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Lake Tahoe Community College One Step Closer to Offering 4 Year Degrees
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 12:03am
The likelihood of four-year degrees coming to Lake Tahoe Community College just got a major boost. A bill authorizing California’s Community College System to launch a limited baccalaureate degree pilot program was just approved by the State Assembly Committee on Higher Education. Senate Bill 850 (SB 850) allows 15 California community colleges to offer one 4-year degree as early as January 1, 2015, and starting no later than the 2017-18 academic year. The bill already passed through the state Senate back in May by a 34-0 vote.
Tips for a Long and Healthy Life
Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:28am
How can you live a longer, healthier life? The answer is complicated and simple. “Experts” claim every conceivable option: cleanses, hormones, pills, exercises, diets, the list goes on. The options are dizzying, even to healthcare professionals.
Wellness Lecture in South Lake Tahoe: Chronic Pelvic Pain
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 10:21pm
Event Date:
April 1, 2014 - 6:00pm
Learn about chronic pelvic pain in the next edition of Barton Wellness Lectures. Dr. Amanda Weavil,OB-GYN with Barton Women's Health, will give the lecture on Tuesday, April 1 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lake Tahoe Community College Board Room.
Hear about the causes of chronic pelvic pain and how it can affect your fertility. Learn what you can do to help alleviate chronic pelvic pain as well as surgical and non-surgical treatment options.
Wellness Lecture in South Lake Tahoe: Understanding Your Risk of Breast Cancer
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 10:17pm
Event Date:
March 12, 2014 - 6:00pm
The Barton Wellness series continues with "Understand your breast cancer risk" on March 12 in the Lake Tahoe Community College Board Room from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Learn about breast cancer screening, prevention and detection. Both BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations will be discussed as well as surgical treatment options.
LTCC and LTUSD Hold Joint Board Meeting
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/07/2014 - 11:03pm
Event Date:
February 11, 2014 - 5:00pm
The Lake Tahoe Unified School District Board of Education and Lake Tahoe Community College Board of Trustees will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, February 11 in the LTCC Board Room at 5 p.m.
During the joint portion of the meeting the groups will have three topics of discussion: Trustee boundaries during this fall's elections, seamless pathway from preschool to graduate school, and facilities and technology partnerships.
BARTON HEALTH WELLNESS LECTURE
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/10/2014 - 12:04amEvent Date:
February 5, 2014 - 6:00pm
Cholesterol Health, Presented by David Young, M.D., Barton Cardiology
Learn about cholesterol metabolism and how to understand cholesterol results. Discover natural ways to manage cholesterol and the risks and benefits of cholesterol therapy using "statins."
Attend any four of Barton’s 2014 Wellness Lectures and be entered into a drawing for a $150 gift certificate to a South Lake Tahoe business of your choice. Questions? Call 530-543-5537. Visit bartonhealth.org/lecture for the most up-to-date lecture information.
When: Wednesday, February 5, 6-7pm
Soccer Coaches Hired for Lake Tahoe Community College
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/11/2013 - 9:06pm
Benjamin Wade and Christian DeLeon were hired as the new LTCC soccer coaches at Tuesday night's Lake Tahoe Community College Board meeting. Both coaches will head up the newly established intercollegiate soccer program at the college. Wade will be the men's head coach and DeLeon the women's.
Presentation by the League to Save Lake Tahoe about Pipe Keepers
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 12:52pm
Event Date:
March 13, 2013 - 6:00pm
The League to Save Lake Tahoe will be giving a presentation on the evenings of March 13-14 about Pipe Keepers, a new volunteer monitoring program.
Pipe Keepers is a volunteer based monitoring program that examines turbidity (clarity) of water that enters Lake Tahoe and its tributaries through storm drains.
Created in response to a resident’s concerns about a neighborhood storm pipe discharging dirty looking water directly into Lake Tahoe, Pipe Keepers began in the Fall of 2012 with trained local volunteers sampling outflow from storm drain pipes throughout the Tahoe Basin.
Public hearing to be held on SnowGlobe Music Festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 11:36amThe Lake Tahoe Community College Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. in the college board room to allow the community to express any comments or concerns on the SnowGl...
Free workshop: The Bullying Epidemic
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 1:18amEvent Date:
April 16, 2012 - 5:30pm
Is your child a bully or being bullied? Learn how to empower youth with tools to deal with put downs on and off school campuses at a workshop on Monday, April 16, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lake Tahoe Community College board room.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director to Host 'Fireside Chat' at LTCC
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:52am
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director, Joanne S. Marchetta, will host a “fireside chat” at Lake Tahoe Community College on Wednesday, February 8 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on “21st Century Environmentalism and the Regional Plan Update.”
SnowGlobe angst, praise keep reverberating in S. Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 5:52amBalancing the needs of the environment, the economy and the residents was the overriding message delivered by seven people who spoke at the Lake Tahoe Community College board meeting Tuesday night abo...
Low turnout expected for Tuesday election
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:13amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Fewer voters are expected to turnout at fewer polling places during Tuesday's odd year election.Seats are up for grabs on the Lake Tahoe Community College Board of Tru...
Controversial challenger in school board elections
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:08amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In both the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees and the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board Nov. 8 elections, only one person has filed a bid to challenge...
November election has 12 candidates, one ballot measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:55am
By Heather Gould
Amid voting for favorite websites, blogs, restaurants, American Idol contestants and more, residents of South Lake Tahoe have the opportunity to vote in an actual public election. Elections for the Lake Tahoe Community College board, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board and a ballot measure regarding recreation funds will all be decided by voters on Nov. 8.
South Tahoe giving people a reason to visit New Year's Eve
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:46pmLake Tahoe Community College board of trustees on Tuesday unanimously agreed to partner with South Lake Tahoe to bring Snowball Music Fest to the campus as well as the neighboring joint use ball field...
