SDCCE Emeritus Department

Faculty resources and more

Welcome to our Department Website

Who are we?

Our department focuses on the 55+ student, who is interested in improving their lifestyle, whether it be for personal, social or professional reasons. We teach a wide variety of classes in areas such as music, art, humanities, retirement living, health and much more.

Your Emeritus Leadership Team:

Dr. Evangeline (Vangie) Akridge (eakridge@sdccd.edu) Dean
- All materials related to Emeritus should be sent to Dr. Akridge. Please copy Claudia. This includes leave requests (cc Stephanie, Kelly,), Field trips (cc Stephanie), Resource requests (cc Stephanie), Schedule changes (cc Kelly), canceling courses
Dr. Claudia Tornsäufer, Emeritus Program Chair (cltornsa@sdccd.edu), 619-388-1956
- Curriculum, instructional support, program review, strategic planning, resource requests, Title IX and 3100 policy incidents, general advice, etc.
Tara Gilboy, APC (tgilboy@sdccd.edu)
- Technology, revising existing (!) flyers, Emeritus websites, etc.
Helena Wei, APC (hwei@sdccd.edu)
- Music, Emeritus Concert, etc.
Char Schade, APC (cschade@sdccd.edu)
- Health, Emeritus Newsletter, etc.
Esteban Alvarado APC (eavarad@sdccd.edu )
- General
Stephanie McCrea, Senior Administrative Assistant to Dean, smccrea@sdcc.edu , 619-388-1954
- Cap increase, Supply Requests, Resource Requests, Flier Distribution, etc.
- Absence request
Clarence Singh, Campus Office Supervisor (COS), CE Mesa, csingh@sdccd.edu, 619-388-1950
YOUR Campus Office Supervisor for
- attendance, portal, pay, keys, rooms, sick leave, etc.

Campus emails and phone numbers

CE Mesa: SDCEMesa@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-1950

Chavez: SDCECesarChavez@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-1910

ECC: SDCEECC@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-4956

Mid City: SDCEMidCity@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-4500

North City: SDCENorthCity@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-1800

West City: SDCEWestCity@sdccd.edu General Information: 619-388-1873

Contact people at each campus

CE Mesa (and general notes)

Mid City (and general notes)

Quick links

Mid semester meeting on SLOs: View the recording of our mid semester meeting on SLOs. Don't forget that assessment week is the week of April 14 through April 18. When you have completed the SLO assessment, please submit via this form. Also, our Zoom AI generated this summary of meeting notes.

Convocation notes: Spring 2025 View the email which reviews all information covered in convocation of Spring 2025. Includes links to the recording of the meeting, slides of the presentation, the agenda, and more.

Emails from Claudia: Note sent 2/13/25 FTE allocation, CORs vs. Fall Courses, etc.

Requesting a flyer and eBlast or Color copies of printed: Make sure and submit the request at least 2 weeks prior to when you need it. Requesting a flyer . If you already have something that you need to make multiple, professional copies, go through Digital Production and Media Services and submit this form. The work will take at least 3 weeks to be completed.

Requesting Outreach

In order to have Outreach representatives at your site, you need to complete a form. Here is a link to this form.

Finding personal emails in portal: You now have access to the personal emails of students, available in the portal. Here are the instructions.

Finding and printing access codes: If you have students on the waitlist, you will need to send them permission codes (access codes). These will be available during the first week of class in your portal. Here are the directions.

Attendance procedures: Spring 2025 Official note on attendance procedures

Sub request: Please use this form when requesting a sub. Includes instructions.

Canvas: Create a simple shell for your class. Also if students are having difficulty with the new login, this document should help.

New Instructors: Important information for new instructors

Waitlists, permission numbers and class caps: Official note from SDCCD admin from Spring 2024. (no changes)

Download Microsoft 365 apps: As faculty, we can now download the Microsoft 365 apps to our devices. If you are an adjunct instructor, you will first have to apply for the MS A5 license. (Instructions to apply for upgraded license). Once you have received the upgraded license, you can then download the apps to your devices. (Here are the instructions to download apps)

Enrollment tutorial for brand new students: They will be asked to go through CCC Apply. Here are the instructions.