What's Happening at Cañada: Week of October 23, 2017

Tue, 24 October, 2017 at 9:51 am

Week of October 23, 2017

October 24-29

Cañada Theatre Arts Department Presents “The Truth Will Out”

Tuesday, 10/24 at 11:10 a.m.; student matinee
Thursday, 10/26, 12:45 p.m.; student matinee
Friday, 10/27, 8 p.m.
Saturday, 10/28, 8 p.m.
Sunday, 10/29, 2 p.m.

“The Truth Will Out” is a series of short plays, most of them comedic, with a couple of hard-hitting dramas in the mix. It’s a thought-provoking and funny-bone tickling roller coaster that fits easily into a class period - run time is only about 65 minutes!  For questions, please contact Professor Anna Budd: budda@smccd.edu


October 24-25

Social Sciences Discipline Days

Social Sciences Hub (Building 9, Room 307)
Learn more about transfer and career opportunities in the “other” sciences.

October 24:
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Professor Ami Smith, Psychology
12-12:30 p.m. with Professor Jessica Marshall, Anthropology
1-2 p.m. with Professors David Eck, Philosophy and Bob Lee, Sociology

October 25:
10-11 a.m. with Professors Ami Smith, Psychology and Michael Stanford, History
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Professor Jessica Kaven, Communication Studies
12-12:30 p.m. with Professor Jessica Marshall, Anthropology
12:30-2 p.m. with Professors Paul Roscelli, Economics and Lezlee Ware, Political Science


October 24

University Representative Visit: UC Santa Cruz

10 a.m. –1 p.m.
The Grove

Come meet representatives from UC Santa Cruz

UC Application Workshop

1 p.m.
Building 9, Room 106

Complete your UC Admission application, including UC admission policies, and learn how to report your course work.


October 25

STEM Speaker Series

5 p.m.
Building 6, Room 101/102

Guest speaker is Melissa Koshlaychuk-Rosas, Facilities Coordinator with Merck & Co.

Film Fest

6-8 p.m.
Upper Lawn

Watch the student films that were created during campus Film Week. 


Oct 26

Mobile Flu Clinic

12-2 p.m.
Starting in The Grove and ending on the 3rd floor of Building 9

Nurses will travel door-to-door with the Mobile Flu Cart and administer free flu shots in your office or at your desk!


October 27

Open Forum on Campus Construction Projects

12-1 p.m.
Building 2, Room 10

Please join for an All-campus Open Forum to learn about our upcoming campus construction projects!


Accreditation Kick-off and Training

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Building 2, Room 10

Join us for Cañada College's self-evaluation effort. Refreshments will be provided.


Cañada Men’s Soccer vs. Evergreen Valley College

4 p.m.
Cañada College Soccer Field

Cheer on the Colts as they take on Evergreen ValleyCollege!

Cañada Women’s Volleyball vs. Ohlone College

6:30 p.m.
College of San Mateo Gymnasium – Building 8

Cheer on the Colts as they take on Ohlone College!

Fall Star Party

7:30 p.m.
Building 21 and Parking lot 10

Enjoy viewing stars through telescopes as well as free food and games.


October 29

Redwood Symphony Presents: Halloween Family Concert

3 p.m.
Main Theatre (Building 3)

Drawn from the book by Mexican author Jorge Luis Borges, Anthology of Fantastic Zoology conjures an other-worldly menagerie of sprites, nymphs and monsters. Natalya Lundtvedt makes her Redwood Symphony debut with a rarely-performed gem by Saint-Saëns and Ravel's masterly orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano composition, Pictures at an Exhibition, will bring the concert to a spectacular close!


October 31

Halloween is Coming (Game of Thrones-themed)

9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Upper Lawn

Come celebrate Halloween at Cañada College with Student Senate! There will be free food, mini games, a big costume contest and surprises! Participants wearing a costume will receive automatic prizes, even more if the costume is in theme (Game of Thrones - Medieval). Bring your Fall 2017 Cañada Student Body Card to participate and win amazing prizes, or just to have some fun with your friends and professors.

November 1

Workshop: Personal Insight Questions

12 p.m.
Building 9, Room 123

Learn how to start your personal Insight Questions and get helpful tips to make your answers more effective.

STEM Speaker Series

5 p.m.
Building 6, Room 101/102

Jocelyne Fadiga, Research Assistant at University of California San Francisco, will discuss defining cell identity in an epithelial stem cell lineage.
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