Recent Articles - Media Relations 
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Some of the articles collected for the past few semesters are re-published on our website. Many of these articles were published in local newspapers or in the Monitor, Ohlone's student-run newspaper. Earlier articles are available in our Articles Archive.
In addition, the Spotlight on Ohlone section of the Ohlone College website features articles about Ohlone College students, faculty and staff.
Fall 2009
- Teen is a big fan of Fremont - October 18, 2009, Inside Bay Area: Contra Costa Times - Call him crazy, but Anish Dave loves Fremont just as ardently as his favorite hockey and football teams. So when it came time to pick a university, the 18-year-old Irvington High School graduate tossed out his UC acceptance letters and enrolled in Ohlone College. And on Monday, he'll become the youngest member of the city's Human Relations Commission. "Maybe it sounds crazy, but I love the place I live," Dave said. "I know some people don't have that connection."
- Seniors learning about new-age communication methods - October 16, 2009, Inside Bay Area: Oakland Tribune - James Manuel moved to the United States just a few years ago from his native Philippines. Being several thousands miles from his homeland, he often makes phone calls to the islands where he grew up, sometimes to speak to relatives, other times to check on his pension checks. But international phone calls are expensive, and the phone cards Manuel purchased often didn't last nearly as long as advertised. Little did he know there was a cheaper and more efficient way to do things — over the Internet.
- Ohlone center trains students for jobs in green tech sector - September 25, 2009, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - Not only did Ohlone College receive platinum LEED certification for its Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology — the highest level offered by the U.S. Green Building Council — it also designed the campus to incorporate teaching of green principles and environmental issues.
- Sustainable Buildings as Teaching Tools: 4 Strategies for Integrating Buildings into Experiential Learning - September 24, 2009, Building Design and Construction - …The Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology [emphasis added] in Newark, Calif., has academic programs focus on the growing fields of biotechnology, environmental studies, emerging technology, and health sciences. The campus has received LEED Platinum certification and the alternative energy systems are highly visible to the entire campus population to promote environmental awareness and conservation.
- Ohlone College and Fremont Bank tee-off for golf tournament benefit - September 16, 2009, Tri-City Voice - Get your golf clubs ready to swing into action, as the picturesque setting of Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton is the venue for Fremont Bank and Ohlone College Golf Tournament. Now in its 25th year, this annual fundraising event, on September 21, benefits the college's Athletic Programs, Student Athletic Scholarship Fund and Athletic Endowment Fund.
- Colleges try to delay the pain, but some students hurting - September 10, 2009, Inside Bay Area: The Argus - Community college leaders know the other shoe will drop. Many are trying to control when — and who it will crush. California's 110 community colleges have been ordered to cut enrollment this year, despite record numbers of students packing classrooms. … Colleges are cutting as much as half of their EOPS budgets this year. At Fremont's Ohlone College, administrators have dropped meal vouchers for about 500 students, said Debbie Trigg, the program's director.
- Deaf Taiwanese’s Photography Displayed in Deaflympics Stadium - September 7, 2009, Deaf Nation - … His goal was to become a professional photographer, so he went overseas to the United States to attend two different colleges, Ohlone College and the Academy of Arts located in the greater San Francisco bay area in California.
- Move over Millenials: Computer classes offered for seniors - September 2, 2009, Tri-City Voice - While we are all trying to keep up with the digital generation, it appears our seniors are making leaps ahead of us into the new tech age. At a recent Ohlone College Computer Applications and Occupational Technology (CAOT) Advisory Committee meeting, Kelly Hess, the Newark Senior Center coordinator, provided some statistics and facts about the Newark senior citizen population. One statistic indicated that most senior citizens were not receiving relevant computer education training.
- Services center a one-stop shop for Ohlone students - August 29, 2009, Inside Bay Area: The Argus - The counselors were in Building 1, the nurses were in trailers, and some of the programs for disabled students were tucked so deep into Building 5, 'you needed a map just to find them,' said Ron Travenick, vice president of student development. But those days are over.
- Community colleges face cramming woes - August 21, 2009, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - A surge in corporate job slashing and cuts at state schools is straining the state’s 110-campus community college system. The local districts are being squeezed between a historic mission to accept all comers and the fiscal realities of budgets that are nonetheless being cut. That threatens a system that educates 2.8 million students a year, is considered the nation’s largest institution of higher education and is a major work force generator for California employers.
Earlier articles are available in our Articles Archive.
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