Foothill College 60th Anniversary

Changing Lives Through Service for 60 Years

Since the opening of our doors, Foothill College students, staff and faculty have dedicated themselves to leadership through service. As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we also celebrate 60 service leadership projects organized by our own Foothill College Owls.

 

 

What is Service Leadership?

Service leadership allows our students to develop and hone their leadership skills through projects benefitting their fellow Owls and the greater community. Foothill’s #60for60 highlights projects shaping students into emotionally intelligent leaders and global citizens. These projects increase our students’ critical thinking and teamwork skills.

To commemorate our 60th anniversary, we're sharing service leadership projects led by students to better the lives of many.

Service Leadership Project Photos

#60for60 Service Leadership Projects

1. Spring 2017 Design and creation of the Dreamers' Mural
2. Summer 2017 Global Brigade club travels to Central America for sixth trip
3. Summer 2017 Football Team distributes food and clothing to homeless
4. Fall 2017 International Students volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank
5. Fall 2017 Art Department creates chalk murals at Los Altos Fall Festival
6. Fall 2017 We Care Club raises money for victims of Hurricane Harvey
7. Fall 2017 We Care Club packs Thanksgiving meals for low-income families
8. Fall 2017 Vet Tech Students collect donations for rescued NCal animals
9. Fall 2017 Students learn about Service Leadership through lens of business
10. Fall 2017 Students in SOSC 79 and CNSL 86 serve up support at shelter
11. Fall 2017 Students volunteer with City of Los Altos as archivists and historians
12. Fall 2017 ENGR 10 Students plan how to reduce water bottle waste on campus
13. Fall 2017 Students revive the school newspaper, The Script
14. Fall 2017 Photography Students Bring Pop-Up Portrait Studio to Cuba
15. Fall 2017 Holiday Book Drive for Foster Youth — Sponsored by all Senates and Administrators districtwide
16. Fall 2017 Jingle & Mingle Toys for Tots Drive — Foothill Repertory Dance Company
17. Fall 2017 Secret Santa Gift Card Drive — Sponsored by students from SOSC 79 Intro to Community Engagement
18. Fall 2017 Engineering students conduct parking study for sustainability
19. Winter 2018 We for She Club joins the Women's March in San Jose
20. Winter 2018 Astronomy students help the public view the lunar eclipse
21. Winter 2018 Business Innovation Challenge — Students across campus presented their business ideas to local professionals
22. Winter 2018 Foothill's Got Talent — Funds from this talent show will help pay for students to travel to the Philippines to build wells and compost piles 
23. Winter 2018 Start Environmental Club to increase awareness of composting for community gardens/horticulture on campus
24. Winter 2018 Volunteering for the Wildlife Center, raising awareness of wildfires and wildlife rehabilitation
25. Winter 2018 Modular spacesuit design customizable for women
26. Winter 2018 Anatomic Side Markers Research: Are these essential radiologic technology tools harmful to the community?
27. Winter 2018 Understanding proper sanitation in the radiologic technology lab
28. Winter 2018 Social media campaign to create greater awareness of services available for Foothill students
29. Winter 2018 Art in Action — send out crafts materials to schools to make art accessible to many children
30. Spring 2018 6th Annual Oral Cancer Awareness Walk
31. Spring 2018 Gun control walkout
32. Spring 2018 Global Gala — Funds from tickets sales benefit scholarships for refugees
33. Spring 2018 Project Doggybags — put up free doggy bag dispensers to reduce waste on children play areas
34. Spring 2018 Cub Camp Project — Engagement of Cub Scout camp youth through STEM, sports and arts
35. Spring 2018 Oral hygiene and Parkinson's Disease — educational presentation on oral health
36. Spring 2018 Service learning with Sunday Friends, to break the cycle of poverty
37. Spring 2018 Pacifica Beach Clean Up with We Care Club
38. Spring 2018 Big Wave Project
39. Spring 2018 Goat Structure for Vet Tech Department - Structure was designed by Vet Tech students and the help of the Horticulture Department for the animals of the department
40. Spring 2018 How Climate Change in Bangladesh Affects Women and Girls by Foothill student Kareeda Kabir (featured in Teen Vogue)
41. Ongoing Physics Show
42. Ongoing Fund the Future Club provides microcredit to people in developing countries
43. Ongoing Community Dental Health Outreach Program — Oral health education for developmentally delayed children and teens, older adults, and other populations
44. Ongoing Geospatial Informational Systems Technology students intern with the VTA to address sustainability issues
45. Ongoing Vet tech donation drives 
46. Ongoing Dance class students dazzle local nursing homes with their dance moves 
47. Ongoing Powerful Beyond Measure: working to develop strong female leaders by creating a cross-cultural experience between high school girls from the U.S. and Africa
48. Ongoing Let's Play Math: Professor Young Hee and the Math Club make math fun for kids in the community.
49. Ongoing Foothill Vet Tech Students Team up with San Jose Animal Care Center for Vets for Healthy Pets
50. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Virtopsy: integrating forensic science with radiologic technology
51. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Integrated research on overcoming test anxiety at Foothill
52. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Anthropological work to lower ethnocentrism and increase cultural relativistic skills
53. Research & Service Leadership Symposium How Foothill athletes experience racism
54. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Islamophobia awareness and education
55. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Smile for the CAM: Integrative Medicine as a Remedy for Eurocentrism in International Public Health Policy
56. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Creating community interest in social sciences
57. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Concrete Rose Collaborative: Helping community members affected by gentrification
58. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Habitat Conservation Plan for Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation
59. Research & Service Leadership Symposium Actions to make Foothill College plastic-free
60. Research & Service Leadership Symposium What Types of People Do Science? Research and Service Learning to Challenge Stereotypes of Scientists in Class
61. Summer 2018 KCI Saturday Maker's Space with Middle School Students
62. Summer 2018 Enactus Club builds wells in the Philippines 

Research and Service Leadership Symposium

These #60for60 Service Leadership Projects list above are examples of community and social activism projects that were submitted for the first Research and Service Leadership Symposium on May 17, 2018. LEARN MORE 

For submissions or questions, contact Vanessa Smith, Interim Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at smithvanessa@foothill.edu.