[BHS etree] Event: Berkeley City College Open House, April 27, FREE

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Berkeley City College Open House
Noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 27, 2008
2050 Center St., Berkeley
Free Admission.
www.berkeleycitycollege.edu
(510) 981-2852

      Students, community members, their families, friends, and 
neighbors are invited to an afternoon of fun at Berkeley City 
College's Community Open House, Noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 27. 
Join in arts, humanities, drama, dance, music, and science 
activities.  Learn about one of California's first fully "green" 
community college campuses and how to get the money you need to 
finance a college education.  It's free, open to the public and 
located at 2050 Center St., half a block west of the downtown 
Berkeley BART station.
       
        "We want everyone to visit and enjoy an afternoon of getting 
to know us," said BCC President Betty Inclan.  "Meet our faculty, our 
students, and participate in tours, workshops, music, and choose 
anything you like to do."

      Interested in animation?  Attend hands-on digital art workshops, 
or a demonstration by a Pixar animator and story developer (3PM). 
How about trying your hand at a science experiment?  Sign up for a 
session in the college's chemistry or physics lab.  Problems at work 
got you down?  Be part of a workshop on job survival skills.  Or, for 
movie buffs, how about an afternoon of film criticism?  Activities 
run the gamut of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
       
        Take a tour of Berkeley City College, one of California's 
first green community college campuses; listen to music by Mekesmo or 
Herbie Mims' jazz band; take a workshop on how to fund a college 
education; and there are hands-on sessions on creating a one-stop 
college web page.

      Located half a block from BART and AC Transit connections, and 
one-and-one-half blocks from U.C., Berkeley City College opened its 
doors in August 2006. The two-year old facility hosts programs and 
classes in art and multimedia arts, business and information 
technology, liberal arts and the sciences, languages and distance 
education, to name a few.
       
           Berkeley City College is part of the Peralta Community 
College District which serves the communities of Alameda, Albany, 
Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont.  The district also 
includes College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt College.  In 
addition to providing two-year programs that prepare students for 
long-term educational goals, Peralta also offers specialized 
life-long learning opportunities to Bay Area residents.  

         Want to know more? www.berkeleycitycollege.edu or (510) 981-2852.