“I change myself, I change the world.” Gloria E. Anzaldúa “The end of all knowledge should be service to others.” Cesar Chavez “I am someone who loves to stay inside my comfort zone but stepping outside of it always leads me to grow, learn, and blossom little by little. I needed this trip to give […]
“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” Mary Anne Radmacher This 7-day study tour to London, England focused on getting to know the city as well as the works of some British writers, both modern and contemporary (1914-present), that were inspired by the cultural heritage, […]
“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” John Hope Franklin, American historian On Monday 18 June, nine students and their WVC Study Abroad Program Faculty Leader, Victor Castillo (a faculty member in Administration of Justice in […]
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” Seneca Lou De La Rosa, the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at WVC, and the Chair of the Department of Music and Dance in WVC’ s Cilker School of Art and Design, collaborated with Jeffrey Benson, the Director of Choral Activities at San José State […]
Sixteen students and their Faculty Advisor, Dr. Tim Kelly, are attending the Global Citizenship Alliance‘s Global Citizenship Seminar for students in June 2018. Follow their adventures in this extended entry as Dr. Tim Kelly and the students detail their observations. The students are Hannah Curley, Savannah Marez, Mahdis Gheibi, Rafael Alva, Aaron Minkoff, Mitch Brown, Anahita Said, […]
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” Maya Angelou, American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist West Valley College’s Study Abroad Program is a key part of […]
Every year West Valley College’s Office of the President honors outstanding students by presenting them, during the annual commencement/transfer ceremony, with the President’s Scholar Award. Students are nominated by faculty members. The nominations are then submitted to a selection committee who choose the five winners. Winners and awards fall into several categories: Veteran Scholar, […]
Mikela Lazari is a stellar graduating student who has earned an Associate in Arts for Transfer degree (AA-T) with a major in Political Science and an Area of Emphasis in Cultural and Global Studies. Mikela was honored on 24 May 2018 during West Valley College’s 53rd Commencement and Transfer Ceremony at the City National Civic […]
On 24 May 2018 West Valley College held its 53rd Commencement and Transfer Ceremony at the City National Civic Theater in San José. Among the graduates are two students who earned degrees with an area of emphasis in Cultural and Global Studies: Susana Aguiar and Mikela Lazari. Earning a degree with an area of emphasis […]
Cade Story-Yetto attended the Global Citizenship Alliance‘s Global Citizenship Seminar in Salzburg, Austria during summer 2017. Cade returned to the WVC campus determined to make an impact. During the 2017-2018 academic year, Cade assumed various leadership roles, among them collaborating with other students and creating a new student club–a “forum,” as they call it: The […]
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