Parents always tell their kids to make sure to eat a balanced meal. They try to persuade them with phrases like, ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day!’ and ‘eat your fruits and vegetables! You need them to live!’ Their wise words of wisdom weren’t just to support healthy muscles and bones; their encouragement for healthy food is...

For Multicultural Day, America's Teaching Zoo held special hours on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and allowed guests to be able to explore the zoo with the benefit of no entrance fee. The zoo served as a host for several elementary schools on field trips. The young students were able to enjoy a brief show that highlighted a...

Lions, hyenas and other large carnivores are scheduled to have more room to ramble among shade trees and plants from their native habitats under a new master plan for America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College. The master plan, which lays out a blueprint to improve animal enclosures and enlarge the overall footprint of the zoo. It will update the facility...

A cast of animal actors will star in “Trouble in Zoopolis” at the 25th annual Spring Spectacular fundraiser for the teaching zoo at Moorpark College, featuring plays, activities for kids, and food vendors over three upcoming weekends. “This is like our big open house,” said Dr. Cynthia Stringfield, the veterinarian and department chair for the Exotic Animal Training and Management...

The University of La Verne is offering courses on Moorpark College campus and is having an information session on March 3 from 6 to 7 p.m. in Fountain Hall. These courses can help students obtain a bachelor of arts or bachelor of sciences degree in Child Development, Organizational Management, and Educational Studies, formally known as Liberal Studies. "These programs are...

Dr. Bernard Luskin has been Moorpark College’s president since 2014, and he is now saying ‘good-bye’ to Moorpark College. "There have been a lot of highlights," said Moorpark College Interim President Dr. Bernard Luskin. "There's just so many things, they're all highlights."Luskin has done much to benefit Moorpark College, from restoring the baseball team, cross country, and women’s golf, to...

The Moorpark Review is a creative writing club on campus. "It's actually a class that counts toward your G. P. A.," said Shannen McKee, the student editor-in-chief of the Moorpark Review. She also said that their yearly magazine publish works that include short stories written by students and faculty. The club meets every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. during...

Moorpark College has recently added a new club to it’s campus in January, the America’s Zeaching Zoo’s Student Chapter AAZK. Alanna Cappelli, president of the chapter on campus, said that the club is open to any students that are interested even if they aren’t in the EATM program. “We recently had a falconer, who graduated from the EATM program, come...

On Sunday, Feb. 8, the Moorpark College teaching zoo held a birthday party for the new male african lion, Ira. The event attracted many people from the community, Moorpark students and deans, board of trustees and the president. "I'm so proud of all of the students and the people that work in the EATM program of what they've done and...

Ira, the new lion cub at the Moorpark College Zoo, is about to have his first birthday party on Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Moorpark College Zoo."We always love putting on events for the public to enjoy, so it's exciting," said Mara Rodriguez who is a Instructional Technician and has been a full-time classified staff member at Moorpark...