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Berkeley City College

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School Notes:

• Vista is a premier, diverse student-centered learning community, dedicated to academic excellence, collaboration, innovation, and transformation.
• Vista, one of California's 107 community colleges, is located at 2020 Milvia Street in downtown Berkeley, in one of the world's great education centers. It is only two blocks from the University of California at Berkeley. Model Programs in American Sign Language, biotechnology, business, computer information systems, the liberal arts and social sciences, place Vista on the cutting edge of community college education in California. Classes convene at the college's urban setting in downtown Berkeley and at the University of California.
• Vista Community College offers a wide variety of financial aid programs and services to help you meet your educational costs. The college participates in the Federal Pell Grant Program, the Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant Program (SEOG), the Federal College-Work Study Program, and the Board of Governors Waiver Program (BOGEFW).
• Vista Community College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Letters for November 4 (East Bay Express)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:26:13 am
  Readers sound off on cuts to community colleges, the lost runner, and EBMUD.
• BUSD Needs Accountability Not 2020 Vision (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:58:55 pm
  California school districts, like the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), are separate from other local jurisdictions, like the City of Berkeley.
• Arts Calendar (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:21:37 pm
  Saint Mary’s College High School Performing Arts Department “Alice in Wonderland” Thurs.- Sat. at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium, 1294 Albina Ave. Tickets are $6-$8. www.saintmaryschs.org
• City College Students, Faculty, Staff Protest Budget Cuts (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 08:31:53 pm
  Berkeley City College students, faculty and staff joined their counterparts at Laney and Merritt colleges to speak out against state budget cuts to public education at the Peralta Board of Trustees meeting in Oakland Oct. 13.
• Berkeley City College Protests Budget Cuts (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 07:46:05 pm
  Berkeley City College students, faculty and staff spoke out against state budget cuts to public education during a packed meeting inside the college atrium Thursday.

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