The consideration of approving the recent updated operating agreement with Follet Higher Education Group Inc., new Student Affairs Assistant hires and the recognition of the championship teams and rosters were discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Follet provides Cerritos College with educational tools, services as well as print and digital content. The revisions include approximately...

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In order to help both native and international students John Karlagon, president of the Korean Popular music (K-Pop) club, seeks to add Koran language classes to the college."By having a Korean class, it would give some of our Korean exchange students a class to take where they can converse with other students and practice their English," said Karlagon. Korean would...

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After 40 years of working in higher education and library services, acting Dean of Academic Success Carl Bengston, retired from work at age 67. A retirement party was held in the Library Administrations office for Bengston where both his friends and colleagues were able to spend time with him and reminisce old memories working with Cerritos College. Being Dean of...

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From Ivy League schools to the professional sporting teams, institutions like that usually tend to have fuzzy characters or inspiring symbols that grasp the attention of the public and give a sense of purpose. According to the student Cabinet meeting held Jan. 12, Cerritos College will have a symbol in the form of a mascot. According to Amna Jara, the...

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Cerritos College students may be able to ride the local buses to and from school free of charge. Dean of Student Services Gilbert Contreras discussed a program in the ASCC Cabinet meeting held Jan. 12. He explained the program would allow eligible students to have access to buses free of charge. “We want to provide students with access to transportation...

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During the first ASCC Senate meeting of the semester, 28 senators were present, as opposed to the usual 30, therefore the meeting was limited to only discussions, presentations, and information. Until the two remaining Senate seats are filled all items up for vote will be postponed. Dayanna Arana, student senator and psychology major, seemed hopeful the seats would fill up...

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Every semester during welcome week Cerritos College invites the In'N'Out truck to give away free meals to students. This year is no different as students lined up at Falcon Square for free burgers. Mechanical engineering major Jesus Ramirez appreciates the free burgers after a long day at school, “I haven’t eaten anything all day and it’s a free burger so...

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ASCC Judicial Court held their first meeting of the semester Jan. 13 in room BK-111. The meeting included recaps of the Student Leadership conference, a presentation given by Daniel Gomez about the details of the Brown Act and parliamentary procedures, and updates about the ASCC Constitution Taskforce. ASCC Chief Justice Alejandra Lopez described the conference as an overall success. According...

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Students can now apply for Spring semester scholarships at www.cerritos.edu/foundationscholarship in a variety of different categories including STEM, child development, veteran scholarships, cosmetology and a substantial amount of more fields or backgrounds. Eduardo Juarez, English major, signed up for a scholarship through the Foundation program. “The one I am going to apply for is the regular one [Albert Ostroff Scholarship...

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Students are left without the use of the elevator in the Social Science Building Tuesday Jan. 13. Facilities department is currently in the process of repairing the elevator. The elevator located in the western part of the building was found inoperable today. This comes at a time where students are getting back from winter break. The people that will be...

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