{"id":17800,"date":"2024-10-16T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=17800"},"modified":"2024-10-16T11:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:38:22","slug":"si-se-puede-program-hosts-ribbon-cutting-for-new-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/17800\/feature\/si-se-puede-program-hosts-ribbon-cutting-for-new-center\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00ed Se Puede Program Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cS\u00ed se puede, on three!,\u201d commanded San Jose City College President Rowena Tomaneg on Oct. 10, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the S\u00ed Se Puede program\u2019s new center.<\/span><\/p>\n

On either side, she is flanked by a cadre of the school\u2019s most senior officials, a group that includes District Chancellor Beatriz Chaldez and Vice President William Garcia. Ixta Bautista, a double major in Architecture and Environmental Engineering, is to her left, holding a pair of comically oversized red scissors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne, two, three. S\u00ed se puede!,\u201d the group shouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bautista cuts the ribbon standing in front of them, eliciting a deluge of jubilant applause from everyone in attendance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ceremony, attended by over three dozen students and staff in M-106, celebrated the latest step forward in bringing the school\u2019s nascent S\u00ed Se Puede program to full fruition, which hopes to academically support hundreds of first-generation Latino college students over the next five years. Six people, including Tomaneg, Bautista, Chaldez, and Garcia, gave remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n

S\u00ed Se Puede, which takes its name from the now-iconic slogan of the United Farmworkers, says on<\/span> its official webpage <\/span><\/a>\u00a0that it offers things such as free textbooks and counseling to first-generation Latino college students, which the school defines as Hispanic-identifying students whose parents haven\u2019t gone to college in the United States. According to <\/span>Joyce Lui, SJCC’s Dean of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness, <\/span>the program currently serves 167 out of the college\u2019s roughly 11,000 attendees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The program, funded by a<\/span> $3 million Title V grant <\/span><\/a>\u00a0from the U.S Department of Education, is part of a larger, nationwide effort by the federal government to put money in the hands of colleges that serve predominantly Latino communities, who are often the victims of <\/span>broad systemic barriers that leave them less likely to complete college.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

San Jose, which boasts a substantial Hispanic population, is far from immune to the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent data from the U.S Census indicates<\/span> that only 21% of Latino-identifying individuals in Santa Clara County reported attaining a Bachelor\u2019s Degree<\/span><\/a>, compared to 55% of the county overall. School administrators say that S\u00ed Se Puede is designed to help address that disparity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have identified gaps in terms of what we can do better to serve our students and our community. I am very confident this grant will help,\u201d said Vice President Garcia, with an excitement that many others present also shared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bautista, in an improvised speech that she, according to her, was \u201csacrificed for\u201d by her peers, said that the program is not only \u201cimportant to help students [but also] to influence students into thinking of things they wouldn\u2019t have thought about yesterday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ixta Bautista, a double major in Architecture and Enviromental Engineering, holding up the oversized scissors she used to cut the ribbon. \/\/ Virgil Aspen for the City College Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHow many of you guys can say you got here by yourself?,\u201d she asked the crowd, to which there was no response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SJCC\u2019s Dean of Academic Success and Student Equity, Rene Alvarez, a senior school official who played an instrumental role in writing SJCC\u2019s grant application to the Department of Education and also oversees S\u00ed Se Puede, gave the event\u2019s closing speech, which came directly after Bautista finished speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his remarks, he recalled telling his father about the program, who told Alvarez that it reminded him of when he himself first immigrated to the United States and being part of a tight-knit group of five families that would mutually support each other through hardship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dean Rene Alvarez, who is in charge of the S\u00ed<\/span> Se Puede program, giving the closing remarks for the ceremony. \/\/ Virgil Aspen for the City College Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what this is,\u201d Alvarez said, as he became visibly emotional, appearing to wipe tears from his eyes. \u201cHaving something like this when I was coming up would\u2019ve been transformative. [These] things didn\u2019t exist back in my day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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