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West Los Angeles College to Celebrate
Recently Modernized Library With Dedication Ceremony

Library renovation signals a major turning point
 in the new president’s plan to make West the college of choice on the Westside

WHEN:

Thursday, May 10, 2007
12:15 p.m.    Library Dedication Ceremony begins
   
WHAT:

Dedication ceremony for the newly modernized Heldman Library and Learning Resources Center, which was funded in part by voted-approved Propositions A/AA. Prior to the Library Dedication, West Los Angeles College will celebrate the inauguration of its seventh president, Dr. Mark W. Rocha.
   
WHO:

Georgia L. Mercer, president, L.A. Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees
State Senator Mark Ridley Thomas (D-Los Angeles)
Sylvia Scott-Hayes, vice president, LACCD Board of Trustees
LACCD Trustee Nancy Pearlman
LACCD Trustee Angela J. Reddock
Mark Rocha, Ph.D., president, West Los Angeles College
Culver City Mayor Alan Corlin
Culver City Vice Mayor Carol Gross
Culver City Councilmember Gary Silbiger
Culver City Councilmember Steven J. Rose
Chancellor Darroch "Rocky" F. Young, LACCD
Larry H. Eisenberg, executive director, LACCD Facilities Planning and Development
   
WHERE:

West Los Angeles College
Quad between Heldman Library and Learning Resources Center and Fine Arts Complex
Click here for map
Parking:  Guests will be directed to lot upon arrival.
   
NEWS:

The Heldman Library and Learning Resources Center at West L.A. College was first dedicated in 1981, and recently received a $1.5 million dollar make-over to incorporate state-of-the-art technology upgrades: High-Speed Library Internet Research Lab; Laptop checkout; improved self and group study areas with a variety of Learning Activities including English Skills, Language lab, Math Skills, PLATO Lab, Writing Lab and Distant Learning Lab. 

Construction on the library facility was accomplished in 92 days while maintaining full use of the library services.  Four additional projects from the college’s $180 million master plan will commence this summer. 
 “West is no longer the best kept secret on the Westside," President Rocha has said.
   
BACKGROUND:
The Los Angeles Community College District’s construction and modernization projects  receive funding from Propositions A/AA, two bond measures overwhelmingly approved by Los Angeles voters in 2001 and 2003.  Propositions A/AA are providing more than $2.2 billion for new construction and renovations at LACCD's nine colleges.  For more information, visit the construction program’s website at www.PropositionA.org.
 
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