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  • Renegades earn berth to compete for state title
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Office of College Advancement
Ohlone College
510.979.7941
www.ohlone.edu

For Immediate Release:

• Event:Smith Center Presents! Tao Lin, classical pianist in recital
• Date & Time: Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8pm
• Where: Ohlone College Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 43600 Mission Boulevard in Fremont
• Tickets/Info: $15 - $25; 510-659-6031; www.smithcenter.com

Chinese-American Pianist Performs in Honor of Chopin's 200th Birthday

Fremont, CA - In honor of Chopin's 200th birthday, Chinese-American pianist Tao Lin's March 20 performance at Ohlone College's Smith Center will feature the Ballade in G minor and the B minor sonata, along with works by Scarlatti and Mozart. A graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Tao Lin has performed in many cities across the world. Comments from critics include: "excellent facility and keen musical intelligence" (Miami Herald), "creative interpretation carried out with bravura technique and a prismatic sense of keyboard color" (Coral Gables Gazette), "Tao Lin took "mostly familiar works and turned them into adventures for the ears," (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette). Recent and upcoming engagements include the Kennedy Center and National Gallery in Washington, DC and performances in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Saint Louis, and Miami.

The concert is presented by Ohlone College Smith Center Presents!. Co-sponsors include the Mission San Jose Rotary Club and the Fremont Marriott. Tickets are $15 to $25 and may be purchased online at www.smithcenter.com or through the box office at 510-659-6031.

For more information contact Walt Birkedahl at 510-659-6187 or wbirkedahl@ohlone.edu.

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    • Going organic can help resolve carbon emissions
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Ohlone College Gets Grant for Deaf Studies Lab

$200,000 from East Bay Community Foundation

Fremont, CA - A $200,000 grant from the East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) to Ohlone College will furnish and equip a newer, more fully developed Deaf Studies/American Sign Language (ASL) Computer Laboratory at Ohlone College.

Announced jointly by College President Dr. Gari Browning and EBCF President & Chief Executive Officer Nicole Taylor, the computer and language lab will serve deaf and hard-of-hearing students, ASL learners and ASL interpreters enrolled in Deaf Studies courses at Ohlone.

"This donation provides a crucial opportunity for the ASL Language Lab to give our Deaf and ASL students intensive language interaction that contributes to academic language development and social change," said Dr. Genie Gertz, Dean of the Deaf Studies Division at Ohlone. "In turn, this donation makes a significant contribution not only to the Deaf community, but also to the general cultural life of the society in which we all live."

The gift came through the foundation, which received the money from the estate of Evelyn Henderson, a former teacher of deaf students.

"We're pleased that Evelyn Henderson trusted us to fulfill her wish to assist the post-secondary education of deaf students with her estate," said Taylor. "Because of East Bay Community Foundation's knowledge of and familiarity with programs and organizations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, Ohlone College was promptly chosen as the recipient that could best utilize this grant to benefit the Deaf community."

It is anticipated that the facility will include 40 computer work stations and will serve more than 650 students who are enrolled in the Deaf Studies Division each year. The College hopes for the lab to begin serving students as early as fall 2010. The grant allows the College to move forward with its long -term plans to improve facilities for the Deaf Studies Division. Existing rooms will be modified into one large computer laboratory, complete with appropriate infrastructure and wiring to accommodate the technology and software to complete this project.

Evelyn Henderson was a former employee at the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, before it moved to Fremont in 1980. The School for the Deaf offers instructional and support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students from early childhood through high school. It is a separate institution from the College's Deaf Studies program, but the two institutions partner on deaf-related educational issues.

According to her former husband, Malcolm Henderson, Evelyn Henderson began working at the School for the Deaf in the late 1940s after graduating from University of California at Los Angeles. She discovered that she had a facility for learning and using ASL, he said. She worked with high-school-level students for a number of years at the School for the Deaf, at the Arizona School for the Deaf and in Los Angeles public schools before health problems limited her teaching activities. She was 80 when she died.

Her estate, which she entrusted to the foundation, came from a family inheritance, Malcolm Henderson said.

Taylor noted that in addition to fulfilling the legacy of the late Evelyn Henderson, the grant also is consistent with the foundation's focus on education to advance economic opportunity for East Bay populations in need.

The funds from the East Bay Community Foundation will be paid to the Ohlone College Foundation, a 501c3 organization (non-profit status in the U.S. Internal Revenue code) that exists to provide scholarships and other funding support to assist students and broaden educational opportunities and programs at Ohlone College.

The East Bay Community Foundation (www.eastbaycf.org) connects community needs in Alameda and Contra Costa counties with individuals, families and organizations interested in charitable giving -- and acts as a catalyst for change through leading initiatives, through advocacy, and through partnerships with business, government, and private foundations. Formed in 1928, the Foundation is a leading resource on charitable giving and community needs, stewarding more than 400 charitable funds and endowments.

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  • Freshmen impress in debut
  • Reggie Jones, 3 others named to All-Conference
  • Ohlone finishes league perfect

For Immediate Release:

• Event: Conflict and Hope in the Congo (DRC) - Ohlone College World Forum
• Date & Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2010; Discussion: Noon - 1pm; Q&A: 1pm - 2pm
• Where: Smith Center at Ohlone College, 43600 Mission Boulevard, Fremont
• Website: www.ohlone.edu/go/worldforum
• Tickets/Info: Free & Open to the Public

International Expert Discusses the Conflict in the Congo and Future Hope

Bridget Nolan.

Fremont, CA - The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began in 1997 and has claimed more than 5.4 million lives. What caused it? What’s fueling it? What is the impact of this conflict on its citizens and the wider world? These questions and many more will be discussed by guest speaker Bridget Nolan, as Ohlone College kicks off the first World Forum of 2010.

Bridget Nolan, an international expert on displaced populations, is a former director at Global Strategies for HIV Prevention working primarily in conflict and post-conflict settings among refugee and other vulnerable populations in Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Nolan recently returned from studying French in Paris and is now awaiting security clearance to begin working for the Foreign Service with the US Department of State.

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Because of their ultimate seeding, they will face off against the winner of the #16 Shasta College (11-14) and #17 West Valley College (14-14) game.  This game is played at Shasta this Wednesday.  This will also signify the soul possession of the Coast Conference championship. 

Some of the notables on this team are Reggie Jones (see Inside Bay Area news article about Reggie Smith ), who was named conference MVP and All State, Scott Clark and Lavon Gray were named All Conference and Quaran Johnson was named Honorable Mention All Conference.

Both games will be broadcasted live from our very own Ohlone TV station as a webcast.  Once the link is identified, this page will be updated.

Come out and enjoy the excitement, support our students, and think about something other than work! 

Ticket prices will be as followed:

• General Admission per game: $10
• Special population: $5 (Student, faculty; staff with valid Student ID; Seniors over 60; Children under 12)

- Chris Warden, Ohlone College Director of Exercise Science, Athletics, and Community Education.

As you may have heard, the Renegades were once again undefeated in Coast Conference North Division play, which signifies their first back to back undefeated season ever.  With that, they earned another Coast Conference Championship.

Some of the notables on the team are Jasmine Rubin and Ganeaya Rogers who were named Conference co-MVP's and both All State.  Crystal McLaughlin was also named All-Conference.  Ashley Valenzuela, Jayme Leftridge, and Elise Spain were honorable mentions.  The team is lead by Julia Allender, Conference Coach of the Year. 

Congratulations ladies and I am really looking forward to watching a great game this Friday.

Ticket prices will be as followed:

• General Admission per game: $10
• Special population: $5 (Student, faculty; staff with valid Student ID; Seniors over 60; Children under 12)

- Chris Warden, Ohlone College Director of Exercise Science, Athletics, and Community Education.

Because of their ultimate seeding, they will face off against the winner of the #16 Shasta College (11-14) and #17 West Valley College (14-14) game.  This game is played at Shasta this Wednesday.  This will also signify the soul possession of the Coast Conference championship. 

Some of the notables on this team are Reggie Jones (see Inside Bay Area news article about Reggie Smith ), who was named conference MVP and All State, Scott Clark and Lavon Gray were named All Conference and Quaran Johnson was named Honorable Mention All Conference.

Both games will be broadcasted live from our very own Ohlone TV station as a webcast.  Once the link is identified, this page will be updated.

Come out and enjoy the excitement, support our students, and think about something other than work! 

Ticket prices will be as followed:

• General Admission per game: $10
• Special population: $5 (Student, faculty; staff with valid Student ID; Seniors over 60; Children under 12)

- Chris Warden, Ohlone College Director of Exercise Science, Athletics, and Community Education.

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Ohlone College student Carlos Smothers soaring onto a national stage in Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown

By Carl Steward.

Friday, February 12, 2010 - Inside Bay Area: The Oakland Tribune .

In a development that is long overdue, NBA All-Star Weekend is opening its dunk competition to the masses. For the first time, high-flying regular joes will have their own dunk event alongside the pros today.

The timing is certainly right for Union City's Carlos Smothers, who was one of four men selected in a nationwide search - and the only one picked straight from his online video entry - to compete in the inaugural Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown.

The event will immediately precede the NBA players' dunk contest and will be shown on NBA.TV at 3 p.m.

The 21-year-old Smothers, a James Logan High grad now attending Ohlone College, has won some local dunk contests in recent years but admitted he still can't fathom what it will be like dunking at the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

"I've been in competitions before, but nothing of this magnitude with something like 100,000 people projected to be there," said Smothers. "It's like, 'Wow.'"

As if the venue doesn't provide enough pressure, Smothers and the other three finalists will be judged by LeBron James, former NBA power-dunk specialist Darryl Dawkins and underground hip-hop star Drake, with the winner to receive $10,000.

While contestants in eight cities from around the country - including San Francisco - were slamming head-to-head in recent months trying to be one of eight regional finalists, Smothers simply submitted an online video put together by some friends at BallIsLife.com . The video, with some of his dynamic dunks, propelled Los - his dunk moniker - into the semifinals.

Online voters then swept him into the finals over the past few weeks, perhaps checking out a number of his other dunking videos on YouTube.

"I didn't think I really had a chance, but I told a lot of my friends to vote for me," he said. "I guess it paid off."

Smothers played basketball as a freshman and sophomore at James Logan, but he bypassed his final two seasons because he said he didn't get along with the varsity coach. He hasn't played any college ball, but maintains he's still looking for a shot and believes he's worthy. At present, he plays in an adult league and gets in his share of streetball.

"I think I'm actually a better basketball player than I am a dunker," he said. "I just do it because I can do it, but I'd rather play basketball on a team any day."

Smothers started dunking in the eighth grade as a 13-year-old and realized he had a talent for it, getting high above the rim even though he wasn't that tall. Even now, he barely stands 6-foot-1.

"I don't work out with my legs or nothing," he said. "It's all natural ability."

Smothers' signature dunk is a 360-degree throwdown between the legs off two feet. Many of the best dunkers can perform that, but Smothers can go between the legs with either hand. He'll have a dozen or so other possibilities to choose from during today's finals.

He confessed that he and two other competitors - one from Los Angeles, one from North Carolina - are probably underdogs against Taurian "Air Up There" Fontenette from Hitchcock, Texas, who will not only be the local favorite but is the only dunker in history who has a documented 720-degree dunk on tape. That's right, two full body turns in the air before the slam.

"He's one of the best dunkers in the world," Smothers said. "So I'm just going to do what I do best, which is have fun, do my best dunks and hopefully I'll come out victorious. Maybe he (Fontenette) will sprain an ankle and miss all of his."

If nothing else, his five-day trip to the Dallas area is all-expenses paid, not only for him but his best friend, and they'll have choice seats for Sunday's All-Star Game.

Smothers is a die-hard Warriors fan who is still upset Monta Ellis didn't make the all-star squad. He was equally steamed when Baron Davis and Jason Richardson weren't picked in recent years, particularly Richardson, who once gave Smothers dunking tips at a basketball camp.

"I think the NBA has something against the Warriors," he said. "I guess with our record, we can't complain, but I'm still mad."

A winning dunk and a photo with LeBron would do much to ease his anger, he said. Maybe just the photo.

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  • Renegades avert disaster, defeat lowly Canada
  • Ladies remain perfect in league play
  • Padilla, #2 Ohlone baseball start season with a bang

The Ohlone College Athletics Department is raising money and BJ's wants to help! To help raise money, the BJ's restaurant in Newark will donate 15% of all food proceeds from all who print the BJ's Community Fundraiser flyer (PDF) ^*  and bring it to BJ's on:

• Monday, February 15, 2010
• 12:00pm - 9:00pm
• BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, 5699 Mowry Avenue, Newark (510) 456-3750 www.bjsrestaurants.com

There, you will find amazing food, fun atmosphere, and best of all, a lot of big screen televisions to watch.

The hours include lunch, so if you want to just grab a bite at noon, come for happy hour, and/or bring the entire and extended family for dinner, the choice is yours.  Just don't forget to print and bring the flyer!

All 11 Renegades Atheltics sports programs thank you in advance and we hope to see you then!

 ^* Available for Dine In or Take Out. Donation not available on happy hour specials or alcoholic beverages. To ensure proper credit for the fundraiser, please remember to bring the flyer with you!

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  • Kindle the fire against expensive textbooks
  • Waste spending gets trimmed
  • Hands-on learning
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  • Ohlone Comic: Spring Nightmare
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  • Chabot ends Ohlone win streak at 11

• Dates: April 5-9, 2010

• Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

• Cost: $2,500 (includes textbook)

• Location: Room NC-1102, Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, 39399 Cherry Street, Newark, CA 94560 (Maps & Directions)

• Register through Ohlone College Community Education - on the Courses page, "Solar Intensive Training" is listed under Professional Development

• Download Solar Intensive Training Course brochure (PDF), includes Course Content and Lab Outline

• Primary Audience:
• Previous work experience in: construction, HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical and/or Mechanical Engineering.
• Those with a background in: skilled trades such as construction, electrical, installation, and repair.

• Secondary Audience: Those looking to gain industry foundations to transition into solar careers such as: Management, Marketing/Sales, Engineering, Research, Purchasing, Customer Service/Administration.

• Go to Ohlone College Community Education (http://commed.ohlone.edu)
• In the Courses section, Solar Intensive Training is listed under Professional Development
• WIA case managers, call (510) 742-2303

1. Analyze solar photovoltaic system energy and building resources.
2. Critically assess solar photovoltaic system applications, site evaluation, design analysis, codes and materials, and methods of installation.
3. Investigate solar photovoltaic systems and their relationship with energy conservation, scarce resources and the environment.
4. Compare and contrast solar photovoltaic system energy sources and applications.

• High school diploma or GED
• College English
• College Math
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to tolerate heights (example working on building roofs)

• Dates: March 1-5, 2010

• Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

• Cost: $1,200.00

• Location: Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology, 39399 Cherry Street, Newark CA 94560 (Maps & Directions)

• Register through Ohlone College Community Education - on the Courses page, "Solar Intensive Training" is listed under Professional Development

• Hal Aronson, PhD: hal.aronson@gmail.com
• Mike Strykowski: mike4solar@aol.com

• WE CARE Solar
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  • Bake sale to raise money for dance crew
  • H1N1 vaccine arries on campus
  • 'In Debt We Trust'
  • Food Diva: Holiday delights to brighten your nights
  • Happy Holidays from the Monitor
  • How we went from St. Nick to Santa Claus
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  • A year in review: Winners, losers
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  • Renegades pillage the Vikings
  • Twohig, No. 19 Ohlone ready for 2010
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  • Swing away: Tweeting the news

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - Tri-City Voice .

Mozart, Chopin, Handel, Brahms--the great masters are alive and well, and closer at hand than you may think. For nearly 25 years the Music Department of Ohlone College has been bringing the joy and brilliance of classical music to Fremont through their wonderful orchestra.

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Friday, December 4, 2009
Office of College Advancement
Ohlone College
510.979.7941
www.ohlone.edu

For Immediate Release:

• Event: Ohlone College Chamber Singers
  Directed by Dennis L. Keller
  24th Annual Christmas at the Mission “Angel’s Breath”
• Dates & Times: December 12 at 8pm and December 13 at 4pm
• Where: Old Mission San Jose, 43300 Mission Boulevard in Fremont
• Tickets/Info: $10-$15; 510-659-6031; www.smithcenterpresents.com

Ohlone College Chamber Singers 24th Annual Christmas at the Mission

Fremont, CA - For 24 consecutive years the Ohlone Chamber Singers, conducted by Dennis Keller, have performed during the holiday season at Old Mission San Jose. The Chamber Singers have traveled to ten different countries on eight international tours and have performed in some of the most remarkable cathedrals in the world. However, they consider Mission San Jose their home and their most enjoyable performance venue. Over the years, the Christmas at the Mission concerts have grown to be an annual family tradition for many audience members who enjoy the intimacy of the setting and the almost mystical acoustics of the Mission.

This year's concert follows in the tradition of previous performances, allowing for plenty of opportunities for the audience to join the choir in familiar carols. This year's selections feature music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, contemporary arrangements of familiar carols, and a surprise or two (à la King's Singers)! For an additional treat the beautiful pipe organ, positioned in the Mission’s balcony, will be played by Chamber Singers’ accompanist Janet Holmes. This is an annual event not to be missed, and a new tradition to add to your holiday celebration.

The Ohlone College Chamber Singers are a 32-voice auditioned choir performing a wide range of choral pieces for the past twenty years throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Europe. The group was founded in 1985 by Ohlone College music professor Dennis L. Keller, who continues to serve as the conductor of the choral group.

For more information contact Jackie Whitehouse at 510-659-6158.

Friday, December 4, 2009
Office of College Advancement
Ohlone College
510.979.7941
www.ohlone.edu

For Immediate Release:

• Event: “Christmas Extravaganza”
  Ohlone Community Band, Wind Orchestra and Tuba Ensemble
  Special Guests: Silicon Valley Brass Band
  Directed by Tony Clements
• Date & Time: December 12 at 7:30 pm
• Where: Smith Center at Ohlone College, 43600 Mission Boulevard in Fremont
• Tickets/Info: $10-$15; 510-659-6031; www.smithcenterpresents.com

Ohlone Wind Orchestra Premieres Work by Bay Area Composer

Fremont, CA - A new three-movement piece, “Evergreen Christmas: A Symphony of Carols” by composer and arranger George Roumanis will be showcased at “Christmas Extravaganza,” a combined orchestra concert at Ohlone College. Roumanis has arranged music for television shows such as Twilight Zone, Mission Impossible, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now adding to his repertoire is this special holiday song composed for the Ohlone College Wind Orchestra.

George Roumanis has conducted and arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Sammy Davis, Jr. He fell in love with jazz at age 12 and soon became a jazz bassist. At age 18 he began playing with the big bands of Benny Goodman, Charlie Spivak, Les Brown, and Tommy Dorsey. After years on the jazz scene he moved from New York to Hollywood to compose and conduct scores for television and motion pictures. Since then, he has moved to Half Moon Bay, and his focus has expanded to classical music and opera composition.

Along with the debut of Roumanis’ piece, Christmas Extravaganza features the Ohlone Community Band, Wind Orchestra, and Tuba Ensemble, directed by Tony Clements, and includes special guest the Silicon Valley Brass Band. Many well-known Christmas anthems will be showcased including “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Up on the Housetop,” “Go Tell it on the Mountain,” and “Festival of Lights.” Zawinul’s “Birdland” and selections from “Pirates of the Caribbean” are also featured.

For more information or a complete list of concert pieces, please contact Jackie Whitehouse at 510-659-6158 or visit www.smithcenterpresents.com.

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  • Lady Renegades edge out Foothill in OT
  • Men's basketball splits their last two games
  • Renegades to perform encore in 2010?