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LOS ANGELES SOUTHWEST COLLEGE COUGARS
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NOVEMBER 2015
Volume 1 Number 3
DID YOU KNOW?
There has been a lot of news related to Los Angeles
Southwest College in the past month and plenty of events
planned for the days and weeks ahead. The checklist
below aims to help you get up to speed. Did we miss
anything? Send us your LASC news and notes at
[email protected]
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SHERIFF'S EXPO AT LASC
Los Angeles Southwest College will be hosting a
career expo for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department at 9 a.m. Dec. 5. Onsite testing will
take place at 11:30 a.m.
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COSTUME DESIGN EXHIBITION
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The LASC men's basketball team lost its first two
games of the season, but received a strong effort in
both games from Christian Carson. Carson scored
13 points and dished off five assists in a loss to
Fullerton College and scored 22 points and had five
assists in a 67-65 loss to Victor Valley.
A costume design exhibition titled “Taboo’s
and Fairies” will be held from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. Dec. 2 on the second floor of the Cox
Building near the library entrance. The
event is free to attend.
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EDUCATION SPEAKER SERIES
The “Empowerment Through Education” speaker
series wraps up with two talks in December:
“Metacognition for Thinking and Learning” with Cal
Poly Pomona Professor Ruth Ahn will be Dec. 1 from
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Cox building, Room 533,
and “The Environment and Social Justice
Communities for Better Environment” by Byron
Gudiel will be Dec. 2 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Cox
building, Room 533
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CSUDH AT LASC
A Cal State Dominguez Hills representative will be at
LASC from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in the
SoCTE Building, Room 115.
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FOUNDATION LOOKING FOR ALUMNI
The Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation is
looking to connect with LASC alumni. For more
information, call them at 323-241-5270.
CARSON STARS FOR LASC
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LASC LEADS LACCD
For the seventh straight month, LASC is
leading the way in the Los Angeles
Community College District in assessing,
orienting, and providing abbreviated
Student Education Plans to the highest
percentage of new students.
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CTE HIGHLIGHTED
CTE Departments throughout the region are
building Pathway programs for more
intentional career/educational planning to get
students from the classroom to the workplace.
Rick Hodge, Dean of CTE, Workforce
Development, discussed his department's
efforts to engage industry throughout the
process on Oct. 21 at the Los Angeles Orange
County Regional Consortia meeting at
the California Community College Association
of Occupational Education Conference.
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Celebrating
MUSINGS
LASC's vets
The
Veterans Center held an
Craft
open
DIY house
tea with and veterans
backyard
leaves
recognition
reception on Nov. 10 to
highlight the services the center
Fashion
provides
and also bring attention to
Interview with stylist,
the college's many veterans as well as
Madi Ross
the issues that they face.
Music
The
day
also included
The
Midsummer
Music a forum
Festival
Experience
consisting of LASC students who are
veterans as well as a resource fair.
Events
Students
participating in the panel
Craftsman Living
were Nyja Clayter, Issac Norales
Newtown Store Launch
and Deondre’ D Broome.
Travel
The
Veterans Center is in the Student
Backpacking
in Incheon
Services
Building, Room 207, and is
under the direction of Yvette Tucker.
Services that the center provides
includes assistance with GI Bill
S T A P Lveterans
E S benefits,
applications,
employment assistance, academic
04 Editor's
Noteto community
counseling,
referrals
agencies serving veterans, a student
07 Fan Mails
veterans lounge and computer
stations,
psychological services, peer
10 Radar
mentoring and much more.
18 Summer Must Haves
24 Style Trends
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DECEMBER 2016
FORUM LOOKS TO HELP
STUDENTS FIND SUCCESS
The LASC Campus Community Forum on Nov.
5 focused on helping students achieve success in
and outside of the classroom.
Take a peek into a day
in the life of budding
Los Angeles Community College Districtartist
Trustee
Stella Young,
Sydney Kamlager talked at the beginning
the she improves
andofhow
forum as did Dr. Keith C. Nathaniel, director ofher
Loscraft
Angeles County Extension.
More than 100 students attended the talk in
the in the Little Theater, which was a kickoff to a
series of events that will help students learn by
observing and engaging in constructive dialog on
how to become critical thinkers and socially
responsible leaders. Issues that will be addressed
will focus on those facing LASC and area
communities.
Panelist included Rick Hodge, LASC Career and
Technical Education Dean; Heidi Tatum, LASC
Health professor; Stephanie Burrus, LASC Reading
instructor; Rachel Henderson, LASC student and
Political Science major; Quentin D. Strode, Managing
Director and Principal at ATRIFEX CAPITAL &
ADVISORY; and Pastor K.W. Tulloss, senior pastor
of Weller Street Missionary Baptist.
Dr. Lance Robert, a Political Science professor at
LASC, was the moderator of the Nov. 5 forum.
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LASC PEACE RALLY
BY MARCELL BARRETT
LASC JOURNALISM STUDENT
A town hall peace rally conducted by the LASC Village
This peace rally showed and demonstrated a sense of
People, an Associated Student Organization club, on Oct.
inner strength to come together and to be one and to not
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allow the things going on around us or with us to stop or
hold us back from showing people as well as the
The event, which was held at the Foundation Center, was
community that the students of Los Angeles Southwest
brought on by the constant epidemic of violence and
College can do anything that they put their minds to and
killings in the area community.
that we cannot be afraid to speak up and voice how we
feel about what’s going on campus because if you don’t
Students were the main headliners as they
who will?
expressed their concerns and called for their fellow Los
Angeles Southwest College students to come together
This peace rally also highlighted that students are only as
and talk about the issues that they face because
powerful or as strong as those who are leading them.
they matter and are important, but also to help end the
violence around them.
This event was a big success and it could not have been
possible without the leadership and efforts of LASC
Guests included Grammy Award winner Janice Marie.
Village People Founder Dolores Sheen (Aunt Dolores) as
Marie performed with three Sheenway School and
well as LASC Village People advisor Connie Bullock.
Culture Center students, who represented the innocent
children that are victims of violence. Jazz violinist Lili
You can feel the life and excitement coming back to
Haydn, who was accompanied by Marshall Thompson and
Southwest College and it feels good to be a part of
Greg Woodford-Wells, also performed. Additional guests
change.
included DJ Alcatraz, Yaya and Sir Bailey as well as LASC
student hero Caleb J. White.
At times, as people, we can feel like change is not
necessary or that change is hard but all it takes is a few
There was so much exciting news that came out of the
like-minded people with the same vision and goals to
event, including that the campus will have voting polls on
bring about needed change and things will only get better
campus for local and national elections next year, the
and keep moving and progressing.
media attended and there was a great turnout among
students.
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LASC does
Outreach
BY THE OFFICE OF
OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT
The purpose of the event was to provide unity
among the people of South Los Angeles. The
team educated the community on the eight
step process to enroll at LASC and informed
many parents and guardians regarding the top
three core services available to every LASC
student. More than 300,000 community
members attended “Taste of Soul,” and the
staff was able to engage with more than 700
students, parents and grandparents. LASC
pride was definitely flaunted in the most fun
and honest manner.
The staff spoke with students at the “Mental
Health Awareness Fair” on October 30 at
LASC. The majority in attendance were
children who listened intently as the
importance of getting a college education was
stressed. The young kids were reminded that
achieving academic success is available to
each student who is willing to become a
critical thinker. With over 100 community
members in attendance, adults and students
alike enjoyed an informative and festive
evening.
The outreach season is upon us and the
Los Angeles Southwest College Office
of Outreach and Recruitment has been
off to a great start. As seniors do their
best to navigate their last year in high
school, they face the grueling process
of selecting a college. At LASC,
Outreach team members have made it
their aim to meet students all the way
in that process. It is our passion and
desire to promote a college going
culture. In turn, the team strived to visit
as many high schools in our district
while maintaining a presence at
community events around the greater
Los Angeles area. We would like to
highlight some of the recent events that
have taken place in our community.
New team members and LASC
representatives were at the California
State University,
Dominguez Hills' popular event titled,
“Feria de Educacion” on October 3
sponsored by Univision. More
than 200 parents, high school students,
as well as middle school
students attended this event. This was
an exciting time for the Outreach team
to connect with the Hispanic/Latino
community as well as with a much
younger generation of students that
came by their booth.
LASC team members also
participated in the “Taste of Soul”
community event on Oct. 1 in Los
Angeles near Baldwin Hills Plaza. It was
a unique and fun time for our team,
as we united with other offices and
programs at LASC that help make our
campus so successful such as Bridges to
Success and EOP&S.
The team also took part in the“Cash for
College” event on October 28-29 at the
Convention Center in Downtown Los
Angeles. The event took place during an
extremely important time for students,
teachers and especially parents. The students
buzzed with excitement as they received their
totes and souvenirs from desired college
booths. LASC Outreach team had a chance to
raffle off Los Angeles Southwest College
backpacks and other fun merchandise. An
estimated 10,000 students were present in
the span of two days. It was a fun time had by
all, especially our team members, because
they enjoyed seeing counselors and students
from the every school district we consistently
get the privilege of serving.
The Outreach team is out to empower a
diverse student population to achieve their
academic goals and to become critical
thinkers and socially responsive leaders!
If you are interested in attending any
upcoming community events with the team,
please email the coordinator of Outreach and
Recruitment Johnel Barron at
[email protected].
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LASC STUDENT WINS
STATEWIDE POST
GRANT GETS STUDENTS
CRITICAL RESOURCES
Journalism Major Elissa J. Granger has been voted vice president
Thanks to a grant from the LOI Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker
of the Black Caucus of the California Community Colleges, a
Foundation, LASC’s Community Services Department has been
collection of organizations that represent students of African
able to provide dozens of LASC students lacking a permanent
descent in the state’s community colleges.
residence with necessary items to help them get through the days a
little easier this semester.
Granger says she will focus on how to make the college
experience easier for students as well as look to raise the
The Community Services Department has used some of the grant
academic conscientious and social awareness of caucus members
money totaling more than $50,000 to fill more than 100 backpacks
and African-American students throughout the state.
and 45 duffel bags with an array of critical supplies such as
washcloths, pens, socks and candy bars. The bags were handed out
“We need to strategize on how to be the best advocates for
to select LASC students earlier this semester. The grant funds also
students to ensure that they have critical resources like book
went to purchase textbooks and food for students. With fewer
vouchers or anything else that makes college life a little easier,”
things to worry about, students are less likely to spend their
she says.
financial aid money on school supplies or a book bag and can spend
their extra money on rent, says Joni Collins, community services
Granger will also be responsible for organizing the annual
manager at LASC.
conference for the caucus in Northern California in 2016. She
expects it to include a wealth of workshops and seminars on
“I’m very passionate about providing students with the tools that
critical issues for students such as time management and financial
they need to succeed,” Collins says. “This is one way that we are
stability.
trying to do that.”
Granger was voted into office during the Student Senate for
The grant money supports the Los Angeles Southwest College
California Community Colleges’ Fall General Assembly in
Pathways (Cougar Guardian Scholars) program that aims to create
Sacramento. The assembly took place from Nov. 13-15.
an education pipeline for current and former foster youth
enrolled at all feeder high schools as well current LASC students
A resident of South Los Angeles, Granger is looking to get a
who are foster youth or homeless. LASC employees support
degree from LASC in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on
current and former foster youth by working with them to improve
journalism. She also serves as Chief Justice of LASC’s Associated
their quality of life by helping them reach their educational and
Students Organization.
vocational goals.
GRADUATION
2016
Los Angeles Southwest
College’s 49th
Commencement will be at 5
p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2016,
at Cougar Stadium (LASC’s
football field).
Student rehearsals will be at
1 p.m. Friday, May 27, 2016
and at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May
31, 2016 in the lobby of the
Student Services Building.
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ACCREDITATION
JANUARY 2016 : SELF - EVALUATION SENT TO ACCREDITING
COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES
MARCH 7 - 10 : ACCJC SELF - EVALUATION TEAM VISITS LASC
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