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June 18, 2026
Taking Flight Toward California’s Climate Future
As Senior Director of Climate Strategies at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, I have the privilege of leading the Center for Climate Futures—a cross-departmental team dedicated to improving lives in the face of current and emerging climate challenges. Recently, our portfolio has expanded to focus on natural resource management, agriculture and food systems, and...
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Program: Student Ambassadors Celebrate Eight Years of Community Impact
June 30, 2026
On June 12, FoundationCCC hosted the California Community Colleges Community Resource Student Ambassador End-of-Year Celebration, an inspiring virtual event honoring the passion, commitment, and achievements of student ambassadors statewide. The event recording is now available.
Program: Impactful Regional Convenings to Support AANHPI Students
June 29, 2026
This spring, the CCC Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program (AANHPI SAP) made significant strides in supporting California community colleges through a three-part series of impactful regional convenings. Find out more about these gatherings.
Event: Building a Statewide Movement Around Work-Based Learning
June 26, 2026
Work-based learning has seen growing interest and investment across the system. This webinar series builds on that momentum. Register for the upcoming sessions.
Program: Student Ambassadors Celebrate Eight Years of Community Impact
June 30, 2026
On June 12, FoundationCCC hosted the California Community Colleges Community Resource Student Ambassador End-of-Year Celebration, an inspiring virtual event honoring the passion, commitment, and achievements of student ambassadors statewide. The event recording is now available.
Program: Impactful Regional Convenings to Support AANHPI Students
June 29, 2026
This spring, the CCC Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program (AANHPI SAP) made significant strides in supporting California community colleges through a three-part series of impactful regional convenings. Find out more about these gatherings.
Program: Engineering Pathways Program Opens Doors for Students
June 3, 2026
California's engineering workforce pipeline is becoming stronger by expanding opportunities for students early in their educational journeys.
Event: Building a Statewide Movement Around Work-Based Learning
June 26, 2026
Work-based learning has seen growing interest and investment across the system. This webinar series builds on that momentum. Register for the upcoming sessions.
Event: Building Stronger Pathways for California’s Student Veterans
June 25, 2026
Veterans and educators convened at the annual Veterans Summit to strengthen support for veterans and military-connected students transitioning to college.
Event: The Rule of Law and the American Dream
May 5, 2026
Revisit and watch the recording of California LAW Pathways (Cal LAW) annual Law Day event.
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Social Highlights
We’re proud to support a system where opportunity, belonging, and possibility meet.
As America marks 250 years, FoundationCCC joins @californiacommunitycolleges in recognizing the students, educators, colleges, and partners helping shape what comes next for California and the nation.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/CCC_America250
#America250 #CaliforniaCommunityColleges #StudentSuccess #FutureReady #ICanGoToCollege
Important progress for @californiacommunitycolleges students.
AB 1920 strengthens the California College Promise Program, supporting access, completion, and clearer pathways to opportunity across the state.
FoundationCCC is proud to support efforts that help students access college, stay on track, and move toward long-term economic mobility.
Learn more about California Community Colleges and find your path at ICanGoToCollege.com.
#repost @californiacommunitycolleges
#CaliforniaCommunityColleges #CollegePromise #StudentSuccess #Vision2030
FoundationCCC was pleased to join @pridepeopleservices and @saccityunified for Career Launchpad 2026, a summer camp helping students with disabilities explore career pathways and prepare for what comes next after high school.
The panel brought together leaders from across sectors, including Tim Aldinger, Vice President of Workforce and Climate Innovation at FoundationCCC, who served as moderator, and Patrick Mulvaney, FoundationCCC Board Chair and Proprietor of @mulvaneysbl, who served as a panelist.
FoundationCCC is proud to help amplify this work and its focus on expanding pathways to employment for students.
California’s student veterans bring leadership, experience, and purpose to our colleges. They also deserve clear pathways, strong support systems, and meaningful connection as they move from military service to higher education and the workforce.
The 13th Annual @californiacommunitycolleges Veterans Summit brought together veterans, educators, policymakers, and partners to strengthen the support available to veteran and military-connected students across the state.
Led by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and supported by FoundationCCC, this year’s summit focused on refreshing, realigning, and reimagining how California’s colleges serve those who have served.
Read more in our Media Center: Link in bio☝
FoundationCCC is hiring a Partnership Engagement Manager to support our Conferences and Events team.
This role is ideal for a client-facing sponsorship or partnership professional who knows how to build strong relationships, develop thoughtful sponsorship opportunities, manage complex stakeholder needs, and deliver on commitments from first conversation through post-event stewardship.
The Partnership Engagement Manager will serve as a key point of contact for sponsors and clients, including the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. This role will lead sponsorship strategy, manage sponsor pipelines, oversee fulfillment for in-person and virtual events, and help grow long-term partnership opportunities across the Foundation.
This is a fully remote position within California, offering the opportunity to support statewide convenings that advance engagement, collaboration, and systemwide priorities across the California Community Colleges.
Apply today and help strengthen partnerships that support the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation: Link in bio☝
Engineering students are building the skills and experience they need to transfer and succeed.
The California Education Learning Lab’s Engineering Pathways Program connects @californiacommunitycolleges college students with a summer bridge experience and technical internships with industry partners.
Administered in partnership with FoundationCCC, the Learning Lab supports approaches that improve learning and help close equity gaps across California public higher education.
Learn more at the link in bio.
Across @californiacommunitycolleges, Finish Line Scholars are reaching commencement, transfer, and career goals with support that helps them stay on track when financial barriers get in the way.
Our latest Media Center story shares the journeys of Kaylie V. from @cosgiant , Andrew G. from @sbvalleycollege, and Saul H. from @modestojuniorcollege.
Their stories show the real barriers students navigate, including transportation costs, military transition, family responsibilities, health challenges, work, school, and planning for what comes next.
Administered by FoundationCCC and backed by a historic $100 million commitment from the Jay Pritzker Foundation, the Finish Line Scholars Program provides scholarships and emergency financial aid to help students complete what they started.
During the 2024–25 academic year, the program supported 3,132 scholars, with 1,482 students successfully completing their educational goals.
The program highlights what becomes possible when students have the support they need to keep going.
Read more in our Media Center at the link in bio.
A powerful reminder of what supported pathways can make possible.
@legallyamna, a @collegeofthecanyons graduate, shares how @calawpathways helped her find the mentorship, community, workshops, and connections that made her path to @ucla and a future legal career feel possible.
Cal LAW helps expand access to law and law-related careers for students across California, including first-generation and nontraditional students pursuing their goals through @californiacommunitycolleges pathways.
As a FoundationCCC Collaborative Impact Partner, Cal LAW is part of a network of mission-aligned partnerships we help support through fiscal sponsorship, management services, and shared work to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Californians.
Congratulations on this incredible milestone. We are proud to support work that helps students turn goals into opportunity.
Learn more about our Collaborative Impact Program: bit.ly/FoundationCCC-CIP
Learn more about Cal LAW: calawpathways.org/
