This Week @ City - November 18, 2024
Good Monday Morning,
Please welcome Dr. Olga Diaz as our new permanent Vice President of Student Services.
For information on the men’s soccer team Conference Championship game last Friday, please see link to the Recap/Box Score, https://lacc.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/releases/20241115jd6243. The team will make the State Playoff’s which begin November 20. Please check the website for play dates.
Tomorrow, November 19 we will hold a Day of Gratitude for faculty, staff and administration. The celebration will be held in the Student Union, Multipurpose Room from 12:30 to 2pm.
Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, December 4, from 1pm to 3pm. The District will be hosting a training on how to add/edit items for our website. Faculty and staff are invited. All Administrative Staff that are assigned to updating the website are strongly encouraged to attend. The training will be held in the MPR.
Mark your calendar for December 11 when LACC will host a meeting regarding the new Metro Vermont Avenue bus-only lanes planned for next year and Bus Rapid Transit services. The meeting will take place in the Student Union, Room A at 6pm.
LACC students are facing challenging and uncertain times. Through a reoccurring payroll deduction, you can help remove financial barriers and make a meaningful impact in the lives of students and their families. Supporting a student is easy. All you have to do is complete and submit this Voluntary Deduction Authorization Form and the district will do the rest. Visit our website LACC Foundation G.E.M. for more information.
Here is what is happening this week at LACC:
Monday, November 18
Mindfulness Monday
12:30pm
Zoom ID: 92936805171
Join us for a guided breathing and relaxation break in the middle of the day to feel relaxed, calm, and centered. For more information, contact Joseph J. Exnowski, phone 323.953.4000; email at @email.
English Major Social
1pm
Jefferson Hall 316
Join us to meet your fellow English majors and professors. Free pizza and book giveaways.
Tuesday, November 19
APA Documentation Workshop
9:45am
Hybrid in person at Jefferson Hall 310 and
Zoom ID 9414753908
Learn fundamentals of the writing process.
Visit https://www.lacc.edu/academic-services/writing-center/workshops for a full schedule of Writing Center workshops.
E.Q. Emotional Intelligence
12:30pm
Zoom ID: 92936805171
Join us for a virtual workshop to learn key elements of emotional intelligence. For more information, contact Joseph J. Exnowski, phone 323.953.4000; or email @email.
Understanding Money Class
6pm
Zoom, register at https://www.understandingmoneyclass.net/privateregistration.php?classid=ma652k1gHc7P.
Please join us to get information about staying out of debt and building savings, investments for better money future, 401K and IRA’s and much more.
Wednesday, November 20
World Music: Brazilian Batucada, Balinese Gamelan & Western African Drum Ensembles
1pm
Outside the HAMC Building Entrance
Join us for this live free concert showcasing our Brazilian Batucada, Baliness Gamelan and West African Drumming ensembles.
Book Program: Hector Tobar Talk on “Our Migrant Souls: A meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
1pm
Student Union 3rd Floor MPR
Join us for a talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Hector Tobar. He will discuss his new book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” and what it means to be Latino in the United States now. Q & A after talk, free books for students.
Fragment and Run-on Sentence Workshop
5pm
Zoom ID 94316667616
Join us for a Writing Center workshop to help with grammar and sentence structure.
Mark your calendars for:
On November 26, we will host our final “Understanding Money” free class. The classes will cover ways to get out of debt and build savings, simple investments for a better financial future, 401k’s and IRAs and how to create a financial plan. The classes will be held at noon in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. Students can register at
https://www.understandingmoneyclass.net/privateregistration.php?classid=27X1ud79cs7p.
At LACC, you matter here.
Have a great week!
Dr. Amanuel Gebru
President