The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced Jo Wu, Faculty at Fullerton College in Fullerton, California, as the 2019 ACTE Region V Postsecondary Teacher of the Year. This award recognizes the finest career and technical education (CTE) teachers at the postsecondary level who have demonstrated innovation in the classroom, commitment to their students… Read more »
Category: Achievements
Olivia Barajas Named OC Career Education Counselor of the Year
Fullerton College Counselor Olivia Barajas has been named the 2018-19 Orange County Career Education Community College Counselor of the Year by the Orange County Department of Education. Barajas will be honored at a special ceremony during the 2019 OC Counselor Symposium on Nov. 7 in Anaheim. “We are so proud of Olivia,” said Counseling and… Read more »
Fullerton College Hosts Second Annual Speech and Debate Hornet Invitational
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College Speech and Debate proudly hosted a tournament serving several California colleges and universities with more than 80 students participating on Friday, April 13. Fullerton College continues to be one of a few full-service speech and debate programs in California offering students a variety of speech and debate events. This was also… Read more »
Welding Takes Gold and Silver at State Competition
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College welding students, David Blackney, Dylan Mungia, Jesus Torres, and Victor Ugalde competed at the SKillsUSA CA State Championship April 26-28 in Ontario. They took home Gold and Silver in the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) competition and Gold in the Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) competition.
2019 Students of Distinction Announced
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Eighteen students, who have distinguished themselves and are representative of the top scholars at Fullerton College, were honored at the annual Students of Distinction awards banquet on Friday, May 10 from 6 – 8 p.m. in the College Center Dining Hall. Aaron Untiveros and Corey Lamb were named Students of the Year. Recipients… Read more »
Speech and Debate Team Wins West Coast, National Championships
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Hornet Speech and Debate Team finished their nationals season strong by bringing home the Community College National Championship at the National Speech Tournament hosted in Detroit and finishing Novice Champions at the West Coast Novice Nationals hosted in Fresno. Collectively, the Hornet program was awarded the Bulldog Award for a team meaningfully… Read more »
Fullerton College Professor Takes California’s ACTE Top Honor
On March 5, Fullerton College Biology Professor Dr. Jo Wen Wu was honored by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) as the 2018-2019 California ACTE Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year, during the organization’s Educating for Careers conference in Sacramento. Every year, ACTE’s “Excellence Awards” are given at the state, regional, and national level… Read more »
Dr. Jo Wen Wu Honored
Biotechnology Professor Dr. Jo Wen Wu, who represents Fullerton College and the SWF Regional Biotechnology Project, has been selected as the 2018-2019 California ACTE Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year winner and was recognized during the Educating for Careers conference in Sacramento on Tuesday, March 5, during the general breakfast/brunch. Dr. Wu will now be considered… Read more »
Fullerton Speech and Debate Victorious at Spring and Pacific Championship Tournaments
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College Speech & Debate was outstanding at their first competitions of the spring semester as 20 students competed at the Pacific Championship tournament and the PSCFA Spring Championship tournament hosted at Palomar College. The tournaments brought to Southern California some of the best minds from Cal State Fullerton, University of Southern California,… Read more »
Hornet Speech and Debate Victorious During Winter Break Tournaments
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Over winter break, Fullerton College sent 11 competitors to participate in three separate speech and debate tournaments: The Alan Nichols Invitational at University of Southern California, the Kathryn Classic at Cal State Fullerton, and Close to the Coast Invitational at Orange Coast College. Harut Kejejyan had an outstanding performance in the junior varsity… Read more »
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