Laney College

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Laney College
Laney college.jpg
MottoDream. Flourish. Succeed.
Type Public community college
Established1953;71 years ago (1953)
Parent institution
Peralta Community College District and California Community Colleges
Chancellor Jannett Jackson
President Rudy Besikof [1]
Academic staff
400+
Students16,543 [2]
Location, ,
United States

37°47′47″N122°15′46″W / 37.79637°N 122.26280°W / 37.79637; -122.26280
Campus Urban: 60 acres (0.24 km²)
Colors    Forest Green and Silver
Nickname Eagles
MascotEddie the Eagle
Website www.laney.edu

Laney College is a public community college in Oakland, California. [3] Laney is the largest of the four colleges of the Peralta Community College District which serves northern Alameda County. Laney College is named after Joseph Clarence Laney. [4] The college offers both certificates and credits for Associate of Arts degree, as well as prerequisites to transfer to four year universities. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

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History

Laney College traces its history to the Central Trade School by the Oakland Board of the Education in 1927 and the Merritt School of Business (now Merritt College) founded in 1929. The trade school was later renamed Joseph C. Laney Trade and Technical Institute. Oakland Junior College was founded in 1953 with Laney serving as the vocational training center and Merritt hosting the liberal arts and business programs. In 1958, the college was renamed Oakland City College. With the establishment of the Peralta Junior College District in 1964, Laney Institute, located on the current campus, and Merritt College became separate autonomous colleges in their present-day forms. The current campus was opened prior to the 1970-71 academic year. [5]

Campus

Most of the college's academic and administrative buildings are clustered together in a complex in the northern corner of the campus. The buildings are arranged on a rigid grid, with two levels of concrete pathways providing circulation. The square in the center of the complex has been reserved for the quad. Surrounding the quad are the student center, theater, library, and gymnasium. On one corner is the triangular "Laney Tower", the main administration building; on the opposite is another triangular building housing a lecture hall and dance studio. Academic buildings form the outer ring of the complex. Each has a similar design, with outdoor courtyards in the centers of each square on a higher level, ringed by classrooms and offices; and more classrooms and vocational facilities on the lower level, all accessed from the perimeter of the building. However, none of the higher levels are on the same level as each other; they are connected by voluminous stairs and ramps. Most of the outer buildings occupy two or three squares on the grid. The entire complex shares a red brick and concrete theme, with sharp corners, square and triangular shapes, and little vegetation.

The newest academic building is the art center, which is adjacent to the main complex but has its own architectural style. The building opened in the 2006-2007 school year. It was designed by Beverly Prior Architects to be built from prefabricated material, because of the short time frame between the start of construction and planned opening.

The channel that connects Lake Merritt to the Oakland Estuary runs through the center of the campus. The southeastern half of the campus on the other side of the channel is mainly used for athletic and Peralta Community College District facilities. This section was also the former site of the World War II "Auditorium Housing Project" which housed war industry workers from around the United States, many of whom worked in the Kaiser Shipyards. The housing was demolished sometime after the war, and in the early 1960s, a temporary football stadium called Frank Youell Field was constructed on the site for use by the Oakland Raiders.

Athletics

In 1960, student Linda Vail won the U.S. Tennis Association national intercollegiate women's tennis championships in both singles and doubles. [6]

Football

The Laney Eagles compete in the Bay 6 Football Conference, which is governed by the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). They are led by head coach John Beam, who has won the CCCAA Coach of the Year award.

In the 2018 season, Laney won the CCCAA State Football Championship and was deemed the Mythical National Champion, due to the regional splits between the CCCAA, which governs all 68 California junior college football programs, and the National Junior College Athletic Association, which governs junior college athletics across the rest of the United States, and covers 65 football programs. [7]

In 2020, Laney Football was featured in season 5 of the Netflix sports series Last Chance U . [8] [9]

Notable people

Faculty

Alumni

Oakland City College, Laney campus

Laney College

See also

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References

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