ARC is undergoing a comprehensive review as part of the process for reaffirmation of accreditation in 2022. The biographies for the members of ARC’s ISER Review Team are available online now.

All employees are invited to an Accreditation Open Forum on Thursday, February 17, from 9:45 to 10:45am. You will have an opportunity to share your thoughts and perspective with the ISER Review Team. ARC's senior leadership will not attend this forum. The link to join the Zoom webinar is lrccd.zoom.us/j/99530313642

Learn more about accreditation at arc.losrios.edu/about-us/our-history/accreditation 

Conference season has arrived, which provides a great opportunity to inform our collective goals. We are seeking all those interested in representing ARC to advance our institutional knowledge and exchange ideas with the higher education community. We identified a few conferences and secured funding to support team attendance. There will be limited spots per identified conference due to funding, so attendee selection will focus on cross-constituency teams. We recognize the conferences do not reflect all areas of interest, so the interest form provides a space for you to share a conference or training you believe has the potential to advance our collective efforts.

Click the button below to share your interests. The deadline to submit is February 4.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is sponsoring a new series for teaching faculty, “Transforming Assignments through a Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy Perspective​,” based on the work of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad and Kevin Gannon. This multi-session series has three different cohort options - the first begins Monday, February 7. See the online calendar for details and to register in advance.

Learn more about the current status of the Admissions & Records and Financial Aid redesign projects at a Zoom coffee chat on Wednesday, February 2, from 10:00 to 10:30 am. The Zoom meeting ID is 943 7126 5291 and the passcode is 607171.

Learn more at employees.losrios.edu/our-organization/departments-and-offices/student-services/admissions-and-records-and-financial-aid-redesign-project Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected].

Peer mentors and tutors are ready to help make this semester a success! Tutors can provide support in a variety of subjects. Encourage students to start early and build a relationship with their tutor to get help with subject-specific questions, assignments, or writing. To schedule an appointment, direct students to the tutoring webpage.

Even though the physical doors are closed right now, the Library is still available to support students with a wide variety of resources and services including: 

Students can check out physical books, including some textbooks, and pick them up via a safe and socially-distanced method. They can search OneSearch to find what’s available for checkout. 

Librarians are available 24/7 via chat. Students can access this service inside OneSearch or on the library’s homepage. They can also make an appointment for research assistance or send the librarians an email.

The library has an excellent (and growing) collection of electronic content to complement your class discussions, and research material to help with your course assignments. Visit the library’s Research Databases page to browse.

Students who plan to graduate or receive a certificate at the end of this semester (Spring 2022), need to submit their graduation petition by the Friday, March 4 deadline. For those that want to meet with a counselor before filing their petition, don't wait - they should make their counseling appointment today! Students can complete their online grad petition now.

You’re invited to join us for “A Conversation About the Importance of Truth, History and the 1619 Project” with Nikole Hannah-Jones on Wednesday, January 26 from noon to 1:30 pm via Zoom. The 1619 Project aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Nikole Hannah-Jones (pictured here) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. She has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the Genius Grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, and three National Magazine Awards. 

Please register for the event. More information.

Join FLC's Spring 2022 Racial Justice Book Circle as we read and discuss Bettina Love’s book, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, Love, an esteemed educator in urban schools, offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists. Following in the tradition of activists like Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and Fannie Lou Hamer, We Want to Do More Than Survive introduces an alternative to traditional modes of educational reform and expands our ideas of civic engagement and intersectional justice.

To accompany the book read, join your colleagues on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 pm via Zoom, starting Wednesday, February 9, to review and discuss the concepts addressed. RSVP now. We also encourage you to support BIPOC-owned businesses and authors by shopping at these local Black-owned bookstores - All Things Literacy and Underground Books. We hope you will join us as we continue our district's commitment to cultivating a culture of anti-racism on our campuses.

The Natomas Center Reading Across the Disciplines (RAD) program is offering time management workshops on Wednesday, January 26, at 6:00 pm and Thursday, January 27, at 4:30 pm on Zoom. Please encourage students to attend and start the semester off right by organizing their time and creating a study schedule. The online calendar has full details.

ARC’s Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program is hosting info sessions for students to learn more about its writing support services. The sessions will be held Monday, January 24 through Friday, January 28, 10:00 to 10:30 am and 2:00 to 2:30 pm each day. Students can join on Zoom to discover how WAC can help. The online calendar has details, including the Zoom link.