdien(left) and former Classified Senate President Ericka Adakai (right) after receiving the 2015 Classified Professional Recognition Award. [/tab][tab width=”600″ height=”300″] Francis Mummery is notified of winning the 2015 Teacher of the Year Award. [/tab][/tabs] Campus Safety Coordinator Jim McKamy and Economics… Read more »
Powers Presents Sabbatical Presentation
English Professor Miguel Powers will present on “Growth Mindset: A Growing Solution for Fixing Education?” at the North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Powers conduced this research while on sabbatical. The BOT meeting takes place at the Anaheim campus located at 1830 W. Romneya… Read more »
Faculty Receive Grant Funding
Fullerton College Professors Sean Chamberlin and Valerie Loew received Innovation Fund Grants to develop programs and conduct research. They were among four North Orange County Community College District faculty and staff who received grants, which totaled more than $90,000. The grants are awarded annually to help develop initiatives aimed at improving the district and its… Read more »
Haas Foundation Grants Over $10,000
Ten students in the machine technology program at Fullerton College were each awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Gene Haas Foundation this spring. The foundation awards scholarships to community college and vocational school students who are entering technical training programs, with a focus on machinist-based certificate and degree programs. The recipients may use their scholarships to… Read more »
Debate Students Win Again
[one_third] From left: Taylor English, Kitiny Phumchun, Zach Turner [/one_third] [two_third_last] Three Fullerton College debaters picked up first, second, and third place awards on May 16 during the Southern California Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest in Los Angeles sponsored by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Kitiny Phumchun picked up first place and received a $1,000 scholarship, while… Read more »
