This session is an expansion of our Ethnic Studies curriculum. African American History is one of two Gavilan College crosslisted classes approved by the CSU to meet the Area F Ethnic Studies graduation requirement. 

All are invited to become Ethnic Studies students in Max Speare's African American History Zoom classroom. Max is an associate faculty member of History at Saddleback College whose research engages with the relationship between race, death, and slavery in early New York City. His teaching centers the histories of African Americans, Indigenous peoples, and women in American history and ethnic studies.

Student Health Services is proud to announce our first in-house Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training. This course is open to all Gavilan employees and student workers. This is blended course format, which consists of 2-hours self-paced online learning prior to the 5 hour in-person training taught by Jessica Weiler and Ryan Shook, MHFA certified instructors.

Use this link to pre-register. Please register by August 22nd. Space is limited!

What is Mental Health First Aid and what does it teach?

• Mental Health First Aid is a three-year certification.
• MHFA is a skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to the signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge.
• Similar to physical First Aid and CPR, MHFA helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis is resolved.
• Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step Action Plan to recognize warning signs of a mental health or substance use challenge, provide help in a crisis and non-crisis situations and understand where to turn for additional assistance.

Join Human Resources Analyst, Michaela Gonzalez, to learn about the health benefits offered to employees. This workshop will cover the following health benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, voluntary insurance plans, employee assistance program, and other benefit enhancements.

In addition, we will review changes in medical benefit rates, which go into effect October 1, 2023 for the start of our new medical plan year.

Join us for the morning session and kick off the Fall 2023 semester.

Familiarize yourself with student resources and services that are key to student success such as food, housing, laptop loan, study space, transportation, and more! Note: El Centro sits up to 20 people. We will be staying open until 3:00. El Centro is located in Library 139. The door faces the CDC building.

Gavilan College has one of the most robust Noncredit programming from our neighboring community colleges. Our students are learning English for personal growth, better job opportunities, or continuing their education. But what is keeping them from transferring to our credit classes and program? Hear about our student experiences and learn what you can do best to support our students.

In this very interactive session, you will learn about college branding and graphic standards that lead to the college’s success with campaigns. You will learn about the 3 key components of a successful brand and graphics. This session is taught with a cognitive digital lens and what about a brand and graphics attracts audiences to take actions.

A trauma-informed care approach equips educators and support staff with strategies, skills and tools to better engage those with complex trauma. This workshop will focus on understanding how trauma impacts individuals and how to create a trauma-sensitive learning environment with the goal of equity and inclusion. It is our hope for faculty and staff to be provided with information and support to continue to develop their lens of tools and resources that enable them to foster and maintain effective student relationships and compassion through education. 

Decolonizing Education Reading Group Kick-Off: Join us for session one of a two-part reading and discussion group forming at convocation this fall.

We'll be introducing Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s outstanding book Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples.

Please join us if you want to:

• learn more about the power and importance of education and its impacts from an indigenous and decolonizing perspective
• enjoy meaningful discussion about true histories and how they shape our ideas about learning
• connect and relate to other people here at Gavilan College in ways that promote healing

Dis/ability. How can we commit to promoting access and quality mental health care for students? This workshop will focus on providing information about working with students with dis/abilities in order to reduce treatment barriers and increase accessibility. It will also provide basic information of mental health conditions that often coincide with disability diagnoses and offer information and tools to support your teaching and the student’s learning. 

Have you ever wanted to make your own ceramic cup or bowl? We would like to simultaneously introduce you Gavilan's student leaders, while building your own clay creations. Max Rain will give a 15-20 minute demonstration on pinch pot and slab construction techniques, and then for the remainder of the hour you will be able to enjoy conversation with incredible students while creating your own cup, mug, or bowl. There will also be short demos on various ways to texture your vessel, and how to make a functional handle. You can choose between 6 different glaze colors, and your creations will be fired, glazed, and available for you to pick up in September. Connect with students and your own creativity in a great way to end the day!