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Laney College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Laney is the largest of the four colleges (13,000 students) in the Peralta Community College District, which serves the six cities of Northern Alameda County (Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont). Ours is a unique institution, and we are fiercely proud of its long history and ongoing commitment to service. A crucial part of that commitment is ensuring the quality of your education as well as your overall campus experience. Our success, after all, is inseparable from yours and student learning is our first priority.
• The Laney college campus, which opened in 1970, is a vibrant and safe environment in a central location in downtown Oakland on 60 acres of land. Laney is across the street from the Oakland Museum and the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. We are also one block from the Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station and two blocks from the Alameda County Courthouse and beautiful Lake Merritt. The campus is in walking distance to Oakland's Chinatown and is easily accessible to the famous Jack London Square
• Laney is well known for its outstanding student newspaper, the Laney Tower; its Transfer Opportunity Center; and its array of quality academic and occupational course offerings. In addition, Associate degrees are offered in more than twenty (20) Liberal Arts and Science fields. Laney transfers more students per year to UC Berkeley than any other college of its size in the United States. Many other Laney students transfer to California State University campuses, local and out-of-state independent institutions and historically black colleges and universities.
• The faculty and staff are our campus' greatest asset. Laney's wonderful diversity, set in the midst of a lively urban center, makes it particularly wealthy in human potential.Laney is a vibrant campus with a comprehensive educational offering, where students are challenged and inspired to actualize their highest potential.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

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• Arts Calendar (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
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• El Cerrito man sentenced in slaying of San Leandro resident in 2008 (The Daily Review)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:12:20 am
  Victim was riding in vehicle on Highway 101 in Mill Valley when shooting occurred
• El Cerrito man gets 21 years for slaying in burrito road-rage incident (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:28:57 am
  A 21-year-old El Cerrito man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a San Leandro man riding in a Hell's Angels convoy traveling through Marin County last year.
• Shooter sentenced for Mill Valley slaying of Hells Angels associate (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:06:45 am
  An East Bay man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a man riding in a Hells Angels convoy traveling through Marin County last year.
• Storm spikers unbeaten in conference play (The Weekly Calistogan)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 07:32:15 am
  The Napa Valley College women’s volleyball team pulled off a victory that was twice as sweet on Friday night.

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