Category: Career Education

May 18, 2015
#CY: Meet Stacy Aspaturian
"See Why We’re Proud…. Meet Stacy – If you dream of it, go for it. Graduate of the Year candidate, Stacy Aspaturian, returned to Cypress College in 2011 (she was a student here in the late ’90s) after a 20-year career in international shipping. This time around, she enrolled with"

OC Weekly: ‘Stick a Fork in it’ Profiles Alum Gio Bolivar
"The May 18, 2015 edition of OC Weekly features Culinary Arts alumnus Gio Bolivar of Dory Deli in Newport Beach. In the piece, authored by OC Weekly’s Anne Marie Panoringan, Bolivar discusses, food, the culinary industry, and his educational preparation to go into the field. From Panoringan’s column: Where did you"

May 14, 2015
#CY: Meet Jason Ingels
"See Why We’re Proud…. Meet Jason Ingels – Jason was an auto-insurance underwriter before enrolling in the Cypress Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary Arts program in the fall of 2013. He joined to make a career shift – to transition to a more dynamic and creative field that would allow him to be"

May 12, 2015
#CY: Meet Phuong Austin Nguyen
"See Why We’re Proud…. Meet Austin – a Hotel Management & EOPS graduate of the Class of 2015. Austin will be transferring with a 4.0 GPA to Cal Poly Pomona where he plans to major in Hotel Management and minor in Spanish. Austin was nominated by a Cypress College faculty member"

April 29, 2015
Softball, Baseball Teams Both Hosting Playoff Series this Weekend
"Both the Cypress Chargers baseball and softball teams begin their 2015 championship quests by hosting a regional playoff series this weekend! The 2015 Orange Empire Conference champion women’s softball team (32-8) hosts 14th-ranked Rio Hondo College (22‐17‐1) in a best-of-three series, beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Here is the complete"

April 24, 2015
Bacarella, Lawrence Set for Board Recognition for Attaining Tenure
" Two Cypress College faculty — Russ Bacarella, of Automotive Technology, and Roberta Lawrence, from the Dental Hygiene Program — will be recognized by the NOCCCD Board of Trustees on Tuesday night for their milestone of attaining tenure. The Board meets at 5:30 p.m. on April 28 at the Anaheim Campus."

April 17, 2015
Cypress Head Coach Brad Pickler’s Scores Legendary 1,200 Career Victory
"Cypress College is blessed to have the most-decorated active women’s college softball coach in California Community College Athletic Association history. Head Coach Brad Pickler’s landmark 1,200th career win came with a 9-1 Charger defeat of Orange Coast College on Wednesday, March 18. The Chargers’ victory consolidates Pickler’s legacy, besting programs led"

February 3, 2015
TVB (USA) Visits Cypress College to Report on Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree
"TVB (USA), a Chinese-language channel appearing across the country, visited Cypress College on Tuesday to prepare a news report about Cypress College’s participation in the California Community College’s pilot bachelor’s degree program. Cypress College’s Mortuary Science Program was one of the 15 programs selected to represent the state’s 112 community colleges"

January 26, 2015
Long Beach Press-Telegram Highlights Mohr’s Milestone
"Last week, Cypress College women’s basketball Coach Margaret Mohr reached a milestone with her 300th career victory. The Long Beach Press-Telegram noted the occasion, adding background about Mohr’s local ties: Mohr starred for Long Beach State’s women’s squad in the mid-80s and was inducted into the 49er Hall of Fame in"

January 20, 2015
Cypress College’s Mortuary Science Program Selected in California’s First Bachelor’s Degree Pilot Program
"OFFICE OF CAMPUS COMMUNICATIONS Cypress College is one of 15 California community colleges that will offer a bachelor’s-degree program as part of a statewide pilot effort. The College’s Mortuary Science Program was selected by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, which voted its initial approval of participating colleges on Tuesday"