59 episodes
California Community Colleges Podcast California Community Colleges Podcast
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Chancellor Daisy Gonzales takes you inside California Community Colleges for a series of lively discussions on a variety of academic and administrative topics. In each episode, Chancellor Gonzales will be joined by a special guest to explore new perspectives on the most pressing issues facing two-year college educators and stakeholders in California.
Transcripts available by request.
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"AAPI Heritage Month and the Importance of Mental Health Awareness at California Community Colleges”
This episode of the Chancellor’s Office California Community College Experience podcast series, host Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D. talks with Dr. Nellie Tran, a published Vietnamese American San Diego State University Professor, research scientist and higher education advocate who is passionate about empowering underserved student populations, especially students of color, to pursue higher education. The discussion centers on Dr Tran’s educational journey, the importance of addressing student’s mental health and the importance of cultural competency at community college campuses. Dr. Tran is an alumna of both San Diego Mesa College and San Diego Miramar College.
Transcript: https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Podcasts/Transcripts/CCC23059_Transcript.pdf -
"Supporting and Empowering Black and African American Women Students for Success"
In this episode of the Chancellor’s Office podcast series, host Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D. talks with guests Dr. Janue Johnson, Associate Professor at San Diego Mesa College and Dr. Nesha Savage, Professor and Counselor at San Diego City College. Dr. Johnson and Dr. Savage are making history as co-founders of the Nandi Organization, a non-profit organization on a mission to serve, support, and empower women professionals and students of African ancestry in the community college system.
Transcript: https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Podcasts/Transcripts/CCC23058_Transcript.pdf -
"The California Community College Experience with Blas Villalobos”
In this episode of the California Community College Experience podcast series, host Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D. talks with guest Blas Villalobos, DSW, Chief Executive Officer of Centerstone’s Military Services and Member of the California Community Colleges Board of Directors. After his military service in the United States Marine Corp, Dr. Villalobos attended Long Beach City College.
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"The California Community College Experience with David Terry"
Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, PhD is joined by guest David Terry, Professor and Faculty Chairperson for Correctional Science and the Correctional Science Advisory Board at San Joaquin Delta College, on this episode of the California Community College Experience series. Professor Terry attended a California community college along his journey to a successful career and he has also taught at four California community colleges.
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"Rafael Agustin's California Community College Experience"
In the first podcast episode of the new California Community College Experience series, Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, PhD is joined by guest Rafael Agustin, who was a writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane The Virgin, and is the author of the newly released comedic memoir, Illegally Yours. Agustin attended three California community colleges: Mt. San Antonio College, Citrus College and Fullerton College before transferring to UCLA.
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Episode 54: "California Budget Support for California Community Colleges, with Ben Chida"
In his last podcast episode as host, Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley is joined by guest Ben Chida, Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the Office of the Governor of California for a discussion on recent policy and budget news that will benefit community college students, what else is needed in legislation and funding to support California Community Colleges, and what lies ahead in California higher education.
Transcript: https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Podcasts/Transcripts/CCC22054_transcript.pdf
Customer Reviews
Fascinating and focused.
California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley goes one-on-one with a revolving expert guest, in a focused discussion of specific issues in higher education. Oakley's laid-back interview style places an emphasis on the guest expert and the topic at hand, in this fascinating (if infrequent) look at the evolving issues in two-year college education.
Buzzword-Heavy Fluff
Just listened to the interview with Julie Su. I didn’t learn much. She said buzzwords like “equity,” “pathways,” etc. but mostly didn’t provide concrete examples of what the she or the gov’t was doing on those fronts—just said things like “equity is so important,” which is true but, what are you gonna do about it? The host asked her questions she didn’t really answer, but he didn’t follow up. At the beginning and ending of the podcast, the guest and host just congratulated each other and told each other how great they are.
Tried to listen to a previous episode, but couldn’t make it through because of all the jargon.
Conclusion: this podcast is mostly a vanity project, and the intended audience is... not sure but definitely not community college students or the general public, even though I assume we’re paying the production costs.
My Community College Experience.
What a wonderful description of how Community Colleges work in California. It reminded me how much I enjoyed my experience in 1971 at College of Marin. It was a time of joy where I was encouraged to and did take many classes in all disciplines. It helped me define which direction I wanted to go when I went on tocomplete my BA at Sonoma State leading to a teaching credential and a wonderful 33 year career in the classroom. I have always remembered that time with great joy and excitement in an atmosphere that opened up a whole new world of possibilities to me. Keep up the good work.