Charles Araujo, Principal Analyst, IntellyxJanuary 26, 2021
When the pandemic hit, it disrupted industries around the world. One of the most impacted was higher education and, within that sector, community colleges may have been the most affected of all. But, at least one leader saw this disproportionate impact as an opportunity.
It’s not hard to understand why the pandemic hit community colleges so hard. Almost overnight, they had to transition to remote learning, often in communities that lacked the technical infrastructure (in the form of home computers and high-speed internet) to do so.
At the same time, while these colleges were often community bedrocks, they lacked the significant resources of their university brethren. Many community colleges responded admirably, doing their best to meet the needs of their students and communities. But, a few, such as the College of Southern Nevada (CSN), took it as an opportunity to innovate and transform.
Victor Valley College aims to house homeless students with new program It Takes a Village, a partnership with Searchlight Society, tackles growing issue
Victorville Daily Press
A first-of-its-kind program aiming to house students facing challenges on where to live began earlier this month thanks to a partnership between Victor Valley College and the nonprofit Searchlight Society.
Since the “It Takes a Village” program started officially on Jan. 4, two students have already been temporarily put up in hotel rooms while they await more permanent housing.
“Our goal is to provide stable housing and wraparound services to the housing insecure students at Victor Valley College,” said Amber Allen, VVC’s director of special grant programs. “It is our pleasure to be on the front line in ensuring the academic and personal success of students experiencing challenges around housing.”
Police previously called to Spring Valley Lake home of 91-year-old who was fatally shot
Deputies made contact with Betty Francois twice in 2020 for false alarms
Victorville Daily Press
Law enforcement responded at least twice last year to the Spring Valley Lake home of a 91-year-old disabled woman who was fatally shot by deputies last weekend after she reportedly pointed a shotgun at them.
The February and April 2020 calls occurred when the alarm at the residence went off and were determined to be false alarms, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jodi Miller told the Daily Press on Tuesday.
Deputies made contact with the woman, Betty Francois, during both calls, Miller added.
Online art show shares Victor Valley College students’ work with community
By Leslie Sandoval
Victor Valley College
Victor Valley College s Fall 2020 Student Art Show recently made its online debut, featuring students’ best work in digital art, drawing, painting, photography and sculpting.
“We owe it to our students to share their work with the world,” said VVC Art Department Chair Frank Foster. “We are very fortunate to have wonderful, kind and talented students.”
The art show can be visited online at www.VVC-art.com until Feb. 16, 2021. The student art show is always presented to the public in order to “serve as a bridge between the college and the community,” the website states.
Staff Report
photo by: Orlin Wagner
Big Jay shows off his face mask during the Jayhawks football game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
2020 will always be remembered as the year of the coronavirus pandemic, which, to date, has infected nearly 20 million Americans and killed more than 340,000, including more than 2,500 Kansans.
It will be the story of 2021 as well, and for many of us, the story of our lifetimes. The deadly virus not only relentlessly dominated headlines for 10 months of the year but also affected virtually every aspect of our community and the way we live our daily lives how we interact socially, how we work and attend school, how we entertain ourselves, how our local governments operate and how our businesses and the economy function.