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Posts Tagged ‘Peralta Community Colleges’

A new chancellor takes the lead at the financially-troubled Peralta college district

By Michelle Pitcher | November 6, 2019
Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud attends her first Peralta board of trustees meeting in October.

Last month, Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud took over as chancellor of the four-college Peralta Community College District.

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At graduation ceremony, nearly 100 formerly incarcerated people celebrate new jobs

By Michelle Pitcher | October 29, 2019
Many graduates of this year's Career Training and Education Program brought family members and loved ones to their graduation ceremony on October 25, 2019.

Nearly 100 people—mostly formerly incarcerated people—graduated from BOSS’s Career Training and Employment Center this year.

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New state program makes tuition free for first year community college students

By Anne Wernikoff | October 26, 2017
For the 2015-2016 school year Peralta Community Colleges District students received more than 69,000 financial aid awards across four campuses. The majority of students awarded aid were given the Board of Governors Fee Waiver which waives the per-credit fee of $46 for low-income students. Many students received more than one type of aid.

Newly enrolled, full time community college students across the state will become eligible for a fee waiver through the California College Promise.

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Laney College’s 9th Floor Radio brings Oakland’s music scene to the Internet

By Megan Molteni | May 22, 2012 | 2

9th Floor Radio is not a “regular” radio station. It has no call letters, and no frequency where its shows can be heard playing over the airwaves. Tucked inside a portable building with no address near the corner of 8th Street and 5th Avenue in Oakland, 9th Floor Radio streams over the internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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