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This February, 26 Theatre Academy students went to Honolulu, Hawaii to participate in this year’s Kennedy Center / American College Theatre Festival. For many of these students, it was their first time being on airplane or their first time being outside of the state. An Invitational Scene from our Theatre Academy production of The Glory of Living, directed by faculty member Tony Maggio, was performed by students James Jenkins and Ashley Weiss 17 student Irene Ryan Acting nominees participated along with their 8...
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Rose Rumyan was born a few blocks away from LACC at Kaiser Hospital in East Hollywood. Both of her parents went to college in Armenia for the sciences and her grandfather was a professor of engineering who starting teaching her calculus at the age of three. From a young age, Rose developed an interest in math and science. Being a competitive student in high school, Rose wanted to attend UC Riverside after graduating high school but decided to attend...
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Melissa Breccia is a journalism student at LACC who has already left her mark in just two years. Attending a creative and performing arts high school, Melissa developed an interest in the arts at a young age. Melissa came to Los Angeles from Philadelphia at the age of 19, leaving behind all of her friends and family back home. Although difficult, Melissa knew that she had to make the move to Los Angeles in order to break into the entertainment industry. Luckily...
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On November 4, light pole banners went up around campus featuring the faces of distinguished alumni and students. The banners also revealed LACC’s redesigned logo and new slogan, “The City’s College.” The banners were a result of the hard work of LACC Foundation Development Director Leigh Stenberg and Executive Director Robert Schwartz, who contacted notable alumni to invite them to participate in the banner marketing campaign. Forty two distinguished alumni agreed to participate including actors Mark Hamill and Morgan Freeman, composer John...
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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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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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