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.”
“When I was working my very first job in the insurance industry, I got a devastating call from my mom. She told me she had cancer,” said Johanna Arroliga, insurance/real estate agent owner of XIX Insurance Group Services.
Alexander Tran spent five years working as a computer systems engineer but felt he needed to make a change.
Anna Kuzmenko began at DVC in 2020 to study programming, aiming for a computer science degree to explore software development. However, along the way she uncovered a new passion—one that would change her path entirely.
Culinary arts and hospitality students can get a great start on their career by enrolling at DVC. There are numerous opportunities for hands-on learning not only in class, but also in campus eateries as well as restaurants throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
Discover the PUMA Center, home to three college access and success programs that support underrepresented students – Puente, Umoja, and MESA. These programs provide an enriched student experience that leads to greater success.
In March 2022, students from Diablo Valley College participated in the 46th Chinese Mandarin Speech Contest which was held virtually. The contest is hosted by The Chinese Language Teachers Association of California (CLTAC). CLTAC is the largest nonprofit association of its kind in the country with a mission to promote the study, teaching, and research of the Chinese language and culture on all educational levels.
As a software quality assurance engineer at Apple and a DVC graduate with an associate in arts degree in psychology, Noor Khan understands what it means to have drive and ambition.
Students interested in careers that combine art and technology can enroll in either the art digital media program or the film, television and electronic media (FTVE) program. Art digital media students can specialize in animation, game design, graphic design, and interaction design. FTVE students learn skills to prepare for careers in film, broadcasting, online media, and more.