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COC Receives International Award For Anti-Racism Project

College of the Canyons was one of 25 winners to receive a 2024 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards 2024). The college was recognized for its Open for Antiracism (OFAR) project, which demonstrates how faculty can use Open Educational Resources (OER) and open pedagogy to make their instructional materials and teaching practices anti-racist. OEAwards recognizes distinctive open education sites, technological ...

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Santa Clarita Valley Chamber Announces New Law Employment Regulations For 2025

To ensure businesses are prepared for the 2025 legislative landscape, the SCV Chamber is set to present the only local, comprehensive employment law update for the Santa Clarita Valley. The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced its annual Employment Law Update, taking place at the College of the Canyons University Center on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Returning to ...

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School Board Races Staying In Line With Early Election Results

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School board elections across the Santa Clarita Valley continue to be close races, with a few decisive leads taking shape.  Santa Clarita Community College District Area 1 – Special Election After the sudden resignation of Chuck Lyon in June, Area 1 was added to the ballot as a special election to finish out his term. As of Sunday, Nov. 10, ...

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Runners Invited To Thanksgiving ‘Turkey Trot’

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The College of the Canyons Athletics Department invites community members of all ages to run, walk, or jog in the 16th annual Thanksgiving Day ‘Turkey Trot’ event benefiting the college’s cross country and track & field programs. At the event, participants will run a three-mile cross country course through the COC Valencia campus, beginning near Cougar Stadium, winding through the ...

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Scholarly Presentation To Explore Juvenile Incarceration

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College of the Canyons professors Katie Coleman and Mehgen Andrade will deliver the scholarly presentation “Behind Bars: Forfeiting our Children” on Thursday, November 21 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center (PAC). Coleman and Andrade will share their research on the social and psychological effects of incarcerating children. In the context of mass incarceration, the U.S. comprises 5 percent of ...

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COC Purchasing Department Receives Prestigious National Procurement Institute Award

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 For the fourth consecutive time, the College of the Canyons Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management (CPRM) department received a 2024 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) award from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI). The department — which was among this year’s 198 successful applicants from across the nation — received the prestigious award in October 2024. “We are ...

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EDITORIAL: The Termination Of College Of The Canyon’s Chancellor, Dianne Van Hook Is A Gigantic Black Eye For The Institution

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Editorial by Carl Goldman With the election only days away, we thought we’d posted our last editorial a few days ago. Then news came yesterday of legal action being taken against COC by former Chancellor Dr. Dianne Van Hook who is claiming wrongful termination. According to her complaint, the COC Board, led by Edel Alonso, “…… refuses to honor the ...

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Former Chancellor Van Hook Files Wrongful Termination Claims Against College Of The Canyons

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Former College of the Canyons (COC) Chancellor Dr. Dianne Van Hook has filed wrongful termination claims against the educational institution several months after her sudden departure. Van Hook, who served as Chancellor of College of the Canyons for over 36 years, has filed wrongful termination and Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) claims against the Santa Clarita Community College ...

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COC Board Member Missing In Action

COC board candidate Dr. Edel Alonso turned down two opportunities to discuss core campaign issues with her opponent, Scott Schauer, live on KHTS radio. KHTS invited the two candidates to join us for a one-hour radio forum to discuss the critical issues facing College of the Canyons. Schauer joined us, but Alonso turned down the invitation. KHTS invited the candidates ...

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Remembering Former COC Board Member Steven D. Zimmer

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Former COC board member Steven D. Zimmer, 77, died Saturday, Oct 26, 2024, surrounded by his family. Born April 7, 1947, in Whittier, CA, Zimmer grew up in several Arizona communities and El Centro, California. He graduated from UC Berkeley and Hastings School of Law.  Steven then joined the Peace Corps and served in Colombia. A real-estate attorney, Zimmer was ...

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