LAVC students Gabriella and Sergio Ruelas met with LA Mayor Garcetti at the HIRE LA's Youth Roundtable. As graduates of the LAVC Workforce Training academies funded by the City of LA, the siblings shared how the LAVC Biotech Training Program and the LAVC Manufacturing Technology Training Program helped prepare them for employment. Both students are also currently attending LAVC, and pursuing engineering degrees.

Congratulations to LAVC students Dana Herrera, Robert Ristine, Diana Castro, and Alexander Richardson for being selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This highly selective scholarship provides generous financial support (up to $40,000/year) for two to three years and is awarded to the nation’s top community college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university. The finalist will be announced in April.

Los Angeles Valley College has been named as one of the Top 50 Community Colleges for Hispanics in the nation by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine. LAVC was ranked #38 for Community Colleges with the Greatest Total Enrollment of Hispanics and ranked #49 for the Greatest Number of Hispanics Receiving Degrees and Certificates.

The LAVC Helping Hands Food Pantry is open during the Spring 2019 Semester every Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center's Monarch Patio. The campus food pantry is open to all students, faculty/staff and the community, and offers a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, dry and canned foods, milk and juice. It also has a representative on hand to assist students with applying to the CalFresh program. In addition, the campus community is still encouraged to make a "Plus One" donation of non-perishable foods (individuals who donate 20 times will get a prize), or they can donate online to Helping Hands Project through the LAVC Foundation.

The campus community is invited to participate Professional Development's B.U.I.L.D. Series college-wide book group meetings to discuss Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. This book examines decision making, and connects with the work the college is doing for Guided Pathways and students’ decisions regarding coursework choices. Professional Development will also be working with the District to launch an online professional development portal called Cornerstone in the coming months. Stay tuned for more updates!

Congratulations to Monarch Basketball for reaching the CCCAA Southern California Men's Basketball Playoffs! They play the first round of the playoffs on February 27 at 7 p.m. at Ventura College.

Congratulations to Men's and Women's Basketball on their strong finish beating Glendale, Women's Swim's Caitlyn Heckler for finishing 1st in all three of her events at the Golden West meet, Men's Swim's 800 freestyle relay team on their 3rd place finish, NS  

Come cheer on our Monarchs at home this week! Softball will play a make-up game versus Harbor on February 18 at 10 a.m., Baseball will go against Harbor on February 19 at 7 p.m., and our Basketball teams will play its final regular season home game on February 22 (men play at 5 p.m. and women play at 7 p.m.) against Glendale. #GoMonarchs!

The LAVC Athletics department invites the campus community to cheer on our Monarchs at an upcoming home game. Men's Basketball plays Antelope Valley on February 13 at 5 p.m. and Victor Valley on February 16 at 3 p.m., Women's Basketball plays Antelope Valley on February 13 at 7 p.m. and Victor Valley on February 16 at 5 p.m, and Baseball plays Moorpark on February 1 at 2 p.m. #GoMonarchs!

Don't miss your chance to cheer on the Baseball at their home games this week! Monarchs Baseball plays at home versus Moorpark on February 5 at 2 p.m., versus Oxnard on February 7 at 2 p.m., and against Antelope Valley College on February 8 at 2 p.m.. Free admission to home baseball games. #GoMonarchs