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Tools that Built America. A new exhibit in the library showcasing the photography of Ed Goldstein. The exhibits displays the many different tools used in different industrial manufacturing areas. LATTC offers training in some of these areas through many of the vocational programs. Stop by!

Check the front of Magnolia Hall. We have many great vendors handing out information. Have you checked to see if you need to change your airbags?? Come check it out in front of Magnolia Hall. Stay safe.

ATTENTION LATTC STUDENTS: If you ordered/paid for your parking permit on 08/14 or after, please come by Redwood Hall ROOM C-105 (ASO/STUDENT LIFE) to pick up your sticker between the hours of 8am and 4pm starting this Monday, August 28. Have a great first day!

In need of child care while you attend classes? The LATTC Child Development Center (CDC) is enrolling now! Space is limited. LATTC students who are enrolled in classes at Trade and/or who are enrolled in classes at Trade and are also working, may be eligible for either free or low cost child care. Please see the attached flyer for more information or call the CDC at (213) 763-3690 to schedule an appointment this week!

LATTC's new Dream Resource Center has added one more AB540 workshop for SUMMER 2017! Students can join us for our next workshop "How to Become a Successful AB540 Student" on Wednesday, July 19th, 2017. We will cover various resources for undocumented students including state financial assistance, book grants, and a "Know your rights" presentation. STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO: Learn how to become a successful AB-540 student. Listen to success stories from other AB-540 w...ho have graduated from major Universities and are now working professionals Meet current AB540 students on campus. Space is limited! Students can RSVP today by emailing the Dream Resource Center at [email protected]. The workshop will be held next Wednesday, July 19, 2017, from 8:30 am -1:00 PM in Aspen Hall (TE) 101.

The brand new Dream Resource Center had a resume workshop this past Thursday 7/6. Make sure to follow them so you guys won't miss the next one. LATTC - Dream Resource Center

Dean Benjamin Goldstein from the CMU and other areas is leaving LATTC to take a leadership position with Santa Rosa Community College. His fellow deans and co-workers joined him for some cake to express thanks for his work. We’ll miss you Benjamin! Always remember us.

Our Community Planning were honored last week with certificates. Congratulations on your work at the college.

It is an amazing outreach to our community. If you recall, a few months ago we launched our ALAS program, which brings adult immigrant students to take courses designed to helped them build English language acquisition but to place them on a career pathway in areas like transportation and fashion. They have worked hard in this cohort, to become part of the college fabric. And last night, the ALAS fashion students with the help of LATTC instructor Carlos Alcala, held a runway fashion show! It was a great display of creativity and a sense of pride. These students are excited to be here and we are excited to have them.

Last Thursday, the Mayor’s Office of Reentry held its Fair Chance Celebration and Job Fair on campus. This celebration honored those formerly incarcerated students who attended the Job Preparation Academy at our CRCD Work Source Center, learning job skills, building resumes, preparing for interviews and dressing for success. After the celebration, they were sent over to the North Tent where the Fair Chance Job Fair was set up. We had 50 employers handling interviews and hiring some of these students on the spot. Trade Tech played a major role in giving these young men an opportunity to work. Everyone should be proud.

It is steeped in tradition. A pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession. The new nurses are presented with nursing pins. Our pinning ceremony took place in the South Tent last night. Our nursing program at LATTC has been among the most respected among community colleges. We congratulate the nursing students for their hard work this year.

It is a partnership borne out of a need to support those looking for a second chance. Scott Budnick brought the Anti-Recidivism Boot Camp to LATTC, because we could provide top-notch training in the construction trades. We along with the CRCD Work Source Center, the LA County Federation of Labor and the LA/OC Building Trades put together this program for the formerly incarcerated where they attend boot camp and classes, receive training and then move into the ranks of union workers. Today these young men graduated from their boot camp and are headed to work. LA County supervisor Hilda Solis led an inspiring ceremony, talking about the success that is taking place here at Trade Tech. Rusty Hicks from the County Fed also congratulated the graduates along with Chris Hanna from the Building Trades.

The Consumer Resource Center opened officially today in Redwood Hall. It’s part of the Work Source Center. This is a real location for anyone, students or staff, to come by with questions about various consumer issues like tenant’s rights, immigration policies, funeral arrangements and just about anything else facing people. Check them out.

This year’s Black Graduation took place at LA Southwest College. It is a way to honor students who are graduating from any of the nine LACCD colleges. There were plenty of representatives from Trade Tech, both students and faculty. We congratulate you for your commitment to higher education.

There isn’t an official culinary arts/professional baking graduation, but every year these students like to get together at the end of the semester and celebrate another year of serving this campus. This semester they gathered at the K-Mall stairs to wish each other well, and to thank each other for what has been a tremendous year of work. Two longtime members of the culinary arts faculty also are retiring and students wanted to say their goodbyes. Chef Eddie Sims and Chef Don Warriner are heading off to retirement and will no doubt be in a kitchen somewhere remembering the great times and great students at Trade Tech. We wish them well.

We held the EOPS Honors Ceremony today in AH101. The program honored those in the program who are graduating or transferring after this semester. For many, this college experience has changed their lives and this program has been the catalyst in completing that education. We congratulate all students in the EOPS program, and for those moving on, we wish them the very best. The program featured two LATTC alums who have been successful in their careers. Both encouraged students to take on whatever they want to do.

The Child Development Center held its graduation with all of the children dressing up in their caps and gowns. It’s always so cute! One great side note, CDC director La Tanga Hardy says that UCLA grad students do a study of each of the nine child development centers on the LACCD campuses. Guess who finished number one for their work? That’s right LATTC. Congrats La Tanga, her faculty and her entire team.

ASO student appreciation day was a real success. Lots of food, lots of giveaways, lots of thanks to students for their work this semester.

The very inspiring UMOJA Rites of Passage event took place on Thursday. More than 30 students were honored for their commitment to improving their communities, their families and their lives. A huge thank you to Jeremy Jackson for his guidance in putting together a tremendous cohort of young people representing LATTC.

Red Nose Day was exciting once again. Lots of folks putting on their noses and taking some silly photos. Thanks to everyone on campus on who participated in supporting children around the world.

The Center for Advanced Transition Skills is an LAUSD program designed to guide certain students into a college environment and to provide them with a pathway to higher learning. Here at Trade Tech, Brenda Smith has done some incredible work with the transitional students and has created a vibrant program with many students who have secured degrees at LATTC and other colleges. There are six CATS programs at various LACCD colleges and today they held their culmination ceremony at Trade Tech. All of the students who have completed the program were honored including several from Trade Tech. It is an inspiring event.

Several of us got together to celebrate Debi Jenkinson’s retirement. She is a longtime nursing/allied health faculty member who has contributed so much to her program and to Trade Tech. Debi has always been a really positive force on this campus and just loves the direction the college is going. Thank Debi for your service to your students and this institution. We will miss you, but please come back and visit.

LATTC partnered with Office Depot in putting together a pretty cool Educational Tech Expo in Magnolia Hall’s atrium. There were about ten or so educational technology demonstrations going on, giving faculty, staff and students and great hands-on look at some of things being employed on college campuses. There were 3-D printing systems and some very high tech visual monitors along with digital design software. All of the demos were engaging and useful. There were even some giveaways and raffles along with food provided by culinary arts. All in all a great experience for the attendees. Congrats to VP Mary Gallagher and her team along with Office Depot, for setting up this expo.

t’s hard to believe that the Dancing With the Foster Care Stars event celebrated its fifth year this year! And of course the event has grown to be bigger and better than ever. Dr. Dione Washington and her team put together last week’s event at Steven’s Steakhouse and it was a packed house in support of our foster students. The theme was the Roaring 20’s. There were plenty of milestones being marked this year, including the fifth year of the event. It is also the tenth year fo...r the LATTC Guardian Scholars, one of the most important programs we have on campus. Also I must mention that the real driving force behind our Foster and Kinship Care Program is Dr. Dione Washington. This is her platinum anniversary in the field of foster care, 20 years of service to young people in this area, 17 of those years right here at Trade Tech. Please join me in thanking her for outstanding contributions to this program as well as generations of young people and families. (Also, a very special thank you to Ms. Young for providing the hair stylists, to Ms. Ley for providing make-up artists and to Mr. Robinson for coordinating and overseeing all beauty services for the 5th year!

The annual Tools for the Trades Dinner was a wonderful success last night! The student winners were overwhelmed seeing their tools laid out in impressive fashion as they joined with faculty, staff, friends and family in celebrating their scholarship. To hear their personal essays about why they enjoy what they are studying, is always touching. This year was no different. Congratulations to all of the students who were honored, and we hope these tools help build your future.

Our monthly Day of Dialogue took place this past week with the focus on the Educational Master Plan. We received some great input on the plan being developed by the Academic Senate’s Educational Policies Committee. It’s important that there be campus-wide direction on this plan, before it is finalized. Thank you to those that attended

The inaugural Inter Club Council banquet and awards ceremony was a tremendous success, and focused on students who are truly engaged at this college. This year for the first time in recent history, the ASO recognized more than 30 clubs on campus, and all of those clubs were honored yesterday for developing school spirit, supporting student success and making a difference in our communities. The ICC gave certificates to individual club members and also honored several of the c...lubs. The highlight of the event was the naming of the Club of the Year. The excitement built as John Noyola named the 2017 Club of the Year. The honor went to the Baking and Culinary Arts Club. Club president Mary Montgomery accepted on behalf of her group, which has supported dozens of events and outreach throughout the entire year. Congratulations to this club and all clubs for a truly historic year! See more

Once again LATTC has a national champion! The organizers of the nationwide Junior Style Stars hair styling competition announced this week that Trade Tech cosmetology student Jose Miguel Salas Diaz captured the national title. With it, comes $50,000 in cash and prizes. Jose Miguel did not know about the victory until he came into TE101 where the contest organizers announced it front of cheering classmates. Congratulations to Jose Miguel for an incredible victory and for representing the talent of this campus. Also congratulations to cosmetology Lina Chen and the cosmetology faculty and staff because they are part of this championship well. And by the way, second place in the national competition went to Laconia Jefferson another LATTC cosmetology student!

The ASO Performing Arts Club held its annual talent showcase on campus. There was some freestyle rapping and some spoken word presentations among our students and staff. There is some tremendous talent on this campus and it was clearly evident in the performances. You never really know how talented some of these students are until they get a chance to let it out. A big thank you to Mitchell Horn and Jearold Mock for helping to put this event together every year, and encouraging students to express themselves.

Yesterday was Mental Health Awareness Day here on campus as students, faculty and staff joined in learning more about some of the challenges facing our students with regard to mental health. It was great to see so many of our partners engaged with our campus. Special to all of you who came out and of course to Associate Dean Dr. Saadia Porche and her team for putting together a great informational event.

Chef Basil Kimbrew has been holding events to serve veterans for several years. This year he chose to hold it at Trade Tech. The LATTC culinary department including students, volunteered their services so that the veterans could have a special night. It took place on the 24th Street Parking Structure roof.

Club Couture celebrated its 20th club anniversary. They had a guest panelist speak on the fashion industry as well as answering student questions, LATTC students made some unusual pieces include one dress made out of paper. That's creativity! Congratulations Club Couture.

The Child Development Club honored its program graduates this past week.

The LACCD Presidents' Academy joined in an unusual team-building event. They came to Trade Tech and under the tutelage of Chef Steve and Chef Martin, they prepared, cooked and presented their own lunch. Like a friendly cook-off. There's plenty of talent in that group!

The Guardian Scholars from the Foster and Kinship Care program held a Mothers" Appreciation Day on Saturday. Baskets were made to honor the moms. Congratulations to those moms who make that program so special.

This past Wednesday the LATTC Nursing Club hosted a Family and Friends Night for the Nursing students. It took place in the Magnolia Atrium. The families were able to meet the LATTC faculty and staff who run the nursing program. It was a great way to get to know the program’s leaders.

This past Tuesday the Baking and Culinary Arts Club hosted a cake and tea tasting event in ST 314. The students learned the talent of making five different types of tea and they also created and sampled some cakes. Our Baking faculty member and award-winning author Robert Wemischner lead the group and gave some great tips on making sweet and healthy cakes.

The GAIN graduation took place in the cafeteria where students who have successfully completed the program are honored with their own ceremony. The students have some inspiring stories about overcoming tremendous odds just to be in college, much less reaching heights they never thought they would reach. Congratulations to Linda Cole and her team for orchestrating a fantastic GAIN/CalWORKS program, and making this college accessible to so many.

Celebrating the students who represented Trade_Trade at Tools for the Trade state competition. A lot of gold and silver was walking around. We are really proud of our students. Off to Kentucky now for Nationals. Wish them luck!!

VisCom selling mothers day cards. Get them while they last. Find them in front of the fish bowl, located in Cypress Hall, AKA, the fashion building.

Stop by the Pop Up Shop in the Fish Bowl, located in Cypress Hall, AKA, the fashion building.

Stop by the POP UP Shop in the Fish Bowl, located in the Cypress Hall, AKA the fashion building.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS The AFT Guild sponsored a Know Your Rights forum at Trade Tech. Legal experts and advocates spoke to the audience of students, staff and faculty about the rights of immigrants here on campus. They also gave some solid advice to DACA students about their situations. This district and college are trying to do everything they can to reduce the stress of uncertainty among students.

GO TECH CENTRAL A real partnership has been developed between the LAUSD, LATTC and Cal-State LA. It’s called Go Tech Central and it’s a commitment to get students at five high schools near Trade Tech, to embrace this community college as the location for higher education. More than 600 students attended the event, and heard from LAUSD Board member Monica Garcia along with LACCD Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez about the need to develop a successful college-going culture in our neighborhoods and schools. The students took tours of our campus and then committed to doing well in high school and enrolling at LATTC.

VisCom welcomed Belen Horta to speak with Design Media Art Students this past Friday. She is a senior graphic designer from Mattel Inc. She talked about the work it took to land the corporate job and what it’s like working for a large company. She encouraged our students to reach for their dreams.

LATTC had a great Job fair. There was over 20 vendors offering employment opportunity to our students. Thank you Work source and our Career Center for hosting a great event.

5/4/2017 LATTC hosted A Jobs Fair! Many employers from various industries came out looking for future employees. Space X, Panda Express, and even Power 106!.

This week Mayor Garcetti’s Access to Capital event attracted more than 400 small business owners and entrepreneurs to Trade Tech’s campus to learn about resources and to receive certifications. Our city councilman Curren Price attended along with business experts giving advice to small business owners, many of whom were from South LA. Once again, Trade Tech was seen as a marketplace of information and access for our community partners.

Black Student Union host a focus group on police brutality. Great information was shared. Thank you for the hard work. #BSU

The Veteran Club hosted it Taco sells yesterday. Great job and keep up the great work.

Shakespeare on the Green is becoming one of the real traditions at Trade Tech. This year a really talented bunch of students took on Shakespeare’s Macbeth and presented their version in the South tent to a packed house. Congratulations need to go to the student performers and support crew, and the English department faculty especially Rashida Shakir, Carmen Villesid and Jan Gangel-Vasquez. The event was special.

Last Thursday, 4/27, the Culinary Club had their fund raiser, selling delicious friend fish.

Last Thursday, 4/27, the paralegal club gave away brownies and lemonade in honor of Timothy J. Moore, VP of the club.

ASO hosted a Spring Hair Cut event for its members. Thank you ASO for sponsoring hairs cuts to our fellow students on campus.

Happy belated birthday to our President Larry Frank. He turn 64 years old yesterday, Thank you for what you do and your service to our school,

The LATTC Child Development Club this past Saturday participated in the Autism Walk in Pasadena. Great Job and keep up the great work.

The Transfer Club took students to UCLA to check out the campus and let the students get a feel on how it would be to a UCLA Student. Great Job Transfer Club.

ASO hosted a financial workshop. Students was educated on how to save money and how to make your money work for you.

Baking and Culinary Art Club hosted a Fish Fry yesterday. They gave you 3 pieces of fish with fries and a salad. Great job and keep up the great work.

Fortune Energy, you hear him guys. Go get your job.

28th Annual Employee Recognition Luncheon

Annual celebration of employees years of service (10-40+ years)

LATTC had the honor to host the Green Energy Solar Career Fair. Solar is becoming a fast growing industry, and currently employs more workers than coal. The Department of Energy estimates that about 2.3 million jobs are within the energy transmission, storage, and distribution fields. Meaning that this solar is exploding. Its clear to see that solar is the future and Los Angeles Trade-Tech is proud to be part of this revolution.

Your student body government is paying for haircut for members who are ASO Paid. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity.

Need some advice on your finances? Having a hard time budgeting your books or saving money. Please make sure you come to the ASO finance workshop toady and learn how to make your money work for you.

The Sheriff Department raise money to help,our LATTC deputies travel to Sacramento to attend the peace officer’s memorial ceremony.

The district folks led by Katrelia Walker held a Don’t Be a Victim workshop at Trade Tech, to coincide with the worldwide Denim Day. In case you don’t know Denim Day, is a national call for awareness of sexual assault against women. Here on the campus the event centered on having women learn ways to protect themselves against physical attack. The attendees also expressed their feelings through displays of shirts and jeans. Thanks need to go to our EAP coordinators and everyone who attended.