“The strong scent of coconut filled the room,” wrote Los Medanos College Student Tenisha Manoharan, typing away at the keys as she started her University of California applications.
Her hair is a...
Alexys Acosta has been playing basketball for as long as she can remember.
"I've been playing basketball since kindergarten," she said. "Actually, my dad got me into it, and then I just played all the...
“I didn't really have any friends until I had my piano teacher,” said Michael Hummel, a music major at Los Medanos College. “Music has always been where I found the most belonging.”
From...
Eileen Valenzuela started her journey at LMC as a student in the summer of 1980, and strengthened her ties to the school when she joined student government a year later. It was in her role as a student...
“I’m always looking for ways to improve the students’ experience and what the departments can do,” said Cesar Reyes, Los Medanos College’s Senior Lab Coordinator for the Art, Drama and Journalism...
At about 9:30 a.m. on a Friday morning, the day was already well underway for Professor Juan Carreon. Sitting behind a mixing console in a Los Medanos College studio, he was nearly an hour into a recording...
“What my overall goal has been since I started is getting students excited about the semester, getting students connected to LMCAS, to clubs, to Student Life, so they can succeed in their semester and...
Upon entering any classroom on campus, you would expect to hear the loud chatter of a class discussion, oral lecture, or students talking among themselves. But when you walk into Jennifer Finnigan’s...
“I never walk into a competition where I expect to win,” said Los Medanos College student Layla Lopez.
Since the age of 6, Lopez’s life has consisted of countless hours dedicated to the one...
“There really isn’t a reason to get a master’s (degree) if you didn’t intend to teach in art,” said Professor Eric Sanchez, who is a newly tenured faculty member in the Art department at Los...
“I want to create relationships with my students, I want them to feel like they matter,” Caitlin Mitchell said passionately as she described how she feels about teaching at Los Medanos College.
Mitchell...
“My parents always told me that you have to know where you come from, you have to know your roots. And if you don’t know your roots it’s harder to understand who you really are,” said Harmen Sidhu.
Sidhu...
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