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PUMA Center
The PUMA (Puente, Umoja, and MESA Achievement) Center is the home for three college access and success programs – Puente, Umoja, and MESA and was established in 2015. As a vibrant center, the PUMA Center serves students from underserved/underrepresented backgrounds by building and nurturing community through embracing and validating students' cultural identity and humanity, with an emphasis on holistic development, equity, and social justice. The Center focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration, integrating instruction and support services to address the students’ various needs, while fostering student leadership, providing mentoring, and raising cultural awareness. PUMA is a space that enables students to build community in order to achieve academic and career success, become empowered, and discover their full potential.
The PUMA Center offers PUMA students study rooms, computer labs, printing, tutoring, workshops, counseling and program coordinator and faculty office hours.
Hours of operation
Summer 2019 Hours: Monday - Thursday from 9:00am to 4:00pm and closed on Friday.
Please note: Diablo Valley College will be closed on Fridays during the summer from
May 31 - August 16, 2019. The PUMA Center will be closed for the week of July 1 -
5, 2019.
Events
For all of DVC's events, visit the College Events calendar.
College Success Workshops
Spring 2019 College Success Workshop Schedule
Services
Computer Lab
The PUMA Center offers PUMA students 8 computers for student use; 4 are located in the PUMA lounge and 4 are located in the hallway. Students are able to print using funds loaded onto their DVC ID card. The PUMA Center does not offer a value add station – the closest value add station is in the Library Commons (L-213).
Transfer Support
UC Davis Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) Coordinator, Renelle Johnson, will be holding appointments in the PUMA Center on Thursdays. Click here to schedule an appointment. Also, visit the College Reps Visit DVC's website to see all the college and university representatives that will be visiting DVC this semester.
Study Rooms
The PUMA Center offers study rooms for students who are part of the PUMA learning communities, Friends of MESA, and Friends of Umoja. We ask that you sign in on the sign-in sheet posted on the door before using a study room.
Tutoring
Tutoring is available to support English reading and writing in any subject matter and different levels of math for PUMA students. For the Spring 2019 semester, tutoring will be available from February 11 through May 9 (tentative).
Location: PUMA Lounge
Tutors wear a green DVC lanyard.
Reading and Writing Tutoring
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|
Jilliane Heidi Phillip |
Tijan Max |
Tiffany Ethan |
Tijan Max |
Math Tutoring
Math Tutors can help with everything from Pre-Algebra through Calculus 2 (or 3 with Carly), except for Statistics. Clint Ryan can help with Statistics.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
|
Yuvia Carly |
Adeola Carly
|
Yuvia Adeola |
Clint Ryan |
Staff and Faculty
| Rosa Armendáriz |
Dean of Student Engagement and Equity |
rarmendariz@dvc.edu | 925-969-2233 |
| Kristina Gomez |
Administrative Assistant III |
kgomez@dvc.edu | 925-969-2236 |
| Noha Basilious |
Program Coordinator |
nbasilious@dvc.edu | 925-969-3012 |
| Patrick Talley |
Administrative Assistant II |
ptalley@dvc.edu | 925-969-2289 |
| Stephany Ramos Lopez |
|
sramos@dvc.edu | 925-969-4320 |
| Alberto Aranda |
Counselor |
aaranda@dvc.edu | 925-969-3015 |
| Maria Dorado |
Coordinator and Counselor |
mdorado@dvc.edu | 925-969-2560 |
| Anthony Gonzales |
Coordinator and English Instructor |
agonzales@dvc.edu | 925-969-2422 |
| Justin Wembes |
Counselor/Instructor |
jwembes@dvc.edu | 925-969-2159 |
| Patrick Leong |
Coordinator and Instructor |
pleong@dvc.edu | 925-969-2406 |
| Yvonne Canada-Clarke |
Coordinator and Counselor/Instructor |
ycanada@dvc.edu | 925-969-2283 |
| Carmen McNeil |
Coordinator and Instructor |
cmcneil@dvc.edu | 925-969-2437 |
| Eric Handy |
Counselor |
ehandy@dvc.edu | 925-969-2167 |
| Clarice Adams |
Program Assistant |
cadams@dvc.edu | 925-969-2234 |
| Maitreyee Chandra |
Program Director |
mchandra@dvc.edu | 925-969-4319 |
| Danielle Odom |
Counselor |
dodom@dvc.edu | 925-969-4321 |
PUMA Student Leaders
|
Kevin Arrendondo |
MESA |
|
Cassandra Ezike |
Friends of Umoja |
|
Grecia Ventura |
MESA |
Other Resources
- The DVC library offers study room reservations, research help face-to-face and IM chat, a textbook loan program (click here to see if the library has the textbook you need), and laptop/phone charger loan program. See the library Circulation and Reserve desk for more information.
- The DVC Student Life Office offers no time limit study room reservations. Reservations are made on a drop-in basis with your student ID at the front desk. Student Life also offers pay-for-print services and fax services.
Contact the PUMA Center
| Telephone: | 925-969-4320 |
| PUMA Center's location: | Learning Communities Annex (LCA) campus map |
 |
@DVCPuma |