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The Art Gallery serves as a resource to develop an appreciation and understanding of the visual arts. It is an extension of the educational program of the Art Department and is administered through the Community Education Program and serves both the campus and community through its series of exhibits, informational brochures, and lectures. The Gallery presents works of excellence in many media with an emphasis on artists not generally seen in this area.
Housed in the former museum building near the center of campus, the Gallery is readily accessible during its scheduled exhibits every day from 12:00-4:00 P.M., except Mondays, Saturdays, and school holidays.
Santa Rosa Junior College Children's Centers operate a developmentally appropriate program for children of students enrolled in the Junior College. The Centers also serve as a model demonstration program for students studying Child Development and as an on-campus teacher training site. The program is funded by the State Department of Education and the District and provides subsidized child care to eligible families. Eligibility guidelines are established by the State Department of Education. Highest priority is given to "at risk" children and children from low income families. Fees, when applicable, are based on a sliding scale.
There are two centers on campus. The Infant Toddler Two's Center serves children from 6 months to 3 years old. The Preschool Center serves children from 3 to 5 years old. The Centers serve approximately 65 children. The Centers are open Fall and Spring semesters from 7:45 A.M.- 4:15 P.M.
Plans are presently under way for the construction of a new campus Child Development Center that will include expanded child care services. The new facility will be over twice the size of the current one.
The Community Education Program consists of courses and events designed to enhance the cultural, educational and recreational needs and to further professional goals of individuals in the community.
The program offers a wide range of non-credit fee supported courses. These courses are intended to supplement the regular courses and programs of the College and to offer the community organized instructional programs in areas that are of interest.
The Community Education Office also presents regularly scheduled Planetarium shows, Art Gallery and Museum exhibits, a Chamber Music series and an Arts and Lectures series with scholars-in-residence, faculty lecturers, music, guest lecturers, poetry readings and other special events.
In cooperation with the Sonoma County Courts, the Community Education Office also offers Traffic Violator School and a First Offender Drinking Driver Program. A large number of people referred by the courts complete the programs.
The office also coordinates community use of College facilities and the Senior Citizen Gold Card Program.
A separate schedule of Community Education offerings is published and mailed to households in the Junior College District for the Fall and Spring semesters. Information concerning any Community Education program may be obtained at their offices in the Community Services Building on the corner of Armory Drive and Elliott Avenue.
The Community Health Education Center is a learning resource facility serving the health education needs of Santa Rosa Junior College students and community members-at-large. By means of individualized (self-paced) instructional programs, students may complete credit courses in Human Anatomy and Physiology in the Center. Any of the great variety of media items or programs housed in the Center are available to anyone of college age at any time on a non-credit basis with no requirements or limitations on the time the user spends in the Center. The Center is open Monday through Saturday. For specific hours of operation, please call CHEC at 527-4207. A certified instructor is on duty in the Center during most open hours.
The Disability Resources Department provides specialized instruction and support services to students with disabilities at Santa Rosa Junior College via the programs listed below. To qualify for services, a student must have a verifiable disability and be otherwise eligible for admission to Santa Rosa Junior College. All Disability Resources students are assisted by a Specialist or Counselor in developing an Student Educational Contract (S.E.C.) each year and must make measurable progress according to College progress standards to continue in the program. Disability Resources Department Offices are located in Analy Lot, Building B and are open Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. For additional information, contact 527-4278.
The Disability Resources Department provides people with disabilities equal access to community college education through specialized instruction, disability-related support services and advocacy activities.
The Department's commitments are to:
The Learning Skills Program serves students whose special learning needs would make it difficult for them to succeed in college level classes without specialized academic accommadations. Students must qualify for services on the basis of a verifiable learning or communicative disability or an acquired brain injury. For additional information, contact 527-4278.
Students who wish to qualify for services on the basis of a learning disability are assessed by a Learning Specialist and must meet the following state-mandated criteria, measured by both formal and informal assessment instruments:
In addition to assessment, the Learning Skills Program offers academic counseling and remedial instruction in reading, spelling, writing, math, critical thinking and study skills through non-degree applicable special classes, tutoring, and computer-assisted instruction. Students with learning disabilities are also eligible for notetaking, reader and test facilitation services through Enabling Services. Students may be enrolled full-time within the Learning Skills Program or may take any combination of Learning Skills and mainstream courses.
Students who have communicative disabilities that inhibit progress toward their educational goals may receive specialized advising from a Speech/Language Specialist in the Disability Resources Department. Students may receive tutoring, special assessment, academic accommodations and referral to community agencies. Students with hearing impairments also have access to interpreter services in addition to the services listed above.
Students with a brain injury acquired due to trauma, tumor, neurological disease or stroke may apply for special assessment and advising with a Speech/Language Specialist in the Disability Resources Department. Services include registration assistance, academic advising, assessment, financial aid information, special classes, tutoring, academic accommodations, and computer aided instruction. All students must complete an initial interview process that requires written verification of brain injury by a medical doctor.
To make an appointment with a Learning Disabilities or Speech/Language Specialist, call 527-4278.
The Enabling Services Office was established in response to the needs of students with physical, communicative, psychological and learning disabilities.
Our primary goal is to enable students to participate in regular college activities, classes and programs. Services and special equipment are provided after an individualized assessment.
Services include academic advising, interpreters, notetakers, readers, test facilitators, transcribers, and early registration assistance.
Special equipment, in the form of multimedia and orthopedic devices, include: Braille tapewriter, Perkins Brailler, large print typewriter, cassette recorders, cassette speech compressor (allows student to speed listen), cassette tape library, closed circuit TV low-vision aid, electric page turner, talking calculator, electric and manual wheelchairs, Phonic Ear, TDD and accessible computers.
Enabling Services also issues adaptive parking permits and, assists with special transportation to and from the College campus. For additional information, contact 527-4386 (voice), 528-2442 (TDD).
Classes are designed to provide students with disabilities with individualized programs for physical fitness. Students work either individually or in small groups with trained student assistants. Adaptive Physical Education classes are available in: Body Conditioning, Aquatics, Functional Movement, and Wheelchair Basketball. Potential students and assistants are encouraged to contact the Adaptive Physical Education Office at 527-4470.
The High Tech Center for students with disabilities provides computer access for students with physical and learning disabilities through specially adapted hardware and software. Assessment and individualized instruction in the use of these adaptations as well as classroom instruction in word processing and cognitive skills is available. The High Tech Center is located in the Multi-Curricular Computer Lab in Barnett Hall. For additional information, contact 527-4890.
Project WorkAbility is a job placement program for students with disabilities. The program includes vocational counseling, career development, and job development and placement services. To be eligible, students must be able to qualify for Department of Rehabilitation services; WorkAbility staff can assist with this process. For additional information, contact 527-4274.
The EOPS Program assists low income and educationally disadvantaged full time students to achieve their academic goals at Santa Rosa Junior College through a variety of support functions which include recruiting, translating, assessment, early registration, counseling, special classes, advocacy, transition services and book awards. The EOPS Program attempts to create an environment which is responsive to the needs of our students and supportive of cultural diversity throughout the campus community.
The Museum serves to communicate the beauty and uniqueness of the cultures of Native American people. Changing exhibits feature the traditional art and technology of Indians from throughout the Americas with special emphasis on the cultures of California. An on-going Pomo Exhibit is always featured. The Museum offers guided tours to community and educational groups. Traditional dances and informative lectures are sponsored during the school year.
The Museum is an integral part of the Native American Studies and Anthropology curriculums of the Behavioral Sciences Department and is administered through the Community Education Program. The Museum staff works closely with the local Native American community.
Housed in Bussman Hall, near the Administration Building, the Museum is open during scheduled exhibits, weekdays from 12:00 noon - 4:00 P.M. For tours and information, call 527-4479. The Museum is closed on all school holidays.
The Puente Project is a one-year intensive counseling, mentoring and writing program for Mexican American community college students.
Puente's goal is to reduce the drop out rate among Mexican American students and to increase their transfer rate to four-year colleges and universities.
Puente meets its goals by training an English instructor/counselor team to conduct a rigorous and culturally supportive program.
Puente is administered through the University of California at Berkeley.
Named in honor of Dr. Robert S. Quinn, a former member of the Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees, the aquatic sports center has become a vital facility at the College.
Features include an enclosed 60 x 75 foot pool which provides eight lanes for competitive swimming. In one building, which is 112 x 112 feet, it has a sliding roof which may be opened in two sections during warm weather. In addition, there is an outdoor water polo and diving pool.
Special adaptive physical education classes meet regularly as do lifesaving classes. Also, a wide variety of swimming classes are available through the Physical Education Department in both the day and evening College programs. A special time is set aside each day for a campus recreational swim period.
The Santa Rosa Training Center is an integral part of the Department of Public Safety at the College. The Training Center is located in Two Rock outside of Petaluma.
The Training Center assists Public Safety agencies in meeting the State mandated training requirements.
In addition to the Basic Police Academy courses, the Training Center presents specialized technical and advanced officer courses as well as those classes which deal with the training of supervisory and management personnel, certified by the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training.
The Training Center also offers State Certified Fire Technology and Fire Academy courses in addition to its pre-service fire program on campus. The Emergency Medical Care Department provides community and professional pre-hospital emergency care courses from First Aid through Paramedic Training. The Santa Rosa Training Center is certified by the Board of Corrections (Standard and Training for Corrections) to present a basic course in Correctional and Juvenile Counselor as well as in-service training courses and programs.
The Santa Rosa Training Center is also certified by the National Park Service to present a Basic Ranger Academy for Seasonal Law Enforcement Rangers.
The Santa Rosa Training Center is recognized as a leader in Public Safety Training in the State of California. Included at the site is one of the State's Department of Justice Regional Crime Laboratories for the convenience of local law enforcement agencies.
Information on the Santa Rosa Training Center's programs and presentations can be obtained by calling 837-8843.
The College Farm was founded in 1972 and named after Robert Shone, a former trustee of the College. Its 360 acres serve the diversified needs of the Agriculture/Natural Resources Department, including 50 acres of vineyard, 6 acres of apples, 80 acres of livestock pasture, 120 acres of timber, 50 acres of multiple use land and 60 acres for silage and hay production.
Since the original acquisition, a livestock barn and an equipment shed have been constructed. Community donations of labor, money and materials also made possible the construction of the Charles D. Belden Memorial Center, named for a former dean. The Center serves as the farm's headquarters and provides office space, an instructional winery and shop facilities.
The Board of Trustees have approved the construction of a new horse facility on the College Farm. The facility will include a covered arena, outdoor arena, paddocks, main barn/restrooms, round pen and hot walker.
The farm is managed and run as a commercial operation allowing nearly every student enrolled in agriculture and natural resources classes with an opportunity to "learn by doing." The Farm . . . where classroom instruction is put into practice.
Six-week and eight-week summer sessions provide instruction both in the day and evening hours for students who wish to complete their programs faster, enrich their educational backgrounds or make up deficiencies. Most classes are offered in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. Some are offered in other locations. Summer sessions are open to high school students. A separate Summer Schedule of Classes for the summer session is published and distributed.
Tutorial Center, a student-centered learning place located in Analy Lot, Building E provides tutors for any students needing assistance with course work in many subject areas, FREE OF CHARGE. The people who work in the Tutorial Center are knowledgeable students who not only have succeeded in the courses they tutor but who enjoy helping others succeed. You don't have to be in trouble to use the Tutorial Center. Many scholars use it to maintain A and B averages.
Also, if you enjoy helping others and can gain a recommendation from an instructor in the subject, the Tutorial Center would like to consider hiring you to be a tutor. Approximately 75 students are employed each semester.
The Vocational Projects and Services Department manages the college's GAIN (Greater Avenues for Independence) program, providing an array of case management and supportive services: orientation and referral to campus and community resources, advocacy, counseling, monitoring student progress, and diagnostic testing for learning disabilities. In addition, the department coordinates supplemental basic skills and Vocational English as a Second Language instruction for GAIN students, and acts as a liaison between students and the Sonoma County GAIN office.
The department also coordinates the New Horizons program for single parents, displaced homemakers and pregnant women. Services include advocacy, vocational plan development, and financial assistance with child care and other costs related to attending school.
In addition, the department manages the JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) Non Traditional Employment for Women project which supports economically disadvantaged female students who are in training for non-traditional careers.
The primary goal of the Vocational Projects and Services Department is to assist underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students attending SRJC. In support of this effort, the department also coordinates other projects funded by JTPA and VATEA (Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act).
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