• STATUS: All locations of Gavilan College are closed. All instruction and services will be provided in an online format through the end of Spring semester. Summer Session will be entirely online.
• The LIBRARY has extended all due dates from this semester to May 4, 2020. If the campus shutdown continues after that we will provide an additional extension.
• PARKING PERMIT REFUNDS - Students who paid for Spring 2020 parking permits will recieve a refund, If you purchased your permit prior to March first, you will receive a $25 refund, if you purchased it after March 1, you will receive a full refund.
• NEW - SPRING BREAK: Monday April 6 - Friday April 12 - Daily Updates will continue to be published during Spring Break. Student services will continue to be provided online, although classes will not be in session.
• NEW - Food Distribution - Due to overwhelming demand, registration is now closed for the April 7 event.  Those who registered will receive an email today, with their pick up time. If you registered and do not receive an email by end of the day today, please email agutierrez@gavilan.edu as some emails have been returned. We hope to offer this service again in the near future as we understand the need during this time.  To learn about other food resources, please call the Food Connection number at 1 800-984-3663 or visit www.gavilan.edu/resources

• NEW - Face Masks Recommended - Public Health Officers from Bay Area counties now recommend that fabric facemasks be work when going about essential activities outside the home. Watch Here. And Here are some good tips on how to make your own face covers.
• NEW - The governor on Thursday announced a new website that will match out-of-work Californians with critical jobs available statewide.

• Go to stayenrolled.com to find out the latest information you need to know about Community Colleges during COVID-19
• NEW - Kurzweil 3000 is free during COVOD-19. It is an easy-to-use Text to Speech software that assists student with reading their textbooks and online materials aloud. Get your free license and training on the website: http://go.kurzweiledu.com/news/covid-19
• NEW - Freedom Scientific is now offering JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion free of charge for personal computers at home, until June 30, 2020. https://www.freedomscientific.com/
• NEW - Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Dept. of Education, has new information on federal student loan repayment, defaulted loans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Find answers to some common questions here.

• California Community Colleges faculty, staff and administrators can join the CCC | COVID-19 Resources, Tools and Discussion community in the Vision Resource Center to stay informed on developments and ask questions.
• NEW - The California Community Colleges Accessibility Center will offer a webinar on Otter.ai, an app that can help students with note taking by recording class lectures and presentations and converting that information into text. The webinar is Thursday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m. Find more information here. To participate in the activities during this webinar, participants can set up a free Otter.ai account beforehand.
• NEW - Dr. Frank Harris III and Dr. Luke Wood of SDSU, are hosting another webinar: Equity-Minded Student Services in the Online Environment. The webinar is Thursday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m. Register at this link.
• NEW - The California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative has developed an Emergency Preparedness Resources web site for assistance converting in-person classes to online. Several webinars are scheduled to help during this transition. 

• NEW - Virtual Recreation Center - City of Gilroy Recreation has launched a site to keep you and your family busy and active during Shelter-In-Place
• If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health or suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at https://800-273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
• NEW - California is providing a path to health insurance for millions of residents. Effective immediately, anyone uninsured and eligible to enroll in health care coverage through Covered California can sign up through the end of June. Find more information here.
• NEW - BEWARE OF SCAMS -Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal user information, passwords and financial data. Be careful of any suspicious phishing emails or messages promising "COVID-19 maps," "Free COVID-19 testing," or with other unknown links. You can also check a URL through virustotal.com, which can confirm if a URL is safe or not.
• SOS-COVID-19 Community Resources and Mental Health Crisis Line - flyers in English and Spanish
• SHELTER-In-PLACE REQUIREMENTS (Santa Clara County)