2008 Woodie Awards
Granting Upgrades for Valley Students
Several grants totaling more than $1.1 million will help improve a variety of services and programs.
Tiffany Farmakis
Issue date: 4/6/05 Section: News
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Valley College has received a $200,000 federal grant that will be used to develop a new nursing program and will also be applied to additional projects that will extend the campus's accessibility for students.
The grants come at a time when Valley faculty and staff are working to fulfill student accommodations within a more limited budget.
The nursing grant will finance the development of the "Fast-Track Nursing Career Program" which was designed for student success, according to Nursing Department Chair Mary Cox.
"Our main goal is to make the Valley College nursing program a school of excellence," said Cox. "We can provide nursing students with additional tools so they can graduate and pass the [registered nurse licensure exams]."
The project's goal is to boost nursing student retention rates, to develop workshops to help students seeking nursing degrees and to address better writing practices.
Administrators predict that as many as 40 faculty members and 166 students will be impacted. "We are tailoring the curriculum to our students to find out the best way to get them educated," said Cox.
Valley administrators are working towards a Federal Intermodal Facilities Grant to develop a new rapid transit station on campus. Dean of Economic Development Debra diCesare, said the school is still in negotiations to establish an exact grant amount with the Metro Transit Authority.
Construction is scheduled to be completed within 6 months of the design phase. Some of the planning elements include two Metrobus stops, special paving for crosswalks, benches with shelter, pedestrian lighting, signage, kiosk with schedule and route, campus map and telephones.
According to Valley student Dalila Lopez, who travels to the campus twice a week from Sun Valley, a bus station on campus would be
great.
"I have to take three buses to get to school," said Lopez. "A Rapid Transit Station would make my life so much easier."
The college is also involved in a similar project to enhance the campus
pedestrian entrances from the transit stops. An additional Federal Intermodal Facilities grant of $900,000 has been awarded to improve Valley's campus pedestrian walkways from existing transit stops on Fulton Ave., Oxnard St., and Burbank Blvd. The college will contribute $240,000 to the project, which is scheduled to be completed within 6 months of the design phase.
The grants come at a time when Valley faculty and staff are working to fulfill student accommodations within a more limited budget.
The nursing grant will finance the development of the "Fast-Track Nursing Career Program" which was designed for student success, according to Nursing Department Chair Mary Cox.
"Our main goal is to make the Valley College nursing program a school of excellence," said Cox. "We can provide nursing students with additional tools so they can graduate and pass the [registered nurse licensure exams]."
The project's goal is to boost nursing student retention rates, to develop workshops to help students seeking nursing degrees and to address better writing practices.
Administrators predict that as many as 40 faculty members and 166 students will be impacted. "We are tailoring the curriculum to our students to find out the best way to get them educated," said Cox.
Valley administrators are working towards a Federal Intermodal Facilities Grant to develop a new rapid transit station on campus. Dean of Economic Development Debra diCesare, said the school is still in negotiations to establish an exact grant amount with the Metro Transit Authority.
Construction is scheduled to be completed within 6 months of the design phase. Some of the planning elements include two Metrobus stops, special paving for crosswalks, benches with shelter, pedestrian lighting, signage, kiosk with schedule and route, campus map and telephones.
According to Valley student Dalila Lopez, who travels to the campus twice a week from Sun Valley, a bus station on campus would be
great.
"I have to take three buses to get to school," said Lopez. "A Rapid Transit Station would make my life so much easier."
The college is also involved in a similar project to enhance the campus
pedestrian entrances from the transit stops. An additional Federal Intermodal Facilities grant of $900,000 has been awarded to improve Valley's campus pedestrian walkways from existing transit stops on Fulton Ave., Oxnard St., and Burbank Blvd. The college will contribute $240,000 to the project, which is scheduled to be completed within 6 months of the design phase.
