On May 13, Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson served as a judge on a panel of a “Shark Tank"-style business competition called “DreamLaunch.” Students from across the district participated by presenting innovative business ideas, which were refined through a series of workshops leading to a final presentation.
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On May 8, Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson participated in the 2024 Community College HigherEd Access Leadership Equity Scholarship (CCHALES)Research Collective Showcase. The showcase highlighted insight and implications from active administrative projects advancing racial equity in higher education.
Congratulations to Jamille Teer, who has just been elected to serve on the California Community Colleges Classified Senate (4CS) Board of Directors.
On May 3, Peralta's first graduation event for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders was held at Merritt College. The student center was packed with graduating students, and performances included a dragon dance, drums, and traditional music from the Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center’s Su Viet Ensemble.
The Peralta Online Equity Rubric was developedat the district prior to the pandemic, whichdrove instruction online. The Equity Rubricis used around the world, and by the UC system closer to home, to help design equitable online classes. The thought leadership that went into creating the Equity Rubric continues with the annual Peralta Online Equity Conference, now in its fourth year.
On April 26, Laney College held a ceremony to rename their baseball diamond and bullpen after two long-time coaches, both of whom are in the California Community Colleges Athletics AssociationHall of Fame. The diamond was named for former head coach Tom Pearse, while the bullpen was named after assistant coach John Martinez.
On Wednesday, April 24, Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson presented at the Foundation of California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Summit - Rise, Resist, Empower: The Unstoppable Movement for Queer and Trans Liberation, elevating the basic needs of LGBTQ+ CCC students.
On April 25th, Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson hosted a workshop attended by over 50 stakeholders across the district involved in the contract process, including classified professionals, faculty, administrators, and outside legal counsel.
In Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, Bell Hooks wrote, “The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.” It is this intention and the influence of teachers, thinkers, and writers like Hooks that led the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Executive Committee to select the theme for this session, "Radicalizing Spaces of Possibility: Faculty Leadership in Vision 2030".
Congratulations to Program Director Ben Nelson, faculty members Elizabeth Boegel and Brad Balukjian, and the entire Merritt College Natural History and Sustainability program, who recently received recognition from the U.S. Congress and a John Muir Award for Environmental Education Advocacy.
