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According to Mike Reynolds, Biology Department Chair for LA Mission College, the top five careers Mission College biology students pursue are:
1. Nursing
2. Physical Therapist
3. Radiology technician
4. Respiratory Therapist
5. Biology Majors –
a. Medicine
b. Dentistry
c. Ph.D. or graduate program
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| EVENT NEWS |
Wednesday, February 20
LACCD Sustainability Collaborative Brown Bag Lunch
Time: Noon to 1 p.m. Location: 770 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90017 (Corner of Flower St. & Wilshire Blvd.)
Fee: Free, open to all
Bring your own brown bag lunch
Topic:
Sabrina Drill from UC Cooperative Extension, sharing their programs for Sustainable Landscaping and Fire Prevention
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Wednesday, March 19
LACCD Sustainability Collaborative Brown Bag Lunch
Time: Noon to 1 p.m. Location: 770 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90017 (Corner of Flower St. & Wilshire Blvd.)
Fee: Free, open to all
Bring your own brown bag lunch
Topic:
Sustainability in Mongolia by Dr. Woodrow Clark, Consultant to the Mongolian government
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| The New Biology Laboratory and Preparatory Room, Crown Jewel of Mission College’s Biology Department, Receives Official Grand Opening |
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Wasting no time, the new 2,378 sq. ft. facility will already be running at capacity starting Monday, the first day of the Spring Semester
 In order to train more of tomorrow’s science and technology workforce, Los Angeles Mission College administrators joined faculty, staff and students for the official opening of the college’s new $929,000, Biology Lab and Prep Room with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 2,378 sq. ft. project transformed two existing classrooms into a modern state-of-the-art facility, which will benefit students for years to come.
“The opening of this new Biology lab and Prep Room for our students is an exciting,” said Vice-President Karen Hoefel. ”This facility will increase our department’s capacity by 50 percent, and will help train the next generation of the Valley’s medical professionals.”
“Approximately 1,000 students will use this laboratory each year,” said Mike Reynolds, Chair of the Biology Department at Mission College. “Most of these students are ‘non-majors’ looking to fulfill the general education requirements for a Science class with lab. This group, between 150 and 200 students will decide to major in Biology in order to pursue medical degree or go into an allied health profession, such as a nurse or medical technician.”
The new facility consists of:
• Reconfiguring a writing lab and a classroom into a 2,378 sq. ft. facility,
• Replacing the floor, installing two new fume exhaust hoods, new chemical-resistant work stations, built in casework, emergency eye wash station, lockable cabinets, water, natural gas, compressed air, chemical resistant waste piping and electrical distribution,
• New paint, lighting, and installation of electrical and mechanical wiring.
“We had such a need for this new facility,” said Reynolds. “Spring semester starts Monday and already the room will be filled to capacity, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 at night.”
However, Reynolds noted that if a student planning to take a Biology class with lab at Mission hasn’t yet enrolled they can still get a class. “We are running at 80 percent capacity on Friday and Saturday’s for students who are interested,” Reynolds said with a smile.
The new Biology laboratory is part of Los Angeles Mission College’s current $176 million renovation and upgrade effort to enhance and modernize its facilities. For more information on the college’s bond program visit www.LACCDBuildsGreen.org/lamc.
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Student Voice - Environmental Apprentice Dreams of Becoming Tomorrow’s Ambassador: Jose Daniel Fuentes |
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The Student Voice is a feature that provides a student perspective on the Proposition A/AA program
 As commissioner of Campus & Environmental Affairs for the Associated Student Union at Los Angeles Valley College, 21-year-old Jose Daniel Fuentes is used to being in the forefront of environmental issues. For him, working as an advocate for the environment has become a calling. He is among the new talent pool of environmentally-conscious, highly-skilled workers that are being trained to support the emerging green technology and industries.
“I’ve learned a lot from my professors at Valley College,” said Fuentes. “I’ve especially learned from Meredith Leonard, the advisor for the Environmental Advocacy Club that I co-founded with a student I met at one of her classes.”
Professor Leonard inspired Fuentes to switch career paths and he is now pursuing a double major in both environmental science and economics.
With an impressive roster of extracurricular activities and affiliations under his belt, Fuentes’s passion for making a difference has made him an active member of Valley College’s student body. He is co-founder and past president of the college’s Environmental Advocacy Club and a member of the college’s Speech & Debate Team. He even finds the time to serve as vice-chair of the Associated Student Union Lobby Committee, the Associated Student Union Executive and regularly attends the Shared Governance meetings, which includes the Space & Work Committee and the Facilities Master Plan Committee. Not to mention, of course, attending classes.
His future career objectives are as ambitious as his activities roster and include a combined occupation in natural resource conservation and economic development, which he plans to use in his native El Salvador to either start his own sustainable development consulting firm or work with government officials on eco-expansion. After making his mark abroad, he intends to return to the US to continue his work on environmental issues, where he hopes to either secure a position in national policy decision-making or, perhaps, run for public office.
“Attending Valley College has given me the opportunity to network with people in the field and introduced me to life-long friends pursuing similar dreams,” he continued. “Valley College has helped me become a model for the larger world.”
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| H²Oohh! District’s Sustainability Efforts Taps Water Usage by Installing “Waterless Urinals” at all Nine Colleges |
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A message from Larry H. Eisenberg, Executive Director of Facilities Planning and Development
 Ask any Southern Californian what the region’s most precious resource is and most will tell you it’s water. The Los Angeles Community College District’s (LACCD) Board of Trustees recognizes this fact and recently announced the approval of an $813,080 contract with Energy Services & Technologies, Inc. to provide the supply, rebate and installation of 1,224 cartridge-type waterless urinals at all nine community colleges. Once installed, the new devices are projected to “flush away” the District’s high water and energy use.
Why are waterless urinals important to the District’s sustainability program? Because they will benefit the District in three ways:
a. Each urinal will save approximately 40,000 gallons of water per year. All together that’s a savings of almost 50 million gallons of water a year (that’s enough water to fill 259 Olympic-sized pools!);
b. Less water consumption will result in a decrease in water bills;
c. Waterless urinals will eliminate the need to send wastewater to treatment plants, therefore reducing the sewage costs across the District.
The expected start date for the project is late-February 2008, with a forecasted completion date of February 2010.
This initiative is another example of the District’s efforts to find alternative methods to meet our sustainability goals which support our students. To learn more about the other ways the District is conserving resources or for more information on the sustainability program, visit www.LACCDBuildsGreen.org or to get quick tips on how you can conserve water at home click here.
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| Click and Learn: Sixth Annual Sustainability Conference Video Now Available Online |
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 The Los Angeles Community College District’s (LACCD) Sixth Annual Sustainability Conference in November 2007 was considered a bona fide success, with over 500 architects, engineers, politicians, educators and students in attendance. If you were unable to attend the conference you can still catch the action. The video of the conference is now available online through YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umZKIhRvNq4.
The conference featured speakers such as Gore Vidal, the celebrated novelist and political icon; Rick Fedrizzi, founder of the United States Green Building Council; and Andy Lipkis, founder and president of TreePeople, among others.
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| Photo of the Month: It's ready for its close up... |
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Two classrooms at Mission College received a $929,000 make-over, transforming
them into a state-of-the-art Biology Lab and Prep Room.
Now the modernized
facility will increase the college's Biology Department's capacity by 50 percent!
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