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Charlene Brewer-Smith, president of academic senate, hosts a discussion about the criteria of the program discontinuance policy of El Camino College on Nov. 19. (Katie Volk | The Union)
Program discontinuance to consider enrollment, job markets and success rates
By Katie Volk November 20, 2024

Pre-nursing major Cyrene Ronquillo, 18, said she is not concerned with her program being discontinued. She said career-specific programs, such as STEM, should be kept from being discontinued.“It...

Academic Senate members begin to fill up the Distance Education Center in preparation for the meeting on Nov. 19. Before the meeting began many of the chairs and tables were out of order. (Angel Pasillas | The Union)
Academic Senate disagrees on changing Professional Development Day required hours
By Angel Pasillas November 20, 2024

After two motions failed to pass, a decision on an Academic Senate recommendation to the El Camino College Federation of Teachers regarding required hours for Professional Development Day was tabled for...

President of El Camino College's Academic Senate, Charlene Brewer-Smith, facilitates the discussion of the Comprehensive Integrated Plan during a meeting on Nov. 5 in the Distance Education Center. (Katie Volk | The Union)
New college plan aims to assist older student population
By Katie Volk November 14, 2024

A new long-term educational plan will be set in place due to the South Bay population growing older in age over the next 10 years, according to a document released by the college.The South Bay is projected...

El Camino College Police Department 
 vehicles stationed next to the Campus Police Building on Oct. 28. The building is located at the northwest corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Redondo Beach Boulevard. (Elsa Rosales | The Union)
Online forgeries, stalkings, a hit-and-run reported to El Camino police
By Seph Peters November 14, 2024

Since the last Police Beat update on Nov. 6, stalkings, a hit-and-run and online forgery cases have taken place at the El Camino College campus. Wednesday, Nov. 13, reported at 3:19 p.m. Two stalking...

Three-time Olympic Medalist April Ross gives tips to a student during a the volleyball clinic on Wednesday, Oct. 23. at the El Camino College sand courts. Ross was hired to take over for longtime beach volleyball coach LeValley Pattison, who retired in the spring. “I feel like being here at El Camino close to home, I can coach, pursue this career, mentor the girls here and then spend a lot of time with my family - those two things were really important,” Ross said. (Mario Trejos | The Union)
Serving up a new era: a coach on and off the court
By Greg Fontanilla November 18, 2024

On the sand courts at the Tokyo Olympics, the sound of Australia’s Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s hand slapping the ball during a serve echoes...

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El Camino College Academic Senate President and cosmetology professor Charlene Brewer-Smith demonstrates hair trimming techniques on Lucy Dallavo's hair on Oct. 16. Brewer-Smith has worked at El Camino since 2008.(Angel Pasillas | The Union)
From student to president: the rise of a cosmetology educator
By Angel Pasillas November 18, 2024

  Always fond of make-up and beauty, Charlene Brewer-Smith's cosmetology journey began 30 years ago with the birth of her two daughters. She...

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Flags representing the US and California fly on a pole in front of the Administration Building at El Camino College on Friday, Sept. 27. (Greg Fontanilla | The Union)
Students share their thoughts on the results of the presidential election
By Union Staff November 11, 2024

Students at El Camino College are reacting to the presidential election results that led to former President Donald Trump being re-elected into office...

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Political violence has gone on for too long: it is time to search for peace
By Teresa Galvez November 6, 2024

Somehow, in 2024 we are still dealing with war, along with political and societal violence.When I was a little girl living in Peru in 1963, we attended...

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