East Los Angeles College

East Los Angeles College

Motto	Vitam amplificare hominibus hominesque societati (Latin)
Motto in English	Mankind extends the life of the community
Type	Community college
Established	1945
President	Marvin Martinez
Students	34,697^[1]
Location	Monterey Park, California, United States
District	LACCD
Colors	Green & white
Mascot	The Husky
Website	www.elac.edu

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) is a community college of the Los Angeles Community College District in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Fourteen communities comprise its primary service area. With an enrollment of 34,697 students, ELAC is the largest campus in the Los Angeles Community College District. It was located in northeastern East Los Angeles before that part of unincorporated East Los Angeles was annexed by Monterey Park in the early 1970s.

ELAC is a two-year college, offering associate degree programs in over 25 fields as well as both occupational programs and also academic transfer courses to prepare students for admission to the University of California and California State University systems.

Theatre and arts

ELAC is the home to the Vincent and Mary Price Gallery and the Vincent Price Art Museum, the repository of the art collection of Vincent Price. In 1957, impressed by the spirit of the students and the community's need for the opportunity to experience original art works first hand, Vincent and Mary Grant Price donated 90 pieces from their private collection to establish the museum, which was the first "teaching art collection" owned by a community college in the United States. They ultimately donated some 2,000 pieces; the collection contains over 9,000 pieces and has been valued in excess of $5 million.^[2]

Clubs and organizations

All clubs in East Los Angeles College are operated and chartered with the ELAC Associate Student Union.

The East Los Angeles College Alumni Association is responsible for continually connecting graduates to the student body and holds annual and bi-annual events to raise money for scholarships.

East Los Angeles College Campus News is the college's newspaper, and it was established in 1945. The paper is managed by the students after they have successfully completed Journalism 101. A print edition comes out every Wednesday during the Spring and Fall semesters. The current adviser is Jean Stapleton. Other organizations include East Side Spirit and Pride, the organization that founded the Husky marching band on campus, as well as helping to restore the football program in 1995. In addition ESSP is now the alumni association for the college with Dennis Sanchez as the Chairperson and a board of directors of 23 members.

Recent developments

Weingart Stadium

The new Performing and Fine Arts Complex (designed by Arquitectonica) houses the Vincent Price Art Museum, The Fine and visual Arts Building, and the Performing Arts Building.

The Vincent Price Art Museum is three stories high, with the basement including an 8,000-ft vault for storage. The museum's permanent collection includes the art pieces donated from actor Vincent Price. It featured in the "'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles" exhibit from January 21 to May 25, 2012. The exhibit showed paintings by Tyrus Wong. Some of Wong's kites were hung in the lobby.
The Fine and Visual Arts Building is the largest of the three structures. It houses the Art, Music, and Dance departments.
The Performing Arts Building contains two separate performing theaters.

Activity with area high school

ELAC's football field is the site of graduation ceremonies for local high schools such as Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. It has also hosted the "East L.A. Classic" football game between Garfield against Theodore Roosevelt High School, that traditionally draws over 20,000 fans.^[3]

Hillary Clinton speech at East L.A. College attract fans and protesters

Fans as well as opponents of Hillary Clinton came together to see Hillary Clinton speak a few weeks before the 2016 California primaries. Clinton talked about her plans to raise family incomes and other topics during a speech in the college gymnasium.

Several groups opposed to Clinton’s candidacy march from Belevedere Park in East Los Angeles to the college campus in Monterey to protest her support of U.S. military force in Iraq as well as her position on economic issues that were viewed as detrimental to working-class citizens, according to a City News Service story in the Daily News.

It’s not the first time a Clinton has campaigned for president at East L.A. College. In 1992, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s husband, spoke about ways to improve education during a campaign stop at the college according to Campus News.

Notable alumni

Antonio Villaraigosa, at an event.

Leroy D. Baca, former Sheriff of Los Angeles
Clarence Davis, retired NFL football player
Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor
Edward James Olmos, actor
Bob Pacheco, former 60th District Assemblyman
Dennis Sanchez, founder of East Side Spirit and Pride
Art Torres, California Democratic Party Chairman
Kent Twitchell, muralist
Antonio Villaraigosa, former Mayor of Los Angeles
Jesse Waugh, artist

References

↑ http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx
↑ Aug. 1992 interview by the Smithsonian. Siris-archives.si.edu (October 25, 1993). Retrieved on November 3, 2011.
↑ NFLHS.COM – State Stories

External links

Los Angeles Community College District

East Los Angeles College Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Harbor College Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles Trade-Technical College Los Angeles Valley College Los Angeles Southwest College West Los Angeles College

Monterey Park, California

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Alhambra Unified School District Garvey School District Los Angeles Unified School District Montebello Unified School District

Colleges and universities	Los Angeles Community College District East Los Angeles College

Other

Landmarks	Garfield Medical Center Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court

This list is incomplete.

Colleges and universities in Los Angeles County

Public universities	California State University Dominguez Hills Long Beach Los Angeles Northridge Pomona University of California (Los Angeles)

Private universities	Academy for Jewish Religion AFI Alliant AADA American Jewish AMDA Antioch Art Center Azusa Pacific Biola CalArts Caltech Claremont Colleges Claremont Graduate Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Keck Pitzer Pomona Scripps Claremont Lincoln Claremont School of Theology Colburn Drew Fuller Hebrew Union King's La Verne Life Pacific Loyola Marymount Marymount California Master's Mount St. Mary's National Otis Occidental Pacific Oaks PRGS Pepperdine SCI-Arc SCU Southwestern USC UWest West Coast Baptist WesternU Whittier Woodbury

Community colleges	Antelope Valley Cerritos Citrus Canyons Compton East LA El Camino Glendale Long Beach LA City LA Harbor LA Mission LA Pierce LA Valley LA Southwest LA Trade-Technical Mt. San Antonio Pasadena Rio Hondo Santa Monica West LA

For-profit branches	American InterContinental Art Institute California College of Music DeVry FIDM−Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising ITT Los Angeles College of Music LA Film Le Cordon Bleu New York Film Academy (Los Angeles)

Coordinates: 34°02′30″N 118°09′00″W / 34.0416°N 118.1500°W / 34.0416; -118.1500

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