Now Reading: Long Beach LBCC

Long Beach Rotary Scholarship Foundation Increases Scholarship Amounts During Difficult Economic Times

The Long Beach Rotary Scholarship Foundation announced on Sunday, June 27, 2010, that they will increase the award amounts for their college scholarships at both California State University Long Beach and Long Beach City College, effective Fall 2010. “In this difficult economic period, we have increased our commitment to Long Beach area youth by increasing [...]

Work furloughs lead school janitor into rapping

Kei-Shon-Son has spent over a decade working lengthy hours while employed as a janitor at Long Beach City College. However, during this time he was evolving his musical skills as a producer and performer. He is now on a classic “rag to riches” quest to go global with his talent. In his latest release, “Get [...]

Richardson praises new LBCC District and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative

Monday June 14, 2010, Congresswoman Laura Richardson urged small businesses across the 37th Congressional District to take the opportunity to learn valuable skills and insight in growing and further developing their businesses through the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative which is being offered through a partnership of Goldman Sachs and the Long Beach Community College District. [...]

LBCC to Celebrate its 82nd Commencement Ceremony

Long Beach City College’s (LBCC) 2010 Commencement Ceremony will be held at Veterans Stadium on Thursday, May 26, 2010 beginning at 6 p.m. The ceremony will honor LBCC’s class of 2010 which consists of 1,068 graduates who will receive Associate degrees and 570 students who earned certificates this academic year. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda [...]

Port of Long Beach awards scholarships to 23 students

The Port of Long Beach on Friday, May 14, presented six local high school and 17 college students with scholarships totaling $58,150 to assist them in studies aimed at careers related to world trade and goods transportation. The awards were made at a luncheon capping World Trade Week 2010. The scholarships help young people obtain [...]

Women’s Business Council to host annual scholarship dinner

On Tuesday May 25, 2010, the Women’s Business Council will host its Annual Scholarship Dinner. Throughout the year the Women’s Business Council has raised money to be able to present scholarships to some outstanding women students at Long Beach City College and California State University, Long Beach. It’s through the very generous donations of our [...]

Volunteer Village highlights many ways to serve the community

In celebration of National Volunteer Week, Long Beach City College will host a Spring Volunteer Village on Wednesday, April 21 from 3 to 7 p.m. The event provides potential volunteers an opportunity to interview nonprofitorganizations and public agencies to find a volunteer placement that matches their time, talents and interests. More than 50 Greater Long [...]

Red Cross CPR Saturday proves that cheap CPR classes are priceless

This year is the 50th Anniversary of CPR. In 1960, a group of resuscitation pioneers combined mouth-to-mouth breathing with chest compressions to create Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, the lifesaving action now called “CPR.” On Saturday, May 22, the community will have the chance to learn CPR by attending the 15th Annual CPR Saturday at Long Beach City [...]

LBCC Industrial Technology Center will offer welding and other trades programs

Long Beach City College officially opened the doors to the new Industrial Technology Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday. The new facility provides a state of the art training center for the Welding Program and will house other trades programs in coming months. The ceremonies included remarks from LBCCD Board President Mark Bowen, Long [...]

Summer Session: Class will go on at City College

LBCC will offer one summer session in 2010 as originally planned. Administrators were considering significant reductions to summer course offerings but made the decision to proceed with one summer session in an Executive Staff meeting this morning. “I am happy that the college has found a way to provide a more comprehensive summer session to [...]