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Page 2 News The Renegade Rip www.therip.com Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 Delano LRC ribbon-cutting By Sandra Terrel Reporter SANDRA TERREL/THE RIP Faculty, staff and community leaders join in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. BC’s Delano Campus commemorated its new Learning Resource Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Sept. 19. Faculty, staff and community leaders who have been instrumental in campus growth were in attendance. The occasion was marked with enthusiasm as Delano area students having accessible education has been a vision for many. According to Brian Rodriguez of Delano Rural Initiatives, the new center will permit enrollment of one thousand additional students. There are also additional plans which include on-site mental health specialists. BC’s newly appointed acting president Steve Watkin spoke at the event. He hopes the new building will be a place the community can gather and sees campus growth as a beacon of hope and a symbol of progress. KCCD Interim Chancellor Tom Burke spoke as witness to the importance of accessible education. He explained to attendees how he sees the changing footprint of the rural outreach. Former BC student and current KCCD president Romeo Agbalog told the group how the new LRC isn’t just a building, it represents an idea that he and others have envisioned for years. This concept was reiterated by politician and former Delano resident Rudy Salas who was also on hand to speak. He reminded the audience of how new programs are changing people’s lives as the seeds of their future are planted. Representing students at the ceremony was BCSGA president Cindy Miranda. SANDRA TERREL/THE RIP Brian Rodriguez explains how the new LRC will benefit the students. The LRC has already had a positive impact. According to campus librarian Elisabeth Sundby, students steadily use the center for a variety of reasons. After the event, staff were on hand guiding detailed tours of the facility during an open house. New baccalaureate program By Mason Almaguer Reporter BC’s new Research Laboratory Technology (RTEC) Baccalaureate program is a new opportunity for those who are looking for a career working with new and advanced laboratory technology. The program manager, Dorothy Mullen, had some time to talk about the benefits and skills this emerging initiative offers to its applicants. Mullen said that this program involves being more “hands-on” and “less theoretical.” Its purpose is to be able to teach students to go into a lab setting and “use equipment and maintain it.” Students in the program will learn to “set it up, [and] break it down.” When asked how difficult the program is she said that “if you’re someone who has an interest in sciences” then it would be a good option. “It’s geared towards community college students,” she added. Mullen also thinks this is a great chance for students. She elaborated, “I think it’s tremendous, a really great option to save money.” It is “cost-effective” and “a great opportunity for people who don’t want to go out of town.” Mullen outlined the jobs available to these graduating students, stating that students can become biological, chemical, environmental, and geological technicians. Mullen and other people involved in this program will “visit local labs in the next couple weeks to see what equipment they’re using” so they can get some ideas for what they should use. They are gearing the program towards what is currently in demand in the market. They will “tour the Kern County crime lab” and “Sun World in Wasco.” “The goal is for students to work jobs in the Central Valley,” said Mullen. If you want more information regarding this program, RTEC is hosting multiple information sessions for both of Bakersfield College’s baccalaureate degree programs, Industrial Automation and Research Laboratory Technology. Remaining sessions are on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m., and Friday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. Do not miss it if you’reinterested. All sessions will be held on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center building.
Page 3 News The Renegade Rip www.therip.com Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 Dolores Huerta Foundation By Hector Vizcarra Reporter The state of CA has awarded a $7 million grant to The Dolores Huerta Foundation to contribute toward The Dolores Huerta Peace and Justice Cultural Center. In celebration, a press conference was held on Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. in the Laborers Union Hall at 2201 H. St. Bakersfield, CA and in attendance was Dolores Huerta herself. Before the press conference, Dolores Huerta and members of her foundation looked around at the land where the center would be built. The 32,000-square-foot building will be at 2105 Eye St. in downtown Bakersfield. At the Laborers Union Hall, Camila Chavez, daughter of Huerta, State Senator Anna Caballero, Assembly Members Dr. Jasmeet Baines and Sabrina Cervantes, and California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas all spoke about the importance of having a building to honor the history of immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley area. Senator Anna Caballero thanked Governor Gavin Newsom and Rudy Salas for supporting the development of the building. Caballero when shared her hopes for the center when she said, “I’m particularly exciting about the youth leadership development programs and equitable educational opportunities to address discriminatory practices and alarmingly high illiteracy rates.” Dr. Jasmeet Baines then spoke about why she thinks building is significant. She said, “If we don’t invest in a place that represents our history, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.” The sentiment of unity was continued by Huerta herself when she said, “We want this center to be dedicated to the working people that feed us.” She mentioned that the center is to honor many different groups such as, the Indigenous, Native Americans, Mexicans, Okies who came from the South because of the Dustbowl, Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese [and other Asians.]” Huerta touched upon the importance of farmworkers when saying, “Often, we talk about essential workers during the pandemic and yes, our health workers, our firemen, our police men are essential workers, but the most essential workers of all are the farmers... because they feed all the other essential workers as well as the rest of the country.” Toward the end of the conference the team behind the center demonstrated an interactive AI generated hologram of Dolores Huerta that will be housed in the center. The Dolores Huerta Peace and Justice Cultural Center is projected to break ground in 2024 and be completed in 2026. Hector Vizcarra/The Rip Dolores Huerta speaks at Laborers Union Hall. Academic resources at BC By Marcos Huerta Reporter Some academic resources are available to help students with their schoolwork. There are many academic resources on campus and online to help students succeed in their classes. Bakersfield College offers The Writing Center, Tutoring Center, Math Lab, Net Tutor, and Pal. Each of these resources are easily accessible for all students. The writing center is in the Humanities building, room 207, and it is open to students Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. and Friday 8 a.m.-12 p.m. It helps students with any writing assignments they have. Students can set up appointments with tutors at the writing center to get one-on-one help with their assignment or any other questions they have. Students are also welcomed to come to the writing center if they want to do work from their classes. Another academic resource is PAL, if you aren’t familiar with PAL or never heard of, it stands for Peer Assisted Learning. PAL stem leader Maria Marcos Baltazas said, “The purpose of this is to break down material that may be hard to process as well as provide studying material for upcoming exams and labs.” There are PAL study sessions seven days a week both in person and online, they have a few locations depending on what a course is about. Baltazas also stated, “Students who come to study sessions tend to do better on exams, labs, classwork, etc.” Net Tutor is another option for students that is only online. Students can find and access net tutor by going to any course they are taking in Canvas, looking at the left side menu and clicking net tutor. There is no limit on sessions and the sessions include live tutors trained to assist students. The Tutoring Center is in the CSS building room 203, it is free to students, and they can go in person or online whichever they prefer. The tutoring center is designed to help students with any homework they have or a class they are struggling in. The Tutoring Center also offers online meet up times on zoom for students. BC also provides a Math Lab located in the GS building room 8. The Math Lab is specialized with helping students with their math homework. The lab is available in person Monday through Thursday 9a.m.-5p.m. and Friday 9a.m.-12p.m., and open to students virtually Monday 5PM-7PM, Tuesday through Thursday 5p.m.-8p.m., and Friday 5p.m.-7p.m.
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