In the fall of 2019 there were 41 recognized clubs on campus. In spring semester 2020, 26. This semester, just 17 clubs. Some of the decline can be attributed to the COVID-19 switch to online classes, but not all. Many of the…
Teaching singing to a person you never met is a challenge. Not being able to rehearse as a group is a challenge. Teaching music and voice over the internet is a challenge. The LPC Music department is rising up to the challenge…
The Las Positas Photography Department will be hosting its final three lectures in early December as part of the Fall 2020 Fall Artist Lecture Series. The lecture series, organized by faculty and students in the photography department, “consists of a diverse group…
Over the weekend of Nov 21/22, Sydney Roberts, one of LPC’s composition students in the LPC music department, was awarded First Prize at the annual Music Association of California Community Colleges Conference for her original piece for three marimbas entitled "Thief."
The…
If you were on campus prior to classes going online, you may have seen Esmaa Elgarguri traveling around campus on her yellow skateboard. She would not be hard to spot as there are not many other Hijab wearing women on skateboards at…
On Dec. 7 Mt. Diablo State Park will be hosting a beacon lighting for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The event will be virtual. For 45 minutes, three living survivors of the attack will share their experience and honor both the living and…
On Dec. 9th Ashley McHale will be speaking before the LPC Math Society about cryptography. The seminar titled, “Mixed Messages: A Brief Discussion of Cryptography,” will discuss cryptography, forms of encryption and their development and use throughout modern history.
McHale is a…
The LPC Student Health and Wellness Center is hosting its last workshop of the semester on Anxiety and Coping Skills during finals. The seminar will be Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 2 to3:30 p.m via Zoom. The Zoom meeting id is 951 2224…
Marc Griesemer, a professor in the LPC Computer Science Department, died on Oct. 27, 2020. He was fighting a losing battle with cancer. Griesemer joined the faculty of Las Positas College in August 2017.
Griesemer primarily taught Computer Fundamentals, Computer Science 1…
We know, it's hard not being on campus. We know you miss it. We know you long to hold it again, to take your time and enjoy the feeling of it on your finger tips, to let your eyes get transfixed on…