Events

Fall Welcome Weeks - August 23 - Sept 2, 2021

Monday, August 23, 2021

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 

Renegade Rollout
8 a.m. until we run out!
Visit our Welcome Tents for a donut on your first day!

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Pizza with the SGA Prez
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Fireside Room, Campus Center and Zoom Webinar
Join your BCSGA President for a town hall discussion and Q&A about vaccines. Pizza will be served on a first come, first served basis until we run out! If you can't make it in person, please join us virtually on the Zoom Webinar!

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Inflatable Games
10 a.m.- 2 p.m. | CSS Lawn
Join BCSGA and Student Life for Boxing and Joust events on the CSS Lawn.
 
BCSGA Senate Meeting
4 - 6 p.m. | BCSGA Boardroom, Campus Center
Want to know what is happening at BC? Want to know what your BC Student Government Association is planning or working on? Come check out a Senate Meeting and get involved!

Thursday, August 26, 2021 

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Airbrush T-Shirts
11 a.m.- 1 p.m. | Renegade Crossroads
Come grab your airbrush T-shirt for $5 or FREE with BCSGA Student Services! 

Monday, August 30, 2021 

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Make a Difference Monday
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Student Life, Campus Center
Make a difference in the life of someone else today! Grab a free candy and a challenge tag at the Student Life Tent at the New Campus Center!

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Student Involvement Festival
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | CSS Lawn 
Vendors, a DJ, and a whole lot of resources! Come walk thru the Student Involvement Festival to get free swag, enjoy the outdoors, and say hello to departments and student organizations! Get involved in YOUR Bakersfield College!

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Distinguished Speaker Series: James Fitzgerald
Join Criminology Professor, Pat Smith, for a virtual presentation. James R. “Fitz” Fitzgerald remains an active criminal profiler and forensic linguist with his company, James R. Fitzgerald Associates, LLC, even after retiring in 2007 with 20 years in the FBI as a Supervisory Special Agent, along with 11 years before that as a police officer/detective/sergeant on the Bensalem Twp. (PA) PD. During his extensive and varied law enforcement career he successfully investigated numerous homicides, sexual assaults, kidnappings, bank robberies, and other violent crimes, as well as matters of international notoriety to include the Unabomber, Jon Benet Ramsey, Anthrax, and DC Sniper cases as a profiler and/or a forensic linguist.

Jim was also one of two technical advisors for CBS-TV’s Criminal Minds, was one of two technical advisors for Fox TV’s Sleepy Hollow, was co-host and executive producer of A&E’s Killer Profile, and continues to make frequent appearances on cable news networks as well as radio shows, internet programs, podcasts, and has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles over the last decade

Register for presentations at www.bakersfieldcollege,edu/studentevents/dss or at the links below:

10 a.m.: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WV6Yg93kQhCI_ztoAbY8_w
2 p.m.: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hJzXVtybRCuKGsXW33R6hw

Thursday, September 2, 2021 

Welcome Tents 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Admin, Huddle, Pool, Outdoor Theatre
Visit our Welcome Tents located at Admin, Huddle, Pool, and Outdoor Theatre for help finding your classes, campus map, planners, and more! 
 
Live Band: Dancing Tommy
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | CSS Lawn
Bring your lunch, eat on the lawn, and enjoy the music of local Bakersfield band, Dancing Tommy! 

Send your event ideas to studentlife@bakersfieldcollege.edu and let's see if we can make it happen.

Covid Burnout Virtual Support Group

Are you experiencing Covid burnout? Join our virtual support group to explore how you have been impacted by the Covid pandemic. Group sessions will cover stress management, coping strategies, mindfulness, positive expression and so much more! Attend them weekly or when you are able to. Join one session or all. It's your time to decompress and learn as we continue in our virtual environment. 

Mondays Cohort Group:

• 1-2 p.m. hosted by Larissa and Jessica
• Dates: Monday, February 22 to Monday, May 3, 2021
• Register for this Group Session  

Fridays Cohort Group:

• 1-2 p.m. hosted by Luisa and Michelle
• Dates: Friday, February 26 to Friday, April 2, 2021
• Register for this Group Session  

Tele- Mental or Basic Health Services

The Student Health and Wellness Center (SHWC) remains open to all enrolled students even through a virtual environment. SHWC services include low-cost basic medical assistance and mental health support services. All appointments with the Health Services Clinicians or mental health professionals are conducted via a private and confidential Zoom session. Some over-the-counter health items are available through the Renegade Pantry, which you must submit a Pantry online form requesting the items before coming to campus.

Please call (661) 395-4336 or email BCStudentHealth@bakersfieldcollege.edu to set up a private and confidential zoom meeting with our Medical Assistant. Or you can now log into our SHWC Virtual Lobby

Additionally, there are many resources on the Student Assistance Community Resource webpage.

BCSGA Study Hall Zoom Room

Hello Renegades!

The semester is quickly coming to an end and we want you all to be able to properly prepare for your exams and final assignments! 

The Office of Student Life and BCSGA are hosting an open Zoom call for students to enter and be sorted into different breakout rooms to study in. This option will allow a virtual space to meet up and study together as you would normally in a library. Simply enter the Zoom call, let the host know what you plan to study and you will be sorted into a breakout room. The Zoom Study Hall hours will be Monday thru Thursday 6pm to 9pm with additional weekend hours to come as we near closer to exams!

For our students in our Discord or those familiar with Discord, we will be creating chats specific to subjects so you know where you can come to work together in! Text chats and voice chats will be created as needed and feel free to study and work together to your heart’s content. These new chats are specifically for studying together while the others chats remain open for normal conversations, video games, etc. For those familiar with discord, you know the server is open at all times and can help yourself at any time. 

Study Hall Zoom Room

Study Hall Discord