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Real Skills, Real Jobs: Real Success Stories from DVC Career Education
Career education focuses on skilled trades, applied arts and sciences, and cutting-edge technologies. These programs are tailored to enhance job skills and boost career marketability.
Your Teen Can Get a Head Start on an Engineering Career with CCAP STEM Credits
The College and Career Access Pathway for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (CCAP-STEM) Academy is a dual enrollment partnership between Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) and DVC, based at Ygnacio Valley High School. Students focused on entering an engineering pathway are able to earn college credits from DVC while in high school.
Plug-in to a Powerful Career in Electrical/Electronics Technology
Darren Dangler is a recent high school graduate interested in becoming a building engineer. He enrolled in classes at three East Bay community colleges searching for the one that would be the best fit for him.
From Abroad to Belonging: An International Student Finds His Place and Purpose at DVC
An international student’s journey from abroad to belonging—discover how DVC helped him find purpose, community and a place to call home.
From Classroom to Clinic: High School Students Gain Real-World Experience with the DVC Health Career Academy
Discover the DVC Health Career Academy, your gateway to exploring dynamic careers in healthcare through hands-on learning, field trips, and medical professionals.
DVC Champions Belonging, Belief, and Success for Foster Youth
Gordon later enrolled at DVC to earn an associate in arts degree in animation. He had learned about DVC’s foster youth program while in high school, so he met with the coordinator of the Student Transition and Academic Retention Team (START) program.
For Jordan Davis DVC Felt Like Home The Moment He Stepped On Campus
Jordan Davis explored multiple community colleges before choosing Diablo Valley College. It was a meeting with Football Coach, Mike Darr, that convinced Jordan that DVC was the right place to achieve his goals. “When he told me to come meet him at the school it felt like home from the moment I stepped on campus.”