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LBCC Hosts first OER Mini Conference
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The OER Mini-Conference.

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

Nuts and bolts stuck to a magnet.

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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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:

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VP of Human Resources selected for LBCC District

A picture of Gene Durand.

The Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees recently appointed Gene Durand as the new Vice President of Human Resources.

Durand, who previously held the post of Associate Vice President of Human Resources and served as the Interim Vice President since June of 2018, joined the College in 2016.