Thursday, May 28, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #16 of Peralta Gems. Congratulations everyone for making it through the Spring 2020 semester...a term like no other. Congratulations especially to all who graduated. Nothing, not even a pandemic, can stop you from achieving your dreams!  #PeraltaStrong. --Mark Johnson

The Peralta Community College District is thrilled to announce the launch of Build Peralta, https://build.peralta.edu/, a new website focused on the District bond program. The voters of Alameda County have generously approved two bond measures supporting building and infrastructure improvement projects in the District. This website is the result of collaboration between PCCD, bond program manager AECOM, and 360 Total Concept, a consulting firm based in Oakland. The project team for the launch included:

Dear Peralta Community College District Faculty, Staff and Students, 

As you wrap up this Spring semester, you are no doubt trying to make plans for the coming Summer and Fall semesters. I would like to provide some information that may be helpful to you as you make your plans.  

We continue to work closely with local public health officials and the State Chancellor's Office while we serve the community and meet our mission. Like other community colleges across the state, Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College, and Merritt College will offer the majority of the courses and services this Fall 2020 semester as 100% online or hybrid (part online with limited face-to-face class time). Some courses that do not lend themselves to remote instruction easily, such as some career education laboratory disciplines, will be offered face-to-face where it is needed and safe to do so. Because we prioritize your safety, we recognize that there may be a small number of courses that will not be offered this Fall but we expect to offer them in Spring 2021. 

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #15 of Peralta Gems. Welcome to the "new normal" of week 8 sheltering-in-place. These times call on our best selves to be engaged, creative and to show up boldly for the community. I am so proud to be part of the Peralta Community College District because we ALL are all doing just that.  We

Got This - Together. #PeraltaStrong. --Mark Johnson

Monday, April 27, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #14 of Peralta Gems. We have been sheltering-in-place for 6 weeks now and it is working to "flatten the curve" and slow the spread of COVID-19. Here in the District, teaching and learning continues. Student services and counseling remain available online. What I am seeing across the Peralta Community is: You Got This. Students are adapting. Faculty are adapting. Staff and administrators are adapting. These times call on our best selves to be engaged, creative and to show up boldly for the community and we are all doing just that.  We Got This - Together. #PeraltaStrong. --Mark Johnson

Monday, March 30, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #13 of Peralta Gems. This issue contains important information about the District response to COVID-19 so please read closely. Thank you to everyone for your flexibility and positive attitude in these very stressful times. --Mark Johnson

Friday, March 20, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #12 of Peralta Gems. This issue contains important information about the District response to COVID-19 so please read closely. Last week was densely packed with events so this issue is being sent on Sunday March 22nd. Thank you to everyone for your flexibility, positive attitude, and continuing support in these very stressful times. --Mark Johnson

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #11 of Peralta Gems. This issue contains important information about the District response to COVID-19 so please read closely. But before we get to that, I want to reflect on "community." The District frequently states, "The health and safety of members of the Peralta community remains our top priority." And that is absolutely true.  Community can seem abstract and removed, but it is not.  We are the Peralta Community.  We are real people: Chancellor Regina Stanback Stroud, Laney College Bursar Kihn Tran, College of Alameda student Jaylan Campbell, you, me, all of us. And while there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Peralta community, we know concerns about the spread of this novel coronavirus are significant. From canceling face-to-face classes, moving up Spring Break, to closing the campuses and working remotely, we are the people for whom these decisions are being made. Thank you to everyone for your flexibility, positive attitude, and continuing support in these stressful times. --Mark Johnson

Friday, March 6, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #10 of Peralta Gems. Thanks to everyone who provided story ideas and photos, and thanks to Didi Fitzgerald for help assembling this issue.  Send your suggestions to Mark Johnson at markjohnson@peralta.edu. Much appreciated!

Friday February 28, 2020

Greetings Peralta Community!  Welcome to issue #9 of Peralta Gems. Thanks to everyone who provided story ideas and photos for this issue.  Send your suggestions to Mark Johnson at markjohnson@peralta.edu. Much appreciated!