We're offering more than 80 short-term classes during the Fall 2019 semester. These 8-week late-start classes start October 21 and offer you more opportunities to help you transfer or graduate sooner. Check the Searchable Class Schedule for "2nd 8 Week" session classes, and enroll today!

Attention job seekers! Prepare yourself for an entry-level career in the BioTech industry with LAVC's FREE 6-week BioTech Bridge Training Academy. Join us for the next info session on Wednesday, September 25 at 10 a.m. in ACA 1301. Classes start in October 2019. Space is limited!

Congratulations to Extended Opportunity Program & Services (EOPS) on celebrating its golden anniversary this year. EOPS assists eligible students who have historically experienced economic and educational challenges. The LACCD Board of Trustees has designed September 2019 as EOPS Month.

Congratulations to Gjenaii Z. Enciso Givhan, assistant professor of Business Administration, LAVC, on being awarded the "2019 Advancing Real Estate Education Award" from the California Community Colleges Real Estate Education Center.

Michael Powelson, adjunct assistant professor of History, LAVC, has recently published Swindlers All: A Brief History of Government Business Frauds from Alexander Hamilton to AIG. The book chronicles some of the government and business frauds carried out throughout US history.

LAVC is offering 270+ classes with "zero textbook cost" or "low textbook cost" for students this Fall! Zero Textbook Cost classes uses free, online course materials, and Low Textbook Cost classes have textbooks that are $50 or less. To find these classes, search the online Schedule of Classes by "Class search type" and select "zero cost textbook classes (OER)" or "low cost textbook classes".

Get the GradGuru App to help you stay on track with LAVC push notifications of important dates, deadlines, and campus events. The MyCollege.laccd.edu Mobile app lets you access the LACCD SIS at anytime on your mobile device. Download the FREE apps today!

LACCD Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez is forwarding Dr. Barry Gribbons for the approval of the LACCD Board of Trustees to serve as the next LAVC President. The Trustees will consider and approve his appointment at the Board’s August 7, 2019 meeting.

Los Angeles philanthropist Joan A. Payden has donated $500,000 to the LAVC Foundation's Steinway Piano Campaign in honor of her deceased brother William Payden, who was a faculty member and Journalism department chair at LA Valley College. In recognition of the gift, the Mainstage Theater in the forthcoming LAVC Valley Academic and Cultural Center will be renamed as the William R. Payden Theater.

Congratulations to LAVC students Diana Castro and Alexander Richardson for being awarded the 2019 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This prestigious, highly competitive national scholarship was awarded to only 61 students nationwide. The scholarship will provide them with up to $40,000 annually for a maximum of three years to complete their bachelor’s degree. Diana Castro is preparing to transfer to UCLA and plans to study World Arts & Culture. Alexander Richardson will be majoring in Astrophysics.