Sustainable San Mateo County Announces

2013 Sustainability and Green Building

Award Recipients

Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) announced the winners of this year’s 14th Annual Sustainability and Green Building Awards, including Bruce Greenstein, Environmental Science Faculty

Member at Skyline College.

The SSMC Sustainability Award recognizes businesses, community groups, city programs, and individuals that demonstrate an

outstanding commitment to improving sustainable practices within our county. The Green Building Award, sponsored by SSMC,

RecycleWorks, and the San Mateo County Chapter of the

American Institute of Architects (AIA), highlights

environmentally friendly design, recognizing owners,

architects and builders.

“Our recipients and all the nominees display the passion and dedication to the community that we’ve come to expect over the years. We look forward to sharing their inspiring stories,” said Adrienne Etherton, SSMC Executive Director.

Recipients will be honored at an awards dinner and benefit on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Emcee Shelly Masur will lead a jam-packed evening that will include a video highlighting each winner’s accomplishments and silent and live auctions hosted by State Senator Jerry Hill. The theme this year, Education—The Root of Sustainability, celebrates the importance of education in creating sustainable citizens and communities. Tickets are available at www.sustainablesanmateo.org/awards or at ssmc.brownpapertickets.com.

Sustainable San Mateo County Sustainability Award Recipients

• Bruce Greenstein, Skyline College, San Bruno

• Sonrisas Community Dental Center, Half Moon Bay

• RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), Redwood City

• Recology San Mateo County, San Carlos

Green Building Award Recipients

• Education - Lower and Middle Schools Project,

Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton

Owner: Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton;

Architect: WRNS Studio; Builder: Herrero Contractors, Inc.

• Industrial - Shoreway Environmental Center, San Carlos

Owner: RethinkWaste/SBWMA;

Architect: J.R. Miller & Associates; Builder: SJ Amoroso, Inc.

• Multi-Family Housing - 636 El Camino, South San Francisco

Owner: MidPen Housing Corp.;

Architect: BAR Architects; Builder: Devcon Construction, Inc.

Bruce Greenstein, Skyline College

Bruce Greenstein is an

environmental science professor at Skyline College where he inspires his students to become leaders of energy-efficiency, green-business entrepreneurship, and building performance. Professor Greenstein created the Solar & Building Science Learning Center at Skyline College to educate, train, and rejuvenate the green-economy workforce so they may address our current and future energy challenges, greenhouse-gas emission reduction goals, and overall quality of life for our community.

Informal Dance Show

The Skyline College Fall Informal Dance show was a riotous matinee performance, including over 20 pieces from the Dance Production, Choreography Workshop and Modern Dance classes. Students cheered for the breakdancing B-Boys’ duet, the many contemporary solos and the jazz and hip hop pieces that rocked the stage. Guest pieces from the College of San Mateo’s Performance Dance Ensemble allowed students from across the district to share their work as part of our Dance Exchange Project. This spring, some of the best received pieces will be finessed for the Spring Dance Shows on May 10th, 2013. Student dancers and choreographers will be expanding the Dance Exchange Project by performing at and hosting visits from local high schools and Skyline College events. (If you would like to have the Skyline College Dancers perform at your event, please contact Amber Steele at steelea@smccd.edu.)

Article by Amber Steele. Photo by Brittney Wagner.

Environmental Science Service Learning Poster Session: Connecting Action and Education

Student Jose Iniguez presents his project to Environmental Science faculty member, Briana McCarthy.

Student Katlyn Duran presents her project to Pacifica community member

Jim Wagner.

On Thursday, December 6, 2012, students in ENVS 680SD –

Environmental Science Service Learning – presented their final projects in a poster session. In addition to lecture and in-class

community service projects, students performed a minimum of

32 hours of service in partnership with a local community based

organization. Semester long projects included avian habitat surveys with the Golden Gate Audubon Society, marine mammal

inventories and invasive species research with the Marine Science Institute, clean up and estuarine habitat restoration with the City of South San Francisco, and a chick care guide for the organic garden at Oceana High School. On campus projects included continuing work on the organic community garden at Pacific Heights, localized wind and solar energy feasibility study, and a carpooling and public transit survey for Skyline College.

This course, in its second semester, is made possible by the

President’s Innovation Fund. Special thanks go to community partners, Sustainable Campus coordinators Briana McCarthy and Sabrina Lawrence-Gomez, as well as Dean Ray Hernandez, facilities staff, and all faculty, staff, and students supporting the initiative. To get involved in future service learning projects or in the Skyline College Sustainable Ambassador Network, contact Sabrina

Lawrence-Gomez at lawrencegomezs@smccd.edu.

Article and photos by Anjana Richards.

Beta Theta Omicron Serves the Community

During 2012, members of Beta Theta Omicron, the Skyline College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, brought hands-on science laboratory experiments to local middle schools. Our Phi Theta Kappans

developed and practiced the labs and teaching the labs during the early spring. They started teaching in middle schools in May and continued through the Fall semester, teaching more than 700 7th

and 8th graders.

Our Beta Theta Omicron chapter members chose science education as their Honors In Action service project because it supports the College’s goals to be a leading academic center for the community and to prepare the regions workforce. The students were also

motivated by the national goal to “move American students

from the middle of the pack to the top in science.”

Participating Skyline College students: Will Cornett, Leah Chen, Valerie Reyes, Beatriz Millare, Reema Eid, Genesis Quiroz, Lloyd Pena, Morgan Davis, Irene Yim, Casey Fortier, Joe Cooney, Tulsi Solanki, Ronnette Naungayan, Min Tan, Nina Madriaga, Jessica Gonzales, Monzy Herrera, Anthony Din, Adriana Chavarri, Maryam Khan, Rachel Mesias, Aruna Singh, Rashin Parsa, Vince Meschi, Kemi Shamonda, Zin Thu, Ameer Abugeith, Noimee Lasat, Jenny Connors, Ryan Connors.

Two of the labs developed by Skyline College students.

LEFT: 8th graders build a water filtration system (left).

RIGHT: 7th graders explore chemistry through molecular gastronomy.

Photos by Beta Theta Omicron Vice-President Ronnette Naungayan.

Veterans Resource Center Grand Opening

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 Skyline College celebrated the Grand Opening of the Veterans Resource Center. The event was attended by students, staff, faculty and community members throughout the bay area.

The American Legion Hall began the ceremony with the

Presentation of the Color Guard. Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud,

President, gave a welcome to all guests. Board of Trustee Member David Mandelkern also spoke and offered his thanks to the

District Office for their support of the new center.

The Center for Student Life and Leadership Development presented a film called “We Are Skyline College Veterans” showcasing many of our veterans who attend classes here at Skyline College.

Associated Students President, Jose Luis Sanchez, also a Veteran, offered his gratitude and thanked the administration and Skyline College for creating a community for veteran students to succeed in their academics and achieve their goals.

The event concluded with a Ribbon Cutting with President Stroud, Board Members David Mandelkern and Karen Schwarz, Jose Nunez, Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning and ASSC President Sanchez followed by a reception.

The new center is located in Building 2, Room 2350. Many thanks

to the Offices of the President, Vice President of Student Services, Vice President of Instruction, Marketing, Communications and Public Relations, Student Life and Leadership Development

and Enrollment Services for the hard work in making this

a successful event.

Article by Dr. John Mosby. Photos by Raul Guerra.

Fall 2012 Student Business Plan Competition – Winners!

The Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) at Skyline College

has concluded its 2nd campus-wide Student Business Plan

Competition! The Final Round and Awards Ceremony

were held on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at Skyline College.

Students participating in this semester’s competition submitted nine business plans as teams and individuals. Five finalists

advanced to the Finals Round, where they presented their plans

to a panel of judges, who are all experts in the business-industry.

The competition was open to all Skyline College students and

officially began with two Briefing & Info Sessions that were held

on October 25th and 29th. With the support and resources

provided by YEP business coaches, Skyline College staff and faculty, each participant was able to hone on his/her business plan with

the expectation to launch in the nearest future.

And the winners are…

• 1st place award of $2,000 went to Creating Momentz Catering,

a unique business that features a healthy spin on soul food.

• 2nd place award of $1,000 went to Find Your Feet, a social

networking website that helps young people find jobs.

• 3rd place award of $500 went to Supreme Steam Cleaning,

a cleaning business that specializes fast service at the last minute.

Congratulations to all of the winners!!

All Business Plan Competition participants will continue to benefit from the array of services/support provided by YEP, including access to the on-campus Business Incubator, one-on-one meetings with business consultants, seminars/workshops and a wealth of other resources. The winning business plans will go on to compete in the State-wide Boost Competition, sponsored by the Business

& Entrepreneurship Center.

CITD and YEP would like to thank Skyline College administration, faculty, staff, our judges and consultants and everyone that helped make this competition a success. We would especially like to thank, Kevin Chak, Marta Cuellar, Katie Beverly and student assistant

Gilbert Bui with Auxiliary Services, Ira Lau with Media Services, and Student Assistant, Raul Guerra from the Marketing,

Communications & Public Relations office. And most importantly, we would like to thank the students, without them, there would

be no competition.

The Spring Business Plan Competition will kick-off in April of 2013. Please be on the look-out for details for the competition

and other YEP events.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Program is funded through grants from the offices of the Chancellor for California Community

Colleges and locally hosted by Skyline College. For more info

on the Youth Entrepreneurship Program, please contact

Pcyeta Jackson at jacksonp@smccd.edu or 650-738-7097.

Article by Pcyeta Jackson. Photos by Raul Guerra and Richard Soyombo.

Pictured above 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Competition Winners, Judges and YEP/CITD Staff.

Center for International Trade Development:

A Year In Review

CITD

As the only local center dedicated to supporting the creation and international expansion of small- to medium-sized businesses in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, the CITD: offered seminars including the Fundamentals of Importing & Exporting; one-on-one consulting, conducted the Green Construction trade mission

to Brazil; sponsored cultural events such as International Week;

collaborated with Skyline College faculty and staff to enhance

international curriculum, increased the number of international

students on campus; and, increased Skyline College’s global exposure by hosting international visitors such as the African Union Ambassador to the U.S., Rotary Brazil, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, and Grand Bassa Community College, Nigeria

to name a few.

YEP

In collaboration with community groups in the San Francisco Bay Area—Peninsula, the YEP continued offering modular training

sessions to individuals interested in learning the fundamentals of

entrepreneurship, business management, public speaking and business/marketing plan preparation. Skyline College’s May ‘12 YEP Business Plan Competition concluded with $3,000 in seed money awarded to promising business plans. The December ‘12 Business Plan Competition had three times the number of participants

vying for $6,000 in seed money.

CITD/YEP Accomplishments of 2012

• Over 840 individuals benefited from CITD/YEP services

• 8 California small businesses introduced to the Brazilian market via the Green Construction trade mission

• 45 YEP Certificates of Completion awarded

• Winning team of Skyline College’s May 2012 Business Plan Competition, Crownz, advanced to win Foothill-DeAnza’s

regional business plan competition

• Hosted distinguished international visitors: Ambassador Amina Salum Ali, African Union Ambassador to the United States Senator Gbehzonhngar Findley, President pro tem of the Senate, Republic of Liberia

• Memorandums of Understanding signed with: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria Grand Bassa Community

College, Liberia

CITD/YEP Upcoming Projects

The Business Incubator will open on campus to serve both the Skyline College & local small business communities. Aside from providing office space and related services the incubator will also offer informational seminars led by industry experts; consulting services via the CITD; and access to numerous other local, State, and Federal resources & support services for California business people as they begin their new venture.

The 2013 CITD seminar series will be offered in collaboration with partners such as the Department of Commerce, Small Business Development Agency, and local Chambers of Commerce.

In February the CITD will accompany foreign delegations to the World Ag Expo held in Tulare.

In February/March the CITD will host an incoming delegation from Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Further enhancement of the African Diaspora Program will take place, including degree development and more cultural events.

The Spring 2013 YEP Business Plan Competition will include Cañada & College of San Mateo. There will also be a high school Business Plan Competition held among campuses throughout the Peninsula.

For more information on any of our programs, please contact
Allison Mello at 650-738-7098 or melloa@smccd.edu.

Article by Pcyeta Jackson.

Sustainability Ambassador Network

The Sustainability Ambassador Network (S.A.N.) will hold its first spring semester meeting on Thursday, January 24, 2012 from 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The group is comprised of students, faculty, staff and administrators passionate about sustainability and environmental improvements on campus. The group has been meeting for two months to create short term priorities and projects to improve the campus, and also has been working on a draft proposal for sustainability-focused strategic goals for the College. The S.A.N. has been working in tandem with the District Sustainability Steering Committee in a concerted effort to create a comprehensive

sustainability strategy for the District and all three Colleges.

To get involved, contact Sabrina Lawrence-Gomez lawrencegomezs@smccd.edu or Anjana Richards richardsa@smccd.edu.

Thank you to this group for your hard work, dedication, and

energy. It is amazing to see and feel the passion from so many

people from a diverse representation of the College. We are

looking forward to working together to activate that energy for environmentalism and sustainability in the new year.

Article by Anjana Richards. Photo by Danielle Moultak, Consultant with Newcomb Anderson McCormick.

Flexing our Brains!

As part of its commitment to ongoing professional development, Skyline College held its spring Flex Day training for faculty on Thursday, January 10 and Friday, January 11, 2013. Faculty and staff returned in the new year to a robust Flex Day schedule of interesting workshops and activities. Under the leadership of Professor Nina Floro, chair of the Professional Enrichment and Development Advisory Committee, the rich schedule of workshops included many topics of interest.

• Professor Karen Wong, SLOAC Coordinator led an informative workshop on Documenting Assessment Efforts with TracDat, a user friendly database that was acquired to help faculty and staff manage the SLOAC process and determine how assessment

results can inform subsequent instruction and services.

• Anjana Richards, Director, Workforce Grants and Services, Lorrain DeMello, Counselor in the Career Advancement

Academy program and members of the Career Ladders Project led a discussion on the use of Stackable Certificate Models

intended to help students, faculty and employers navigate

options for pursuing career technical education and employment. A separate workshop addressed the Career Advancement

Academy Model and how the develops and institutionalizes them.

• Dr. Harold Berrero trained faculty in staff in rescue breathing and or Basic Cardiac Life Support - CPR and the use of the

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) that you see posted throughout the college campus buildings.

• Campus Safety Chief Rob Dean and Campus Safety Officer

Paul Barbosa conducted an interactive workshop on Personal Safety on Campus.

• Accreditation Co-Chairs Dona Bestock and Christine Roumbanis led the workshop for the accreditation self-evaluation writers in making revisions to the drafts.

• Professor Bridget Fischer hosted a workshop on Using Web Access to Administer and Get Instant Assessment Data. Faculty learned how to configure their quizzes and run valuable reports using Web Access.

• Terri Sofarelli and Carmelina Borg hosted a Film Screening

and Discussion of Miss Representation: Using the Film as an

Instructional Tool.

The College Administration hosted a lunch to celebrate and thank the committed Skyline College faculty and staff. The next Flex Day will be held on March 8, 2013.

Photo by Helen Hueg.

Skyline College Hosts San Bruno Chamber of Commerce State of the City Address and Installation of Board Members

New Board members look on as San Bruno Chamber of Commerce President, Kirsten Pinochi of Recology receives the gavel from Mayor Jim Ruane.

Over 100 community members attended the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce Installation of Board members and State of the City Address by Mayor Jim Ruane on Monday, January 7, 2013. The event was held in the Dining Hall and allowed Skyline College to demonstrate its commitment as a community partner and highlight its Events and Conferences Initiative.

The 2013 San Bruno Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Thank you to Kirsten Pinochi and Jamie Monozon of the San

Bruno Chamber of Commerce for thinking of Skyline College. Thank you to Pacific Dining for the delicious catering, Theresa Tentes, Kevin Chak, Public Safety, David Haw and the facilities crew for making the event a beautiful success.

Photos by Helen Hueg.

Skyline College President admitted into the San Bruno Rotary

Emile Hons, Kirsten Pinochi and Regina Stanback Stroud.

Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud was recently admitted into the San Bruno Rotary club. The Rotary is an organization of business and professional people united worldwide who provide Humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build good will and peace in the world.

The Rotary meets every Wednesday and noon at the Ranchero Inn Best Western Café. The San Bruno Rotary has a long history of supporting Skyline College through scholarship donation.

Benefits Access for College Completion (BACC)

The Benefits Access for College Completion initiative is a result of a grant and has solidified in a partnership between Financial Aid and SparkPoint to connect students to financial resources to assist in paying for health care, food and other living expenses to assist them in completing their higher education goals. Stay tuned for an

upcoming open house to learn more about BACC and how

students can be better resourced.

Save The Dates!

• WOW (Women on Writing): Saturday, March 2, 2013

• Rock The School Bells: Saturday, March 9, 2013

• 13th Annual President’s Breakfast: Thursday, March 21, 2013

Accreditation Update

Self-Evaluation - The writing committees have been hard at work preparing a draft of the self-evaluation. The draft will be posted on January 17, 2013. All are invited to review the draft and provide feedback to the Co-chairs Donna Bestock and/or Christine Roumbanis. A second College Forum will be held on January 29, 2012. The details will be announced shortly.

Accreditation Benefits! One of the benefits of working on the Accreditation Report is that we are able to bring different aspects of the college and district that may be less well known to the surface. One of the items we have come across in considering Standard IV – Leadership and Governance is that of the Professional Ethics Policy. During the course of campus dialogue and self-evaluation, we realized that many on the campus are not aware of the policy on Professional Ethics--Rules and Regulations 2.21. We thought we would take this opportunity to remind us all of the policy. Please see the excerpt below and look out for more details in the

subsequent weeks.

All District employees shall adhere to the highest ethical

standards in pursuing the College District’s mission of providing quality educational programs and in managing resources efficiently and effectively. Ethical standards include but are not limited to commitment to the public good, accountability to the public, and commitment beyond the minimum requirements of the law. Each employee group has prepared a distinct Code of Professional Ethics for their respective constituencies, which, as a whole, comprise the Districtwide Policy on Ethical Behavior adopted by the Board.

The Board of Trustees, Administration and classified staff shall act in the best interests of students, the community and the District’s mission over other competing interests and shall foster a work/study environment that values respect, fairness, and integrity and is positive, encouraging, and success-oriented. The College District has adopted policies and practices that protect the rights of individuals (Rules and Regulations 2.12); that protect individuals from unlawful discrimination (2.20) and sexual harassment (2.25); that prohibit the Board and employees from making or participating in making a decision in which they have a financial interest (1.35 and 2.45); and that provide for the support and development of each District employee (2.11).

Thanks to Donna Bestock and Christine Roumbanis for

contributing to this article.