Fullerton College’s Staff Development won the California Community College Council for Staff Development (4CSD) Innovative Activity Award for their Culturally Responsive Training for Faculty event coordinated by Staff Development Coordinator Jeanne Costello. The California Community College Council for Staff Development announced the award at the annual 4CSD conference in Claremont from Oct. 12–14. The Culturally… Read more »
Category: Achievements
Music Faculty Member Honored with Award from the Muckenthaler
Dr. Monica Lee, Fullerton College music instructor, is the recipient of the Muckenthaler’s Dr. James Young Arts Legacy Award. Dr. Lee will be honored at a reception on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Muckenthaler. The evening will include tributes and piano music played by Dr. Lee’s mentors, colleagues including Faculty Jazz Cadre, Aram… Read more »
Speech and Debate Team Comes up Big at Season Openers
The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated in a full slate of season opener tournaments at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s Warm-Up Tournament at El Camino College, the Sunset Cliffs Tournament at Point Loma Nazarene University, and the Collegiate Public Forum Debate Opener hosted by the University of Kentucky during the month of… Read more »
Communications Team Wins Top Awards for Social Media, Video, Publications
Fullerton College’s Office of Campus Communications team recently received numerous awards for creative work they produced to help promote the college, increase enrollment and build community during the 2021-2022 academic year. The National Council for Marketing & Public Relations District 6 leadership board announced the awards at its annual conference in San Diego on Oct.… Read more »
PTK Student Selected as Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar
Congratulations to Phi Theta Kappa student Annemarie Rider who has been selected as a 2022 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Leaders of Promise Scholarship, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, recognizes 200 Phi Theta Kappa members with awards totaling $200,000. Twenty-five of these scholarships are earmarked for society… Read more »
Humanities Division Honors Student Scholarship Award Recipients
The Humanities Division awarded 36 scholarship and achievement awards to students in the 2021-2022 academic year. The award recipients represent the Humanities Division and the departments of Communication Studies, English, English as a Second Language, Foreign Language, Mindfulness, and Reading. The 2022 award recipients are: Nicholas Acevedo – Mindfulness Program Achievement Award Shahanas Ali –… Read more »
Triplets Graduate Together After Starting College at 14
Picture a student starting homeschool and community college at the same time. Now, multiply that by three! That is the journey the DeVries triplets embarked on when they all decided to enroll at Fullerton College. At 14, they enrolled as dual enrollment students and began their first semester in fall 2018. The Dual Enrollment… Read more »
Jessica Susanto Named Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Scholar
Fullerton College student Jessica Susanto has been awarded the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Award. Transfer Center Director Ceclia Arriaza and Professor Jodi Balma and others delivered the news to Susanto on May 10 during a Zoom call. Susanto is one of 100 high-achieving community college students who is the recipient of this highly competitive… Read more »
Phi Theta Kappa Earns Five Star Level and Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award
Fullerton College’s Phi Theta Kappa Chapter, Beta Kappa Tau has earned the five-star level chapter status and the Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award. Five-star status is the highest level of achievement a Phi Theta Kappa chapter can attain through its participation in campus, local, regional, national, and international activities. The Honors in Action Theme… Read more »
Abesamis Shares Dissertation Research Findings at APAHE National Conference
Student Life and Leadership Director Dr. Naomi Abesamis was among co-moderators at the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) National Conference, held April 8 in Long Beach, CA. Abesamis co-moderated a workshop panel with Dr. Lily Ann Villaraza, faculty and Chair of Philippines Studies at City College of San Francisco. Their workshop panel, titled… Read more »
