Thank you Daily News readers for naming LAVC as your "Favorite College" in the 2017 Daily News Readers Choice Awards! This year, Valley College joined over 100 local businesses, services, and places to be recognized by Daily News readers as their "Best" and "Favorite" choice winners.

Are you a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, intersex or asexual? Come learn about various resources and answers to many of your questions (regardless of your sexuality or gender identity)on LAVC's new the LGBTQ+ Resource Web page.

Want to receive up to $40,000 per year to complete your bachelor's degree? The Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is open for community college sophomores and recent graduates. The deadline to apply is October 24. 

Have you checked out LAVC's new Events Calendar on the homepage? This new LAVC calendar of events lists the current and upcoming events and academic deadlines at Valley College. Also, departments/programs now have the option to add events to a calendar on their Web site as well as the LAVC college-wide calendar on the homepage.

As the new academic year begins, the LAVC Administrative Services Office wants to remind you to display your valid parking permit, and that all temporary parking permits will now only be issued by the Sheriff's Department at LAVC, and temporary permits must be renewed every semester.

LAVC Athletics announced that Greg Venger has been named the new women's softball coach for 2018. He starts immediately and will transition from his current role as head women's soccer coach this season.

LAVC Athletics announced that Matthew White is the new head football coach and a full-time member of the LAVC Kinesiology Department. White has been the interim coach following the departure of former head football coach Robert Tucker in December; he officially started his role as head coach on July 1. 

Congratulations to LAVC Family Resource Center's Marni Roosevelt and Amber Angel and LAVC Workforce Training's Dr. Doug Marriott for showcasing the LAVC "Strengthening Working Families" Project at a recent California Workforce Investment Board Innovation Toolkit webinar.

LAVC has received a LEED Silver certification for its Student Union building (also called the Monarch Center project) from the U.S. Green Building Council. This is the third LEED Silver-certified building at the college.

Congratulations to Adjunct Assistant Professor Abraham Hoffman on publishing a California's Deadliest Earthquakes book! This new book explores personal accounts and aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and 1994 Northridge earthquake.