A Rio Hondo College graduate’s documentary about an unconventional therapy’s potential to aid veterans with traumatic brain injuries is a contender for a special award recognizing its powerful portrayal of the health issue. One of five nominees in the 20th annual PRISM Awards online category, “Hyperbaric Miracles, Episodes 1 and 2” recounts the history of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and barriers to its application to veterans. The film was written, directed and produced by John Salcedo, an Army veteran who graduated from Rio Hondo College in 2007 with an associate degree in small business management and entrepreneurialism.
Rio Hondo to Spotlight Election’s Impact on Community College Students
Rio Hondo College’s Behavioral and Social Sciences Division will host a program titled "Issues Affecting Community College Students and the 2016 General Election" at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. Los Angeles Community College District Trustee Mike Eng will give the keynote address. Eng is a former state Assemblyman and mayor of Monterey Park. The event will be held in the Wray Theater at Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier.
Rio Hondo College has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to transform delivery of basic skills instruction in English and math, and align its curriculum with courses taught at K-12 schools. The effort will draw on multiple measures for assessing student placement in English and math, and apply accelerated instructional pathways, tutoring and mentoring support to give students the greatest opportunity to progress through the courses.
Follow-up Story: Thousands of new and returning students flooded onto the Rio Hondo College campus in Whittier as fall semester classes kicked into high gear on Aug. 22. Students clustered in small groups to share their first-day experiences, stopped at information booths for last-minute directions to classrooms and pored over new textbooks. New this year is a third satellite campus, the Rio Hondo Educational Center at Pico Rivera, and a Bachelor of Science program in automotive technology. Rio Hondo College is offering the major as part of a historic state initiative.
Rio Hondo College will host its second annual First Year Family Night at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17 to introduce the families of new students to the College community and provide them with avenues for offering support to the freshmen. More than 400 people, representing almost 260 Rio Hondo College families, are expected for the event, which will include dinner, a resource fair and presentations in English and Spanish. Topics include financial aid and student resources. Rio Hondo College is at 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier.
Follow-up Story: Rio Hondo College leaders were joined by local educators, city leaders and county, state and national legislators to celebrate the opening of the Rio Hondo Educational Center at Pico Rivera on Aug. 11. The $2.5 million center is located in buildings formerly used for El Rancho Unified School District’s adult school. Rio Hondo College renovated seven buildings to create a collegiate identity and integrate 21st century learning tools into six classrooms and an office. The center will offer 27 courses beginning this month. Photos are available.
About 100 students from California State University, Los Angeles are studying at Rio Hondo College this month to complete basic skills courses under the auspices of a two-year, $2 million grant recently received by the community college district. The grant, one of five totaling $10 million awarded by the California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office, provides Rio Hondo College with resources to work with area high schools, adult schools and CSU Los Angeles to improve the chances of college success for students with challenges in English and math.
Rio Hondo College will help incoming freshmen prepare for their higher-education journeys with the final of three Freshman Welcome Days from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Aug. 3. The program includes a campus tour, a workshop on the importance of a student’s first year in college and instruction on using online tools for class registration and financial aid. The College can accommodate 100 students. Two previous Welcome Days events were held in July. For information, contact the Rio Hondo College Outreach Office at 562-463-4693.
About 120 seventh-graders from 10 middle schools in five area school districts assembled car engines, built crystal radios, launched solid-fuel rockets, learned First Aid and explored computer coding by creating "mods" in the popular Minecraft game during a weeklong CTE Academy at Rio Hondo College, which concluded July 22. Students applied trigonometry and algebra to complete rockets and learned electrical theory, calculations and application as they broke down and assembled small engines. Photos are available
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) on Monday, June 27 will transfer control of Line 270 – a key bus route connecting student to Rio Hondo College – to Norwalk Transit and Foothill Transit. Norwalk Transit will operate the southern section of the line, from Norwalk to the El Monte Station, now called Norwalk 7. Foothill Transit will operate the line from the El Monte Station north to Arcadia, now called Foothill 270.
