community education

Community Education - Inspiring a Love for Lifelong Learning

Jun 1, 2019

Community education programs teach new skills to students, and create a more enriched life experience. While Diablo Valley College is perhaps best known for its higher education offerings, DVC Community Education fills a special piece of the college’s mission to promote “growth and lifelong learning.”

CareerFocus, dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment

Earn College Credits with your High School Classes

Jun 1, 2019

Some high school students seem to really be ahead of the game, loading up on advanced classes to boost their GPA. One of the benefits of taking advanced placement (AP) classes in high school is that you can then take AP High School Articulation exams that may earn college credit. This is a good idea, but an even better one is to pass high school classes that also can earn you college credit! It’s all made possible through written agreements between high schools and Diablo Valley College.

Tesla, career academies

Summer Career Academies for High School Students

Jun 1, 2019

Learn Job Skills While Earning College Credit If you are a high school student looking for something fun to do, enroll in a Diablo Valley College summer career academy.

horticulture

DVC's Controlled Environmental Growth (HORT-151) Featured on KRON4

May 3, 2019

VC's horticulture class, Controlled Environmental Growth (HORT151), was featured on KRON4 in a segment on "Higher Education: How Bay Area schools prepare students for the cannabis industry."

Speech and Debate, Communication Studies

DVC speech and debate team wins second place at the California Community College State Championships

Mar 22, 2019

DVC had a historic run at the California Community College Forensics Association (CCCFA) State Championships March 14-17, 2019 in Woodland Hills, CA. We placed second as a team, a personal best for DVC!