Jacqueline (Jackie) Hams is LAVC's new Distance Education Coordinator. She is responsible for administering Valley College's distance education program, which includes online and hybrid courses, and is a faculty liason for distance education.

LAVC Photography Professor Rod Lyons recently had 14 photographs accepted into the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture photography collection.

LAVC physics students celebrate Metric Day with a display outside the Counseling Office. This activity was held to raise awareness about the Metric system, which is used throughout the world, and to encourage people to sign a petition for the United States to move to the metric system.

Abraham Hoffman, adjunct assistant professor in History at LAVC, has an article titled "The Actor and the Outlaw" published in the December 2015 issue of the Wild West Magazine. 

Find out how to fill out your CSU transfer admission application at the "CSU Application" Workshop on October 21 at 5:30 p.m. and October 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Career/Transfer Center. Reserve your spot today!

The LAVC Student Services Division has recently been reorganized into four units: Student Success and Support Services, Student Life, Special Programs and an Office of Ombudsperson. 

Dr. Douglas Marriott has been named as the new Director of Workforce Training at LAVC. In this new role, he will be responsible for overseeing Cooperative Education, Job Training, Extension and the Job Resource Center with workforce training programs. 

LAVC congratulates Women's Basketball's Sydney Hua and Kai Briggs for receiving a 2016 Women's Basketball Academic All-State Award. 

The Monarch Athletic teams were on fire this past week! Men's Water Polo beat Citrus College, Women's Water Polo defeated Santa Barbara, Women's Soccer beat Santa Monica, and Football won over Antelope Valley. Don't miss the upcoming Women's Water Polo game on October 14 at 3:30 p.m and Women's Soccer on October 16 at 4 p.m. 

LA Valley College, East LA College and LA Trade Tech College awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop activities to make significant improvement to student success. The three schools will work together to improve retention, persistence, and completion rates of students.