February is Black History Month, and the Peralta Colleges will be celebrating all month long. Merritt College President David M. Johnson, in an email to the Merritt Community, described the history of this month of remembrance:
Laney College Awarded Grant to Continue Food Distribution to Students
Last week Laney learned it had been awarded a $44,600 grant from the Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB). The application and subsequent award come thanks to the work of Alfred Brown, Food Services Supervisor; Atiya Rashada, Director of Student Activities and Campus Life; Gary Albury, Associate Dean of Student Success; and Amy Marshall, Laney Facilities and Campus Operations Director. Funding from this grant will support our food distribution operations and relocate our pantry facility.
Image: 2020 lunar new year celebration at Laney College
February 1st marks the start of the year of the Tiger and we at Peralta are excited to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Peralta community is made up of students, faculty, and staff with connections around the world.
Flex Day at Berkeley City College
Berkeley City College held its Flex Day virtual event titled “Transforming our Institution to Transform Student Scholar Lives” on Friday, January 21st. Some of the highlights included a student panel on “Life and Learning in a Pandemic,” which included breakout sessions to reflect on changes to student life during the pandemic.
Every ten years, local governments use new census data to redraw their district lines to reflect how local populations have changed. For Peralta Community College District, this means we need to re-evaluate the boundaries of the seven areas from which our Board of Trustees serve.
Redistricting determines which neighborhoods and communities are grouped together into a district for purposes of electing a Trustee.
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees convened twice during January 2022 which included a Board Retreat on January 11th and a regular meeting on January 25th.
February is Black History Month and Peralta TV will be bringing you its annual slate of great programming highlighting not only groundbreaking black excellence in song and sport, but our own Merritt College's place in history as the birthplace of the Black Panthers.
And like always, there's programming taking us around the world: across the ancient Tea Road through Tibet and China, and then back home to the beginning of televised journalism. Tune in!
Welcome to the Spring 2022 semester at the Peralta Colleges! We are so glad to have students back in person and online this semester for classes and student services.
“Substantial Progress” in All Areas Leads to Reclassification by ACCJC
OAKLAND, Calif., January 27, 2022 -- The Peralta Community College District (PCCD) today learned that Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College, and Merritt College have received upgraded accreditation status by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).
The COVID-19 Pandemic has greatly impacted the lives of our communities and students as well as the way we teach and learn. The PCCD Institutional Research team plans to launch a district-wide student survey to capture student needs for entirely online, hybrid (partially online and in-person), and entirely in-person classes.
