The Southland Motor Car Dealers Association (SMCDA) presented a check for $100,000 to the Cerritos College Foundation on Thursday, January 15, completing its $500,000 pledge to support the Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies (CCTT)...
With their 54-51 overtime home win over El Camino College on Wednesday, Cerritos College women's basketball coach Karen Welliver has now placed her name atop the list of most career wins in California Community College Women's Basketball history...
Cerritos College’s Financial Aid Specialist Receives High School Relations Committee of the Year Award
Yesenia Ramirez of the Financial Aid Office was recognized for her outstanding contributions and dedicated service as a member of the High School Relations Committee. The award was presented by the California Association of Financial Aid Administrators High School Relations...
The Cerritos College Foundation awarded two scholarships to Cerritos College students at its board meeting on Thursday, January 15..
Blues Radio Great Bernie Pearl Returns via Cerritos College’s WPMD.org
Bernie Pearl is a southern California blues legend that has lent his life to this laid-back, soul-baring genre of music that he 
Nancy Mirabella, Foster and Kinship Care, Named Employee of the Month of November 2008
The Employee Award Committee has named Nancy Mirabella as recipient of the Outstanding Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month Award for November 2008...
Vangie Reichwein, SEM, Named Employee of the Month of December 2008
The Employee Award Committee has named Vangie Reichwein as recipient of the Outstanding Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month Award for December 2008...
Black Student Union Plans Event Honoring Black History Month
Cerritos College’s Black Student Union is presenting a Mardi Gras celebration Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in honor of Black History Month. The evening's events will include motivational speakers, entertainment, and more...
Help Your Students through Job Fair
With the economy in such bad shape, landing a job is not the easiest task as many companies are laying off employees rather than hiring. Cerritos College’s Job Fair is designed to help students find jobs and internships...
Things to Note
>>> Rideshare Program at Cerritos College
Cerritos College has a rideshare program for its employees! There are many benefits and incentives that come with joining the program. For more information about the program and its incentives please visit www.metro.net or www.commutesmart.info.
Rideshare is easy to join. All you have to do is fill out the rideshare application.
For more information regarding the Cerritos College rideshare program contact Michelle Dawkins at mdawkins@cerritos.edu or ext. 2326.
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Media Contact: Aya Abelon, Public Affairs; (562) 860-2451 ext.2287
WHAT: The Cerritos College Theatre Department is delighted to present Intimate Apparel – a story about an African-American seamstress from the early 1900’s. Directed by Kevin Hoggard, this play was written by the award-winning American playwright, Lynn Nottage. This play, set in 1905 New York City, focuses on the struggles of African-Americans in the so-called “liberal” North. The story is about Esther, a seamstress of women’s intimate apparel. Through her eyes we see the societal expectations and boundaries of a single African-American female. Some of the highlights are the original score of period jazz ditties and elaborate corsetry.
WHEN:
Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 12 at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 14 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m.
WHERE:
Burnight Center Theatre – BC 31
Cerritos College
11110 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
A map of the campus is available at www.cerritos.edu/guide.
COST: General $12, Cerritos College students/faculty/staff, seniors, other college, middle and high school students (all w/ID) $10, children 5 - 12 yrs $8
For group sales information please call (562) 467-5058.
Tickets may be purchased online at http://cms.cerritos.edu/theater/playthreeposter.
Free parking will be available in lots C-1, C-2 and C-3 during performances.
CONTACT: For more information on Intimate Apparel and the Cerritos College Theatre Department, please call (562) 467-5058 or visit www.cerritos.edu/theatre.
Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college’s district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently surpasses 24,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at www.cerritos.edu.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2009
Media Contact: Aya Abelon, Public Affairs; (562) 860-2451 ext.2287
NORWALK, Calif. – January 26, 2009 – Bernie Pearl is a southern California blues legend that has lent his life to this laid-back, soul-baring genre of music that he loves.
Pearl became the first all-blues FM disc jockey in Los Angeles when he started hosting his show, Nothin’ but the Blues, on KPPC FM in 1968. He stayed at KPPC for two years.
After a 10-year hiatus from radio, Pearl returned to the airwaves in 1980 with the revival of his radio show on the Cal State Long Beach radio station KLON, which is now know as KJAZZ. Pearl stayed with KLON, where he had the top-rated program and highest fundraising totals, until 1990.
While with KLON, Pearl helped found the Long Beach Blues Festival. The festival has become one of the largest of its kind, and the second oldest blues festival on the west coast.
Since leaving KLON, Pearl hosted his Nothin’ but the Blues show at KCRW for two years and has made a few on-air cameo appearances.
On Saturday, January 31 at 3:00 p.m., Pearl will once again become the blues disc-jockey he was meant to be. He will sit down behind the controls of Cerritos College’s WPMD.org and begin what will become his two-hour, Saturday tradition, of playing the best of what the genre has to offer from the 1920’s to the present day.
Pearl visited the station on Thursday, January 22 to get used to what used to be second nature for him. He hasn’t spun records or been a DJ for over 15 years.
He has great expectations for his new show My Kind of Blues that took its name from the title of one of his favorite B.B. King albums.
“I’m going to start slow by playing some of the great stuff I love and miss hearing,” he said. “I intend to build an international following for My Kind of Blues.”
WPMD.org originates from the campus of Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. WPMD features an eclectic programming mix of news, talk, sports and music, presented primarily by students, with help from the Cerritos College community and radio professionals.
Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college’s district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently surpasses 24,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at www.cerritos.edu.
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Cerritos College women's soccer coach Ruben Gonzalez and three members of his national and state championship team joined members of Infinity Auto Insurance of Cerritos to travel down to Tijuana to bring more than 350 toys and over $2000 in donations to the Casa Hogar Santa Teresita de Jesus Orphanage for Girls...
Successful Composite Program Recognized by Northrop Grumman
Demolition Makes Room for SCCTT
Demolition of the Cerritos College RD building began last month, making way for construction of the state-of-the-art Southland/Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies (SCCTT)...
Cerritos College Homecoming Legend Passes Away
The year was 1987, the theme was “Circus 87”, the football team had just beat cross-town rival Long Beach City College 24-17, and the buzz was all about Dorothy Thompson, the 67-year-old mother of seven and grandmother of 12, that was just crowned homecoming queen...
Former Cerritos College Student is Presumed Dead after Fall from Cruise Ship
The United States Coast Guard called off the search for Artesia native and former Cerritos College theatre student, Antonio Matabang, Friday, January 1, after Matabang fell from a Carnival cruise ship on New Year’s Eve...
“Staying Healthy” features useful tips to help you stay healthy. Our subject this week is Refined Food...
Black Student Union Plans Event Honoring Black History Month
Cerritos College’s Black Student Union is presenting a Mardi Gras celebration Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in honor of Black History Month. The evening's events will include motivational speakers, entertainment, and more...
Cerritos College Art Exhibition Will Display Faculty’s Artistic Side
The Cerritos College Art Gallery presents the work of Cerritos College art, design and photography faculty. The annual exhibition will include recent works by the faculty in many different media styles, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics and more...
Things to Note
>>>Rideshare Program at Cerritos College
Cerritos College has a rideshare program for its employees! There are many benefits and incentives that come with joining the program. For more information about the program and its incentives please visit www.metro.net or www.commutesmart.info.
Rideshare is easy to join. All you have to do is fill out the rideshare application.
For more information regarding the Cerritos College rideshare program contact Michelle Dawkins at mdawkins@cerritos.edu or ext. 2326.
>>> Have a story you'd like to see in the Campus Connection? Submit an article request.
>>> Have an event on campus that you would like people to know about? Submit an event request.
>>> Have a message for the entire campus? Submit a Daily Falcon submit form.
For Immediate Release: January 5, 2009
Media Contact: Lesley Wheeler, Public Affairs; (562) 860-2451 ext. 2287
Event Contact: Connie Hunter, Cerritos College; (562) 860-2451, ext. 2255
WHAT: Cerritos College’s Black Student Union is presenting a Mardi Gras celebration Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in honor of Black History Month.
The public is invited to come and enjoy the evening’s events, which will include motivational speakers, entertainment, beads, a fashion show, talent contest, and honorees from Cerritos College and the community.
WHEN: Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Cerritos College Student Center
11110 Alondra Boulevard
Norwalk, CA 90650
A map of the campus is available at www.cerritos.edu/guide.
COST: The event is free and open to the public.
PARKING: One-day parking passes may be purchased for $1 in parking lots C-1, C-2 and C-10.
CONTACT: For more information, please contact Connie Hunter at (562) 860-2451, ext. 2255 or at chunter@cerritos.edu.
Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college’s district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 200 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently surpasses 24,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at www.cerritos.edu.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2, 2009
Media Contact: Lesley Wheeler, Public Affairs; (562) 860-2451 ext.2287
NORWALK, Calif. – January 2, 2009 - Cerritos College’s Engineering Design Technology (ENGT) Department is offering students a head start in aerospace, and other industries, through engineering design software courses. Enrollment for spring 2009 is now underway.
Engineering design software courses taught at Cerritos College cover programs such as AutoCAD; Autodesk; MAX 3-D Designer, Mechanical Desktop, MAP 3-D, Inventor; SolidWorks and CATIA.
According to ENGT Chairman Farid Wissa, knowledge of these programs is highly desired by industry giants seeking to hire employees.
“Although the economy is not very up high, engineering companies are in need of good designers to be part of their teams with very high salary rates,” he said. “In fact, all aerospace firms recently ran advertisements announcing interviews for open job positions, and engineering software designers are needed for the Boeing Aircraft Company."
Enrollment is underway for classes starting Monday, January 12, 2009. Students can register online at http://my.cerritos.edu. Those interested in taking these classes should apply immediately while there is still space.
New students, along with those returning after missing one or more semesters, must apply and obtain a student number that will allow them to register for spring 2009 classes. This can be done either traditionally or online at www.cerritos.edu.
All course prerequisites are checked during registration. Students may not register for a class unless they meet all the required prerequisites.
Students who feel that they have experience equivalent to a prerequisite course may contact the ENGT department to discuss alternatives that satisfy prerequisites.
High school juniors and seniors may enroll in most engineering technology courses free of cost to earn both high school and college credit under the College Bridge Program. For more information about the College Bridge Program, minors should speak with their high school counselors and a Cerritos College counselor.
ENGT has course credit transfer agreements with California State University, Los Angeles; California State University, Long Beach; and other surrounding universities.
For more detailed information please visit www.cerritos.edu/engt or contact Farid Wissa at (562) 860-2451 ext. 2910 or fwissa@cerritos.edu; or Jaya Hiranandani at ext. 2908, or hiranandani@cerritos.edu.
Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college’s district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 200 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently surpasses 24,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at www.cerritos.edu.
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