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...
Joy radiates off Jill Buettner’s face as she talks about finding a career that feels so rewarding.
Buettner, who has been teaching at Los Medanos College for almost 10 years now, recounts how she...
The iconic lines of “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra play in the background as runners prepare for the start. A blare of the cannon sends everyone running, and the music fades into a whisper as...
“They are going to need to understand the culture of the department. I always used to say, ‘Nobody gets pulled out of the ocean without the water smoothing out. There is no hole left for you,’”...
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