West Week

Enjoy free live jazz and other music at Freudian Sip and the Fine Arts Building - CLICK FOR SCHEDULE and Freudian Sip Happy Hour 5:00 - 7:00pm
all shots 1/2 price thru May 31

High Schools Track Practice | 3:30pm | Track

Sony Intramural League | 6:30pm | Gym

MEETINGS: 10:00a Counseling Division Meeting – ATA 116; 10:00a Faculty Workshop – B6 Training; 12:30p Staff Development Committee – Winlock; 4:00p Football Spring Practice – Field

THURSDAY

| MAY 15

BIKE TO WORK DAY

Faculty/Staff Recognition Lunch | 12:30 pm | HLRC

Athletics One-Stop Registration | 1:30 pm | B6 Training

The Christian Club | 1:30pm | FA103

The Art Club | 2:00 pm | FA100

Scholarship Ceremony | 2:30p | HLRC 4th

Paralegal Info Session/Open House | 6:00p | ATA 116

High Schools Track Practice | 3:30pm | Track

MEETINGS: 11:30a Staff Dev. Committee – B6 Training; 2:00p Program Review Committee – PCR; 3:00p Building Management Program – Winlock; 4:00p Football Spring Practice – Field

FRIDAY

| MAY 16

Phone interruptions expected on the southern side of campus.

Workshop: Successful Career Planning | 12:00pm | B1-100

EOPS/CARE Awards | 6:00pm - 12:00am | Four Points Sheraton

MEETINGS: 9:00a District Articulation Officers Mtg. – PCR; 10:00a Distance Learning – Winlock; 4:00p UCLA Research Group – FA202E & ATA116

SATURDAY

| MAY 17

MEETINGS: 2:00p College Planning - Winlock

MAY 19: Academic Rank Cmte

MAY 20: ACT Information Session

MAY 21: Faculty Workshops; Student Voice Concert

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Features

Get on the Home Page

Congresswoman Watson Reception

Congratulations to CSIT, Dental Hygiene, Track & Travel !!!

Faculty Movin' & Shakin'

Purchasing Deadlines

Recycling Win

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GET IN THE PICTURE! - June 4 Faculty Photo Shoot

Get your photo taken in the hours prior to graduation to be used on the web and elsewhere.

Take a break from the pre-commencement receptions and get your "personality shot" taken by our professional photographer. Your photo could end up on the home page, in brochures and other promotional materials. 1:00 - 4:00pm adjacent to the faculty commencement reception.

ORDER YOUR GRADUATION REGALIA

The Bookstore is taking orders for regalia rental for Graduation thru May 15. Regalia will be available for pick up in the Bookstore June 2, however, you may wait to pick it up the day of Graduation. As a convenience we will remain open after the ceremony to accept returns.

YOU'RE INVITED - Honoring Congresswoman Watson

West Los Angeles College is hosting a special reception honoring Congresswoman Diane E. Watson

In gratitude for her influential role in securing a $2.5 million grant for West L.A. College’s Entertainment Industry Job Training Center -- Thursday, May 29, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m -- read more

CONGRATULATIONS!

The Computer Network & Security Management program won LACCD's Excellence in Workforce Development Award in the category of State of the Art Curriculum and Competencies and the prize of $4,000. West has the first and only State-Approved Network Security Program in the Los Angeles Community College District, with both a degree and certificate track.

West Dental Hygiene students presented table clinics at the CA Dental Hygiene Assoc and CA Dental Assoc. For the 10th consecutive year, West placed in the top 3 in the state. For the first time, a clinic in the Informational Category took 1st place. This accomplishment was achieved by students Laura Zahorik and Alison Corwin.

West Aviation and Travel program hosted a highly successful meeting of the Meeting Planners International which featured an experienced panel of speakers from the travel and hospitality industries and included and audience of students and working professionals

The West ladies took second in a field of 28 teams in at the recent Southern California Track & Field Championships. The first place team had a score of 143.5. West scored 127. The next closest score was a distant 71. The Men's team came in 18th from a field of 31 teams.

FACULTY MOVERS & SHAKERS

Mohamad Alwash presented a paper on "Polynomial Differential Equations" at the May meeting of the Mathematical Society at Claremont College.

Vanita Nicholas recently conducted a breakout session for the the Spring 2008 Real Estate Educators Conference in San Francisco. The presentation was on "Strategies to Increase Enrollment."

PURCHASING DEADLINES

To ensure a timely and accurate closing of the FY 2007-08 books, the following purchasing schedule has been established to allow the College to process necessary documents to meet the District purchasing deadlines:

Gen Deadline Feb 28, SFP Deadline May 2

Requisitions (Over $72,400 require formal bids); Request for Contract

Gen Deadline Feb 28, SFP Deadline May 23

Conference Attendance; Short Term Agreements (limit to $5,000); Purchase orders (Limit to $72,400); Contracts; Authorization to Pay (Library)

Gen Deadline May 22, SFP Deadline May 22

Budget Transfer Authorizations Requiring Board Action; Revolving Fund Reimbursements

Gen Deadline June 13, SFP Deadline May 23

Facilities Order Form (Limit to $30,000); Cafeteria & Child Development Food Orders

Mileage Claims Gen - June 23 SFP - June 23

All documents must be submitted to the Administrative Services Office by 4:30 p.m. on the deadline date.

The College and the District schedule these dates to assure the physical arrival of products and the proper processing of forms and paperwork on or before June 30. If products do not arrive by June 30, they cannot be charged to the 2007-08 fiscal year. Your cooperation in complying with these deadlines is greatly appreciated.

NO PERMITS NEEDED DURING FINALS WEEK

Tickets will not be issued for permit violations during the week of finals. All other sort of parking violations will still be cited.

WEST IS 3RD IN THE NATION IN RECYCLEMANIA

RecycleMania is a friendly competition among college and university recycling programs in the United States that provides the campus community with a fun, proactive activity in waste reduction. Over a 10-week period, campuses compete in different contests to see which institution can collect the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate.

West took 3rd in the nation competing against other 2- and 4-year colleges in the Corrugated Cardboard - Partial Campus category. Learn more at http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/viewresult.aspx?CompId=6&isSubsection=Fals (Select "Partial Campus")