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December 22, 2022

Honors Luncheon

The College Honors Institute held its fall luncheon celebration in Crafton Hall. College Honors Institute ambassadors welcomed students and faculty and lead the group in fun ice breaker activities.

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December 22, 2022

Remembering Mike Horton: His Commitment 'Was Second to None'

The Crafton Hills College community is mourning the loss of its longtime Fire Academy mainstay and instructor, Mike Hor ton.

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December 22, 2022

Gratitude Event

On Nov 29 and 30, the CHC Student Senate invited students to enjoy treats, hang out, and add their thoughts on a poster with messages and drawings of gratitude for the work of college staff. A giant-sized horizontal poster, markers, crayons, cookies, and giveaways were offered to students as they wrote, doodled, and drew their expressions of gratitude on the poster.

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December 22, 2022

Equity and Inclusion Open Forum

Crafton Hills College held an all-campus virtual Equity Plan Open Forum for students and employees to discuss its equity plan. Dr. Delmy Montenegro-Spencer, Vice President of Student Services, moderated the discussion. Discussion questions included: What is missing from the Equity Plan? Does the Plan identify equity gaps? and Do you understand what the action steps are?

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December 22, 2022

Crafton Hills College Cross-Country Team Celebrates Inaugural Season, Sets Sights for Year Two and Beyond

Student athletes attending or planning to attend Crafton Hills College have a new option to choose from: cross-country running.

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December 22, 2022

Crafton Hills College Celebrates the Season Participating in the Redlands and Yucaipa Christmas Parades

Crafton employees, students, alumni, and their families joined the Crafton Hills College Fire Academy in two local holiday parades. The Redlands parade on December 3 and Yucaipa parade on December 10 drew hundreds of spectators excited to see the CHC fire engine adorned with festive decorations.

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December 22, 2022

Crafton Hills College Campus Tours

Campus tours are in full swing at CHC as high-school students continue to visit the scenic campus to help make the decision of what college to enroll in next fall.

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December 22, 2022

Coffee,Tea, and RegiSTIR Week

CHC's Outreach team hosted a Coffee,Tea and RegiSTIR open house between Nov 28 and Dec 1 to help students register for spring classes. One hundred eighty-three students stopped by for coffee or tea and advice. In total, 157 students successfully registered for the spring semester.

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December 22, 2022

CHC Professor Imparts Importance of Mentoring Foster Youth Students

A Crafton Hills College (CHC) administrator is making a difference in the lives of foster youth students through mentorship and advocacy. Rejoice Chavira, a 30-year counselor and current associate dean of EOPS, CARE, CalWORKs, Guardian Scholars, and Dreamers at the Yucaipa-based college, values the important work advocates do to help students reach their goals and find success in and out of the classroom, particularly through CHC's Guardian Scholars Program.

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December 22, 2022

CHC Outreach Team Spreads Holiday Cheer at Miracle on Main Street Event

On Dec 10, the Crafton Hills College Outreach department attended the Miracle on Main Street event to distribute toys to underprivileged children in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

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December 22, 2022

CHC Employee Holiday Celebration and Wrapping Party

Crafton employees celebrated the holiday season with a gift card drive and toy wrapping party on Dec 2. Refreshments were provided by the CHC Foundation to over 50 students and employees gathered to wrap 200 gifts for children of students in the College's EOPS and CalWORKs programs.

CHC Finish Line Scholars Cohort
December 22, 2022

CHC Finish Line Scholars Cohort

To welcome the new cohort of Crafton Hills College Finish Line scholars, the student success team, with support from the CHC Foundation, hosted a pizza party on Dec 1. The 15 students selected for the program this year learned about the requirements and rewards of participation from the dean of student services, Dr. Ivan Pena.

Student Art Exhibition
December 22, 2022

Student Art Exhibition

The CHC Art Department held a reception for the Fall 2022 Student Art Exhibition on Nov 30. The all-student art installation invited students to showcase their creativity.

The Rowan Knight
December 22, 2022

The Rowan Knight

The Crafton Hills College Theatre program had a spectacular opening night for the highly anticipated production of The Rowan Knight on Dec 2.

New Guided Pathways Counseling Model
December 22, 2022

New Guided Pathways Counseling Model

The Crafton Hills College Counseling Department has launched a new approach to advising students that will result in greater efficiency navigating the Guided Pathways model that the College has instituted.

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December 8, 2022

USC and DSA Visit CHC for Presentation & Tour of LEED Certified Projects

On November 15, Crafton Hills College hosted a presentation and campus tour for USC students studying construction management, architecture and design, state leaders in green building, and architects working on current projects within the district. The tour was focused on showcasing working examples of state-of- the-art sustainable facilities at the college.

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December 8, 2022

RUSD Roadrunner Road Trip

Rialto Unified School District had over 100 students from four high schools (Eisenhower, Rialto, Car ter and Milor) attend the very first Roadrunner RoadTrip on Nov 4. This was all thanks to Trustee Williams and the Career Coaches from each school. During this trip, the students learned about various student services as well as programs such as EOPS, Radiology, Respiratory and the STEM Center. Students were offered an optional campus tour during lunch including a visit to the Public Safety & Allied Health building.

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December 8, 2022

Foster-Care Students Get Life Skills Guidance Through I-City

On November 5, the Crafton Hills College EOPS/Guardian Scholars Program hosted the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services Independent City or I-City. I-City is an annual event that the County of San Bernardino Independent Living Program holds for 16-18-year-old foster youth to prepare them for independent living.

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December 8, 2022

CHC Student Senate Hosts Club Rush

On October 26, over 150 CHC students met representatives from a dozen campus clubs, competed for prizes, and enjoyed tasty items from the food trucks at Club Rush.

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December 8, 2022

CHC Remembers Cliff Cabanilla

The Crafton Hills College community recently lost one of its faculty pioneers, Cliff Cabanilla, who initiated Crafton's dramatic arts program when the College opened in 1972.

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December 8, 2022

CHC Partners with Metrolink for Mascot Video

Metrolink, Southern California's commuter rail system, invited Crafton Hills College, with mascot Ryker the Roadrunner, to par ticipate in its "Back to School" campaign. Southern California higher education institutions and their respective mascots set forth to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for a day of photo shoots and filming on November 15. Attendees included University of La Verne, UC Riverside, Pitzer College, CSU Northridge, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, and San Bernardino Valley College.

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December 8, 2022

2022 Native American Heritage Month Celebrations at Crafton

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate rich and diverse Native cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people.The 2022 Native American Heritage Month theme is "Revitalizing Indigenous Connections," which reflects on how the living bonds of history and culture must be continually honored, maintained, and renewed with each generation. Crafton Hills College celebrated all month long with various events centered around the culture and history of California's First Cultures. The events for 2022 all began with a land acknowledgement, which is a formal statement that a public event is being held on land that was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples.

Girl Scouts Learn about Careers in Public Safety
December 8, 2022

Girl Scouts Learn about Careers in Public Safety

Crafton Hills College collaborated with community partners to provide an outreach event for the Girl Scouts of the San Gorgonio Council.

Dia de los Muertos Altar Display
December 8, 2022

Dia de los Muertos Altar Display

On October 31, CHC student Franklin Florez and English professor Isidro Zepeda set up a Dia de los Muertos altar display in the Crafton Center lobby. The display was a collaboration between the College's multicultural club, art department, multimedia program, Latino Faculty Staff, Administrators' Association, and Zepeda's Chicano literature class. Both futuristic and traditional altars were featured. Zepeda explained that the two different altars "show the union of nature and technology and how together we can create something beautiful that doesn't destroy our planet."

Crafton Hills College Celebrates Veterans
December 8, 2022

Crafton Hills College Celebrates Veterans

The Crafton Hills College Veterans Resource Center honored veterans and their dependents from November 7 through November 15.