Congrats to the LAVC Speech and Debate Team on winning the state championship award (called the Jim Miller Perpetual Sweepstakes Award) at the California Community College Forensic Association's 2017 State Tournament. In addition, the team won a total of 6 gold individual medals, 1 silver individual medals and 9 bronze individual medals at the tournament.

Congrats to LAVC's Student Union (Monarch Center construction project) on receiving the American Institute of Steel Construction's 2017 IDEAS² National Award for innovative use of structural steel. It was one of 11 steel frame structures to receive this national recognition. 

Congrats to Men's Swimming on its team win and to Women's Swimming on its fourth place finish at the WSC Meet #2 at Valley. This week, Softball plays San Bernardino in a home double header on March 21 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and Baseball plays LA Mission on home turf on March 25 at 1 p.m. Go Monarchs! 

Congratulations to the LAVC Community Services Center on receiving a LEED Gold certification, and to the LAVC Monarch Athletic Center on receiving a LEED Silver certification! Both buildings were certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Congrats to Men's Swimming on its win and to Women's Swimming for its third place overall finish at the WSC Meet #1. The Lady Monarchs of Women's Basketball finished the season with a loss to Ventura in the third round of the WSC Tournament.

The LAVC Historical Museum was awarded a California Audiovisual Preservation Project grant to digitize the museum's collection of oral interviews of early San Fernando Valley residents. The never previously published interviews were conducted over a span of 13 years by former LAVC historical museum founder and history professor Dr. James Dobson.

Women's Basketball (WSC East Division Champs) beats Riverside in the playoffs to earn a seat at the CCCAA Tournament to play Ventura on March 4 at 7 p.m.; game will be streamed live. Also, congrats to Women's Basketball's Diamond O'Connor for being named WSC East Player of the Year, and Lydia Pope, Emily Chan, Yolanda Ealy and Rebecca Islas for being named to the WSC All-Conference.

Congrats to LAVC's Community Services Center on being awarded a AIA SFV Citation Award, and to LAVC's Student Union (Monarch Center construction project) on its AIA SFV Merit Award. This is the second award for the Community Services Center and the fourth award for the Student Union.

Congrats to LAVC Professor Emeritus Dr. Steven Mark Sachs on the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's (AOPA) Flight Training magazine publishing his article titled "Be Quiet! And Other Things Never to Say to Passengers".

Congrats to Women's Basketball on its WSC East Division Championship win! The Lady Monarchs will play round two of Southern California playoffs at home against Riverside on February 24 at 7 p.m. Also, come and cheer on the Monarchs at home as Softball plays Oxnard on February 21 at 1:30 p.m., and Baseball plays a makeup game on February 21 at 2 p.m., and against COC on February 23 at 2 p.m.