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LTCC students learning the impact of gender bias in ads
Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 1:59amLTCC auditions for Agatha Christie's 'The Mouse Trap' on Sunday, Tuesday
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 6:03amEvent Date:
September 16, 2012 - 7:00pm
The Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department celebrates the 60th anniversary of the longest-running show of any play in history with Agatha Christie's "The Mouse Trap." Auditions are on Sunday Sept. 16, Tuesday, September 18 at 7 p.m. in the Duke Theatre. Casting 8 men and women of various ages.
Great Sierra Cleanup Saturday around Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 2:47am
Event Date:
September 15, 2012 - 9:00am
Saturday is the Great Sierra River Cleanup with more than 11,200 volunteers joining together to scour watersheds throughout the Sierra Nevada. Hundreds of community groups will spread across 22 counties and 1,052 river miles to pull appliances, cigarette butts, beverage cans, baby diapers, tires, furniture, and more from the rivers and streams that supply the State of California with 65 percent of its water. This effort, in partnership with the California Coastal Cleanup Day, serves to promote good stewardship on all of our waterways, from the source to the sea.
LTCC on path to become 4-year destination college
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 1:59am
A bachelor’s degree with Lake Tahoe Community College’s seal. That could be a reality for students graduating in 2016 if college President Kindred Murillo gets her way.
She would also like to turn the two-year institution into a destination college – as in people would move to South Lake Tahoe to go to college here.
Autumn Fest to kick-off fall season at Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 9:09am
Event Date:
September 16, 2012 - 11:00am
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will host the the 6th annual Autumn Fest at the Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden, on the campus of Lake Tahoe Community College from 11am-4pm on Sunday, September 16.
The free festival, run in cooperation with LTCC, is quickly becoming a Tahoe fall tradition packed with activities for all ages, including a silent auction to raise funds for the demonstration garden and conservation landscaping programs in the community.
LTCC grant program focuses on creating college ready middle and high school students
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 08/18/2012 - 10:11amServices aimed at getting students ready for college are available for up to 500 South Tahoe Middle School and South Tahoe High School this school year through a Lake Tahoe Community College federally funded grant program.
The Department of Education grant that started in the tail end of last school year consists of $230,000 a year for five years to provide services to 500 low-income, first generation college-bound students at the middle and high schools.
LTCC Connect to hold children's mountain bike camp later this month
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 5:00amThe next Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race champion might just come from Lake Tahoe, but the first step toward success is getting him or her on a bike. That's just what the inaugural children'...
Renovator, Repair, Painter Training Being Offered in Spanish
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 12:32pmThe City of South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Community College Connect Community Education are sponsoring the Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) Training for local area contractors. The Lead Safe Worker 8-hour training for Renovators, Repair and Painters is being offered at LTCC campus in Spanish this Saturday, July 28th.
Lake Tahoe agency hosts bicycle community planners from Utah and Oregon
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 11:34am
Event Date:
July 26, 2012 - 5:00pm
UPDATED: As Lake Tahoe continues to earn the respectable distinction of having bicycle-friendly communities, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will host experts from two well-established cities to discuss ways the basin can improve its trails and paths.
The TRPA has invited bicycle community planners from Portland, Oregon and Park City, Utah for a community speaker panel today, Thursday, July 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Community College in the Board Room. A similar speaker panel was held on Wednesday at Kings Beach.
LTCC revamps tech system
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 5:00amLake Tahoe Community College has launched its new online student portal, the latest step in a total overhaul of the college's information technology structure that started four years ago. Rewind ba...
LTCC looks to cut from 2012-13 budget
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 9:38amEditor's note: This story has been modified from the printed version. This version corrects the amount being cut, as well as the areas being reorganized.Lake Tahoe Community College is looking to c...
Taste of Gold event to benefit Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 3:15am
Mike Bradford, CEO of Lakeside Inn and Casino and this year's honorary host, invites you to join him to "Discover Gold." This LTCC Foundation event on Saturday, July 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. will feature the best of El Dorado Hills wineries and food from Tahoe's best restaurants. Get your tickets early.
Bark beetles in Lake Tahoe Basin is subject of LTCC lecture
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 1:44pmJoel Egan, Forest Entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Missoula, Montana recounts an outbreak of bark beetles causing tree mortality in the Tahoe Basin and discusses the impact of climate change on recent unprecedented outbreaks of bark beetles throughout the forests of Western North America. Sponsored by the Science Club of Lake Tahoe Community College, 6:00 - 8:00PM, Aspen Room, Lake Tahoe Community College.
Lead safe worker training offered by South Lake Tahoe and LTCC
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 10:21amThe City of South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Community College Connect Community Education are sponsoring the Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) and Supervisor Trainings for local area contractors. The Lead Safe Worker 8-hour training for Renovators, Repair and Painters is being offered at LTCC campus on June 30th, July 20th, August 4th, and September 14th. The cost to attend the training is $50 and up to two workers from each local company are welcome to participate.
'The Rocky Horror Show' opens at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:00amIt is a cult classic. The music is part of popular culture. It spawned its own dance. It has sex, rock 'n' roll and a "Sweet Transvestite" from Transsexual, Transylvania. "The Rocky Horror Show"...
'The Rocky Horror Show' opens at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:00amIt is a cult classic. The music is part of popular culture. It spawned its own dance. It has sex, rock 'n' roll and a "Sweet Transvestite" from Transsexual, Transylvania. "The Rocky Horror Show"...
2 LTCC Writers Series events to close out school year
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 2:00amLake Tahoe Community College ramps up summer with Connect programs
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 7:00pmIn one of the most innovate private-public education partnerships developed in recent years, Lake Tahoe Community College prepares to launch the summer follow-up of its successful CONNECT program.
Designed as a way for community members to extend their education pursuits, CONNECT offers noncredit classes at Lake Tahoe Community College with a series of life enhancement workshops for people with passions for arts, theater, health and fitness and business marketing.
Meet Lake Tahoe Community College student artist Ashley Pfister
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 12:15pm
Event Date:
May 20, 2012 - 2:00pm
Ashley Pfister has art in her blood. Pfister grew up in a small Connecticut town. From an early age Pfister enjoyed building things with her father and spending time outdoors. Her artistic imagination led to an early career in mud pies and mud Easter eggs, which she hid around the neighborhood for other kids to find.
'Tahoe Blues' Book Launch at LTCC June 8
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:39am
Event Date:
June 8, 2012 - 7:00pm On Fri. June 8, Bona Fide Books will host a book launch and reading for “Tahoe Blues: Short Lit on Life at the Lake” at Lake Tahoe Community College, 7:00 p.m. The event is part of the LTCC Writers’ Series and is free and open to the public.
Jeff DeFranco picked as LTCC's new vice president for administrative services
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 11:09am
Lake Tahoe Community College’s Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that Jeff DeFranco, the current director of communications and facilities at Springfield Public Schools in Oregon, will be the college’s next vice president of administrative services.
DeFranco holds a master’s in educational leadership with an emphasis in higher education administration from the University of Oregon. He earned his undergraduate degree from California State University, Chico.
Tahoe Choir presents 'Radio Daze'
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 1:46amTickets are now available from Tahoe Choir members for their 41st spring concerts; they will be performed at LTCC"s Duke Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings May 4-5 at 8:00 PM and on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 PM. Adults are $l0 and seniors and students $8. Tickets will be available at the door l/2 hour before performances.
LTCC dealing with unstable financial forecast from state
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 1:59amLong-time Lake Tahoe lawman Les Lovell retires
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 1:41am
Since as far back as he could remember, Les Lovell wanted to be a law enforcement officer.
The notions of keeping peace and preserving justice were always on his radar and for 30-plus years, the now-retired senior lieutenant for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Lake Tahoe Branch fulfilled his commitment.
Auditions to be held for LTCC's production of 'The Rocky Horror Show'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:00amThe Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department will holding auditions for the live stage version of "The Rocky Horror Show" on Tuesday at Duke Theatre."The Rocky Horror Show" is a hit cul...
Open auditions for 'The Rocky Horror Show' at LTCC April 3
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:46pmThe Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Arts Department is holding auditions for the live stage version of “The Rocky Horror Show,” the hit cult classic by Richard O’Brien. Brad, Janet, Frank ‘N’ Furter and the whole gang hit the stage in the ultra-campy classic that unfolds on a dark and stormy night where an uptight couple seeks refuge at the castle of a mad scientist just as he unveils his latest creation.
Drug Store Project to take place at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 4:15pmLake Tahoe Community College will host its "Drug Store Project" on Tuesday. The event, which is choreographed and coordinated by Lisa Huard, is designed to help those students understand the danger...
