MISTY BURRUEL: The entire academic and career community
structure has been an important change for Chaffey College.
GARRETT KENEHAN: An academic and career community
is really a collection of students
that all share a common area of interest.
So the programs within relate to each other somehow.
JEFF LAGUNA: ACCs are kind of like freeways.
You have a lot of people moving in the same direction
all going to different places.
But they're all still have that one
thing in common, that they're going East
or they're going West.
And what the ACC does is it helps students
pick the right freeway so that they're
moving in the right direction.
While the students are all kind of making progress
towards a direction in this case, a career,
they have the opportunity to explore and what various exits
or programs are on that pathway and choose
the best one for them.
VANESSA GONZALES: I was originally a nursing major.
I realized that maybe nursing wasn't necessarily for me,
but I did love the health care field.
So I discovered public health.
The transition wasn't that hard just because I was already
in that path.
YOLANDA FRIDAY: We find that students
who are in sort of like a community or cohort model
tend to be more successful as they're going along
in their academic journeys.
NICK CHARLAND: The community here
is what's going to help you develop your own love.
I learned so much from my peers.
I learned so much from the people
who thought like me from people who also were last
at one point.
ASH TANDOC: I wouldn't have been able to pursue my passions
otherwise without their feedback and their understanding
and sympathy.
The workforce is changing, and it's actually
a highly valued skill set to be able to work in collaboration
with one another.
ISATU N'DIAYE: Once we enter the work field,
we will likely be working alongside each other.
And while we're setting right now,
we're able to learn from each other.
CHRIS PRICE: Being able to work with people
that are giving different perspectives even though we
have the similar education is very important.
GARRETT KENEHAN: The goal is to have
all of these separate entities work on the strengths
that they have between them to create
something that is really better than the sum of the parts.
MISTY BURRUEL: So now that you've
been introduced to our academic and career communities,
we invite you to spend a little more time exploring
the community and identify those best align with your interests.