Adam Brackman, a LAVC Geology/Earth Science major, has been selected to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS) and will visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center in June. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the LAVC Speech Team for earning a team bronze medal, 3 individual gold medals, 1 individual silver medal, and 12 individual bronze medals at the 2017 Phi Rho Pi National Speech Competition near Washington D.C. In addition, team member Maia Gaboian was honored with the Warren-Dahlin Student Fellowship Award.

Congrats to Tim Hornyak of Men's Swimming for being named the men's co-swimmer at the WSC Conference Championship; the Men's Swimming team placed third and Women's Swimming moved up to ninth place.

Good luck to the Men's and Women's Swimming as they head to the WSC Conference Championship at Hancock College on April 21-23. Cheer on our Monarchs at home as Softball plays Victor Valley on April 18 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Softball field, and Baseball plays West LA on April 18 at 2:30 p.m. and Bakersfield on April 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the Baseball field.

LAVC Family Resource Center Director Marni Roosevelt, LAVC Dean of Adult/Continuing Education Dr. Doug Marriott, and LAVC Family Resource Center Program Coordinator Amber Angel will speak at the "Staying the Course—Exploring Parent Retention and Completion" panel discussion at the Ascend at the Aspen Institute's 2Gen Practice Institute on April 27 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Congratulations to LAVC Adjunct Assistant Professor Nancy Shiffrin for having her poetry published in the upcoming Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2017. She will read her newly published poetry at the book's "Poetry and Cookies Celebration" publication party on April 29 from 1-4 p.m. at the Altadena Public Library.

Congratulations to the LAVC Kinesiology's Dance Program on receiving a Flourish Foundation grant to help support LAVC's Spring 2017 Dance production.

Dr. Douglas Marriott has been named as the new Dean of Adult/Community Education & Workforce Development at LAVC. In this new role, he will advance the Adult Education initiatives on campus, oversee Workforce Training and the Cooperative Education Center, and work directly with the CalWORKs/GAIN and Technology departments.

Congratulations to LAVC President Dr. Erika Endrijonas on being recognized as the "2017 Pioneer Woman of the Year" by LA City Councilmember Paul Krekorian. She was honored as a leader who champions gender equity in the city.

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.