MJC History
Modesto Junior College's sister college.
What is Columbia College?
Held almost every Wednesday of the Fall and Spring semesters at MJC, this event caters to help alleviate food insecurity.
What is Free Lunch on Wednesdays (FLOW)?
Based upon individuals having a voice in decisions that affect them, this is a method of college management in which decision-makers are committed to involving affected constituencies in decisions as much as possible.
What is Participatory Governance?
Serving 1.8 million students in California, however many of these educational institutions are in the state.
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What are the 116 California Community Colleges?
This oversees the operations of Modesto Junior College and Columbia College.
What is the Yosemite Community College District?
Modesto Junior College was founded in this year.
What is 1921?
Given to each senator per instructional year, this event allows senators to step into organizational and leadership roles.
What are Senator Projects?
The primary role of these meetings is to advise the President on college policy and procedural matters.
What is College Council?
This grant allows about 50% of Community College students to have free/low-cost tuition and fees.
What is the California College Promise Grant?
This group was elected in 1964 to govern the affairs of the expanded district.
What is the Board of Trustees?
Beginning in Fall 2017, Modesto Junior College offered this degree for the first time.
What is the Baccalaureate Degree in Respiratory Care?
One of the few "all-day" events, this is the ceremony for our students who have completed their educational goals at MJC.
What is Commencement?
Enacted in 1953, this is the legislation followed for policy and procedure in governance at MJC (and around California).
What is the Brown Act?
Dr. Daisy Gonzales oversees the divisions of the Equitable Student Learning, Experience, and Impact Office; Innovation, Data, Evidence, and Analytics Office; Institutional Supports and Success; and Internal Operations in the California Community Colleges.
Who is the Interim Chancellor for California Community Colleges?
The person oversees and coordinates leadership for a community college district with two distinctively different colleges and their communities – one with 20,000 students in Modesto Junior College and one with 4,000 students in Columbia College.
Who is the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD) Chancellor?
The Higher Education Act (HEA) defines colleges or universities where at least 25 percent of the undergraduate, full-time enrollment is Hispanic, and at least half of the institution’s degree-seeking students must be low-income; Modesto Junior College proudly holds this title.
What is a Hispanic-Serving Institution?
Having one per semester, this event boosts students' morale during two distinct sporting games.
What is homecoming?
The primary voice of faculty in academic and professional matters this is easily remembered as the "ASMJC of for Faculty."
What is Academic Senate?
Sonya Christian will lead the 116-community college system, which serves over 1.8 million students, beginning in June 2023.
Who is the incoming Chancellor of the California Community Colleges?
Dr. Don Davis
Nancy Hinton
Dr. Milton Richards
Jenny Nicolau
Darin Gharat
Leslie Beggs
Antonio Aguilar
Maria Marquez
Who are the board of trustees?
Fully established in the CAT Building in July 2022, this is an all-in-one student success office for programs such as The Collaborative, UMOJA, and the Rising Scholars Network.
What is the Rise-Up Center?
These three annual events cater to the cultural education of three prominent communities at MJC.
What are the Hispanic, African American, and Pride Education conferences?
Taking what is discussed in the governance meetings and reporting to the student senate, then reporting back to the corresponding meetings with the student views, and voting on behalf of the student population if need be.
What is ASMJC's role in Shared Governance?
Typically attended annually by the associated students of the California Community Colleges, this organization focuses on networking, student and professional development, and advocating for the field of Student Affairs and Student Leadership within the California Community College system.
What is the California Community College Student Affairs Association (CCCSAA)?
The District covers a 4,500 square mile area and serves a population of over 550,000, encompassing all of two counties (Stanislaus and Tuolumne) and parts of four others (Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, and Santa Clara). All this land is divided and allotted to each trustee to oversee.
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What are the seven trustee areas?