Campus Center Building

President's Office

From the desk of Bernadine Chuck Fong

 

To: Foothill College

From: Bernadine Chuck Fong

Re: Extending the work to Saturday....

Date: December 12, 2022

 

Extending the work week to Saturday….

Now that I have your attention, here is what happened this past Saturday.  Some of us had the honor of witnessing the first certification of our Dental Assisting Apprenticeship class.  This nine member class met with their faculty every Saturday for the last 15 months in our new apprenticeship program.  This program would not have been possible if it were not for our director, Cara Miyasaki, and our faculty members, Raj Obhi, Lizzie Robertson, Rubi Lisalde, and Brina Dimas, working on Saturdays to teach the classes, and the development work of Chris Allen, our Dean of Apprenticeships.  What makes this program even more special is that our faculty are all graduates of our Dental Hygiene BS program and now they are teaching some of our newest students.  And what makes our students especially remarkable, as they are all employed in dental offices during the week, is that they drove to campus each Saturday for day-long classes.  In some cases, their parents had to drive them from distances as far as the Sacramento area, as well as Gilroy, and “hangout” in Los Altos while their students were in class (these students did not have drivers licenses).  This cohort is so representative of our students today, not the homogenous population when our college was founded (and you would see in our vintage photos in the admin. building).  They, and so many others, so clearly reflect how our broader community is changing and how Foothill is, too.  Congratulations to all!

Students in regalia in front of foothill library

And speaking of how we are reflecting our community, a special thank you also goes to all those who helped make last week's Holidays Celebration such a success!

For helping to celebrate Hanukkah: Mang-Ling Cho, Elisa Yanagihashi and Doreen Finkelstein; for helping us to celebrate Kwanzaa, our African American Network, and Dokesha Meacham, April Henderson, Adrienne Hypolite and Fountainetta Coleman; for Winter Solstice, John Fox, Skye Bridges, and the Social Justice Club; and Christmas, Erika Cervantes, Chris Custer, Danmin Deng and Antoinette Chavez. And, we definitely want to acknowledge our "actors" and entertainment, Nick Mubtean as Santa, Janie Garcia for leading our caroling, Laurie Scolari for "emceeing" our event and out student Daniel Velazquez for decorations, and Filipe Camacho with Pacific Dining.

Best regards,
Bernadine

Bernadine Chuck Fong, Ph.D.
Interim President, Foothill College
Senior Scholar and Director of Leadership Initatves, Stanford University

Governance at Foothill

Governance Memos

ph default text

Questions?
Please Contact Us!

Dr. Bernadine Chuck Fong, Interim President

650.949.7200


foothillpresident@fhda.edu


Administration Building 1900

Fall 2022 Office Hours

Monday–Thursday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Top