Started as a clothing drive, now a club on campus
The East Los Angeles College Student Pop Up Closet is now its own individual club on campus.
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No confidence vote focuses on college website woes
The Academic Senate unanimously voted no confidence on Tuesday in the Los Angeles Community College District’s Office of Information Technology’s handling of issues with the college’s website.
Huskies enrollment fair highlights Student Services
The in-person Huskies Enrollment Fair, January 28 and February 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is focused on helping students gain access to East Los Angeles College Student Services resources for student success. Resources include registering for Spring courses, finishing applications for new students and showcasing the colleges various academic and discipline courses and certifications.
Academic Senate aims to reassign catalogs
Academic Senate President Jeffrey Hernandez implored President Alberto Román to reassign catalog responsibilities to Dean Kerrin McMahan instead of Dean Djuradj Babic in an email sent September 14.
New Central American Studies degree offered at ELAC
Students can earn an Associate of Arts Degree in the newly offered Central American Studies program at East Los Angeles College. The program has California State University and University of California transferable courses.
Terminated ELAC dean guilty of grand theft
Terminated East Los Angeles College Dean Paul De La Cerda was found guilty on Friday of grand theft by an employee. This charge filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office is in addition to the original charges of one count of Public Office Embezzling for personal use and one count of grand theft by embezzlement, back in January. A plea deal was offered to De La Cerda in April.
Lecture Series ends with well-known architect
Well-known Los Angeles based architect Barbra Bestor presented her list of projects she had worked on throughout the years.
Alberto Roman featured in 4th Annual Political Science Fair
East Los Angeles College President Alberto Román was featured in ELAC’s 4th Annual Political Science Career Fair on Thursday.
Health educator stresses the importance of STD/STI testing
With Sexual Assault Awareness Month coming to an end, Edwin Rojas, a health educator and research assistant, from St. John’s Well Child and Family Center conducted a workshop on Thursday about Sexual Transmitted infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention. “HIV is something very present, it needs to be addressed and not put in the past,” says Rojas.
Workshop highlights ways men can help end domestic violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the East Los Angeles Women Center focuses on ways boys and men can engage against domestic violence and sexual assault.