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91³Ō¹Ļ’s Jonas Edman Chairs Panel of Community College Educators

91³Ō¹Ļ’s Jonas Edman Chairs Panel of Community College Educators

On May 16, 2020, Jonas Edman chaired a panel of community college educators with whom he worked during the 2019–20 academic year.
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Presentation by Dana Grisby, African American Studies, Laney College; courtesy, Stanford Global Studies

On May 16, 2020, Jonas Edman chaired a panel of community college educators with whom he worked during the 2019–20 academic year. The educators were fellows of Stanford’s community college faculty fellowship program, , coordinated by (SGS). EPIC is a program that brings together a cohort of primarily California community college faculty and academic staff from various disciplines to work collaboratively with Stanford staff for one academic year on self-designed projects aimed at developing global competencies and awareness among community college students.

The panel was one of two that was held during the ā€œIntegrating Global Topics into Community College Curriculaā€ online symposium. The featured EPIC Fellows on the panel were Lauren Arenson, Pasadena City College; Dana Grisby, Laney College; Humberto Merino-Hernandez, Cerritos College; Soraya Renteria, Las Positas College; and Citlali Sosa-Riddell, Pierce College. Short descriptions of their talks can be found .

In his closing comments following the panel, Edman noted how much he appreciated hearing about both the rewards and challenges of working with students in community colleges and also learning about the extraordinary diversity that exists among the students enrolled in community colleges in states like California.

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91³Ō¹Ļ is grateful to , Outreach and Academic Coordinator, SGS, for coordinating EPIC and for organizing the online symposium.


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