California Community Colleges

#HappyBirthday to Pasadena City College alumna, planetary geologist and NASA science program manager, Adriana Ocampo! Adriana Ocampo has been making discoveries about our solar system for decades. She discovered her future at Pasadena City College. Ocampo, who majored in aerospace engineering at Pasadena City College and participated in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory-sponsored science program, is a planetary geologist and science program manager at NASA headquarters who is an expert on asteroids and the impact craters they have left behind on Earth. As a New Frontier lead program executive, she was responsible for the Juno mission to Jupiter and the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Among her many other career highlights, she was the investigation scientist for the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer/High Energy Neutron Detector/MARIE in 2005 and she has also worked for the Mars Program Science Division and the Solid Earth and Natural Disasters Program. After leaving Pasadena City College, Ocampo earned her bachelor’s degree in geology with an emphasis in planetary sciences at Cal State Los Angeles, and she earned her master’s degree in geology from Cal State Northridge with her thesis on the Chicxulub impact crater in Mexico. She earned her doctorate from Vrije Universiteit in The Netherlands. Read more at https://bit.ly/3ZWv8EG. #AdrianaOcampo #PasadenaCityCollege #NASA #CCCAlumni #CACommunityColleges @PCCLancer #ICanGoToCollege

Find Your Future! California community colleges offer career education and workforce training programs designed to accommodate your life and work schedules. Explore the variety of financial aid options to help you reach your educational and career goals and use the college locator tool to find a campus near you! Take the career quiz at https://lnkd.in/ec5J3u_6. #FindYourCareer #ICanGoToCollege #StudentSuccess #TheTimeIsNow #CalCommunityColleges

#JobAlert: California Community Colleges is hiring! Open positions: * Assistant General Counsel (Attorney V). Final Filing Date: January 6, 2025 * Community College Specialist, Educational Services & Support. Final Filing Date: January 16, 2025 * Dean, Academic Affairs (Community College Administrator I). Final Filing Date: January 16, 2025 #JoinOurTeam & #ApplyNow: https://bit.ly/2yOcs1e.

It’s #MentoringMonth! Did you know that many California community colleges offer a variety of peer and academic mentorship resources? Countless alumni and faculty members today owe their success to a helpful mentor. Give a shoutout to a mentor who was pivotal in supporting your academic journey! Check out ICanGoToCollege.com and get in touch with your local community college campus to find out what resources are available to you. #CalCommunityColleges #StudentSuccess #Mentorship #ICanGoToCollege

#HappyBirthday to San Diego City College alumnus and co-founder of Costco Wholesale, Jim Sinegal! Sinegal, who co-founded Costco Wholesale Corp. with business partner Jeff Brotman in 1983, says his days at San Diego City College played an instrumental role in shaping his future. “I can truly say that attending San Diego Community College, it was called San Diego Junior College in 1953, was a life changing experience for me,” Sinegal said. “I was 17 years old and just graduated from high school, and education had become a low priority in my life for my last two years in high school. The state university system strongly recommended I attend junior college for a semester to determine if I really wanted a college education. I loved the (community college) system and enjoyed it so much that I once again became engaged in learning and stayed for four semesters before transferring to San Diego State University. “There is no question that I would never have succeeded in business if that experience had not been available.” Sinegal started working as a bagger at FedMart in 1954 while attending San Diego City College and worked his way up to executive vice president in charge of merchandising and operations. He was a vice president of merchandising for Builders Emporium from 1977 to 1978 and executive vice president for the Price Company from 1978 to 1979. From 1979 to 1983, he worked with Sinegal/Chamberlain and Associates, a company that acted as a broker and sales representative for food and non-food products. Sinegal's innovations made Costco the first warehouse club to include fresh food, eye-care clinics, pharmacies and gas stations. Read more at https://bit.ly/4gFoWYZ. #JimSinegal #SanDiegoCityCollege #Costco #CCCAlumni #CACommunityCollege #ICanGoToCollege

We wish all of our #CalCommunityColleges students, staff, administrators, faculty, friends, supporters & followers a Happy New Year. Here's to 2025! California Community Colleges will be closed Wednesday, January 1, 2025, for the holiday. #2025NewYear #NewYear2025 #HappyNewYear2025 #HappyNewYear #NewYear

It’s #ThankYouNoteDay! We want to thank all the dedicated students, staff, administrators, faculty, friends, community members and supporters who work hard to support our colleges! #ThankYouNoteDay #CalCommunityColleges #ICanGoToCollege

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office will be closed on Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday and Wednesday, January 1 for New Year's Day. From our family to yours, we wish you a wonderful holiday season. May your days be merry and bright!

It’s #ShortFilmsDay! We invite you to explore a career in film, interactive design, digital media and more! Find a California community college near you that offers exciting programs, career education, financial aid, guaranteed transfer to a four-year university and more! Enroll for the next term today at https://lnkd.in/gSnEcVfU. #ICanGoToCollege #CalCommunityColleges

Happy Winter Solstice! Enroll for the next term at your local community college at ICanGoToCollege.com! The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation, composed of 73 districts and 116 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year. Our mission is to provide students with the knowledge and background necessary to compete in today’s economy. California community colleges provide career education and workforce training; associate and bachelor’s degree attainment; certificate program pathways; guaranteed transfer to four-year universities; dual enrollment. As the state’s engine for social and economic mobility, the California Community Colleges supports Vision 2030, a strategic plan designed to serve our students, our communities and our planet. Find a college near you at icangotocollege.com! #Vision2030 #ICanGoToCollege #Winter2024