MJC Early Care and Education Laboratory and Parent Participation Program has openings
(Modesto, CA) – Modesto Junior College has a few openings available for preschoolers and their families in the MJC Early Care and Education program in MJC’s dedicated instructional setting on west campus. The Me-Wuk Child Development Laboratory and Parent Participation Preschool is accepting applications for their long-standing program serving preschoolers between 2 and 5 years of age and their families. Children will start in the fall 2014 semester and continue into the spring 2015 semester. Children attend Monday through Friday mornings, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., or Monday through Thursday afternoons, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The cost for a family/preschooler/family is $15 per day. If admitted, each semester a child is enrolled (fall and spring) one parent/guardian from each family is required to enroll in, attend, and successfully complete a 6-hour parenting class through MJC Community Education. Each semester, families are required to volunteer in the classroom. Applications are available online at www.mjc.edu/instruction/fcs/earlycare and are accepted year round. Applications for the next round of lottery selections are due by August 18th. Questions on enrollment in the preschool program may be directed to Sarah Ford at (209) 575-6329. -MJC- MJC Dairy Judging Team Places 3rd at the World Dairy Expo
MJC's Dairy Judging team takes 3rd place at the Wold Dairy Expo in Madison Wisconsin. The Dairy Judging team is comprised of Joya Lemos, A.J. Vaz, Michael Davis, and Mark Vieira. The team is coached by MJC Dairy Science instructor Bill Hobby. They competed against thirteen other colleges in the International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest on September 29th. Modesto placed 3rd with 2,089 points. Morrisville State College won the event (2,169 points) followed by SUNY Cobleskill (2,104 points). Fellow California School, Merced College placed 4th behind Modesto with 2,042 points. A.J. Vaz finished third high individual with 725 points, only seven points away from placing first. He placed in the top five in every breed. Vaz earned All American by finishing in the top ten. Joya Lemos scored 685 points finishing 12th overall, just four points from finishing in the top ten and earning All American. Lemos earned high Individual in Brown Swiss. This is Lemos's first year Dairy Judging. Mark Vieira placed 14th with 682 points and Micheal Davis placed 23rd. There were a total of 48 individuals in this competition. "Out goal was to have two All Americans and place in the top three high teams" stated Coach Bill Hobby. Continuing to sat: "This was the most difficult contest I have seen in eleven years of coaching, this was huge for us" MJC Dairy Judging team has now placed 3rd, 1st, and 3rd in three competitions this year. Modesto competes in the Post-Secondary division against other Community Colleges from around the country. In the Madison show, a team from South America competed against MJC. MJC has won a total of nine national championships and is know across the country as having one of the best schools for dairy judging. John Westberg [email protected] MJC Speech and Debate Team wins Sweepstakes Award at Golden Gate Opener
(MODESTO, CA)—The Modesto Junior College Speech & Debate Team won the first place Sweepstakes Award at the Golden Gate Opener held September 26 through Sept. 28 in San Francisco. The Sweepstakes trophy is awarded to the school that accumulates the most individual points over the course of the tournament. MJC students competed in events including parliamentary debate, individual events, and Lincoln-Douglas debate. The partnerships of Ron Thompson/Caterina Grossi and Megan Chatelain/Casey Shoblom represented MJC in the octo-finals and semi-finals of novice parliamentary debate. The students took home awards after only four weeks of practice, rising through the ranks of 26 other teams and debating topics including relations with Ukraine, recent ESPN scandals, and internet nationalization. MJC students also won top awards for their individual events. Extemporaneous speech students, using sources, have thirty minutes to prepare and practice a seven minute speech and Jon Sahlman proved he is a force to be reckoned with, taking first place in the extemporaneous open division. In the Novice division of extemporaneous, Chatelain took home third place and Shoblom earned a finalist award. Chatelain also garnered third place and Grossi earned a finalist award in the novice division of impromptu speaking, in which students have two minutes to prepare a five minute speech based on an unexpected prompt. In the open division of impromptu, Thompson took home a finalist award. Grossi was recognized as the top novice in persuasive while James Baugh achieved second and Sahlman took third place in open persuasive speaking. In novice dramatic interpretation, Rick Morris took third place with a piece that explores the tensions between father and son relationships. Baugh also proved his mettle in open after-dinner speaking, taking home a finalist award for his humorous speech on the Christian left. Sahlman took third place in communication analysis, a speech that critically examines the rhetorical methods of an art campaign about street harassment. MJC had unprecedented success in Lincoln-Douglas debate, in which students use evidence to argue for and against the designated topic. This year, the resolution is about developing earth’s moon for water, minerals, and energy. Students competing in the novice division were Jonathan Van Horn, Morris, Grossi, Chatelain, Shoblom, and Thompson. All six debaters went undefeated with 4-0 records in the preliminary rounds. These students closed out the event and took the top six final awards. Sahlman took home a quarter-finals award and Baugh went on to win a semi-finals award in the open division of Lincoln-Douglas debate. “I’m incredibly proud of the MJC squad,” said Ryan Guy, MJC’s new team coach. “Their work ethic and commitment to each other has shown that they are serious players in the speech and debate community.” The speech team will perform their events at Speech Night on October 7 at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. in the MJC Auditorium. The event is open to the public and tickets available in advance for $5 at the MJC Box Office. Tickets will be $8 on the day of the performance. The MJC team will travel to their next competition at Santa Rosa Junior College on October 10 for “another battle of eloquence, wit, and words,” according to Coach Guy. For more information about the team and upcoming events, contact Coach Guy at [email protected] or (209) 575-6110. MJC hosts Truck and Tractor Pull at Ag Pavilion
(Modesto, CA) – Modesto Junior College Agriculture and Environmental Science Division will host the annual MJC Truck and Tractor Pull on Saturday, October 11 in the Agriculture Center for Education Pavilion located on the MJC West Campus at 2201 Blue Gum Avenue in Modesto. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with pulling starting at 6 p.m. Tickets to this family-oriented event are for sale in advance online at http://mjc.tix.com and by calling the Auditorium Box Office at 575-6776. The Box Office is open Tuesday through Friday, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 for designated seating, $12 for designated and bleacher seating, and $10 for the standing room only section. The event is again expected to sell out so attendees are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance. Remaining tickets will be for sale on Oct. 11 beginning at 2 p.m. at the ACE Pavilion. All proceeds benefit the MJC Pulling Pirates Truck Pull Club. For more information contact Professor Todd Conrado at [email protected] or (209) 575-6214. -MJC- A new proposed Bike Path would connect MJC's West and East campuses traveling mainly on 9th street. The plan would use the newly built bike path on the Briggsmore overpass to connect to 9th street and than cut back up Tully to MJC. It would be a 2.3 mile bike and pedestrian path. This is a $700,000 project with most of the money coming from State and Federal Routes to School Funds. The rest of the funds will be from City Hall's plan to repave 9th street. Work would begin on this bike path starting in this spring or summer.
For full stroy go to: http://www.modbee.com/2014/09/28/3563279_bike-path-to-connect-mjc-campuses.html?sp=/99/1571/&rh=1 Modesto 4 Butte 0
September 26th @Modesto MJC Men’s Soccer wins second in a row defeating Butte (1-5-0) 4-0. The Pirates are 4-1-2 on the year with one win in conference. Modesto had four different goal scorers: Jose Lemus, Bruce Ocana (pictured), Andres Garcia, and Humberto Salcedo. Salcedo now has seven goals to lead the team. Shawn Bassi, Salcedo, Diego Duran, Edgar Lopez all had assists. MJC will face Santa Rosa (4-3-2) in Santa Rosa on September 30th for their second Big 8 match-up. The MJC Job Fair brought almost thirty six business that were looking to meet students interested in job opportunities. These business included: Best Buy, California Department Fish and Wildlife, Diamond Food Inc, Dodge Ridge, Mercer Foods, CVS Pharmacy Distribution Center to name a few.
“I was pleasantly surprised of the student turnout” noted Audra of Health Plan of San Joaquin. Other vendors were also happy with the amount of student traffic flow in the Student Center on East Campus. “Lots of people stopped to ask questions, drop by and see what our business is regardless of what their major was” Said Kathy Martinez of Novo Consultants INC. “Some students came prepared and dressed for the part, lots of students stopped and asked for more information, lots of action at our booth” At this job fair students were encouraged to bring resumes and fill out applications at the tables. Some came dressed for immediate hire while many were perusing the wide variety of different business being represented. The event was run and organized by the MJC Career Development & Transfer Center. The Transfer Center is located on East Campus in the Student Center. Looking for a job? The Modesto Junior College Career Development and Transfer Center invites MJC students and alumni to attend the Fall Job Fair on Wednesday, September 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the East Campus Student Center. The event is free of charge.
The bi-annual Job Fair provides MJC students and graduates with an opportunity to learn about current or future job opportunities from area employers and apply for open positions. Over 30 equal opportunity employers are expected to participate and most of them are recruiting for current openings for full-time and/or part-time, hourly or salary based employment opportunities. Students should bring multiple copies of their resume and “dress to impress” because some employers may be interviewing or hiring on the spot. For a Complete list of companies attending: UC Berkeley professor to speak on “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe” at MJC
(Modesto, CA) –The Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) will offer a presentation entitled “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe” by Alex Filippenko, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley on Friday, October 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mary Stuart Rogers Student Learning Center on Modesto Junior College’s West Campus. The event is open to the public (recommended for people over 10 years old), and both the presentation and parking are free. Filippenko is a world-renowned expert on some of the most dramatic fields in astronomy, including exploding stars (supernova), black holes, active galaxies and cosmology. During the MAPS presentation he will discuss the mysteries of “dark energy,” which makes up about 70% of the contents of the Universe. Dark energy stretches space itself faster and faster with time. The physical origin and nature of dark energy could be the most important unsolved problem in all of physics, and may provide clues to a unified quantum theory of gravity. “Many people fear that top scientists will talk above their heads but Filippenko has the ability to teach astronomy to audiences of all levels,” said Steve Murov, MJC professor emeritus of chemistry and member of the MAPS planning committee. “He combines the qualities of being a world class astronomer with excellent communication skills. We expect this presentation to be amazing.” Filippenko is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at UC Berkeley, an elected member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences and one of the world's most highly cited astronomers. He is the recipient of numerous prizes for his scientific research and was the only person to have been a member of both teams that revealed the Nobel-worthy accelerating expansion of the Universe. Filippenko was voted the “Best Professor” on the Berkeley campus a record nine times. He was named the 2006 National Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation. Filippenko has produced five astronomy video courses with The Great Courses, coauthored an award-winning astronomy textbook, and appears in about 100 TV documentaries, including more than 40 episodes of The Universe series. In 2004, he received the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. For more information about the MAPS program visit the website http://maps.events.mjc.edu/, the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Modesto-Area-Partners-in-Science/244618054801 or contact MJC Professor Noah Hughes at 575-6800 or [email protected]. -MJC- |