Archive for the ‘Alumni News’ Category
On December 8, LACC Foundation hosted a special reception honoring some of our many talented and distinguished alumni who participated in LACC’s light pole banner marketing project. The evening began with campus tours for alumni and their families to view their light pole banners. Following the tours, guests made their way back to the Student Union for hors d’oeuvres and drinks. A live jazz band made up of students from the music department played throughout the night. The event was well-attended with over 100 guests and alumni including former Los...
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On Sunday, December 6, Los Angeles City College alumnus Mark Hamill returned to his alma mater to meet with current Theatre Academy Students, followed by a Q&A session with fans, moderated by emeritus Al Rossi in the Camino Theatre. Hamill attended LACC for four semesters plus a summer session in the early 1970s. During the Q&A, Hamill discussed his time at LACC and told stories from his acting and voice over career. He described his audition for Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, during which he...
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Eva Reyes (pictured above, center) grew up in South Los Angeles with her “loud Afro-Latino family.” In high school, Eva tutored at-risk middle school students and taught dance classes. This helped her stay out of trouble and led her to work with youth and family services, specifically gang intervention. After graduating high school, Eva started taking classes at South West College and attended many other colleges in the area before finding her home at LACC. After struggling with her classes in...
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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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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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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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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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Growing up in Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles was a far-away mythical place where all the beautiful movie stars lived and films that shaped my life came from. After graduating high school, I had the opportunity to take a two year working holiday in the UK and was lucky enough to start working in a trade association for Television Rights. Once my time in the UK ran out I knew that the next step was Film School and to learn...
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On the morning of October 11, 1972, his first day in the United States Navy, David Almond stepped foot onto the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk bound for Vietnam. David had no idea that within his first 24 hours he would witness the Navy’s first race riot aboard a warship. The son of a preacher, David Almond was just 17 and fresh out of L.A. High School when he enlisted in the Navy, inspired by his sister’s work as an Army...
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In 1952, a young man took an electronics class at LACC, taught by Professor Nathan Eisen. The young man found that his life and career path were changed forever after taking that class. Sixty-two years later, that young man, alumnus Palmer Langdon, decided to establish an endowed scholarship for computer technology students in honor of that professor who inspired him, by creating the Nathan Eisen Computer Technology Scholarship. Professor Eisen taught electronics and physics at LACC from 1946 to...
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