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ORANGE COAST COLLEGE

$1.2 Million Raised for Children’s Center

About $1.2 million has been raised for a new Children’s Center on campus.

Construction is expected to begin within a year on the $2.5-million center, which will provide child development services for low-income parents attending the college.

The center is now quartered in several temporary buildings on campus.

A recent boost in the fund-raising effort came with a $15,000 gift from the Max Offenberg Family Trust. The donation is earmarked for an art studio in a 12,500-square-foot facility planned for the southern edge of the Costa Mesa campus off Merrimac Way.

Offenberg, a retired surgeon, is the father of Vicki Borthwick--the Children’s Center assistant director. Borthwick describes the center as a “lifeline” for low-income students with young children.

Information: (714) 432-5126.

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U.C. IRVINE

4 Scientists to Get Research Fellowships

Four UC Irvine scientists were selected to receive Sloan Research Fellowships for 1995 from the New York-based foundation.

The fellowships are awarded to scientists engaged in research in the fields of physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience and economics. The awards are two-year grants of $30,000 a year.

The UCI recipients are assistant chemistry professors Craig Martens and Reginald Penner, assistant professor of mathematics Richard Wentworth, and assistant professor of psychobiology Georg Striedter.

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COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Presentation Set on Study in Paris

A presentation on the district’s “Summer in Paris” program is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the Orange Coast College Faculty House.

The monthlong study program, which begins June 30, will be led by French instructor Lia Raileanu. The fee is $2,290 per student. Information: (714) 552-6698.

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SADDLEBACK COLLEGE

Debate Team Wins State Championship

The Saddleback Community College District speech and debate team recently won the state championship at the California Community College Forensics Assn. tournament. Team members garnered 31 awards in the competition.

Annie Brown of Newport Beach was named the tournament’s best speaker. Dathan Aragon of Laguna Niguel won a gold medal in prose interpretation and a silver medal in oral interpretation. Violet Igolnikov of Aliso Viejo won a gold medal in the category of speech to entertain, and the silver medal in persuasive speaking.

--COMPILED BY ALAN EYERLY, WITH JEFF BEAN AND RUSS LOAR