CARE Goals

• To proactively build and sustain community with a flexible, collaborative campus wide team:  receptive to communication about behaviors and situations signaling student distress or campus disruption and responsive to initiating appropriate campus and community referral.
• To help and support students via educational rather than punitive means, according to established protocols and transparent procedures while protecting the privacy and rights of individuals.
• To provide consultation, referral and support to employees.
• To discuss observed and reported trends in behaviors and situations and plan preventive actions.
• To provide awareness of resources as we work together to promote student and community success.
• To review and evolve CARE team functions and protocols while identifying and refining best practices.

CARE Team Members

Jeanette Miller, Dean of Student Support, Chair, CARE team   
Mel Corning, Office of Instruction 
Jenny Mao, Counseling 
Arnulfo Ramirez, Interim Director of Safety and Security 
Dan Tarker, Dean of the Library and Learning Support 
Gregg Tessensohn, Program Manager, Veteran’s Services 
Megan Valerio, Director of the Roy Flores Wellness Center 
Michael Chen, Student Conduct Officer 
Rachael Torella, Director, Disability Services