55 Years at Los Angeles Valley College : A and 50 similar items

Condition: Good. Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free, crease down intro pages. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, heavy bumping and curl to edges, small tear at back top edge. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT THIS: Los Angeles Valley College has provided 55 years of service to individuals seeking entry into higher education. Established in 1949, the (lollop was developed on the site of a dairy farm that covered 105 acres of prime Valley real estate. Beginning instruction with 439 students and 29 faculty and staff, today, the former dairy farm is home to 23 permanent buildings that provide instructional facilities for over 18,000 students and 900 faculty and staff. The development of the college matched the expansion of the San Fernando Valley in the early 50's. Orange and walnut groves sur-f minded the homes in the college service area as new housing developments sprang up weekly. Thirty-three bungalows housed the faculty and ',indents as the college began to establish liberal arts and new vocational programs. The faculty senate established the Athenaeum, a speaker's bureau that brought notable guests to the campus including Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Mead, Louis Leakey, and Louis Armstrong. During the ten years of the 60's decade, the college experienced an extensive building period. Phase I, II, and III of the building master plan was completed. The Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Foreign Language, Administration and Library buildings were the first to be built, foIIowed by Business Journalism, Math-Science, Art and the Planetarium buildings. The college acquired its first computer, a large and cum-he, mime IBM that ran magnetic tapes. Iii the late sixties the final phase of the early master plan was completed, and the Campus Center, Gymnasiums and Humanities buildings were available for instruction. At the same time campus enrollment swelled to 24,000. Students and their families found employment at laic of the numerous aerospace plants in the Valley, Lockheed, Boeing, and Hughes Aircraft expanded with the population explosion of the Valley. Others found employment in one of several entertainment industry companies. The Patrons Association, a group that would later become the college foundation, was formed in the 1970's. The LAVC Historical Museum was founded in 1974 as the only museum dedicated to the history of the San Fernando Valley. Athletics became a very strong corn-pi a lent of the college and the football team won its first statewide competition in 1975. I hiring the 1980's the instructional ranks swelled to 300 fulltime faculty and student support services were expanded to include the learning miler and a speech lab. The Associated Students, always an active part of student life displayed new enthusiasm as campus clubs were Aimed lilt both academic departments and special student interests. I electronic mail and personal computers arrived on the college scene in the 90's.