Students were evacuated from the second floor of the Kern Building after black smoke billowed from an elevator shaft around 11 am. The Kern building evacuation lasted for around 15 minutes. The smoke was cleared out from the building by airing it out and making sure there was no further danger. According to campus police, no students [...]
On Campus
All Genders Welcome to The Women’s Health Symposium
A full day event is planned for students, employees, males and females titled ‘Women’s Health Symposium-It’s Your Life’ on May 9 at COS. The event will include several guest speakers that will be addressing a variety of important topics including domestic violence, diabetes, and the dangers of social media. All lectures will be performed in [...]
Get a Head Start With COS’s 30th Annual Career Day
The COS Welcome Center and Associated Student Body have teamed to sponsor the 30th annual Career Day in the quad on May 8, beginning at 9:00 a.m. A variety of booths will be available for students to acquire information and be provided employment opportunities that can jump start a future career including, banking, small business, [...]
Is Tulare Ready for Next Fall?
Full-time student service staff at the Tulare Center are unlikely to increase, despite a greater number of students next semester. Its small, allocated staff currently serves 1,186 students out of the allotted 1,840 seats. In the fall, the number of seats will rise to 3,000, so an increased demand for services is being anticipated. Tulare Center Provost Larry [...]
Campus Internet to Receive an Upgrade
The Internet service of the college will receive an upgrade, increasing its up-time and saving the college money. System Administrator Stephen Meier says that the new fiber-optic network, although it won’t necessarily improve on existing speed, will upgrade the current system to a much more robust and stable service. “We’re not increasing bandwidth; we’re more replacing like-for-like systems,” Meier said. “[Students] won’t experience much of [...]
ASB Positions Open Now, Elections Begin May 14
The time is coming to vote in your new student representatives. Voting for the ASB student elections starts at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, and will end at 11 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. To make the election available for every student, regardless of what campus they are on, it will be held entirely [...]
Students Assist in Accreditation Battle
College of the Sequoias’ faculty and administration are waging an uphill battle against time — and the regional accreditors — to remain an accredited institution. But they aren’t doing it alone. The 40+ strong Accreditation Response Task Force also has four student members — liaisons from the college’s Associated Student Body and Alpha Gamma Sigma [...]
Rain Causes Resource Fair to Scatter
The annual Community Resource Fair had to fare against bad weather Thursday morning. The Resource Fair takes place every spring semester in order to promote job, internship, healthcare, transit, and other community resources available to students outside of COS. Unfortunately, rain forced many organizations’ booths to relocate or leave, and some did not even show [...]
Administrators’ Retirements Announced
Vice-President of Student Services Frances Gusman and COS Foundation/Public Information Director Steve Renton will retire on June 30, 2013, according to a statement sent out from Superintendent/President Stan Carrizosa. The “preferred timeline for filling any possible vacancy” for Gusman’s position, according to the statement, will be July 1, 2013. “Before deciding how best to proceed [...]
Registration Dates Moved Back for Summer/Fall Semesters
The ASB student government is modifying their constitution due to the Student Success Act. Because of this change, the class called Student Government and Leadership will no longer be offered. Cuts are planned to take effect for the fall 2013 semester. The Student Success Act was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in 2012. [...]