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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.

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.