North Bay Business Journal

  • People: Week of Aug. 1, 2011

    August 1st, 2011

    News about professionals in the north San Francisco Bay area

  • People: Week of July 25, 2011

    July 25th, 2011

    Professional and organizational people news for the north San Francisco Bay area.

  • College of Marin students helped by community support

    May 9th, 2011

    MARIN COUNTY – Teresa Magana is the first person in her entire family to attend college. She is a math major at College of Marin looking to transfer to U.C., Berkeley. She said the experiences and help she has gotten at College of Marin have empowered her in every aspect of her life.

  • Napa Valley College gets business center

    April 11th, 2011

    NORTH BAY – Napa Valley College is now home to one of only seven business and entrepreneurship centers in the state. These centers are funded through the chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges and are staffed by a network of community college professionals.

  • Marin College accreditation is reaffirmed

    March 28th, 2011

    KENTFIELD — College of Marin received official notice that its accreditation had been reaffirmed.

  • College of Marin gets first organic farming apprenticeship program

    March 24th, 2011

    NOVATO – California’s Division of Apprenticeship Standards has partnered with College of Marin and Fresh Run Farm to offer students the nation’s first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program for organic farming. Participating students will learn progressive, responsible farming practices including landscape ecology, composting and fertility management. In addition, students will learn the business side of farming with coursework in marketing and certifications.

  • College of Marin board OKs plan for new academic center

    March 17th, 2011

    KENTFIELD — The College of Marin Board of Trustees has approved an updated bond spending plan to include a new academic center at the Kentfield campus.

  • Education: Major cuts to education in proposed state budget

    January 17th, 2011

    Mendocino College Library, SRJC culinary center under way

  • Education: Marin foundation commits $2 million to elementary schools

    August 30th, 2010

    Marin Community Foundation is making grants of nearly $2 million to support efforts in eight elementary schools across the county. “The foundation realizes that the earliest years of education, starting in preschool and continuing through the third grade, set the stage for life-long success, both in school and beyond,” said Thomas Peters, the foundation’s president. [...]

  • College of Marin names Harrison interim president

    May 25th, 2010

    KENTFIELD — The College of Marin board of trustees announced that Vice President of College Operations Al Harrison will serve as interim-superintendent/president when Dr. Frances White retires next month.

  • College of Marin Indian Valley Campus transformed

    March 8th, 2010

    NOVATO – The College of Marin’s Indian Valley Campus has more than doubled its enrollment from 769 students in the fall of 2005 to 1,553 in the fall of 2009. Continuing this trend, opening day enrollment for the 2010 spring semester was up 16 percent compared with the same period last year.

  • College of Marin president set to retire in 2010

    November 19th, 2009

    MARIN — College of Marin Superintendent and President Dr. Frances White announced plans to retire June 30, 2010 in a letter addressed to the board of trustees.

  • College of Marin to break ground for science, math, nursing center

    September 14th, 2009

    KENTFIELD – College of Marin will break ground on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. for its new Science Math Central Plant Complex, located in the southwestern quadrant of the Kentfield upper campus. This facility will also house the nursing program, an IT department and a central power plant that will include advanced geothermal mechanical systems.

  • Education: College of Marin dental program gets grant

    August 31st, 2009

    College of Marin has received a $106,500 workforce grant for its dental assistant program.

  • Grant boosts Marin ‘sustainable food’ program

    August 17th, 2009

    MARIN – College of Marin is able to move ahead with its Sustainable Food Systems program due to a new two-year chancellor’s grant of $374,254.

  • Women in Business 2009 awards dinner photo gallery

    June 29th, 2009

    This is a gallery of pictures from the Women in Business 2009 awards dinner, honoring eight women from Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties who have distinguished themselves as leaders, innovators and visionaries in their fields.

  • Women in Business 2009: Education: Product of junior colleges now leads one

    June 29th, 2009

    MARIN COUNTY – When Dr. Frances White, president and superintendent of College of Marin, was a young girl, she wanted to be an opera singer. Her mother played classical music, and she would go to sleep hearing the sounds of the piano. Her father was a preacher, and she would sing in church. Luckily for the community college education system, she gave up that dream to become an educator.

  • Women in Business 2009: Health Care: Kaiser COO sees health care as ‘incredible mission’

    June 29th, 2009

    SAN RAFAEL – From her beginnings as a teen volunteer in a rural Montana hospital to her work as a registered nurse and international medical volunteer, Kaiser administrator Jill Magri has dedicated her entire career to the industry.

  • Who’s Who in Education

    May 11th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – In order to have cutting-edge ideas in business today, a community needs innovative leaders in education. In the North Bay, there is an abundance of people dedicating their lives to developing the leaders of tomorrow. From superintendents, to business school deans, to principals dedicated to giving the most opportunity to high schoolers, this special report highlights some of those committed individuals in the community making an outstanding difference.

  • College of Marins Novato campus sees rising enrollment

    May 4th, 2009

    NOVATO – The College of Marin’s Indian Valley Campus (IVC) in Novato has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years with an influx of funding and rising enrollment. IVC has seen its student population grow by 92 percent since 2005, from less than 800 to about 1,400 this spring. The northern Marin County campus [...]

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