PreGrad Dinner Photos

The PreGrad dinner has come and gone. Title III Grant
Coordinator, Deb Parziale has posted some of Jon Degallier's
photographs of the event on her Picasa Web Album. Enjoy!

Treadway Retirement Party - Part Four

Mix and mingle at Dr. Treadway's retirement party.


Trustee Rich Watters; Rick Geha


Caryl & Alvin Dockter; Sue Rose (Fremont Symphony)


Martha Brown


Gil Joseph; Tina Miller


Tom Holcomb


Leta Stagnaro


Maru Grant; Anu Ganguly


Darren Bardell


Susan Myers


Jim Wright


Nancy Wright


Shelby Foster; Jill Rojas


Ken Steadman and Trustee Trisha Tahmasbi


John Becker and John Bernard (City of Newark)


Kay Harrison

Geoff Hirsch


Lesley Buehler


Jackie Whitehouse


Barbara Sloss (Fremont Symphony)


Supervisor Gail Steele and Mayor Bob Wasserman


Janet Holmes


Jill Rojas

Newly Tenured Faculty Honored with Celebration

Ohlone College honored 12 members of it's Faculty who have received tenure status Thursday May 22 in the lobby of Building 1.

President Doug Treadway and VP Jim Wright spoke at the event before each individual Dean introduced the honored Faculty members in their department.

Congratulations to everyone!



Sheryl Einfalt, Physical Therapist Assistant


Kim Stiles, Nursing


Poonam Khare, Nursing


Brenda Arteaga Reynoso, Counseling


Rosemary O'Neill, Counseling


Tina Mosleh, Business/Economics


Paul Mueller, Art


Tim Roberts, Music


Mandy Kwok-Yip, Counseling


Jeff Watanabe, Biology


Anu Ganguly, Chemistry


Darren Bardell, History

Mich "Coffee Cart Guy" Millich honored

Student Services threw a surprise celebration Tuesday afternoon honoring Mich Millich who runs the coffee cart outside of building one.

A big, well-deserved Thanks! for keeping us all awake.

Treadway Retirement Party - Part Three

Though the evening was a joyous one, at times it was clear that Dr. Treadway (seen here with his wife Carole) was deeply touched by all the well-wishing.

Almost all of the Family-Treadway were in attendance that night. Treadway noted in his speech that his son's family were in Colorado, awaiting the birth of what will be Dr. Treadway's fourth grandchild. He was a very happy grandpa when he spoke of the event and will visit this newest arrival this summer.


Dr. Treadway's grandson, Aidan


Dr. Treadway's grandson, Keelan


Dr. Treadway's daughter, Chris


Dr. Treadway's son-in-law, Griff

Treadway Retirement Party - Part Two

Speech... Speech!

Many a speaker with many a speech, all trying to say two things to Dr. Treadway:

Thank you and You will be missed.


Native American Indian Consultant, Andrew Galvan
leads a ceremonial prayer.


The audience joins Galvan in blessing Dr. Treadway
and his wife Carole.


Board Member, Bill McMillin.


Board Member, Trisha Tahmasbi.


VP of Instruction, Jim Wright.


Music Professor, Dennis Keller on behalf of the Faculty.


Gil Joseph from Buildings & Grounds.

Treadway Retirement Party - Part One

President Douglas Treadway's retirement party was this past Friday. We wish him all the best and hope he has a long, joyful retirement.

We have a more than a few photos to share with you. They will be posted through-out the week, so check back soon.







p.s. If you would like to sign "The Book" contact Sarah in the President's office.

Mencher has solo show in Dallas, TX

The Dahlia Woods Gallery in Dallas, Texas is currently exhibiting paintings by Ohlone College's own Art professor, Kenney Mencher.

Mencher paints in the style of realism and bases much of his work on Film Noir.

Originally from New York, NY, Mencher earned an MA in Art History from the University of California, Davis. He then earned an MFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.

Before coming to Ohlone College, He taught at a number of institutions, including the University of Chicago and Texas A&M University.

His work has been shown in New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas and several cities in California. Next up, Mencher will be a part of a two-person show at the Fort Collins Museum of Art in Colorado in March 2009.

To see more of his work, visit: http://www.kenney-mencher.com

Summer Power Reminder

Just a quick reminder. Beginning the week of May 26th the power will be turned off on Friday's during the summer break (except in key locations, including some Biology labs and more prominently, Hyman Hall).

Among other things, this means Faculty & Staff should make sure to clear out and defrost their mini-fridges each week.

On the other hand, if you like puddles and skunked food, please ignore.

Treadway, Chalkdust & Friends Rock the Jackson Theater

Chalkdust preformed in Ohlone College's Jackson Theater last night.

A photo essay (shaker not included).



President, Douglas Treadway tells the audience what not to do to his blue, suede shoes.


English Instructor, Mark Brosamer
and Math Instructor, Jeff O'Connell
want to teach you how to be rocks stars...


The crowd cheered the whole night!


O'Connell.


Brosamer


Stand by your man!


Follow the bouncing ball.





History Instructor, Heather McCarty joins the band on harmonica.


Staff Interpreter, Stephanie Pintello ditches
the "interpreter black" for a little Indigo Girls.


EOPS Counselor, Mzao Waters plays Hootie to
Chalkdust's Blowfish.


Associate Vice President, Leta Stagnaro;
Vice President of Instruction, Jim Wright enjoy the night's muisc.


Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Student Development, Jill Rojas chats before the show begins.


Title III Coordinator, Deb Parziale watches from the back.


Transfer Center Specialist, Frances Fon can't keep from laughing while Brosamer raps.


O'Connell plays with Val and the Evil Monkeys.


"...but it won't be make-believe, if you believe in me."

EOPS Awards Ceremony tonight

Faculty & Staff are invited to share in congratulating Ohlone's Extended Opportunity Programs and Services students tonight as they complete their academic goals. The reception will start at 5:00 pm and the ceremony will be at 6:00 pm in the Jackson Theatre.

For more information contact Director, Campus Activities & EOPS, Debbie Trigg at ex: 7376

Faculty & Staff awards in the works.

Ohlone College's Faculty & Staff may soon receive awards for their excellent work.

According to minutes for the March 19, 2008 Faculty Senate meeting, Jackie Whitehouse and Staff Development are currently developing criteria for two awards: Employee-Of-The-Year for classified staff and Member-Of-The-Year for faculty.

For more information contact: jwhitehouse@ohlone.edu

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• Celebrating your anniversary?

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Book drive to help children in Africa

Starting today, Thursday, May 8th, Faculty & Staff may donate unwanted books to Ohlone's honors society, Alpha Gamma Sigma in an effort to assist children in Africa. AGS will donate the books to Better World Books. The organization based out of Mishawaka, IN funds and supports literacy initiatives around the world.

Boxes will be placed under the AGS bulletin board outside the library, in the cafeteria, in Hyman Hall (upstairs and downstairs), and various other locations.

All books will be accepted, but AGS notes that textbooks and other educational books are needed most.

The book drive will continue through Friday, May 23rd.

For more information email: AGS@ohlone.edu

New cold front hits staff lounge

There is a big, beautiful, gorgeously glacial fridge in the staff lounge of Building 1.

Library gets larger budget with 50K for books

Great news for fellow bookworms employed at Ohlone; the library is getting more money for books!

According to the minutes from the Faculty Senate meeting on February 20, 2008, one planning agenda in the recent Accreditation Self Study focused on increasing the library's book fund from from$25K to $50K.

What's more, the minutes indicate that "this has been done." The result? $50K for books and $25K for periodicals.

For more information contact K.G. Greenstein at: kgreenstein@ohlone.edu

Kudos to Shelby and Lora for their art!

Executive Assistant in the President's office, Shelby Foster won an Honorable Mention in the ASOC / LIFE club's Environmental Art Contest. Her collage of colorful, recycled materials -- made to resemble wildflowers on a hill -- got the most votes overall, though not in any one category.

"I thought it would be interesting and I wanted to try making an art project out of recycled paper," Foster said. "The project turned out to be a lot more work than I thought and it changed while I was making it, but it was a lot of fun. "

Lora Williams, a Peer Advisor in the CalWORKs department, won Best Overall.

"What inspired the drawing was my two daughters," Williams said. "I look at them a lot and wonder what the world will be like when they are adults and they have there own children."



The other winners include:

Fred Hom for Most Relevant
Maria-Louise Javier for Best Use of Color
Richard Robinson for Most Original
Kol Parsons for Best Style

Each winner received a gift bag of green items from the LIFE Club and $25 in cash for each category ($50 for Best Overall).

Congratulations to everyone!

OCCCE wants Faculty & Staff to get involved

The Ohlone Center for Civic and Community Engagement (OCCCE) invites all Faculty, Staff and students to get involved with community outreach programs across the Tri-City area.

The OCCCE website features links to a number of organizations including (but hardly limited to): animal shelters; homeless and housing programs; LGTBQ issues; social justice programs and support networks for victims of domestic violence.

For more information contact Matt Freeman at: mfreeman@ohlone.edu or Heather McCarty at: hmccarty@ohlone.edu

Wishes of strength and hope to Jan Blanchard

Jan Blanchard, former Purchasing Director at Ohlone and one of the college's first employees, has developed pancreatic cancer.

We would like to wish her and her family all the best. We send our strength, resolve, fortitude and hope to her.

Blanchard was described by her friend Elaine Nagel as a "no nonsense lady who got things done. Her way." Nagel continued, "Some of the best equipment and furniture is still here because Jan knew (where) to get the best."

Blanchard currently lives with her daughter Nicole and her granddaughter Sherri.

Nagel is in contact with Blanchard's family. On Wednesday April 30 Nagel was told that Blanchard was comfortable. She had received a blood transfusion the day before which "helped her immensely," Nagel wrote in an email.

For updated information, visit Blanchard's website

Reporting contributions by Elaine Nagel

Departments will "cluster" together after Student Services Building is complete

Not only may your desk be under another roof when the Student Services Building opens, but thankfully, the people in your department may be closer... ah shucks.

According to minutes from the Faculty Senate meeting, the master plan for Ohlone's Fremont campus will soon initiate (carefully and slowly) what the senate and VP of Instruction, Jim Wright call "clustering."

We here at the FacStaff wanted to know more, so we asked Dr. Wright. Here's what he had to say:

"In 2004 the Board of Trustees approved master planning concepts for the Fremont Campus. This was in response to space on the Fremont Campus that would be opened up due to the addition of the Newark Campus and the new Student Services Building. The clustering concept for Fremont involves three academic areas. Two of these have had classrooms and labs in several different buildings and the idea of clustering is to bring their rooms together into one building.

"This involves the Science and Technology cluster in Building 8 and the Deaf Studies and ASL cluster in Building 6. The Physics Lab and the Engineering Lab will move from Building 6 to Building 8. The Deaf Studies and ASL classrooms and labs will move from Buildings 15, 5 and 1 to Building 6. The third academic area involved is the Fine and Performing Arts. They envision more of their classes being in Building 2 and trying to create more of a connection with the Smith Center.

"This is also part of the overall vision of the north entry to the campus becoming a third major gateway, with the old houses and portable buildings being removed and more parking added. This third gateway will be in addition to the south entry where the Student Service Building will be located and the exising up and down entry from the lower parking lots.

"One of the major planning concepts related to this is moving more parking to the upper campus level to create a north - south (flat!) pattern of foot traffic, in addition to the up-down pattern from the lower lots."