The LAVC Hunger-Free Campus Initiative is helping our students who are experiencing homelessness and/or are food insecure. The new Helping Hands Food Pantry opened to distribute food to hungry students on Tuesdays and Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Campus Center's Monarch Patio, and to assists students in applying for CalFresh. There is also going to be a Rummage Sale benefiting the LAVC Helping Hands Project on October 25 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) has published an article on "Instilling Entrepreneurial Mindset at Los Angeles Valley College" by LAVC Business Administration Department Chair Tasos Sioukas in its Summer/Fall 2018 issue. In addition, Tasos was invited to present a workshop on designing an entrepreneurship boot-camp program at the NACCE Go West regional conference on September 20 in San Francisco. His presentation focused on the design principles for creating a entrepreneurship boot-camp program, including combining the approach of effectuation with causation to enhance the success of start-ups.

LAVC Family Resource Center (FRC) Program Coordinator Amber Angel and LAVC student parent Eden Bryant were featured on a panel discussion on "supporting student parents" on September 30 at #RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Insecurity at Temple University in Philadelphia. They shared their experiences about the benefits of on-campus student parent programming that is being offered at Valley College. 

Have you heard? The California Board of Governors (BOG) Fee Waiver is now called the California College Promise Grant. It has the same application process and eligibility requirements as the BOG and still waives the per unit enrollment fee at California community colleges. Be sure to check the LAVC Financial Aid Web page for more info on the California College Promise Grant.

In September, the college hosted an Implicit Bias workshop with UCLA's Jerry Kang, and the Partnership Resource Team (PRT) met with 50 staff, faculty and students on campus to discuss professional development on campus. The PRT team will be back on October 29 to help us work on our integrated professional development plan, so stay tuned for more details. Classified staff are invited to a meet-and-greet with Jeanne Owens, our new professional development coordinator, on October 10.

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Education and College Promise Campaign Director and LAVC President Erika Endrijonas applauded the LAVC Family Resource Center as a national model for serving student parents and their families at a special reception on August 23 at the Family Resource Center.

LAVC student Henry Kobin was one of 280 community college students across the country selected be in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS). As a NCAS Scholar, he got an opportunity for to participate in an on-site visit to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory over the summer. 

LAVC welcomes Jeanne Owens as the college's new professional development coordinator, and Dr. Sally Raskoff is the new faculty professional development coordinator. The pair has been working together to focus on enhancing professional development opportunities for both faculty and classified staff on campus.

LAVC kicked off new academic year with Opening Day activities for faculty and one for staff before the start of the semester. Looking ahead, faculty and staff should RSVP online for the Implicit Bias Workshop on September 14, and there will be a visit from the PRT on September 28 to help us identify our professional development needs.

Is your contact information correct in the LAVC Directory for faculty, staff, departments and services? Let students, faculty, and staff find the best way to reach you at work by updating your contact information in our phone/email directory! If you find that your work contact information is inaccurate or missing, contact Theresa Ramirez in Staff Services.