Message from CCC President Kimberly Rogers

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  • Student Emergency Fund Featured on Forbes Civic Nation

    CCC’s New student emergency fund has been featured on Forbes’ Civic Nation Voice blog! In a post published this morning, Sara Marcellino, Development Officer for the Contra Costa College Foundation, describes the program in detail: If an otherwise dedicated student suddenly goes missing from class or confides in struggling to continue, faculty members, or college counselors are…

    Graduates

  • Business Professor’s Estate Gifts $825,000 To College Foundation

    The Contra Costa College Foundation has received a gift of $825,000 from the estate of retired business professor, Stephen C. Schaefer. The donation will support Contra Costa College students interested in business careers and related campus support activities. It will also fund the Stephen C. Schaefer Scholarship, which will be awarded to business students transferring…

    Stephen Schaefer

  • Early Childhood Education Grad Jannika Wagner Says Stick With It

    Jannika Wagner has a message for you: “It’s okay to take baby steps.” “Think big,” she says, “and figure out the small steps to get there.” Jannika graduated from Contra Costa College recently, but she first came here back in the late 90s, when she took a dance course to satisfy a high school PE…

    CCC alum Jannika Wagner

  • Lavonn Ambeau Changed Her Life at CCC

    Lavonn was a stay-at-home mom. Her twins were born prematurely and their medical problems required special care. “I was on welfare,” she remembers, “living in the projects. I knew I wanted more for my kids. They couldn’t even go outside to play. But I knew nobody was going to hire me, because my skills weren’t…

    CCC Alum Lavonn Ambeau

  • Trixy Arambulo Found Her Calling at CCC

    Trixy Arambulo wasn’t sure what she wanted to do when she first came to Contra Costa College. She’d been studying kinesiology at San Jose State University, but decided it wasn’t for her and moved back home to San Pablo. Inspired by friends who struggled with addiction and mental illness, Trixy decided to take a Health…

    Contra Costa College alum Trixy Arambulo.

  • ‘Pay It Forward,’ Says Health + Human Services Grad Keith Hall

    For years, Keith Hall struggled with drug addiction and mental illness. “Three things come out of that lifestyle,” he says. “Jails, institutions or death. You’re looking over your shoulder for the cops, you’re looking over your shoulder for people trying to rob you. It’s no way to live.” Now, Keith is a mental health professional…

    CCC alum Keith Hall

  • Auto Services Professor Laura Salas Came to CCC as a Student

    Laura Salas grew up around body shops. Her father has been a collision service tech for over forty years. “He took me to work with him one spring break,” she remembers, “and I got to experience a full body shop work week. I was in love.” Laura knew exactly what she wanted to do with…

    Laura Salas

  • CCC Helps Healthcare Pro Better Connect with His Clients

    Michael Sarvi already had a bachelor’s degree from UC Davis and was well on his way to medical school when he decided to come to CCC. He was working as a Reproductive Health Specialist at Planned Parenthood and felt he wasn’t connecting with patients as well as he’d like. While looking into local programs, he…

    Michael Sarvi

  • CCC Journalism Alums on Pulitzer Prizewinning Team

    Two CCC grads were integral to a recent Pulitzer Prize win for Breaking News by the East Bay Times for their outstanding coverage of the Ghost Ship fire tragedy. Craig Lazzeretti, the East Bay Times metro editor, lead the coverage that began around 4:00 a.m. on December 3, and continued for two full weeks. He also had…

    Ghost Ship building

  • Carmen Santana Is the Kind of Role Model She Needed as a Kid

    Growing up in Richmond, Carmen Santana struggled with poverty, domestic violence and hopelessness. Her parents never graduated high school, and didn’t know how to help her succeed. She had to work a lot just to buy basics like clothing, and missed so much high school that she got kicked out of more than one. She…

    Officer Carmen Santana