Author: Mary Lauffer

LPC Continues to Offer Smart Shops

LAS POSITAS CONNECTION

What are Smart Shops?
These are a series of workshops led by experienced faculty on a variety of topics that are geared toward helping students. The Smart Shop Series will cover academics, transfer, and career topics.
Need to refresh English or Math skills? Need to explore majors or learn about exciting careers? Improve your writing or study skills? Need help applying for transfer? Well then, don’t wait! Sign up for a Smart Shop today! You may even earn extra credit for your participation!

LPC Faculty, Smart Shop Coordinator, and RAW Coordinator, Michelle Gonzales indicated she did Silent Reading with a student last week on Zoom and it was surprisingly fun.
During the session, the student learned that she could get reading and writing help one-on-one at the Reading and Writing (RAW) Center online.

The Reading and Writing Center is Open for Business
The staff continues to support students as they transition to online learning. All tutoring will be done on Confer Zoom where students can video chat, share their work with a tutor, and get feedback.
These tutoring hours are drop-in hours. If another student is in the session, students are asked to please standby. Because the staff work in shifts, we may have to ask students to log on to the next tutor's session.

Las Positas Connection is published by the Office of the President. Issues are posted online at laspositascollege.edu/president. Angelica Cazarez, Editor.
3000 Campus Hill Drive | Livermore CA 94551-7623 | PH 925.424.1000 | www.laspositascollege.edu
Students First

The President’s Monthly Report to the Board of Trustees, Campus, and Community | April 2020

Dr. Dyrell Foster, Las Positas College President

LPC Doing Its Part Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Las Positas College students, faculty and staff have all gone above and beyond the call of duty to proactively assist the LPC community and people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. A VERY BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU!
The Las Positas College Student Government (LPCSG) donated 900 N95 masks to Stanford Health Care—ValleyCare to help medical first responders in our community. LPCSG purchased the N95 masks following the fall 2018 college closure due to air quality. In addition, 300 N95 masks were given to our District Maintenance & Operation essential workers.

On March 14, the LPC Puente Club dropped off over $1,400 worth of donations at a shelter in Tijuana, MX. The shelter has been getting fewer donations due to Coronavirus fears. Funds donated were well used during a trip to Costco where 2 carloads of supplies were purchased including 245 pounds of frozen chicken, 540 hot dogs, buns, cleaning supplies, 360 eggs, and many other items. The shelter allowed Club members to hand out cookies and juice as treats for the children. The shelter has 3 rooms and 20 beds where 180 people sleep.
On March 17, the Market Food Pantry at LPC served more than 215 people and had 15 volunteers. This Market pantry event was scheduled and marketed to our community prior to the shelter in place being called. Considering the benefit to the community, the college decided to move forward with the event and it has been the highest participating Market pantry to date. The April Market Pantry event will be postponed.
Photos from top: Stanford Health-ValleyCare receiving masks from LPSG. Middle: March 17– The Market Food Pantry. Bottom: Shelter donations being distributed.

In This Issue

LPC Doing its Part Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Instructional Transition and Trainings
Updated Student Resources Guide
Student and Faculty Webpage Updates
Transition Fast Facts
LPC Updated Faculty Resource Page
SmartShops

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LPC Continues to Offer Smart Shops

LAS POSITAS CONNECTION

What are Smart Shops?
These are a series of workshops led by experienced faculty on a variety of topics that are geared toward helping students. The Smart Shop Series will cover academics, transfer, and career topics.
Need to refresh English or Math skills? Need to explore majors or learn about exciting careers? Improve your writing or study skills? Need help applying for transfer? Well then, don’t wait! Sign up for a Smart Shop today! You may even earn extra credit for your participation!

LPC Faculty, Smart Shop Coordinator, and RAW Coordinator, Michelle Gonzales indicated she did Silent Reading with a student last week on Zoom and it was surprisingly fun.
During the session, the student learned that she could get reading and writing help one-on-one at the Reading and Writing (RAW) Center online.

The Reading and Writing Center is Open for Business
The staff continues to support students as they transition to online learning. All tutoring will be done on Confer Zoom where students can video chat, share their work with a tutor, and get feedback.
These tutoring hours are drop-in hours. If another student is in the session, students are asked to please standby. Because the staff work in shifts, we may have to ask students to log on to the next tutor's session.

Las Positas Connection is published by the Office of the President. Issues are posted online at laspositascollege.edu/president. Angelica Cazarez, Editor.
3000 Campus Hill Drive | Livermore CA 94551-7623 | PH 925.424.1000 | www.laspositascollege.edu
Students First

The President’s Monthly Report to the Board of Trustees, Campus, and Community | April 2020

Dr. Dyrell Foster, Las Positas College President

LPC Doing Its Part Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Las Positas College students, faculty and staff have all gone above and beyond the call of duty to proactively assist the LPC community and people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. A VERY BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU!
The Las Positas College Student Government (LPCSG) donated 900 N95 masks to Stanford Health Care—ValleyCare to help medical first responders in our community. LPCSG purchased the N95 masks following the fall 2018 college closure due to air quality. In addition, 300 N95 masks were given to our District Maintenance & Operation essential workers.

On March 14, the LPC Puente Club dropped off over $1,400 worth of donations at a shelter in Tijuana, MX. The shelter has been getting fewer donations due to Coronavirus fears. Funds donated were well used during a trip to Costco where 2 carloads of supplies were purchased including 245 pounds of frozen chicken, 540 hot dogs, buns, cleaning supplies, 360 eggs, and many other items. The shelter allowed Club members to hand out cookies and juice as treats for the children. The shelter has 3 rooms and 20 beds where 180 people sleep.
On March 17, the Market Food Pantry at LPC served more than 215 people and had 15 volunteers. This Market pantry event was scheduled and marketed to our community prior to the shelter in place being called. Considering the benefit to the community, the college decided to move forward with the event and it has been the highest participating Market pantry to date. The April Market Pantry event will be postponed.
Photos from top: Stanford Health-ValleyCare receiving masks from LPSG. Middle: March 17– The Market Food Pantry. Bottom: Shelter donations being distributed.

In This Issue

LPC Doing its Part Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Instructional Transition and Trainings
Updated Student Resources Guide
Student and Faculty Webpage Updates
Transition Fast Facts
LPC Updated Faculty Resource Page
Student Outreach and Retention

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Instructional Transition and Training: It Takes A Village

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in the best interest of the students, faculty, classified professionals, and community, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District made the decision to temporarily suspend in-person classes for Thursday thru Saturday, March 12-14. Further, it was decided that classes would resume on Monday, March 16 using either online education or limited in-person participation classes. LPC President, Dyrell Foster, held a College Emergency Task Force meeting that afternoon. After that meeting, Vice President of Academic Services Kristina Whalen, Instructional Technology Coordinator Scott Vigallon, and others met to plan an unprecedented training regimen for faculty. The challenge: how to convert 281 face-to-face courses to an on-line platform?
It was determined that five areas of training were needed: Canvas Basics, Quizzes, Gradebook, Discussions, and Confer Zoom to facilitate the transition from face-to-face instruction to online learning. The first day of training began at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 12 and ended at 9 p.m. with Scott Vigallon facilitating all ten one-hour, hands-on training workshops. Training continued for the next two days and virtual drop-in training hours were held on Saturday and Sunday as well. Over a three-day period, 20 training sessions were held with a total attendance of 436. The training and transition was truly a collaborative affair with assistance from Instructional Technology Specialist, Wanda Butterly, Webmaster Tim Druley, and College Technology Services Manager Stephen Gunderson along with his staff, and many, many instructors. With the shelter-in-place orders put into effect on March 17, additional virtual drop-in training sessions were held the week of March 17 because faculty had little time for the transition. To keep information available to LPC students and Faculty, an Instructional Transition Plan web site was created and is constantly being updated. The Instructional Technology team and all faculty continue to work to help students succeed in these unprecedented times.
Technology Loans to Students
To assist students in their transition to on-line instruction, laptop and hotspot loans to students began on Thursday, March 26. Students needing technology were identified by their instructors, the Student Distance Education Transition Outreach & Retention project team, and coordinators of Umoja, Puente, EOPS, Engineering Tech, and Veterans First. A big thank you to LPC’s Library staff, Diana Kleinschmidt and Loida Sarcia under the direction of Tina Inzerilla, Library Coordinator/Librarian, who worked closely with the College Technology Services staff, under the direction of Stephen Gunderson, to develop a critical check-out system (following social distancing guidelines), for our students to have access to the necessary technology who otherwise could not continue their academic work without this proper equipment.
Computer Center Re-imagining
LPC’s Computer Center has long been an excellent resource for students to get help with assignments or technology questions. With all classes moving online, the Computer Center staff quickly rallied to compile a list of resources students might need, including technical, academic, tutoring, health care, counseling, library, and much, much more. This information was placed on the Computer Center website, along with information on the three ways students can reach staff: virtual drop-in help via Confer Zoom, submitting an online support ticket, or leaving a voicemail with an expected reply within 4 hours.
None of this amazing work would be possible without the heart and soul of LPC. So we thank you all for your service and time.

Updated Student Resource Guide

LPC’s CalWORKs program has converted their Student Resource Guide to a webpage that is easily accessible to faculty, staff, and students. There is a newly added COVID-19 section to support students during this time. It includes resources for food, internet/WiFi, textbooks, health, financial assistance, and other important resources to assist with the changes due to COVID-19
The Resource Guide is available in the top bar of the Las Positas College website.
Thanks to all of the LPC family that were contributors to this guide. A special thanks to Danielle Donohoe, CalWORKs Counselor Assistant, for the tireless work she put into researching and compiling all these resources, Amanda Ingold, CalWORKs Coordinator for all her work, as well as Tim Druley for all his hard work to create a student friendly webpage that is easy to navigate.

The LPC webpage has been updated to assist students and faculty in their transition from onsite learning to online instruction. The Online College Resource page for students has assistance for Canvas technical support, assistance in preparing for online learning, FAQs for students, student tips, financial aid, and video messages. The page also refers students to other valuable resources such as Library Online Support and the virtual Smart Shop Workshops.
The Faculty Instructional Transition page includes many technology shortcuts, how-to pages, and pages that are college best practices.

Student and Faculty Webpage Updates

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LPC Receives National Science Foundation
Advance Technological Education Grant!

In November, 2018, Darcy Ernst, Michal Schuldman, and Nan Ho were accepted into the 2019 Mentor-Connect Technical Assistance and Mentoring Support Program's Cohort #7. They were assigned a mentor (and even had a bonus mentor) who worked with them for the next year. They received outstanding advice from our local Bioscience Advisory Board about industry skills to help create the concept of Biobadging to address both equity and workforce needs. Darcy and Michal worked tirelessly for months on the grant proposal, submitting it in Fall 2019.
In April 2020 LPC was awarded the grant for the project titled “Building Biobadges into a Traditional Biology Program to Fulfill Workforce Needs and Support Program Equity.” The grant is scheduled to begin July 1, 2020 for the amount of $299,000. Congratulations to Nan Ho, Darcy Ernst, and Michal Schuldman for all of their amazing work!

LPC Transition Fast Facts

We are thrilled to announce that Las Positas College has been selected to participate in Cohort Two of CAGP (California Guided Pathways) 2020-23. Participation will allow the college to further optimize the student experience and advance our student completion and success efforts with the assistance of the CAGP Leadership Team. LPC will participate in six, two-day institutes and receive an annual site visit for each of the three years as well as virtual support beginning in Fall 2020. The focus of all efforts will be on catalyzing and engaging a broad range of campus constituents. Thanks to the leadership of the Guided Pathways team Angella VenJohn, LaVaughn Hart, Kristy Woods, Nan Ho, Kristina Whalen, and William Garcia for all their work and exceptional support!

Las Positas College Selected to Participate
in California Guided Pathways 2020 - 2023

LPC Foundation Bridging the Technology Gap

Thanks to the LPC Foundation and its Foundation Board as they have created the COVID-19 Giving Initiative (#LPCTogether), as a response to Las Positas College students impacted by the current pandemic.
The initiative was created to fund the areas with the greatest needs for students which includes support of technology resources for remote and distance learning, including laptops, internet hot spots and software applications. To date the LPC Foundation has raised $3,200.
We thank our donors and appreciate the leadership and support from the LPC Foundation and its Board.

Student Education
Transition Outreach
and Retention

Under the direction of CTE Manager, Vicki Shipman, the Student Distance Education Transition Outreach & Retention project was implemented on March 18, 2020 with the goal of contacting students who appeared to be having difficulty transitioning from face-to-face learning to online learning. Fifty faculty members submitted the names of 223 students to Academic Services Outreach Specialists, Liz McWhorter and Anne Kennedy along with STEM Coordinator, Jean O’Neil-Opipari. The team personally contacted students to learn what their individual needs were to effectively transition to an online learning environment. The team and students were able to tap into the newly established Computer Center Student Help Online System for critical resources they needed to connect to their class. To date, the team has personally contacted 343 students.

College Technology Services Online Transition Fast Facts

Thanks to the College Technology Services Team: Manager, Steve Gunderson; Computer Network Support Specialist II, Haywood Beaird, David Lee, Fernando Calzada, Michael Furuyama; Instructional Systems Specialist Sherman Lindsey; Instructional Systems Technician Christine Hornbaker, and Telecommunications Coordinator, Heidi Ulrech for their follow-through, support, and dependability to the Students, Faculty and Staff at LPC. THANK YOU!

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Instructional Transition and Training: It Takes A Village

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in the best interest of the students, faculty, classified professionals, and community, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District made the decision to temporarily suspend in-person classes for Thursday thru Saturday, March 12-14. Further, it was decided that classes would resume on Monday, March 16 using either online education or limited in-person participation classes. LPC President, Dyrell Foster, held a College Emergency Task Force meeting that afternoon. After that meeting, Vice President of Academic Services Kristina Whalen, Instructional Technology Coordinator Scott Vigallon, and others met to plan an unprecedented training regimen for faculty. The challenge: how to convert 281 face-to-face courses to an on-line platform?
It was determined that five areas of training were needed: Canvas Basics, Quizzes, Gradebook, Discussions, and Confer Zoom to facilitate the transition from face-to-face instruction to online learning. The first day of training began at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 12 and ended at 9 p.m. with Scott Vigallon facilitating all ten one-hour, hands-on training workshops. Training continued for the next two days and virtual drop-in training hours were held on Saturday and Sunday as well. Over a three-day period, 20 training sessions were held with a total attendance of 436. The training and transition was truly a collaborative affair with assistance from Instructional Technology Specialist, Wanda Butterly, Webmaster Tim Druley, and College Technology Services Manager Stephen Gunderson along with his staff, and many, many instructors. With the shelter-in-place orders put into effect on March 17, additional virtual drop-in training sessions were held the week of March 17 because faculty had little time for the transition. To keep information available to LPC students and Faculty, an Instructional Transition Plan web site was created and is constantly being updated. The Instructional Technology team and all faculty continue to work to help students succeed in these unprecedented times.
Technology Loans to Students
To assist students in their transition to on-line instruction, laptop and hotspot loans to students began on Thursday, March 26. Students needing technology were identified by their instructors, the Student Distance Education Transition Outreach & Retention project team, and coordinators of Umoja, Puente, EOPS, Engineering Tech, and Veterans First. A big thank you to LPC’s Library staff, Diana Kleinschmidt and Loida Sarcia under the direction of Tina Inzerilla, Library Coordinator/Librarian, who worked closely with the College Technology Services staff, under the direction of Stephen Gunderson, to develop a critical check-out system (following social distancing guidelines), for our students to have access to the necessary technology who otherwise could not continue their academic work without this proper equipment.
Computer Center Re-imagining
LPC’s Computer Center has long been an excellent resource for students to get help with assignments or technology questions. With all classes moving online, the Computer Center staff quickly rallied to compile a list of resources students might need, including technical, academic, tutoring, health care, counseling, library, and much, much more. This information was placed on the Computer Center website, along with information on the three ways students can reach staff: virtual drop-in help via Confer Zoom, submitting an online support ticket, or leaving a voicemail with an expected reply within 4 hours.
None of this amazing work would be possible without the heart and soul of LPC. So we thank you all for your service and time.

Updated Student Resource Guide

LPC’s CalWORKs program has converted their Student Resource Guide to a webpage that is easily accessible to faculty, staff, and students. There is a newly added COVID-19 section to support students during this time. It includes resources for food, internet/WiFi, textbooks, health, financial assistance, and other important resources to assist with the changes due to COVID-19
The Resource Guide is available in the top bar of the Las Positas College website.
Thanks to all of the LPC family that were contributors to this guide. A special thanks to Danielle Donohoe, CalWORKs Counselor Assistant, for the tireless work she put into researching and compiling all these resources, Amanda Ingold, CalWORKs Coordinator for all her work, as well as Tim Druley for all his hard work to create a student friendly webpage that is easy to navigate.

The LPC webpage has been updated to assist students and faculty in their transition from onsite learning to online instruction. The Online College Resource page for students has assistance for Canvas technical support, assistance in preparing for online learning, FAQs for students, student tips, financial aid, and video messages. The page also refers students to other valuable resources such as Library Online Support and the virtual Smart Shop Workshops.
The Faculty Instructional Transition page includes many technology shortcuts, how-to pages, and pages that are college best practices.

Student and Faculty Webpage Updates

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LPC Receives National Science Foundation
Advance Technological Education Grant!

In November, 2018, Darcy Ernst, Michal Schuldman, and Nan Ho were accepted into the 2019 Mentor-Connect Technical Assistance and Mentoring Support Program's Cohort #7. They were assigned a mentor (and even had a bonus mentor) who worked with them for the next year. They received outstanding advice from our local Bioscience Advisory Board about industry skills to help create the concept of Biobadging to address both equity and workforce needs. Darcy and Michal worked tirelessly for months on the grant proposal, submitting it in Fall 2019.
In April 2020 LPC was awarded the grant for the project titled “Building Biobadges into a Traditional Biology Program to Fulfill Workforce Needs and Support Program Equity.” The grant is scheduled to begin July 1, 2020 for the amount of $299,000. Congratulations to Nan Ho, Darcy Ernst, and Michal Schuldman for all of their amazing work!

LPC Transition Fast Facts

We are thrilled to announce that Las Positas College has been selected to participate in Cohort Two of CAGP (California Guided Pathways) 2020-23. Participation will allow the college to further optimize the student experience and advance our student completion and success efforts with the assistance of the CAGP Leadership Team. LPC will participate in six, two-day institutes and receive an annual site visit for each of the three years as well as virtual support beginning in Fall 2020. The focus of all efforts will be on catalyzing and engaging a broad range of campus constituents. Thanks to the leadership of the Guided Pathways team Angella VenJohn, LaVaughn Hart, Kristy Woods, Nan Ho, Kristina Whalen, and William Garcia for all their work and exceptional support!

Las Positas College Selected to Participate
in California Guided Pathways 2020 - 2023

LPC Foundation Bridging the Technology Gap

Thanks to the LPC Foundation and its Foundation Board as they have created the COVID-19 Giving Initiative (#LPCTogether), as a response to Las Positas College students impacted by the current pandemic.
The initiative was created to fund the areas with the greatest needs for students which includes support of technology resources for remote and distance learning, including laptops, internet hot spots and software applications. To date the LPC Foundation has raised $3,200.
We thank our donors and appreciate the leadership and support from the LPC Foundation and its Board.

Student Education
Transition Outreach
and Retention

Under the direction of CTE Manager, Vicki Shipman, the Student Distance Education Transition Outreach & Retention project was implemented on March 18, 2020 with the goal of contacting students who appeared to be having difficulty transitioning from face-to-face learning to online learning. Fifty faculty members submitted the names of 223 students to Academic Services Outreach Specialists, Liz McWhorter and Anne Kennedy along with STEM Coordinator, Jean O’Neil-Opipari. The team personally contacted students to learn what their individual needs were to effectively transition to an online learning environment. The team and students were able to tap into the newly established Computer Center Student Help Online System for critical resources they needed to connect to their class. To date, the team has personally contacted 343 students.

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College Technology Services Online Transition Fast Facts

Thanks to the College Technology Services Team: Manager, Steve Gunderson; Computer Network Support Specialist II, Haywood Beaird, David Lee, Fernando Calzada, Michael Furuyama; Instructional Systems Specialist Sherman Lindsey; Instructional Systems Technician Christine Hornbaker, and Telecommunications Coordinator, Heidi Ulrech for their follow-through, support, and dependability to the Students, Faculty and Staff at LPC. THANK YOU!

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