Cerritos College will be going through an Accreditation site visit, where 12 members of other colleges will come to the campus to evaluate Cerritos College on different areas. JoAnna Schilling, vice president of academic affairs, described Accreditation as a “A voluntary system of self-regulation developed to evaluate overall educational quality and institutional effectiveness at our institution (Cerritos College).” The team...

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Linda Lacy, Cerritos College president, recalls her time on the accreditation team for the City College of San Francisco, a school that is in danger of losing its accreditation, and how Cerritos College fares in comparison. Lacy said that the report has to remain confidential, but did elaborate on why San Francisco is penalized. “In all honesty, (it is) a...

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With Cerritos College going through accreditation review, many scenarios arise as to what will happen when worst comes to worst. Frank Mixson, Faculty coach of accrediation, said, " I feel like we're in a really good place, but you never know how a particular accrediting team will view your college." Accreditation is a process that colleges and universities go through...

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Students attended an afternoon Scholarship Workshop sponsored by the Re-Entry Resource Program, Mon. Feb. 9, for this purpose: to find ways to essentially get “free money,” to help defray the high rising costs of the educational systems they play to attend. With a deadline date looming to complete the online general scholarship application of Monday, Feb. 24, students sat and...

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Phi Theta Kappa capped off its Round One Fundraiser in Lakewood, Calif. for the Passion for Children Foundation on Thursday, Feb. 13. The Passion for Children Foundation provides sustainable and affordable healthcare to underprivileged children of Sierra Leone, West Africa. “We’re doing this for Passion for Children Foundation, where children (are) deprived of nourishment, food, education, even basic essentials for...

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The Cerritos College Financial Aid Office hosted the second of its four part fair in order to help raise awareness for students on different aspects of financial aid on Thursday, Feb. 13 in between the library and the office. "Basically we're trying to make sure that students around the Cerritos (College) campus are aware of all of their financial aid...

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In a back-to-back night for both the men and women’s basketball teams, they came away with both a win and a loss, respectively, all while raising funds for cancer Friday, Feb. 14 at home. Austin Pope, freshman guard, said, “A lot of people came out and supported us for our last home game. It was for a great cause and...

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Instead of singing serenades, like the Kabarkada Club advertised on Facebook, it decided to sell caricatures at their Valentine's Day booth on Thursday, Feb. 13 Ron Cordova, nursing major and president of the Kabarkada Club, was at the booth helping to draw cartoons for students.“We’re just drawing people,” he said. “(Drawing) has always been one of my favorite hobbies.”The booth...

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Ivanna Heredia, an accounting major, took a few hours of her time time on campus to donate blood to the American Red Cross on Monday, Feb. 10. “My little cousin has cancer, so I felt like it’s right to give back to some of the little kids that don’t have a chance,” Heredia said. The American Red Cross blood drive...

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ASCC is looking to choose a theme that would unite Cerritos College, as a whole. The "Making Waves" presentation was an event last Thursday that would help Cerritos College go down that road. Greg Hinkley, Sociology professor at Seattle Central Community College, was brought in from Seattle, Wash. to share his experience with what his college went through, as well...

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