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Mark Johnson

Executive Director, Marketing, Communication & Public Relations at Peralta Community College District
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BCC Announces EOPS Scholarship Recipient

Oct 26, 2020 8:21:00 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

Berkeley City College just announced that it has selected student Yanelit Madriz Zarate as this year's awardee of a $750 California Community College EOPS Association (CCCEOPSA) scholarship. A first generation Chicana student who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, Zarate was selected as this year's recipient due to her outstanding commitment not only to her studies, but to her community.

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Welcome COA’s New Financial Aid Director: Angie Harris

Oct 26, 2020 8:15:00 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

The College of Alameda has just welcomed new Financial Aid Director Angie Harris, an experienced higher education professional with nearly 20 years of experience. An Oakland native, Harris received her K-12 education with the Oakland Unified School District before attending UC Berkeley, where she earned a B.A. in Rhetoric. She continued her education at Cal State East Bay, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration.

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Berkeley City College Continues Virtual Mental Health Services

Oct 26, 2020 8:07:58 PM / by Mark Johnson -->


How do you offer mental health support and therapy during a pandemic? You have to pivot!

While traditional ways of doing therapy have shifted, the Berkeley City College Wellness Center is offering mental health services to students via Zoom. BCC is fortunate to have a four mental health providers, three trainees, and a licensed supervisor, a team that is committed to being in service to our most vulnerable students. 

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CoA Library Resources: Curbside Chromebook Pick Up

Oct 26, 2020 8:06:22 PM / by Mark Johnson -->


Since late spring semester when CoA received its first shipment of Chromebooks, the library staff and faculty have been working with the administration to check out computers for student use. At the start of the fall semester CoA’s library was the first in the district to roll out curbside distribution of library resources. Staff are coming in 3 days a week and have checked out nearly 100 Chromebooks to students so far.

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College of Alameda Answers the CCCCO’s Call to Action for Racial Equity

Oct 26, 2020 8:02:20 PM / by Mark Johnson -->


The summer of 2020 brought renewed attention to the violence continually perpetrated against the BIPOC communities in the United States. In response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubrey, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, the California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley challenged every college in the system to take action against structural racism through his detailed Call to Action. And the Peralta Community College District has taken this call seriously.

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Completion and Publishing of Guided Pathways Maps at Laney

Oct 26, 2020 7:54:26 PM / by Mark Johnson -->



Laney College, as a member of the third statewide cohort of the Program Mapper Project —a partnership between software developer Concentric Sky, the California Community College Chancellors Office and Laney College – completed its commitment this summer to create and publish program maps on its website.

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Berkeley City College:  Addressing Race Head-On

Oct 14, 2020 7:34:17 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

Over 100 BCC faculty, staff, and administrators came together for a day of professional learning centered around “Building Community and Advancing Equity and Racial Justice.” The event took place on August 21, 2020 and began with community-building activities first thing in the morning, followed by a greeting from the shared governance leads. Lasana Hotep, anti-racist educator and Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at the University of California, Berkeley, delivered a rousing and informative keynote presentation on the subject, “Antiracism is a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Core Competencies for Equity Advancing Educators.”

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Laney Teams Up with Community-Based Organizations for Student Employment

Oct 14, 2020 7:29:11 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

In an effort to have greater outreach to our student community and expand its bandwidth, the Laney Student Employment Services Center has partnered with several Community Based organizations and the City of Oakland to provide employment and career readiness services. Specifically, in partnership with the Oakland Housing Authority, the Employment Services Center is hosting a weekly hiring event spotlighting a different employer each week. As a result, approximately 17 participants have received employment! Additionally, as part of the Oakland Workforce Collaborative led by the City of Oakland, the Employment Services Center hosts a monthly hiring event for students and other Oakland residents. The first hiring event focused on Essential Worker jobs, and had 80 job seekers registered, with approximately 13 Laney Students, and 15 employers presenting their open positions.

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Laney College Welcomes Two New Acting Deans

Oct 13, 2020 9:30:00 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

Please welcome Laney’s two new Acting Deans: Laura Espino and Alfred (Al) Konuwa.

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Peralta Community College District Appoints Dr. Carla Walter as Interim Chancellor

Oct 2, 2020 5:29:13 PM / by Mark Johnson -->

On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at their regular governance meetingthe Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Carla Stalling Walter to serve as the District’s Interim Chancellor effective October 1, 2020 and continuing through February 2021 or until a permanent chancellor is hired. The Board approved the contract including an annualized salary of $314,943.  Interim Chancellor Walter previously served as the District’s Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration and started serving as Acting Chancellor for the District this past July. She brings more than 20 years of successful experience in financial administration and in higher educationincluding leadership posts at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District and State Center Community College District. 

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