online education

DVC Distance Education Gets a Boost with $500,000 Grant

Dec 1, 2019

The Contra Costa Community College District was awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants for distance education. Of this total amount, Diablo Valley College received $500,000.

career education

Industry Partners Help DVC Prepare Students for the Middle-Skill Jobs of Tomorrow

Dec 1, 2019

The Bay Area will account for 22 percent of California’s middle-skill jobs. That’s according to the Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research. It’s also expected that the labor force will not be able to meet the needs of this job market within the next three years. Colleges can be armed and ready to face these challenges.

transfer, career education

Transfer Opportunities for Career Education Students

Dec 1, 2019

Community colleges are known for offering two main pathways: - A lower cost start for students who plan to transfer - Career education that prepares students for jobs But did you know that students enrolled in career education programs can also transfer?

mesa

MESA student Joseph Carter is a Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship winner

Oct 15, 2019

DVC has a Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship winner this year! The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides the largest private scholarship in the country to high-achieving community college students who have financial need.

history

Mary Ann Irwin - DVC history faculty named as new journal editor

Jul 10, 2019

University of California Press is pleased to announce that Mary Ann Irwin, lecturer at California State University, East Bay (Hayward, California), and Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, California), has been chosen as the next editor of California History.