Dr. Pamela D. Walker serves as vice chancellor for educational services at the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and leads the divisions of Academic Affairs, Student Services and Workforce and Economic Development.

Dr. Walker is a highly regarded educational leader with experience as a faculty member and administrator in the K-12 system, multiple four-year university systems and in the California Community Colleges. She came to the Chancellor’s Office from American River College after spending 12 years in positions as the dean of science and allied health, associate vice president for instruction, vice president for student services and interim president. At Cerritos College, she was the dean of heath, physical education, recreation, athletics and dance and interim dean of admissions and records. She also held the position of associate commissioner for the California Community College Athletic Association. Prior to her tenure in the California Community Colleges system, Walker worked at both public and private colleges and universities.

Walker is a tireless advocate for the benefit of education working throughout her career to develop programs of distinction to better serve students. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders and has taught graduate classes and served on numerous dissertation committees. 

Tim Bonnel

Specialist, Financial Aid
CCC Chancellor's Office

Online BOG Fee Waiver Application
Demo and Q&A

Explore the online BOG Fee Waiver application and get an overview on what it takes to implement the application at your college.  This session is specifically geared towards setting up the automated download file and using email rules to notify students of their preliminary eligibility status. We’ll review the 2016-2017 approved changes (CCCCO) released in January, and how to read and understand the CCCApply BOG Data Dictionary.

Audience:  This session is primarily geared towards Financial Aid and IT staff, but appropriate for anyone interested in the online BOG Fee Waiver application.

Rhonda Mohr

Specialist, Financial Aid
CCC Chancellor's Office 

Introduction to the International Application

Demonstration of the new International application and staff tools (Administrator & Report Center).  We’ll review setting up Terms, Majors, English Proficiency, Rules, Supplemental Questions and Users in the Administrator and looking up submitted applications and run reports in the Report Center.

We’ll finish the session with a high-level overview of the implementation project.   Report Center.

Join us for a demonstration of the new CCCApply International Application, followed by a discussion and review of Diablo Valley College’s implementation plan using supplemental questions and email rules to transition from their paper application to the online application and automated download process. Following the session, the computer lab will be available for attendees to further explore the application and ask questions about reports and configuring the Administrator.  This session is geared towards colleges interested in getting started with the International application.

Audience:  Admissions & Records staff and administrators, IT staff and other stakeholders interested in getting started with the new application.

Join current and past CCCApply Steering Committee Chairs, Richette Bell and Bill Mulrooney, for a high-level review of the approved change requests, new enhancements, and key MIS reporting changes that will be released in the upcoming annual update on March 31st. Attendees will walk away with information and answers to questions such as, “How will these changes affect my job in Admissions? Do I have to update any of our admissions forms or current processes due to these changes? What new data fields are being added to the application and what does our IT staff need to do to update our student information system?” This session is always popular with staff who rely on the CCCApply application data for residency, financial aid, research, MIS reporting and other student support needs.

Audience: All CCCApply users, especially A&R, IT, and Research staff who rely on OpenCCCApply submitted application data for admissions, financial aid, MIS reporting and other business operations that rely on the data download file from incoming students. 

Presenters: Patty Donohue, CCC Technology Center; Mitchell Leahy, Santa Rosa Jr. College

Patty Donohue has been with the CCC Technology Center since 2008, supporting multiple student services projects and programs, including the California Virtual Campus, ePortfolio California, and eTranscript California. Currently Product Manager for CCCApply and OpenCCC, the statewide student account system, Patty is also leading the effort to connect the California Community Colleges to the OpenCCC SSO federated identity initiative.

Mitchell Leahy

Enrollment Services Director
Santa Rosa Jr. College 

Interact with members of the CCCApply Steering Committee for a presentation and Q&A session on how the CCCApply residency algorithm calculates the “preliminary” residency determination and AB540 eligibility statuses, and how the integrated Integrity Flags are used to alert staff to potential residency issues and priority registration eligibilities. Current Ed Code legislation and new MIS requirements changes will also be discussed. This popular session should appeal to all CCCApply Standard Application users, and particularly to new users and recent adopters of OpenCCCApply transitioning from a homegrown application.

Audience:  Geared towards all users of the CCCApply standard application but especially beneficial to new user adopters coming from a homegrown application to CCCApply.

Lead Presenter: Stephanie Murguia, Cerritos College; CCCApply Steering members

Robin Armour has been working in Admissions & Records for 25 years, and for the last 8 ½ years as Director of Admissions & Records at Los Medanos College in the Contra Costa Community College District. Robin serves on several statewide and national committees, including the CCCApply Steering Committee. Robin is dedicated to ensuring student success on multiple levels.

Michelle Pena

Director, Admissions & Records
Bakersfield College

Nancy Wagoner

Specialist, Fiscal Standards & Accountability Unit
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office

Natalie Wagner recently began working as a specialist in the Fiscal Standards and Accountability Unit at the Chancellor’s Office. Her primary responsibilities are issues related to attendance accounting and residency. Prior to working in this capacity, Natalie worked as a fiscal analyst at the Chancellor’s Office focusing on the Community Colleges system budget and other fiscal related projects.

Michael Quiaoit is currently the Specialist over the Student Success and Support Program for the California Community College Chancellor's Office. Michael’s oversees a 270 million dollar program statewide for 113 colleges and 72 districts. He has a baccalaureate in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master in Public Administration from California State University, Stanislaus. Michael has over 20 years of experience in higher education. He has worked as a Financial Aid Counselor, Policy Analyst, Project Director, and Marketing Director in both the university and community college environments.

Join Statewide Programs Director David Shippen, for a demonstration of the free tools available to colleges, including the mobile-friendly Student Services Portal (SSP), Careers Exploration, and new Student Orientation tools, as well as a progress report of the 13 colleges currently piloting the Starfish Student Success Solution for education planning, degree audit, and early alert services. This presentation is geared towards Admissions & Records, IT, and Student Services directors and other stakeholders interested in the progress and/or adoption of the statewide Education Planning Initiative (EPI). 

Audience:  This presentation is geared towards A&R, IT and Student Services directors and other stakeholders interested in the progress and/or adoption of the statewide Education Planning Initiative.