[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 135 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1611-E1612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR OF CHABOT COLLEGE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2011

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 50th 
anniversary of Chabot College in Hayward, California. Chabot College 
was the first college opened by the Chabot-Las Postas Community College 
District. On January 10, 1961 voters approved the formation of a junior 
college district, with the first board of trustees elected on April 18, 
1961.
  Chabot College opened for classes on September 11, 1961, on a 7.5-
acre temporary site in San Leandro, California and an enrollment of 
1,163 students. On September 20, 1965 students began classes on the 94-
acre Chabot College site in Hayward. Today, Chabot has an enrollment of 
close to 15,000 students and is a fully accredited institution that 
offers a curriculum of over 175 majors of study spread among its six 
academic divisions.
  Fostering civic responsibility is one of the college-wide learning 
goals of Chabot. During the 2010 fall semester, senior faculty in the 
Administration of Justice and Political Science engaged in discussions 
about ways to revive the culture of civic engagement and service 
learning at the college. A key outcome of those discussions was an idea 
for a course in Law and Democracy as well as a Law and

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Democracy lecture series. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer will 
deliver the inaugural lecture in this series on September 15, 2011 and 
the first Law and Democracy course will be offered during the Fall 
Semester of 2012.
  Lockyer's Law and Democracy lecture will be the keynote event of a 
weeklong celebration and will kick-off three days of student-centered 
community engagement events that will culminate on Citizenship/
Constitution Day on September 17, 2011. In conjunction with these other 
events, Chabot will provide its students with a training program in 
community organizing on September 16th and 17th.
  A primary goal of the Law and Democracy lecture series is to expose 
Chabot College students, and the broader community, to a wide range of 
ideas and policy issues that impact their communities. Additionally, 
the organizers of the lecture series hope to help initiate 
conversations in the college and community about civic participation 
and responsibility.
  I offer my congratulations to Chabot College on its 50th anniversary 
and for the launch of its curriculum in Law and Democracy and its 
Democracy Lecture series. Chabot is committed to nurturing an awareness 
of the importance of active civic engagement and responsibility in its 
students. I send best wishes for every success.

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