February 2, 2015
Volume 3, No. 20
Olive Hill Press
• Regina Blok Retires
• Ontiveras Joins Counseling Center
• Colts Athletics Update
• Welcome Week Celebration
Edited by Larry Buckley, PhD
Coming Up:
Tues,
Feb 3
Wed,
Feb 4
~Blood Drive 10am3pm
~Baseball at Contra
Costa
~PBC Mtg, 2:10pm,
Bldg 2, Rm 10
~Men’s Basketball at
Ohlone College, 5pm
Thu
Feb 5
~SparkPoint Grand
Opening 11:30am –
2pm, Campus Quad
~International
Students Welcome
Back Party 2pm-3pm,
Rm 3-104
~Baseball vs Mission,
2pm, Baseball Field
Fri,
Feb 6
~Baseball vs. Contra
Costa, 2pm, Baseball
Field
Regina Blok Retires
Photo Credit: Peter Tam
This past week, campus faculty, staff,
students, and friends gathered to celebrate
the career, and retirement, of our Disability
Resource Center Director, Regina Blok.
Several of Regina’s colleagues spoke
publically of her enduring impact and
legacy on campus in the service of students,
faculty, and staff. Regina was joined by her
husband Johann. Together they regaled those attending with stories of
their life in California and plans for retirement in Oregon and Florida.
It was a moving event with lots of tears. Some were tears of saddness
for a friend leaving. Others were tears of joy
remembering a brilliant career. A a retirment
gift, Regina received a crystal vase as a home
for the many flowers she surrounds herself with
everyday. And, a gift certificate to a restaurant
on the Big Island of Hawai’i where she and
Johann are planning a retirement vactaion in
the next few weeks. Goodbye Regina. You
were the best, and will always be missed!
Levi Clark Marshall was born to Anthropology Associate
Professor, Jessica (Einhorn) Marshall on December 31st.
Little Levi weighed in at 6 pounds, 1 oz. Mom and baby
are doing very well. Our Congratulations to Jessica and
her husband Steve.
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Ontiveros, New Counseling Services Assistant Submitted by Dean Kim Lopez
Elizabeth Ontiveros joins the Counseling Services department as their new
Division Assistant. She brings more than fifteen years experience supporting
executive level administrators in the corporate and higher education sectors.
Elizabeth holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in
Human Resource Management from San José State University and an A.A
degree in Accounting from Foothill College. Before joining Cañada College,
Elizabeth was the Human Resources Coordinator for Associated Students at San
José State University. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Bay Area, she
enjoys her free time by hiking and exploring the local park trails with her
husband Joe, crocheting, extreme couponing and is studying to obtain her CA
Real Estate Salesperson license. Additionally, she can speak some Spanish and a
can understand Tagalog.
Colts Baseball Update Submitted by Coach Tony Lucca
The Colts baseball team opened up the 2015 campaign with three
very impressive early season wins over three perennial California
State Championship playoff contenders. On tuesday, Josh
Eclavea was the winning pitcher in tuesdays season opener as
the Colts defeated the Blue Devils from Merced 4-2. Josh did a
fantastic job completing 8 innings and allowing 2 runs.
Offensively, the Colts worked together pounding out a series of
hits over the course of the game, which enabled them to pull
ahead of Merced by 2. Chris Miguel closed out the 9th inning
on the mound to show that he can do more than play third base
and do damage at the plate. Jason Marley was three for four at
the plate also throwing out a would-be base stealer in a tightly
played ball game.
On Friday, The Colts defeated the Reedley Tigers 9-0 at Colt
Field in the second game of the season. Elijah Saunders, the Colts starting pitcher, was
nearly unstoppable going 7 innings and giving up just 4 hits and zero runs. To make matters worse for the
Tigers, the Colts offense came to play. With some big hits led by Jason Marley, who's on a tear at the
plate right now, and Jacob Martinez, Cañada had the upper hand throughout the course of the game.
Ryan Cortez took the mound in the 8th to finish things off. He did a great job securing a win for the
Colts. Finally on Saturday, the stands were full and the sun was shining as the Colts defeated Sierra
College 17-6 at Colt Field. After a near hour long first two innings with numerous hits from both teams
the stage was set for what turned out to be a slug fest for Cañada Colleges ball club. The entire team
contributed to this big win against a tough competitor, but there were definitely some standouts amongst
all the stellar performances. Randy Ventura went 6 for 6 with 2 triples, a stolen base and scored 5 times.
Jason Marley went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI's and 2 stolen bases. Chris Hau, who came into the game in the 6th
to relieve Rory McDaid, threw 4 innings with 3 Ks and gave up 0 earned runs. This win puts the 17th
ranked Colts off to a great start going 3-0 this week. Next up your Cañada Colts are on the road Tuesday
2/3 at Contra Costa and then are back home on Thursday and Friday afternoon 2/5,2/6, facing Mission
and Contra Costa. Game times are all at 2pm. GO COLTS!
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ASCC’s Welcome Week Celebration submitted by Misha Maggi
Student Government
helped welcome students
back to campus this past
week during their biannual Welcome Week
event. They walked
students to their new
classes, helped them
connect to Student
Services, and provided
breakfast and snacks for morning and
night students. The first 100 people to visit the ASCC booth each day also
received a free notepad, pen, and pencil. Wednesday the ASCC greeted new
students to their Student Senate meeting which has a new day and time--every
Wednesday from 3:30-5pm in CIETL
Photo Credit: Peter Tam
Colts Basketball Update Submitted by Coach Mike Reynoso
The Colts went 1-1 this past week. They lost a tough road game at
Skyline on Friday night, as they saw their conference record drop to
5-2 (19-3 overall). The Colts are currently tied for first place in the
Coast North Conference with Chabot. This next week, the Colts
travel to Ohlone College on Wednesday for their lone game of the
week, as they look to get back on track after Friday's loss. The Colts
will finish their conference season with their last 3 of 4 games at
home (Feb. 11, 18, 20). All games tip off at 7pm. Please come out
and support the Colts. GO COLTS!!
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CAÑADA COLLEGE
Save the Date!
SparkPoint at Cañada College Grand Opening
February 5, 2015 | 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Please RSVP to: [email protected]
SparkPoint is a program of
This project has been made possible in part by a
grant from the Economic Security grantmaking
strategy of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Redwood City, CA 12/2014 - Cañada College provides equitable access to education and equal opportunity in employment. The College does not tolerate discrimination on the
basis of gender, race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or physical disability.
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national trio day
5th Annual Regional Conference
Saturday, February 21, 2015
8:00am—2:30pm
Cañada College, Building 6, Room 101
In February of each year, TRIO programs around the country are celebra ng 50 years of helping students achieve their academic goals! Join us for interac ve workshops, budge ng and financial aid ps, student-led ac vi es, alumni networking and mo va onal student and community speakers! Wear your TRIO gear and represent your program!
Please RSVP by Wednesday, Feb 18
th RSVP at h ps://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GT2QJ7P
OR by signing up with your respec ve TRIO program.
FREE breakfast and lunch!
For more informa on, please contact Candice Johnson at (650) 306-3369 or [email protected].
Featured Speaker
Michael Tubbs
Tubbs is an adjunct professor for Langston Hughes Academy in Stockton, CA. In addition to his role as an educator, he was elected in 2012 as the youngest city council member in Stockton’s history, earning more than 60 percent of the vote. Tubbs has interned at Google and at the White House, as well as earned a bachelor’s degree with honors and a master’s degree in policy, organization and leadership studies from Stanford University. He is a Truman Scholar and a recipient of the Dinkelspiel Award, the highest award given to undergraduate students at Stanford. Tubbs is the founder of The Phoenix Scholars at Stanford and the Summer Success and Leadership Academy at the University of the Pacific, and was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams as a speaker at TEDx San Joaquin and TEDx Stanford. He was honored as one of Black Enterprise’s Top 4 under 4, The Root's Top 25 under 25, and one of Reader Digest's 50 things to love about America. 5