Rianne Herrera

The Connection • 19th May 2022

Open educational resources help students save money

The Open Education Resources Award program aims to compensate professors for utilizing OER in their classes. The goal of the program is to save students money on resources such as textbooks.

In response to a push by Cosumnes River College’s Open Educational Resources Award Program, professors have begun adopting open educational resources in their courses.

The OER Award Program aims to include more zero textbook cost classes for students using OER like public online textbooks.

Librarian Andi

The Connection • 21st April 2022

Earth Day celebration promotes the importance of sustainability

High school students attending the Earth Day celebration. Attendees could explore booths hosted by the architecture program at Cosumnes River College, the Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association and SMUD.

In honor of Earth Day, Cosumnes River College held an Earth Day celebration on campus featuring a multitude of booths promoting sustainability and clean energy on Wednesday.

The event included booths and attractions hosted by the architecture and construction department at CRC, SMUD and the S

The Connection • 15th March 2022

Ensembles perform in first student showcase since campus closure

The Music department live streamed a Student Spotlight showcasing the instrumental and choral music students on Thursday.

The event took place in the Cosumnes River College Recital Hall and featured musical performances by the orchestra, choir, concert and jazz bands. A small in-person audience was in attendance, while others watched through the live stream.

“This features all of our instrumental ensembles and all of our vocal ensembles,” said Music Professor Maxwell Kiesner. “I guess I woul

The Connection • 28th February 2022

Art gallery exhibit explores identity through ceramics

In its first art exhibit since the 2020 campus closure, the Cosumnes River College Art Gallery opened the “Real ID” exhibit on Friday.

The exhibit features 30 works by eight ceramic artists curated by Art Professor Linda Fitz Gibbon. Each piece explores identity and its complexities primarily through an abstract lens.

Fitz Gibbon’s inspiration for the curation of these pieces and for the title of the exhibit itself can be linked to the Real ID cards which were recently implemented in Califor

The Connection • 8th December 2021

Hawks maintain their tournament momentum against Fresno City College

The Hawks men’s basketball team beat the Fresno City College Rams 91-84 in a home game on Friday.

In their second game of the 42nd Annual James Clark Classic tournament, the Hawks recovered from a slow start against the Rams and managed to pull ahead in the second half.

Although the Hawks struggled with the Rams half court traps in the first half of the game, the team began to pick up momentum and win their second game of the weekend.

Freshman Guard Kyree Dunn set the pace for the rest of

The Connection • 27th November 2021

Former RTVF student creates documentary on the reality of organ donation

Former radio, television and film student Colleen Stymeist-Wood will be premiering her documentary ‘“JOE238” on KVIE Dec. 15.

A documentary 10 years in the making, “JOE238” documents the death of 24-year-old Sacramento police officer Joseph “Joe” Chairez, who wished to donate his organs upon death, and follows the lives of his loved ones in their unique grieving process as a donor family.

“It’s really a story of grieving and healing because that’s what an organ donor family is, they’ve exper

The Connection • 3rd November 2021

Kelly Clarkson’s album ‘When Christmas Comes Around…’ takes a modern spin on Christmas

Singer Kelly Clarkson recently released her ninth album “When Christmas Comes Around…”

The album consists of 12 Christmas-themed songs and three bonus tracks. “When Christmas Comes Around…” can largely be defined as a pop album, but Clarkson incorporated elements of R&B and gospel music in many of the tracks as well.

Clarkson included covers of Christmas classics such as “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas,” “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” “Last Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock” a

The Connection • 27th October 2021

Los Rios holds a weekly support group for black women

The Los Rios Community College District is holding a nine-week long support group for black women over Zoom.

The group is called “In the Company We Keep” and is available to all black women enrolled in LRCCD, according to the group’s event page. The group is led by Chioko Grevious, an associate marriage and family therapist, who said she formed the group to address mental health disparities for black women.

Grevious said the goal of the group is “to normalize this idea of participating in th

The Connection • 12th October 2021

The Los Rios district extends a helping hand to Afghan students

A Zoom meeting was held to provide support and resources to Los Rios students affected by the recent events in Afghanistan on Thursday.

The event was hosted by Olga Prizhbilov, the director of the Los Rios Refugees Career Pathways program. The meeting also included guest speakers from Los Rios community partners, who provided information on counseling center resources, resettlement agencies and mental health resources for Afghan students.

“I would want students to feel that they have somebod

The Connection • 6th October 2021

October marks the beginning of Internship Info Month

The Work Experience and Internship Program will be hosting Internship Info Month during October.

Internship Info Month will include three weeks of information sessions and skills workshops for a variety of internships from Oct. 4 to Oct. 20. The Cosumnes River College Work Experience and Internship Program internship developer, Cameron Whitfield, said the events aim to inform students about local internship opportunities and the organizations that provide them.

“Internship Info Month is a di