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Registration information is on pp. 65-76. For help with registration call (510) 981-2800 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Access Berkeley City College information on the World Wide Web:
How to Use Berkeley City College’
Use Our Student Services to Reach
CalWORKs
CalWORKs (California Work
Opportunities and Responsibilities to Kids)
is a program designed to provide the support
and training you need to get a good job. As a
CalWORKs participant, you join a supportive
group that provides:
• Pre-and-Post-Employment Training
• Intensive Job Training
CalWORKs can help you reach
your goals by providing you with free services
such as:
• Child Care Subsidies
• Financial Aid (Grants, Fee Waivers)
• Continual One-on-One Support
• Work Skills Development
• College Success and Test-
Taking Techniques
• Career and Personal Counseling
• Community Resource Referrals
• Tutorial Assistance
CalWORKs helps you to prepare for jobs in
growing fields with many opportunities for
advancement. They include:
• American Sign Language
• Biotechnology
• Business/Computer Information Systems
• Office Skills for Business
• Small Business Management
• Social Services (Paraprofessional)
CalWORKs office hours are
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3rd floor.
Call the Cal-
WORKs office at (510) 981-2847.
We look
forward to serving you.
CalWORKs Counselor*
(510) 981-2863, 3rd Floor, Rm. 349
Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services
Extended Opportunity Program
and Services (EOPS) provides financial and
academic support to community college stu-
dents whose educational and socioeconomic
backgrounds may prevent them from success-
fully attending college. To qualify, you must
be: a California resident; enrolled in at least 12
units, but not have completed more than 70
degree-applicable units; eligible for a Board of
Governors’grant; and educationally disadvan-
taged. Services provided are: orientation,early
registration, specialized counseling, academic
planning, career guidance, academic progress
monitoring, tutoring, book grants, transfer
assistance, and special cultural awareness
activities.
CARE, part
funded supplemental educational
programofEOPSwhose
TANF cash assistance recipients,
of household by obtaining college-level
tion and training to become
EOPS students who are
AFDCrecipients,single
children 14 years old and
for CARE. CARE students
mental counseling and
assistance with child care
school supplies, programs,
to enhance personal development;
study skills; group support;
and information and referrals to campus and
community based human
For information about how
succeed in college, contact
(510) 981-2831.
EOPS Counseling
(510) 981-2836, Office in Rm. 344
EOPS Office Hours
Ramona Butler, Program Coordinator
(510) 981-2832, Office in Rm. 342
Mon. thru Fri.: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Financial Aid
The college
of financial aid programs
h
elp you meet your educational
college participates in
Program, the Federal Supplemental
OpportunityGrantProgram
College-Work Study Program,
Governors Waiver Program
application information,
citycollege.edu, click on
select Financial Aid. You
Financial Aid Office via
person. There are no emer
plan your college budget,
costs for items such as
transportation.
Financial Aid Office Hours
Loan Nguyen, Program Supervisor
(510) 981-2808;
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
berkeleycitycollege.edu or at
.
edu
s Student Services
Your Educational Goals
of EOPS, is a state-
support
goalistoassistAFDC/
single heads
educa-
more employable.
CalWORKs/TANF/
headofhouseholdwith
undermay be eligible
receive supple-
advisement services;
and transportation,
workshops, classes
parenting;
peer networking;
services programs.
EOPS can help you
the EOPS Office at
offers a wide variety
and services to
costs. The
the Federal Pell Grant
Education
(SEOG),theFederal
and the Board of
(BOGEFW). For
go to
Student Services, then
may also contact our
phone, e-mail, or in
gency loans. As you
include educational
books, supplies, and
, Friday,
International Students
Thomas Torres-Gil/Berkeley City College
Peralta Community College District
Office of International Education
(510) 981-5040 or (510) 981-5020
2000 Center St., 1st Floor, Suite 100
Berkeley 94704
or
Office Hours
Mon., Thur., 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
LearningCommunities at BCC
EnrollinaBCCLearningCommunity
to help ensure your college success. A Learn-
ing Community is a cohort-based educational
program. You take classes with the same group
of people, get to know your classmates, and
support each other, while your instructors and
counselors work with you to help you succeed.
You can choose from First Year Experience,
LEAP, PACE Pathways and PERSIST.
TofindoutmoreaboutBCCLearningCommuni-
ties and how you can enroll , e-mail:
Skyler Barton, Counselor
or
Christina Taing, Counselor
Library
BCC’s SusanAlmon Duncan Library
is open to all currently registered Peralta College
students, faculty, and staff. The library contains
over 8,000 volumes, a small collection of print
periodicals, and an audiovisual collection. You
may check out materials with a current Berkeley
City College (or other Peralta college) Photo ID
card and current enrollment sticker. The card is
free of charge and can be obtained in Rm.
124B, 1st Floor. Library computer workstations
provide access to the college’s catalog, as well
as over 20 online databases.
There are computer workstations
with worldwide web access; and ADA-com-
pliant workstations are also available to DSPS
students and faculty. Some alternate media is
provided in Braille, e-text and large print upon
request.
Important Note about
This Class Schedule
This schedule is available in an alternate
media format upon request. If you need
further accommodations, contact the
Disabled Students Program at 981-2812.
