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By Rachel Lopez + 3 others for Fullerton College Hornet - 14 min read
OC Sidewalk Vendors Struggle With Costly, Confusing County, City Permits Meant To Help
It’s 4:30 a.m. and 19-year-old Víctor Hugo is walking out the door from his home. The sky is dark as he drives 15 minutes to the fruit supplier warehouse in downtown L. A. to pick up the fruit he’ll need for the day. From there, he’ll drive to Fullerton to sell his freshly cut fruit cups. It’s roughly 40 miles...
By Rachel Lopez + 3 others for Fullerton College Hornet - 10 min read
Fullerton College president search troubled by allegations raised at board meetings
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The search has been ongoing for a president of Fullerton College since former President Greg Schulz accepted a position as superintendent at Citrus College on June 15, 2021. Conflicting concerns from the campus community about the search for president have drawn many attendees and speakers at Board of Trustees meetings in April, May and June. At the June 28 meeting,...
By Jorge Luna (Rachel as photographer) + 2 others for Fullerton College Hornet - 4 min read
FC decreases online courses nearly 50% for Spring 2022 semester
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Fullerton College is offering around 27% of its available courses for Spring 2022 online, despite nearly 50% of students that wished to remain either online or on zoom according to a survey taken in October with around a 14% response rate. Enrollment has also decreased for Spring 2022, with just over 10,000 enrolled by early December. Although the college was...
In 2022, the college is expected to see the deans of the four departments retire, making for a unique transition for the school during an already busy year with campus closures and reopening. As the deans prepare to retire in the upcoming year, the search for qualified candidates is being considered by a selection committee consisting of faculty, management and...
Fullerton College will apply for a student housing grant sometime in 2022. Unfortunately, nearly 53% of Fullerton College Students are housing insecure. Housing insecurities can range from houselessness to couch surfing, to sleeping in your car and more. Fullerton College Interim President Gilbert Contreras stated, at Fullerton College, they are "serving the whole student," which includes mental health resources, food...
Vaccinated Fullerton College students that submitted their vaccine status with the college by Nov. 15 were entered into an incentive program created by NOCCCD. Fullerton College will notify the randomly selected 5,000 winners before the end of this week. Winners will be awarded $200 in bookstore credit that can be used at the Cypress College or FC bookstore. The incentive...
Fullerton College was honored for its work in rewarding Associate Degrees for Transfer to Latinx students and named an Equity Champion of Higher Education for 2021. Awards were given out by the Campaign for College Opportunity to recognize California Community Colleges and CSUs in rewarding ADTs to their students. Nov. 16 marked the fifth annual ceremony CCO held this event....
By Rachel Lopez (Rachel as photographer) + 1 other for Fullerton College Hornet - 4 min read
Veteran Virginia Huscha leads by example
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Navy veteran Virginia Huscha calls her 6-year-old grandson Angel living in New York to check in. When she calls, he tells his “Nana” that he wants to grow up to be big and strong just like her, then proceeds to do 10 pushups. She laughs as this happens every time she calls. Huscha strives to succeed in life and set...
A new chancellor may soon be selected after the NOCCCD Board of Trustees interviews three finalists in review for the position sometime after Nov. 6. Finalists answered questions from faculty, staff, students and community members in open forums on Nov. 4. What does the chancellor do?The chancellor is the head administrator for the district and provides leadership for Fullerton and...
Wars have been fought over every resource that you can think of—tea, salt, and opium are just a few examples of commodities that humans have killed for. With climate change, humans will be fighting over basic resources like water instead of commodities. We have already begun to see this conflict arise in Southern Asia between China, India and Pakistan. If...
