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On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Los Angeles City College held their first annual ‘Veterans Have Talent’ in honor of Veteran’s Day. Before the talent portion of the event kicked off, Blas Villalobo, Veterans Advisory Commissioner at Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and LACC’s Congressman Adam Schiff said a few words to the more than 200 veterans in attendance. LACC has the largest number of veterans within the Los Angeles Community College District, over 500, and was rated...
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About the Photographer: While most students come to college to get an education, Gegham Khekoyan has come from Armenia to LACC to give the campus the gift of his art. In Armenia, he was a renowned designer of books, magazines, and newspapers. As a student here since 2011, he has helped the Collegian newspaper win national acclaim and awards. For the past three years, he has taken on the monumenta individual voluntary task of honoring and preserving the life...
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By Ryan Koncar After 10 years pursuing a retail sales and management career, I made the decision to return to school full time and finish what I started so long ago—earning a Bachelor’s degree. The best way to describe how I felt at the time is like this: I was climbing the figurative corporate ladder only to find out halfway up that it was leaning against the wrong building. Even though I was heading down a decent path, it...
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LACC Foundation accepted 13 exemplary students into the Presidents Scholars Program for the 2015-2016 year. The President’s Scholar Award provides outstanding graduating high school students full support for tuition, books, and supplies in order to graduate and/or transfer to a four-year college or university. In addition to the scholarship, each President’s Scholar receives a notebook tablet, campus orientation, free parking, free admission to cultural events, membership in the Ralph Bunche Honors program, and an invitation to an annual reception with the...
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On Saturday, September 12, LACC alumna Cindy Williams returned to the El Camino Theater stage as she discussed her new book, “Shirley, I Jest: A Storied Life.” Fellow alumnus and friend, Bruce Kimmel ’68, introduced the event, while Herbie J Pilato served as moderator. Cindy spoke to Herbie on the Camino stage about her life, her time spent at LACC, her notable acting career, and her quirky friendship with Andy Kaufmann. As she spoke, she brought stories to life...
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Marian Montano graduated from John Marshall High School in 2014 with hopes of transferring to a four-year university. Even with a GPA of 3.96 and a great SAT score, she did not receive acceptance into the four universities she applied to. She believes that it was a result of bad advice on filling out her applications and personal statements. After receiving the hard news, she turned her attention towards LACC. She applied to LACC’s President’s Scholars Program, an elite...
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LACC students and twins Penelope and America Lopez don’t just love coding and programming because they love the challenge of creating technology — they have also made it their goal to use technology to improve their communities. At the recent Hack for LA Hack-a-thon, on June 6 and 7, the self-proclaimed CyberCode Twins competed with over 500 other hackers and were awarded the top prize in the Children’s Health category for developing an anti-bullying app. According to a mission...
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On Tuesday May 12, 2015, Los Angeles City College Foundation awarded scholarships to 291 students, totaling over $173,000 dollars. LACC Foundation scholarships are made possible by our generous and devoted emeriti, alumni, and community partners. Since 1999, the Foundation has awarded over $2.9 million in scholarships to LACC students. Congratulations to all 2015 recipients!
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On May 2, 2015, the newly renovated Clausen Hall made its long anticipated debut at a grand opening featuring speeches, donor acknowledgements, a new film on the history of the music department and student performances that wowed the audience in the acoustically superior 190-seat recital hall. Key features of the $13 million modernization project include a new 150-seat David Alpert Lecture Hall, expanded 190-seat Clausen Recital Hall, two electronic music labs, two keyboard labs, 35 practice rooms, two new...
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On May 4th, 5th and 6th the LACC Art Gallery opened its doors for a Mother’s Day Sale, with a wonderful selection of ceramics, paintings and art books for sale at affordable prices for students and faculty, with all proceeds benefiting the gallery as well as funding art student scholarships. Most of the ceramics were donated by alumna & artist Merryl Alpert. Merryl spoke briefly to the art students and faculty at a reception held in her honor and...
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