Thuy Thi Nguyen
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My labor-of-love report for friends, colleagues at the CA community colleges (relevant to other CA public entities also) - to provide tools & ward off any chilling effect of the
#SCOTUS
decision ⚖️
#KeepingTheFaith
#EquitableProtectionPrinciple
📢 Now LIVE!
@ThuyThiTweets
's report "The Equitable Protection Principle: How California Community Colleges Can Make Progress Toward Racial Equity in Today's Legal Climate"
Access the report here:
@CollegeFutures
#AffirmativeAction
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Ladies, if he:
- increases your life earnings by $400,000 on average
- transforms your life and helps you grow
- supports you with financial aid and services
- accepts you unconditionally
He's not your man. He's a California community college!
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I sometimes cringe when well-meaning ppl say comm-college is the “back door” to major universities. We are the front door (an “open door”) & studies show transfer students do better than 4-year natives at
@UofCalifornia
&
@calstate
!
#TheRatRace
harms our kids.
#admissionscandal
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@jmccarty_geo
Go “McCarty et al”!
An older white man sat in my office & explained law did not allow bond $ for technology procurement. Also kept calling me “girl.” I told him I am not a “girl” & showed him Code section. Btw, I was General Counsel at the time, and he was not even a lawyer.
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I will be on leave status from my role as FoothillPrez starting Nov. 1. Stay with me on this new chapter of my journey. New handle
@ThuyThiTweets
, but the same Thuy committed to racial equity (& having a little fun while doing the work). See my message to our college today. 💜
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Am hoping former President George Bush is listening to his friend, the former First Lady, and endorse VP
#KamalaHarris
. Country over party.
@GOPforHarris
.
@MichelleObama
: Who's going to tell Donald Trump that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those 'Black jobs'?
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We are having a moratorium on all college-wide & major division zoom meetings for the first 10 days of September.
#burnout
is real, especially with this long summer & no real break for colleagues.
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Foothill College ranked No. 1 online community college in the country.
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My letter to Foothill students: “Black Lives Matter at Foothill College”
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Communities & students of color deserve education equity. I humbly ask to be reinstated so I can join the college in that work. Let us have courageous conversations & actions to address structural/cultural/individual barriers & achieve our potential TOGETHER!
#UnfinishedBusiness
APAPA urges Foothill College Board Officers and Chancellor to reinstate President Thuy Thi Nguyen. She was placed on administrative leave before her contract end date of June 2022. See attached for support letter expressing concern.
@ThuyThiTweets
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I just love this Class of 2019!
🎓Class launched “Service Leadership” initiative last year.
🎓More than 2,200 degrees/certificates - a college record!
🎓Second cohort of baccalaureate degrees (BS in dental hygiene)
Hats off to the
#ClassOf2019
!
❤️🦉🖤
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I’m just a Viet girl, standing in front of a
#bobatea
place on her birthday, wearing an áo dải . . .
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Wow, an amazing Class of 2018!
🎓conferred more than 1,800 degrees & certificates (college record)
🎓conferred 1st baccalaureate degrees (BS in dental hygiene)
🎓celebrated Foothill College’s 60th Anniversary
🙅🏻♀️Selfie of graduates doing “Foothill Forever”! ❤️🦉🖤
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TODAY Foothill-De Anza Comm_College District (among 5) joins
@EloyOakley
@CalCommColleges
“filed suit against the Secretary of Education for her arbitrary exclusion of hundreds of thousands of California community college students from access to CARES Act emergency student aid.”
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Excited to join a “first-rate minds, first-rate hearts”
@GHS_law
firm as partner. Their legal prowess is impressive & their reputation for social justice and education equity is well-known. Can’t wait to use law tools to advance student equity in CA. ⚖️
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@CarolineDPham
Congratulations
@CFTC
Commissioner
@CarolineDPham
for receiving the Cornerstone Award at tonight’s National Conference for Vietnamese American Attorneys in NYC. 👏🏽 Such an inspiring, accomplished VietAm attorney!
#payitforward
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We would make so much progress on equity if we prioritize the needs of students (particularly students of color) over the needs of the institution.
#ThursdayThought
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My mother (fled Vietnam by boat in her 20s) raised 7 kids to be resourceful & community-oriented. A seamstress, she sewed my clothes when I was young. Yesterday, she sewed this mask from a t-shirt. Sums it up for me: diversity, students, & service leadership.
#HappyMothersDay
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Comm_colleges are "no longer the 'best kept secret'...but instead the "most powerful engine of prosperity." Dr. Biden calls upon comm_colleges to help the country recover.
We are ready to help
@FLOTUS
- a member of our comm_college family!
#NLS2021
@CCTrustees
@Comm_College
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@victorioustsui
Sister, pediatric nephrologist said a kid she’s been taking care of for a few weeks, she got to meet yesterday b/c kid was finally more awake. Signing letters w/ her hand because she has a breathing tube in her mouth. Kid was so excited when sister figured out she's
#BTSArmy
. 1/2
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“Bầu ơi thương lấy bí cùng. Tuy rằng khác giống nhưng chung một giàn.” (Oh squash, please love the gourd. Even though we are from different seeds, we share the same vine.)
Remembering our humanity, and respecting the people who feed us. Happy
#CesarChavezDay
“It’s ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.” -
#CesarChavez
#WeFeedYou
@UFWF
@Chavez_Fndn
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@victorioustsui
Kid was signing her fav is
#Butter_BTS
. Sister played Butter &
#BTS
playlist. Kid w/ breathing tube down her throat, mouthing words to Butter. Her whole face is singing & rocking to music. Sister got a few “I love you.” Kid was excited to be heard & "danced" in her own way. 2/2
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#HappyMothersDay
to my own mother who, in her 20s, had the courage to flee VietNam by boat in search of freedom with her husband & 2 children (me w/ ball). She resourcefully raised 8 kids in a foreign land & is now a U.S. citizen. [Only picture taken in VietNam before we fled.]
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Signed, sealed, and delivered. Getting ready to launch FOOTHILL COLLEGE PROMISE (free college for full-time, first year students) starting Fall Quarter (Sept. 24).
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VietAm refugees not only revitalized San Jose, but also helped build Silicon Valley. There’s a popular phrase in the
#VietAm
community.
“Chồng Tech, Vợ Ly”
Translate: “Husband in Tech; Wife in Assemb(Ly)” - referring to the community’s role in the making of Silicon Valley!
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Am so grateful to see such a significant increase in African American students this Fall Quarter: more than 2️⃣0️⃣% increase compared to last year!
#BlackMindsMatter
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My letter to Foothill students: “Foothill College Stands for a Democratic and Just Society”
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Dear Educators,
Please do not spend too much time arguing whether it is structural, cultural, or individual. Whether it is in the classroom or outside. Whether it is us or what students bring. Whether actions be public or private.
Answer: ALL OF THE ABOVE.
#BlackMindsMatter
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Got the news this morning...Foothill College achieved the highest form of accreditation reaffirmation!
Reaffirmed accreditation for seven years, with no out-of-compliance issues.
Elated and relieved.
#ProudPrez
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Just love this tradition: the Black graduates present the completion medal to the first-year
@FoothillUmoja
students! The Black graduates serve as the mirror of success for Umoja students.
#Harambee
#Unity
#MyHeartIsFull
❤️🖤💚
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Assembling the family photos for my talk tomorrow at Foothill College’s Gender Equality Teach-In. Will share stories about my mom (fled Vietnam by boat in her 20s) & grandma (illiterate in Vietnamese, yet started the famous Farmers Market in New Orleans).
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As of yesterday, the longest academic year ended for us (with an epic virtual graduation). Today, I celebrated and slept for 16 hours!
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Smiling to myself as I replay scenes of Foothill students telling me yesterday they got into
@UCBerkeley
. May need to come up w/ a
#TransferHappyDance
. Last year, got so elated hearing news about
@Stanford
that I recommended, I cracked my phone jumping to the news.
#proudprez
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Today is the first time meeting in person, my compadre
@deanza_college
President, Dr. Lloyd Holmes! Both colleges stand in solidarity to
#stopAsianhate
.
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Congratulations President-Elect
@JoeBiden
! Our country looks forward to decency and inclusion as values in the White House. 2020 is coming to an end, and 2021 is looking brighter.
#ElectionResult2020
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Not sure who did this, but walked into this beautiful spread in my office this morning for my birthday.
#MyCupRunnethOver
#iamfoothill
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Had the honor of serving as the emcee & introducing civil rights icon
#JohnLewis
at an event in Oakland where he was the keynote speaker. He had such gentle demeanor w/ a booming voice that shook the church as he spoke , symbolic of his impact:
#goodtrouble
#RIP
@repjohnlewis
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My name is Thuy Thi Nguyen (Nguyễn Thị Thúy). In middle school, I had thought about following a trend of VietAms giving themselves Anglo names to make it easier. I was going to be “Marissa.” The story resonates w/ many students at Foothill. Cannot imagine being a “Marissa” now.
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President Obama's Chief Data Scientist, DJ Patil - alum at sister college
@deanza_college
: "I know there's many more of you out there that got a boost from a community college and we need to make sure everyone knows about this crown jewel of our nation."
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It has never occurred to me as a college prez whenever I have offered to treat college students to a meal that I would treat them to McDonald’s and Burger King.
#JustSayin
#WhiteHouseDinners
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STUDENTS: An emergency relief fund has been established to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots for students who do not have internet access at home & loaner laptops are being made available to students who need them. The college is also ordering laptops to support you in the spring quarter.
Officially a “Virtual College” tomorrow.
Foothill College is ranked
#1
for online ed in the state (w/ high student success, including for students of color). We are the first comm_college to offer distance ed in the state (possibly in the country) 24+ years ago.
#WeGotThis
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Our operational definition of equity: success NOT be predictable by race. Our winter/spring quarters (virtual transition): not only did we not have a drop in student success, we saw ⬆️ AND no disproportionate impact for Ss of color w/ slight narrowing of gap for Black students!
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Went to our college campus this morning to get my bigger monitor due to my now poor eyesight. It’s only my second time since shelter-in-place. Miss the campus and the Foothill family! Trying to see the rainbow...
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@thel0rdbyr0n
Agree! We have an app where Foothill College students record their names prior to the start of the term & recordings are on the professors’ rosters for entire term.
Employees can record also & have as part of their email signature. Here’s mine:
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Transfer🎓Ceremony! This class launched
#ServiceLeadership
at Foothill. Please take good care of them,
@UCBerkeley
@Stanford
@calstate
@ucdavis
@ucsantacruz
@UCLA
@BostonCollege
@USC
@CalPoly
@ArizonaState
@ColoradoStateU
@UCIrvine
@JohnsHopkins
@usfca
@Yale
& the list goes on!
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Chancellor
@judycminer7
: “We are the girls from the ‘hood.”
Me: “with hoods”
🎓Girls from the ‘hood, with hoods!🎓
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If I had a dollar every time a student said to me:
🎓Foothill College was the best choice I never made.
🎓I don’t want to leave Foothill.
🎓Foothill saved my life.
🎓I miss Foothill.
🎓Thank you for running a great college.
#EndCCStigma
@ExecDirNCWE
@OCCPresident
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Today, 💔48th Anniversary
#FallofSaigon
& my birthday.
Today, I submitted this artifact for
@PDSoros
25 Anniv. project: only pix taken in VietNam before our family fled 1978. I was first in the family to see grandma in 1997 when I came back as part of Oakland trade delegation.
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Today is my 4th Anniversary. Before starting, I had a vision (a vivid image) of a large group of Foothill students (mostly Black & Pacific Islander male students). In their robes, they happily stormed the graduation platform all at once to greet me & receive their diplomas.🦉🎓
First Day! Vạn sự khởi đầu nan. (A thousand-mile journey starts with the first step.) Thuy (twee)'s first tweet.
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#ShelterInPlace
proves something I have long suspected, I am an introvert. I have comfortably not been out of the house (besides backyard) for 31 days now. Either that, or I am a GenX (latchkey/homebody) extrovert - a paradox, I know.
Any
#HomebodyExtroverts
out there?
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Today, celebrating hubby’s 25 years of judicial service - this very day to Municipal Court - and later to Superior Court, becoming the first Vietnamese American judge of general jurisdiction in the country. And where does he want to go to celebrate? 🥟 + ⚖️
#VeryAsian
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As VietAms celebrate
#Tet
#BlackHistoryMonth
, here is a piece of history: notable Black Americans signed ad page in 1978
@nytimes
to support Vietnamese refugees, despite polls showing majority of Americans not supporting admission into the U.S.
@PIVOTorg
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There are communities out in the streets to fight for the right not to be killed, while some communities are in the streets fighting for the right to be served.
#racism
#privilege
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Our Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustee voted unanimously tonight to support
@SenatorLeyva
’s
#SB291
(financial aid to cover non-tuition costs such as books & housing).
#TrueCollegeCosts
#RealCollege
@CalCommColleges
@EloyOakley
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Transfer Ceremony-Please take good care of our Owls,
@UCLA
@UCBerkeley
@SJSU
@CalPoly
@SFSU
@uofcolorado
@CUBoulder
@ucdavis
@UMich
@csunorthridge
@sacstate
@UCSanDiego
@csueastbay
@LoyolaMarymount
@ASU
@UCRiverside
@TempleUniv
@ucsc
@Stanford
@Columbia
@UCIrvine
@CSUMB
et al🦉🎓
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It may have been a very hot day today, but still a good day for a hot bowl of homemade Phở.
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“Give all HS students the opportunity to earn at least 12 units of college credit...prior to HS graduation. Ss who have these credits [e.g., dual enrollment] are more likely to attend college, do better once they get there...” Foothill
#EarlyCollegePromise
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Today is my 2nd Anniversary at Foothill College...feel extremely blessed to work for such incredibly talented, passionate faculty/staff & to serve some of the most extraordinary students. This is why I enjoy tweeting about them so much! ❤️🦉🖤
#ProudPrez
First Day! Vạn sự khởi đầu nan. (A thousand-mile journey starts with the first step.) Thuy (twee)'s first tweet.
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Helped walk students to find their classes on this first day of our fall quarter, and discovered this classroom on the way. My 4th year as prez, and am still discovering things at Foothill. 🤓
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Foothill College ranked No. 7 in the country by
@washmonthly
(only CA comm_college in top 20) - “Best Colleges for Adult Learners - 2 Year Colleges”
The U.S. News rankings favor exclusive, wealthy schools. Not us. Our 2018 college guide highlights the institutions doing the most to expand opportunity and social mobility.
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So proud of Foothill College students at our Transfer Ceremony. Please take good care of them,
@UCBerkeley
@Stanford
@Georgetown
@calstate
@ucdavis
@ucsantacruz
@UCLA
@ArizonaState
@VanderbiltU
@USC
@CUBoulder
@SantaClaraUniv
@Cornell
and the list goes on!
#GoOwls
@ProudPrez
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OMG, a family member just pointed out that President-Elect
@JoeBiden
had on the same tie today!
#OnEaglesWings
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Spending the weekend in SoCal, learning from & sharing with other API community college presidents nationally - thanks to
@csufcoe
& fmr Coast Community College District Chancellor Ding-Jo Currie. 2.3% of college/university presidents nationally are APIs.
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A selfie w/ Foothill College's 57th commencement class tonight! 👨🏽🎓👩🎓👩🏽🎓👨🏻🎓CONGRATs
#fhgrad17
!
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Deeply humbled to be listed
@nytimes
among
#GreatImmigrants
like Andrew Carnegie on our country's birthday.
#HappyJuly4th
🇺🇸
@CarnegieCorp
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I sure said this: ”serving homeless students is going to take a ‘systemic & institutional mind shift’ on everyone’s part. ‘We can no longer make the assumption that students come to us already with housing’. Summit attendance>110
#RealCollege
@hope4college
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A momentous occasion for
@krausecenter
as it opens the anticipated
#MakerSpace
w/ more than 100 visitors to Foothill today. Congrats
@catpunkin
@brumbaugh
@LisaTeachesTech
& the entire Krause Center for Innovation team!
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She was part of the platform party yesterday, and she’s going
#CardinalRed
next year.
@Stanford
admitted 24 community-college transfers nationally this year, and I got news yesterday that 3 of the 24 are from Foothill College!
#ProudPrez
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Two years - FREE tuition, free textbooks, free public bus pass for first time, full-time students! Classes start September 23.
#CollegePromise
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Just approved report to our accreditation commission. Amazed by the work of our college!
5️⃣9️⃣,5️⃣2️⃣8️⃣unduplicated headcount enrollment in 2018-19
3️⃣2️⃣,1️⃣0️⃣6️⃣unduplicated headcount enrollment in distance education.
8️⃣1️⃣% successful student course completion rate.
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Can’t wait to share my report on how friends, colleagues at the CA community colleges (relevant to other CA public entities also) can make progress on racial equity in today’s legal climate of Prop 209 and SCOTUS.
#KeepingTheFaith
#EquitableProtectionPrinciple
Join
@ThuyThiTweets
on Wednesday, July 19th at 12:30 PT for webinar discussing her report: "The Equitable Protection Principle: How California Community Colleges Can Make Progress Toward Racial Equity in Today's Legal Climate"
@CollegeFutures
Register at
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James Baldwin visited Foothill College on April 11, 1969. Our archivist sent us an old article in the school newspaper at the time.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Dedicating this to the awesome students, faculty, and staff at Foothill College.
#iamfoothill
First Vietnamese-American college president relies on refugee past to connect with students
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Officially a “Virtual College” tomorrow.
Foothill College is ranked
#1
for online ed in the state (w/ high student success, including for students of color). We are the first comm_college to offer distance ed in the state (possibly in the country) 24+ years ago.
#WeGotThis
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Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day. 🌺
That's the islands greeting that we send to you, from the land where palm trees sway. 🌴🎄🌴
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TY
@DrBiden
for shining light on the value of community college education! The community college family is so proud that a community college professor will be in the White House (again) and this time, as
#FirstLady
!
@CCTrustees
@Comm_College
@CalCommColleges
@ccleague
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A milestone for our college tonight, w/ the Strategic Vision for Equity (aka "Equity Plan 2.0") presented to the Board: a grassroots, college-wide plan (not required by the state) that took over 2 years to develop!
#RacialEquity
#EducationalEquity
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2nd Graduation -
#NationalSelfieDay
Wow, an amazing Class of 2018!
🎓conferred more than 1,800 degrees & certificates (college record)
🎓conferred 1st baccalaureate degrees (BS in dental hygiene)
🎓celebrated Foothill College’s 60th Anniversary
🙅🏻♀️Selfie of graduates doing “Foothill Forever”! ❤️🦉🖤
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Over the moon today:
@UCLA_Law
(my alma mater) &
@BoaltAdmissions
officially join the original 6 law schools to form 2+2+3
@CalLAWpathway
for 26 community colleges + 22 high school law academies!
@USCGouldLaw
@LoyolaLawSchool
@UCILaw
@UCDavisLaw
@santaclaralaw
@usflaw
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America is not a melting pot. It’s a HOT POT!
Lẩu - our family Christmas tradition ever since we immigrated as refugees to the United States.
#feelingthankful
A special prayer for all the asylum seekers this Christmas Day. 🙏
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Held my first college-wide
@zoom_us
briefing on
#Corvid19
. Great way to encourage employees to use
#Zoom
. Wow, 147 participants at one point. Will hold daily
#ZoomCoronavirus
briefings.
#SocialDistancing
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Our Spring Quarter enrollment is off-the-charts. 🤯 Over 450% in first-time students and more than 40% increase in high school, dual enrollment! There's still room with (virtual) classes starting next week (April 13). Register
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In light of a very rough start to 2021 (
#insurrection
and COVID surge), I am going to consider the events these past few days (and possibly the next few weeks) as part of 2020 & just reset the new year clock with
#LunarNewYear
!
#YearOfTheOx
>
#YearOfTheRat
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I love living in California. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Today, my father (a refugee) turned 70! Asked what was his 1st thought when he arrived: “I need a skill.” TY
@KsTechColleges
! Am proud Foothill has the largest community_college apprenticeship program in the state.
Btw, he loves weather-guessing: fated
#groundhog
birthday!
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There are certain social constructs that people say are impossible to change. With the “new norm” during this pandemic, now is the time to consider getting rid of what? How about
#daylightsavingtime
? What would you like to change?
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Haven’t seen Chancellor
@judycminer7
in person since March. Our version of a
#SocialDistanceSelfie
! Here together for the press conference
#SCCWomensAgenda
#WomensEquality2020
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One of the most recognized faces for Undocumented communities, Pulitzer Prize Winning author (and local kid)
@joseiswriting
at our Immigration Teach-In. TY for encouraging students to join Foothill College’s budding
@DefineAmerican
chapter!
#UndocumentedStudentActionWeek
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Look forward to presenting with our college colleagues at this "Courageous Leadership" webinar on Thursday at noon!
#Equity
To register,
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