Dr. Omid Pourzanjani served the community college mission at Golden West College for more than 23 years prior to joining the Chancellor’s Office in 2017 as a visiting vice chancellor. During his time at Golden West College, he held positions as a professor, department chair, Senate officer, instructional dean, chief student services officer and chief instructional officer. Concurrent to these experiences, Dr. Pourzanjani served in executive leadership positions in high-tech multinational companies focused on organizational efficiency through business process re-engineering and information technology solutions. 

In his new role, he plans to work with all California Community College's stakeholders to improve the integration between the many technology solutions, processes and practices to better guide our students through their educational pathways.

Dr. Pourzanjani received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and engineering from California State University, Long Beach and his doctorate in education from University of California, Los Angeles. However, he credits his Career Education certificate and associate degree from Santa Monica College for moving him from a low-income job to a middle-income job and for getting him on his professional career path.

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CCCCO Technology Update 
By Omid Pourzanjani

Craig Hayward, Ph.D.
Dean of Institutional Effectiveness at Bakersfield College

Michelle Pena
Director, Enrollment Services, Bakersfield College

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About Meta Majors - 2018 CCCApply Workshop
By Craig Hayward

Meta Majors, Guided Pathways & The New CCCApply Administrator 2.0
By Patty Donohue

Session Description

Join members of the CCCApply Steering Committee for an exploration of the new CCCApply Administrator tool with an emphasis on the new feature enhancements built into the Majors module for the Standard and International applications.

Beginning with a presentation on Meta Majors, Guided Pathways, and CCCApply, by Craig Hayward and Michelle Pena of Bakersfield College, see how the new majors category filter and the education goal alignment feature will be used to customize the display of your college Majors in the CCCApply and International applications. 

We'll also explore the new user-interface, system administration, and the new architectural framework of the new CCC Administrator system - leveraging single sign-on authentication from a single point-of-entry (one URL address) for all systemwide Admin tools and vendor applications.  

• Take a sneak peek at the new CCC Administrator system: A centralized, admin configuration tool with SSO-based authentication for CCC Tech Center web applications and other CCCCO vendor applications - that is being developed and rolled out in multiple releases over the next 18 months;
• Authorized college admin users need only one user account for all integrated admin tools - only one set of login credentials across all admin applications for the pIlot and production environments;
• All integrated admin tools are accessed from one single point-of-entry, meaning no more long, complicated SAML-based address URLs to access the Administrator & Report Center!
• Sneak peek at the new CCCApply Spam Filter system and interface, designed to identify fraudulent applications based on machine learning algorithm, suspend and flag fraudulent application, and train (teach) the algorithm in a continuous learning model;

Audience: Geared towards all users of the CCCApply Administrator, but appropriate for all audiences. 

Presenters: 
Craig Hayward, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, Bakersfield College
Michelle Pena, Director, Enrollment Services, Bakersfield College 
Patty Donohue, CCCApply Product Manager, CCC Technology Center

Bryan Dickason
Specialist, Financial Aid Services
CCC Chancellor's Office

Michael R. Quiaoit
Dean, Student Services,
CCC Chancellor’s Office

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2018 CCCApply Residency Algorithm 101
By Michelle Pena

Session Description

Join members of the CCCApply Steering Committee and CCC Chancellor's Office for our annual presentation and Q&A panel on the CCCApply residency algorithm and how it calculates “preliminary" residency determination and AB540 eligibility status.

Proven to be one of the most popular and well-attended sessions of our annual event, this year's residency review is geared towards both new and experienced users of the CCCApply Standard Application.

We'll breakdown each of the four residency tables (A-D), then walk through h the calculation service process to illustrate how the preliminary residency status is determined. We'll also review the Integrity Flags which inform Admissions eith  the details behind the applicant's eligibility and .

Featured Discussion: We'll explore the state laws and regulations behind the residency logic (see the list of questions/data fields that are used in the residency algorithm) as well as some of the hot topics related to establishing residency for homeless youth, foster youth, noncredit students, and other special populations.

Audience: Geared towards Admissions & Records staff using the CCCApply Standard Application.

Presenters: 
Michelle Pena, Director, Enrollment Services, Bakersfield College

Michael R. Quiaoit, Dean, Student Services & Special Programs, CCC Chancellor’s Office

Michael Quiaoit is currently a Dean in the Student Services and Special Programs division for the California Community College Chancellor's Office. Michael’s oversees multiple programs statewide: Admissions and Records, Counseling, Credit and Noncredit SSSP, EOPS, CAYFES, Financial Aid, and Veterans. 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.

Olivia Alvarado
Business Analyst
Los Angeles CCD

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The CCCApply International Application
By Olivia Alvarado & Anna Salazar

Session Description

Expanding on the engaging, round-table discussion from last year's workshop, join Olivia Alvarado and Anna Salazar from Los Angeles Community College District and members of the CCCApply Steering Committee for a presentation of how the International Application is being used across the LACCD, and changes that could improve the online application workflow for international applicants.  

Audience: Geared towards all audiences interested in implementing the CCCApply International Application. 

Presenters: 
Olivia Alvarado, Business Analyst, Los Angeles Community College District
Anna Salazar, Registrar, Admissions & Records, East Los Angeles College

Merrie Wales
College Support Engineer
CCC Technology Center

Cindy Gonzales 
IT Technical Analyst
Los Rios CCD

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CCC Report Center: Creating & Modifying Public Views & Reports
By Merrie Wales

Session Description

Back by popular demand, this year's CCC Report Center training will focus on creating custom reports, and modifying the Views and Reports templates in the Public folder.

Geared towards new and experienced users, you'll learn tips and best practices for analyzing submitted application data quickly in a user-friendly, web-based environment.

After a brief overview of the Home page, Library and main navigational menus, we'll explore the Public folders in the Repository where users can run a report as-is or copy the report's View into your college folder and modify to suit your needs.

At the end of the session you'll walk away knowing how to:

• Copy Public templates from the Repository and save to your college's private folder where they can be modified;

• Run, customize and export reports using filters and sorting capabilities

• Schedule recurring reports for print or email

After the session, the CCCApply Computer Lab in MBCC will be open to attendees to explore some of the tips and tricks learned in the session.

Audience: Geared towards new and experienced users of the CCC Report Center for CCCApply Applications.

Presenters: 
Merrie Wales, College Support Engineer, CCC Technology Center 
Cindy Gonzales, IT Technical Analyst, Los Rios Community College District

Tim Calhoon
Executive Director
CCC Technology Center

Patty Donohue 
Product Manager, OpenCCCApply
CCC Technology Center

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Data Security & CCCApply Spam Filter Web Service
By Patty Donohue & Tim Calhoon

Session Description

Join Executive Director Tim Calhoon for a discussion about how the CCC Technology Center is addressing data security across OpenCCC and CCCApply applications and projects and what we've learned over the past year. 

Topics discussed include:

• Overall data security problems
• Efforts by the Information Security Center
• Security for OpenCCC and CCCApply
• CCCApply fraudulent applications
  • What's been happening and how are we addressing the problem
  • What colleges need to do to prevent spam (best practices)
  • Spam filter project: what is it and how will it work?
  • How colleges can support this effort
  • Submitting spam examples (special format)

Audience: Geared towards all college staff who handle student data.

Presenters: 
Tim Calhoon, Executive Director, CCC Technology Center
Patty Donohue, Product Manager, OpenCCCApply, CCC Technology Center

Ben Baird
Director of Data Management
CaliforniaColleges.edu

Patricia Donohue

Product Manager, OpenCCCApply
CCC Technology Center

Topacio Vargas
Sr. Client Success Leader
XAP Corporation

Mark Cohen
Product Manager, eTranscript California
CCC Technology Center 

Mark Cohen
Product Manager, eTranscript California
CCC Technology Center

Kelly C. Kilby
Starfish Strategic Account Executive

Kayla Mannon
Counselor
Fresno City College and 
EPT-DAS Steering Committee Member

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Education Planning Initiative & Starfish
by Kelly Kilby

Session Description

March 2018 marks year three of Starfish's partnership as the chosen platform for California's Education Planning Initiative on a degree plan/audit system.

Join Hobsons and Fresno City College/SCCCD (one of the pilot district’s), for an update on the project. 

The session will share outcomes and best practices from this user community of 34 CCCs. Fresno City College will demonstrate Starfish Degree Planner from their 3-college district tenant, detail expansion plans and answer implementation questions. We will also take a tour of Starfish Early Alert and Case Management/Calendaring Scheduling features with an eye toward a guided pathways framework and holistic approach for student success. 

Audience: Geared towards all audiences interested in helping students achieve their academic and life goals.

Presenters: 
Kelly C. Kilby, Starfish Strategic Account Executive
Kayla Mannon, Counselor, Fresno City College/EPT-DAS Steering Committee Member

Mike Caruso
Product Manager, MyPath
CCC Technology Center