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The OER Mini-Conference.

LBCC Hosts first OER Mini Conference
The Future is Free

Long Beach City College hosted its first OER Mini-Conference on April 26.

The mini-conference featured four sessions that addressed how faculty could meet the needs of students while still maintaining a high academic standard of textbooks and ancillary materials. 

More than 70 faculty registered for the conference. Participants were inspired and motivated by the presentations, which resulted in a steep increase in OER adoptions in the weeks following the mini-conference.

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Nuts and bolts stuck to a magnet.

High School Students Can Join the Fun at the Nuts , Bolts & Thingamajigs Summer Camp

Long Beach City College has announced an opportunity for 20 high school students to participate in a free Summer Manufacturing Camp from July 15 – 19 at LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus.

Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT) is a non-profit foundation that offers scholarships for manufacturing students and grants for STEM educators. This year, NBT awarded a grant to LBCC to provide a summer manufacturing camp experience that will introduce young people to careers in manufacturing and engineering.

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CCPRO 2019 Winners

LBCC Communications Team Picks Up Several PR Awards

The Long Beach City College Communications Team in the Public Affairs and Marketing Department captured a series of awards at the statewide Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) conference in April.  

CCPRO is a professional development and service organization that promotes excellence in California’s community college public relations departments.

The LBCC team captured several awards at this year’s conference including:

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return of the Trades Celebrated at LBCC Inaugural Career technical Education Night

The community is invited to celebrate and learn about the Career Technical Education (CTE) programs offered at the Long Beach Community College District on Fri., May 17 from 4 – 8 p.m., at the Pacific Coast Campus. The inaugural CTE Night is a free, family-friendly event that will include games, activities and demonstrations featuring various LBCCD CTE programs.

Highlights from CTE Night include: