News @ De Anza

Four members of the De Anza College community will be honored in March with Excellence Awards from the national League for Innovation in the Community College. They were selected for their outstanding service to the college and its students.

Starting this week, a new video series promoting De Anza's noncredit programs can be seen on the college website, YouTube channel and social media channels including Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

De Anza will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Village Centers - designated spaces on campus for each of the six Villages - with a daylong, progressive party for students and employees, featuring food, games and giveaways at each location.

De Anza has received its first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, providing $150,000 for an ambitious, three-year effort to create and expand oral history programs focused on historically marginalized communities.

De Anza will host the Jan. 31 kickoff for the 2024 Silicon Valley Reads campaign, along with a related art exhibit at the Euphrat Museum and a separate campus event next Wednesday, Jan. 24, with artist and climate activist Favianna Rodriguez.

De Anza has again been named one of the nation's top 150 community colleges by the prestigious Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, which has invited De Anza to enter a $1 million prize competition for colleges with outstanding performance in teaching, learning, equity and other factors.

De Anza's high transfer rates are cited in a new article that examines what community colleges can do to prepare and support students on their path to earning a university degree.

De Anza College has been notified of a recent data breach at the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), which may involve student data that the college reported to comply with financial aid regulations.

De Anza has been awarded $1.55 million in state funding over the next five years for a new cohort program to support historically underrepresented students who want to transfer in STEM majors.

With help from a three-year, $1.2 million state grant, De Anza's Child Development and Education Department is expanding an innovative apprenticeship program that offers students the opportunity to get paid while they work and take classes in their field.