Los Angeles Valley College

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Los Angeles Valley College
LAVC logo.png
Type Public community college
Established1949
Parent institution
 Los Angeles Community College District
President Barry Gribbons
Students18,308 [1]
Location
Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California
,
U.S.

34°10′33″N118°25′16″W / 34.17577°N 118.421097°W / 34.17577; -118.421097
CampusUrban, 105 acres (42 ha)
Colors    Green and gold
Nickname Monarchs
Sporting affiliations
 CCCAA – WSC,
SCFA (football)
Website www.lavc.edu
The college's sign and marquee at the corner of Fulton Ave & Oxnard St LAVC marquee.jpg
The college's sign and marquee at the corner of Fulton Ave & Oxnard St

Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) is a public community college in Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. [2]

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The college is adjacent to Grant High School in the neighborhood of Valley Glen. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was located on the site of Van Nuys High School. [3] The college moved to its current location in 1951, a 105-acre (42 ha) site bounded by Fulton Avenue on the west, Ethel Avenue/Coldwater Canyon Boulevard on the east, Burbank Boulevard on the south, and Oxnard Street on the north.

Los Angeles Valley College is one of nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. [2]

The sports teams are the Monarchs and the school colors are green and yellow.

History

Los Angeles Valley College was founded on September 12, 1949, to meet the tremendous growth of the San Fernando Valley during the 1940s and early 1950s. The college was officially chartered by the Los Angeles Board of Education in June 1949 and was located on the campus of Van Nuys High School. In 1951 Valley College moved to its permanent 105-acre (42 ha) site on Fulton Avenue in Valley Glen. [4]

In 1954, members of the faculty founded the Athenaeum which began to offer community programs that brought the Los Angeles Philharmonic to the campus. The campus also had internationally known speakers including Eustace St. James, Eleanor Roosevelt, Clement Attlee, Margaret Mead, and Louis Leakey. [4]

In 1969, the Los Angeles Community College District was formed and its nine colleges were separated from the Los Angeles Unified School District.

In December 2016, many of the college's electronic files were maliciously encrypted, disrupting voicemail, email, and computer files. A ransom note demanded $28,000 in Bitcoin in exchange for a decryption key. The Los Angeles Community College District paid the amount. [5]

In 2016, the Los Angeles Community College District approved the construction of the Valley Academic and Cultural Center building to meet campus needs. [6] The project was originally scheduled to be completed and opened in 2018 but the completion date has been pushed back twice, first to 2020 and then to 2022. Although the project was originally approved with a $78.5 million budget, the cost has increased to over $100 million. [7]

Campus security incidents

Student body composition as of 2022
Race and ethnicity [8] Total
Hispanic 51%51
 
White 29%29
 
Asian 7%7
 
Black 5%5
 
Unknown4%4
 
Two or more races [lower-alpha 1] 3%3
 
Foreign national 0%
Gender Distribution
Male 40%40
 
Female 60%60
 
Age Distribution
Under 1811%11
 
18-2447%47
 
25-6441%41
 
Over 651%1
 

In January 2014, a man was fatally shot in the parking lot of Los Angeles Valley College due to a drug deal gone bad. Two men were later arrested in connection. [9]

In 2014 and 2016, Los Angeles Valley College was locked down and evacuated several times due to reports of active shooters. In February 2014, a former student was detained in a "swatting" incident where another person called in a fake threat that the student was planning to shoot the school. She was released after several hours when it was determined to be a hoax. [10] In June 2014, Los Angeles Valley College received a threatening phone call from a man claiming he was coming to the school with guns. The campus was on lockdown however the threat failed to materialize and the Sheriff's opened an investigation. [11] On March 30, 2016, Los Angeles Valley College was evacuated due to a suspicious package on campus and a bomb threat. [12] [13] On November 10, 2016, the campus was again locked down due to shots being reported on campus. It was later claimed that the reports were an old car backfiring. [14] [15]

Academics

More than 140 associate degree programs and certificate programs are offered at Valley College. [2]

Tau Alpha Epsilon Honors Society

LAVC sign, front entrance. LAVC front sign.jpg
LAVC sign, front entrance.

Los Angeles Valley College has its own honors society called Tau Alpha Epsilon (TAE). [16] TAE was founded in 1949, the same year that Los Angeles Valley College was established. In 1960, due to the popularity of junior colleges, a two-year version of the four-year honors society Phi Beta Kappa was created called Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Because of this, PTK merged with TAE at Los Angeles Valley College. The purpose of TAE is to act as the honors society for Los Angeles Valley College, encourage academic excellence, and work with fellow clubs and organizations to better the campus and community. [17]

Notable alumni

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.

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References

  1. ↑ "California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart".
  2. 1 2 3 About Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles Valley College, retrieved May 12, 2017
  3. ↑ "History of LAVC". Los Angeles Valley College. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  4. 1 2 LAVC History , retrieved May 13, 2017
  5. ↑ Anderson, Nick (2017-01-13). "This college just paid a $28,000 ransom, in bitcoin, to cyber attackers". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  6. ↑ "L.A. Valley College's $78.5-million arts complex approved in dramatic downtown vote". Daily News. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. ↑ Arizon, Gabriel (2020-11-12). "New Valley College center still faces an uncertain timeline" . Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ↑ "Student Life (Fall 2022): Los Angeles Valley College". USNEWS . Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Romero, Dennis (2014-01-27). "Valley College Murder Leads to 2 Arrests". LA Weekly . Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  10. ↑ "Former Student Detained In LA Valley College Shooting Threat". 2014-02-06. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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  15. ↑ "LA Valley College locked down when shots were heard, but faulty auto may be to blame". Daily News. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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