Fullerton had only one hit through the first five innings against a pitcher with only 12 innings on the mound under his belt. Then something funny happened. The Hornets began to play their brand of baseball shaking off the baseball demons that handed them six errors.

Fullerton's bats finally woke up for Mother's Day, and they went on a tear beginning in the sixth inning when Garrett Donohoe singled to center scoring Troy Mulcahey.

In the seventh, Fullerton made it a game again on a Erik Lewis single scoring Derreck Garcia. Mulcahey then doubled to right field scoring  Dakota Wix. Jose Rojas made it 6-4 game when he singled to right field scoring Lewis.

In the eighth inning, Fullerton broke the game open scoring three runs, which was lead off by Ryan Joyce. Joyce smoked a triple to right field and then ended up scoring on a Comet throwing error. Lewis then singled scoring Derreck Garcia and then Mulcahey hit a shot through the left side allowing Wix to score giving the Hornets a 7-6 lead - and advancing the Fullerton College Baseball squad to the CCCAA State Finals for the first time in school history!  

This weekend, Fullerton College will head to Fresno City College for the State Finals! The Hornets will take on Feather River College on Friday at 11 am. 

A summary of the May 8, 2013 PAC meeting follows:

Student Learning: Addressing the Needs of Underprepared Students - On April 30, administrators met with students to continue the conversation on closing the achievement gap. Chancellor Doffoney and Dr. Vurdien will also meet with students on May 13 at 2:30pm in Room 227.  

Student Learning: Curriculum - The Curriculum Committee has removed repeatability from 316 courses and will be submitting 5 new associate degrees for transfer to the board on May 14.  

Student Learning: SLOs - At their final meeting, the SLO committee will either make a recommendation to purchase SLO software or continue evaluating other options.  

Student Learning: Other - An email will be sent to all faculty regarding the pilot program for teaching high school classes at Buena Park High School.

Accreditation - A handout was distributed that highlights the key changes to Accreditation Standards between 2002 and the anticipated 2014 versions of the ACCJC Accreditation Standards.

Enrollment Management - A draft of the Enrollment Management Committee composition was presented for first reading.

Strategic Plan/Fullerton College Planning Process - At the second board meeting in September, each campus will present the progress they have made toward the District Strategic Plan.

Bond Measure for NOCCCD in 2014 - The council was unable to reach consensus on support for a potential bond measure for NOCCCD in 2014. The majority were in support of a bond measure. Although the minority saw the value of a bond measure, they would like the district to focus on teaching and learning by attracting high quality faculty and to address how this bond measure would be managed differently than the last one.  

PAC Evaluation - A revised draft will be sent to the members and action will be taken at the next meeting.

Staff Development - Faculty Senate created a task force to discuss staff development. The group met yesterday and will make a recommendation to Faculty Senate.

Program Review Committee Report - Faculty Senate approved the Program Review Committee Report, which was presented to PAC for first reading.

This year's Commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, May 31 at 6 pm in the Fullerton Union High School Stadium. All faculty are invited and encouraged to participate in the ceremony! This year's featured Commencement speaker is Cruz Reynoso, Retired California Supreme Court Associate Justice. Leon Leyson will be awarded the 2013 Commencement Award (his wife Lis will accept the award on his behalf). 

Fullerton College recently joined forces with the Fullerton Public Library in a combined effort to enhance community connections and foster reading and discussion of books and ideas.  Thus, what was formerly called One Book, One College here at Fullerton College is now Fullerton Reads: One Book, One College, One City, a shared program of Fullerton College and the Fullerton Public Library. 

Tobar is expected to speak at the Fullerton Public Library in October and at Fullerton College in April.  Several other events connected to the book will also take place at the Library in October and at Fullerton College in the spring.  Please look for announcements of these events and encourage your colleagues and students to attend.

For ideas on how to incorporate the book into course curriculum, contact Kim Orlijan. 

The Fullerton College Associated Students recently held elections for the 2013-2014 academic year. The winners are as follows:

President - John Ahn

Vice President - Joey Victor

Treasurer - Brian Trigueros

ICC President - Huyen "Viola" Ly

Student Trustee - Don Lundy 

Fullerton's Speech & Debate team scored multiple wins at Saturday's 16th Blumer Speech & Debate Tournament hosted by CSU Fullerton.  Ryan Cannon, Steve Hernandez, and Don Lundy all captured first place awards.

Don Lundy was the team's top finisher in Individual Speaking, with a first in Impromptu Speaking.  In Persuasion, Blanca Munoz took third while Nathan Lara placed sixth.  Two Fullerton competitors made finals in Informative, with Sarah Vind winning second, and Jennifer Melendez taking sixth.

Debaters Ryan Cannon and Steve Hernandez finished a stellar debate season with a team victory in Policy Debate.  They went undefeated,  James Ashley and Andrew Crotwell also went 4-0, and finished a close second.  

Winning individual debate speaker awards were Ryan Cannon (first) and Andrew Crotwell (second), with James Ashley, Steve Hernandez,and Ja'Quan Dorsett  all placing in the top 10.