Healing-Centered Engagement - Highlights from SPRING FLEX 2025 Episode 211
The Mt. San Antonio College Podcast
Release Date: 04/15/2025
Creating A Community of Belonging with Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries Episode 230
The Mt. San Antonio College Podcast
Since the 1980s, Father Greg Boyle has embraced his parish community with the radical approach of love, compassion, and humanity. He founded Homeboy Industries’ gang rehabilitation and re-entry programs to engage former gang members and others in need, in their own healing through building kinship and connection. At Mt. SAC, the Rising Scholar’s program fosters the potential and promise of formerly incarcerated or system-impacted students by providing wrap-around support through pathways at Mt. SAC. In today’s episode we are featuring a talk by Fr. Greg Boyle that was sponsored by...
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STUDENTS IN CONVERSATION: The Impact of Providing Open Educational Resources & Zero Textbook Cost Courses Episode 229
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Ensuring equity of access is core to the mission of Librarians- whether that is access to information, physical access to materials, digital access, or access to technology. So it is a natural fit for Librarians to provide leadership in creative methods to support student access to textbooks. In today’s episode we’ll talk about the many ways that faculty can impact student access to textbooks and instructional materials–including Open Educational Resources (or OER), zero textbook cost (ZTC) courses and pathways, as well as the long-standing library reserves textbook lending program...
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Accessibility By Design-Preparing Accessible Courses to Meet ADA Title II Deadline with Michelle Newhart Episode 228
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In this episode we'll hear from Michelle Newhart, Instructional Designer, that features a Spring Flex Day Session that she originally presented with Hugo Aguilera, Applications Training Specialist called Accessibility By Design-Preparing Accessible Courses to Meet ADA Title II Deadline. The session focuses on why accessibility matters, what the April 2026 deadline means for Mt. SAC, and how accessibility in Canvas is crucial to meeting this deadline. Some of the themes that are explored are the difference between accessibility and accommodations, how meeting the deadline can be...
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Making Online Teaching Easier with Support & Tools from the Faculty Center for Learning Technology Episode 227
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If you’re like many faculty, you’ve probably noticed the sharp increase in courses being offered online. This shift into the online learning space, especially after the pandemic, has made it possible for students to learn in more ways than just sitting in a classroom. It opens the door for students balancing work, family, and other responsibilities, but it has also brought new challenges for faculty as we think about how to design engaging and effective courses. Thankfully, here at Mt. SAC we have a small but dedicated team called the Faculty Center for Learning Technology, or FCLT. In...
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Competency Based Education (CBE) Explained Episode 226
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In our ever-evolving work to increase access to college education, Mt. SAC is one of seven California Community Colleges to pilot a new learning modality, Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education, or CBE. Through Mt. SAC’s Chancellor’s office approved and ACCJC accredited CBE program students will be able to earn an AA in Kinesiology at their own pace. CBE is outcomes-based so students learn and then demonstrate their knowledge and abilities through direct assessment. Although the modality and assessments are different, the classes and the rigor are the same. In today’s episode...
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Empowering Women Of Color In STEM’s Future Leaders Episode 225
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As Educators, we know that cultivating a sense of belonging and a supportive environment contribute significantly to student success. As you’ll hear, Women of Color have high graduation rates in STEM fields, but lower retention in employment - mentorship is one way to ensure support for women of color STEM students as they enter into STEM careers. In today’s episode, three women of color in STEM share their experiences, challenges, successes, and advice with the Mt SAC community. We will hear from Dr. Reegan F. Patterson, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental engineering at...
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Nurse Unseen - A Panel Conversation with Filipino-American Filmmaker Michele Josue Episode 224
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Today’s episode comes from a campus film screening and panel focused on Nurses Unseen, a documentary about the courageous efforts of Filipino American nurses who played a key role during the Covid 19 pandemic as they faced a resurgence of Asian hate and cultural invisibility. Following the screening, Mt SAC’s Equity Center hosted a panel discussion with the film’s director, Michele Josue, alongside Mt SAC’s nursing faculty Sophie Boquiren, Victoria Abatay Motoyer, as well as sociologist Dr. Anthony Ocampo from Cal Poly Pomona, who also appears in the film. The film is a...
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An Insider Look At Teaching Dual Enrollment Courses Episode 223
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Today we are taking on a topic that sits at the intersection of high school and college education: Dual Enrollment. With the increase of dual enrollment courses at Mt SAC and across the state, we wanted to explore the lived realities of the instructors who are teaching these courses and leading the way for high school student success at the college level. I had the privilege of sitting down with two seasoned instructors, Felix Jollevet and Sonya Masl as well as Mt SAC’s new Dual Enrollment Faculty Liaison, Candace Leuthold. We had a chance to explore what dual enrollment actually is,...
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Teaching Under Fascism: Ideological Framing for Learning and Science Episode 222
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How do political ideologies like fascism take shape, spread, and gain power over the way we think and act? Justin Freebourn, Ph.D. tackles this big question in this episode. He holds his ph.D. in Political Science from UC Riverside and has published work in the journals of Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. As Freebourn shares in his talk from Fall Flex Day 2025 called “Teaching Under Fascism: Ideological Framing for Learning and Science”, he examinates how social sciences can shed light on how political shifts can lead to erosion of...
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Happy Holidays From The Mt. SAC Podcast!
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We appreciate your support and hope you’ve enjoyed and learned from this season’s episodes so far! We will be taking a short break from releasing episodes over the coming holiday season. You can expect new episode releases when we return in the New Year, in January 2026. The best way to not miss our return is to make sure you’re subscribed to the podcast on your favorite listening app - if you’re not already subscribed. From everyone here at the Mt. SAC podcast - we are wishing you a safe and happy holiday season! Run Time: 2:00 min To Find the full transcript for...
info_outlineToday we bring you the highlights from Spring Flex Day 2025, featuring segments from our keynote speaker Dr. Cristobal Rodriguez who starts us off on the theme of “Healing-Centered Engagement”. You’ll also hear key moments from the sessions “Common Course Numbering,” presented by Kelly Rivera, “Healing and Empowering Rising Scholars”, presented by Graciela Padilla & Joe Louis Hernandez, Ph.D and “Future Healers Lead With Early Alerts”, presented by Kenny Yen & Yolanda Haro. Enjoy!
Resources:
Keynote by Dr. Cristóbal Rodríguez, Associate Provost for Equity-Centered Initiatives and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Related Resources:
Anzaldúa, Gloria. Borderlands = La Frontera : The New Mestiza. Ed. by Ricardo F. Vivancos Pérez and Norma E. Cantú. Critical edition. San Francisco, CA: Aunt Lute Books, 2021. Print. [At the Mt. SAC Library General Collection 811.54 An98b 2021]
hooks, bell. All about Love : New Visions. First William Morrow paperback edition. New York, NY: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. Print. [At the Mt. SAC Library General Collection 306.7 H764a]
Lorde, Audre. A Burst of Light : And Other Essays. Ixia Press edition. Mineola, New York: Ixia Press, 2017. Print. [At the Mt. SAC Library General Collection 814.54 L8849b]
Rodríguez, Cristóbal, Adam Amador, and B. Abigail Tarango. "Mapping educational equity and reform policy in the borderlands: LatCrit spatial analysis of grade retention." Equity & Excellence in Education 49.2 (2016): 228-240.
Common Course Numbering, Kelly A.F. Rivera, Common Course Numbering Coordinator, Geography and Political Science Department Chair, Professor of Political Science, and Academic Senate Legislative Liaison
Related Resources:
Common Course Numbering (CCN) Development and Faculty Engagement
Common Course Numbering Update (February 2025)
Cheryl Aschenbach ASCCC President and Erik Reese ASCCC Area C Representative, ASCCC Curriculum Committee Chair
Mt SAC Changes and Updates – Student Services page with updated legislative changes and how it impacts students
ASCCC Common Course Numbering (CCN) Development and Faculty Engagement Webpage – ASCCC Faculty CCN Resource
Common Course Numbering Project – Chancellor’s Office webpage
Common Course Numbering Task Force Report (December 2023)
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Memo: ESLEI 24-22 Common Course Numbering Update (April 15, 2024)
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Memo: ESLEI 24-53 Curricular Guidance and Information for Common Course Numbering (CCN) System Implementation (Phase I) (Sep 6, 2024)
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Memo: ESLEI 24-55 Common Course Numbering Implementation Allocations (Sep 23, 2024)
Rising Scholars, Graciela Padilla & Joe Louis Hernandez, Ph.D
Website: https://www.mtsac.edu/rising-scholars/
California Community College Rising Scholars Network Website: https://risingscholarsnetwork.org/
Early Alert, Kenny Yen & Yolanda Haro
Early Alert Instructions: https://www.mtsac.edu/it/earlyalert.html
News Article about Early Alert & Navigate App: https://www.mtsac.edu/newsroom/news/posts/2023-10-3-navigateapp.html
Navigate Website: https://www.mtsac.edu/navigate/
Run Time: 38:38
To Find the full transcript for this episode click HERE