Let’s all go to the drive-in: ASO hosts movie night at the Roadium

By Delfino Camacho|May 27, 2023

Arts & Features

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

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

Advanced dance students rehearse on Nov. 13 at Marsee Auditorium in preparation for the Advanced Dance Concert. The concert will be on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. in the Marsee Auditorium. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students with valid ID. (Kayla Mitchell | The Union)

A sneak peek of the Fall Advance Dance Concert

With a handheld stopwatch in hand, longtime track and field and cross-country coach Dean Lofgren prepares to send long-distance runners out for intervals on the track at Murdock Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Lofgren will be calling it a career at El Camino College after almost 40 years of coaching. (Greg Fontanilla | The Union)

Racing for the finish: longtime cross-country, track and field coach to retire

El Camino College’s new Associate Dean of Humanities Edward Rice with his debut book, Cosmic Granny, in his office on Oct. 14. Cosmic Granny tells the story of retired space commander Norma Gnarly and her adventures with her grandchildren. (Katie Gronenthal | The Union)

Out of the box, into the cosmos

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

During a Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 18, the decision to rename the the Board's meeting room in honor of the late BOT member, Kenneth Brown, was approved. (Isabelle Ibarra | The Union)

Board of Trustees approves $100,000 purchase in transportation service cards for students

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

El Camino College Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 18, held in the Administration Building. (Camila Jimenez | The Union)

Board of Trustees approve $60,000 contract with ALMA Strategies for capital outlay planning services

The front of the Industry and Technology Education Center will be named "Industry Technology and Design Education Center" in fall of 2025. (Greg Fontanilla | The Union)

Industry and Technology division to undergo name change next fall

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