Category: News
Career Education
August 31, 2018
Newly FAA-Certified Flight Instructors Credit Cypress with Test Prep
"The Federal Aviation Administration’s Certified Flight Instructor – Airplane Single Engine test is, understandably, a difficult one. Two recently accredited instructors, however, say they felt prepared for the challenge, thanks to Cypress College. Anond Thai and Eric Felix passed the FAA test after studying aviation under Capt. Ed Valdez at Cypress."
Career Education
July 30, 2018
Alumnus Trevor Hoffman Inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame
"Alumnus Trevor Hoffman is now Hall of Fame Alumnus Trevor Hoffman. One of Major League Baseball’s most-successful pitchers of all time, Hoffman was among six inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, and is one of 323 enshrined in Cooperstown. During his induction speech, Hoffman mentioned the importance"
Career Education
July 26, 2018
Cypress College Offers Drone Photography Class
"Did you know you could study drone photography here? We’re offering PHOT 235 in the fall semester! It will be held on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The CRN is 14368. For additional details, please check the class schedule. Classes start the week of August 20. Enroll through myGateway"
Career Education
July 24, 2018
Aviation Student Could Set World Record for Youngest Pilot to Fly Solo
"A Cypress College student’s aviation achievement last week could set a Guinness World Record. Fourteen-year-old Mohd Shaikhsorab flew solo out of Langley Regional Airport in British Columbia, Canada, July 19, after having only 15.9 hours of flying experience. This makes him the youngest person to independently fly a plane with the"
Career Education
June 8, 2018
Governor Appoints Faculty Member Jolena Grande to California Community Colleges Board of Governors
"Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Cypress College faculty member Jolena Grande to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. She is a long-time leader on the campus, including in her program and on the Academic Senate, and was instrumental in the college’s efforts to offer baccalaureate degrees. Grande has been a full-time"
Career Education
May 24, 2018
First Award of Bachelor’s Degrees at Cypress College’s 51st Commencement on Friday
"Friday’s graduation at Cypress College will feature the first cohort of baccalaureate-degree recipients and a record number of overall participants — nearly 600. The 51st commencement begins at 6 p.m. on May 25, 2018, in Gateway Plaza. A live video feed will be provided via Facebook Live and on the college"
Career Education
May 15, 2018
Cypress College Offers Four-Week Summer Theater Workshop
"Actors! Directors! Playwrights! Cypress College offers a four-week intensive course in creating theater! This workshop will cover various aspects of performance: acting, movement, voice, improvisation, puppetry, mask-work, and scene-study. The course also covers directing, script analysis, dramaturgy, and the basics of playwriting. The month-long workshop will culminate in a celebration of new"
Career Education
May 1, 2018
Two Cypress Faculty Members Honored at UCI Educator Recognition Dinner
"Cypress College faculty members Ann Sheridan-Solis and Adel Rajab are being honored at the University of California, Irvine’s 13th Annual Educator Recognition Dinner and Awards Ceremony on May 22. Solis, Rajab, and other honorees were chosen by UCI’s most academically successful transfer students who identified the faculty member or counselor from"
Career Education
April 30, 2018
Six Cypress College Faculty Granted Tenure
"Cypress College is pleased to congratulate six full-time faculty members from four divisions for completing the tenure process. They were recognized by the North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees at its April 24 meeting. ANDREW ALHADEFF Andrew Alhadeff has been the head coach of the Cypress College Men’s"
Career Education
January 24, 2018
MLB Inducts Alum Trevor Hoffman into Hall of Fame
"Cypress College baseball coach Scott Pickler once said of alumnus Trevor Hoffman, “He had it all in perspective. It wasn’t an accident that he got his 601 saves. It wasn’t an accident that he’s the best reliever to ever play the game. It’s not an accident that he’s going to be"