Welcome Karen Arnold and John Omar to the Learning Center
Thu, 28 April, 2016 at 10:51 am
Welcome
Karen Arnold and John Omar to the Learning Center
Please join the
Learning Center and STEM teams in welcoming Karen Arnold and John Omar to the
Cañada College family! Karen Arnold is the newly hired Math Instructional Aide
II in the Learning Center. She brings to her new role a desire to assist
students in their quest to better understand math. Karen graduated from San
Francisco State University (SFSU) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied
Mathematics. She is currently working on her Master’s Thesis in Applied
Research from SFSU and is currently studying the effect of breast cancer drugs
on certain tumors. Karen has been a Mathematics instructor at SFSU for more
than two and a half years, specializing in Algebra I & II and Calculus I
& II. Karen is a road cyclist and enjoys riding in the Bay Area and Sonoma
County. She also enjoys open water swimming.
John Omar is
the newly hired Instructional Aide II working in the Learning Center during the
evening hours. Prior to Cañada College, John worked in the Hospitality
Management field for more than seven years. He re-located to the Cañada College
neighborhood with his wife and two small children. He then worked as a Student
Assistant in the Learning Center for several years while enrolled at Cañada as
a full-time student to follow is career dream of becoming an English Instructor
at the college level. John will be graduating from Cañada College this year and
plans to transfer to SFSU with the ultimate goal of pursuing his Master’s
Degree in English.
