Retiree Prez Says – Nov 2019
Sometime in the summer of 2006, Barbara Hanfling, Mark Newton and I were sitting in my backyard enjoying a beer and talking about AFT6157 and other related items. Having been retired for two years from the ranks of the full-time teachers, I had been reflecting on the well-being of my fellow emeritus colleagues, of whom […]
Meet Phil Hu, New Executive Director of AFT 6157
Raised in a diplomatic family (similar to a military family), I traveled extensively as a child and experienced many cultures, perspectives, and languages. By the time I was nine, I had been on three continents and in seven countries. My itinerate upbringing bestowed in me a deep appreciation of diversity, a discerning ear for languages, […]
Building Community Via our Website
Working with consultant Susan Yuen, the Retiree Chapter has established our very own website, www.AFT6157R.org. We wanted to get away from the intensive and paper-wasteful mailing we have conducted for over 10 years, and we wanted to communicate more directly and with immediacy with you our members. With the demise of our union award-winning newsletter, […]
Follow up on Ann Lopez
By Ron Levesque Feeding Terrified Farmworkers Following up on the article about the Farmworker Families program of Ann Lopez in our Spring 2019 newsletter, I want to summarize a San Jose Mercury News article from August 24, 2019 on one aspect of her program. Entitled “In Santa Cruz County, a clandestine food bank draws hundreds […]
College Presidents in Short Supply
As the fall semester gets underway, both San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College have interim leadership. At SJCC, a hiring process is well underway to hire a full time president. Roland Montemayor has been Interim President for over a year. At EVC, as reported in a short announcement in the San Jose Mercury […]
EVC and Tesla
An August article in the San Jose Mercury News entitled, “Tesla, Evergreen Valley College partner to give students a START on their careers” describes a new partnership between the automaker and the college. Tesla’s START program has been established at EVC, which joins a unique group of six community colleges nationwide which have been selected […]
William Jacobs, Fifty-two Years and Counting
A Life at San Jose City and Evergreen Valley College By Walter Soellner In the straw-colored Montgomery Hills above Evergreen Valley College, the procession snaked their way up to a grassy knoll overlooking the campus belowand the city of San Jose in the distance. It was a beautiful spring day, April 20th, 1990. After eight […]
Remembering Virginia Scales
By Alice Gosak and Ronald Levesque, retired ESL Instructors [N.B. Virginia died on October 6, 2018 and this tribute was written in that same month.] When both of her children were in school, Virginia Scales ventured to San Jose City College to follow the dream she had since graduating from high school in Fresno: she […]
Passing of Henry Gee
Message from Byron Breland, Chancellor of San José/Evergreen Community College District: It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Henry Gee, a long-time Evergreen Valley College faculty member. Henry passed on the evening of October 2, 2019 and was an integral part of the EVC family for nearly 35 […]