'INTERESTING THINGS AHEAD' NEW COLLEGE PRESIDENT TAKES SCHOOL HELM.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Daniel Larios took the helm Monday at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. , settling into the president's office, getting acquainted with staff and students, and becoming familiar with the campus. ``First I need to learn everyone's name and figure out what's what,'' Larios said during a news conference that marked one of his first official activities. ``But we have a lot of interesting things ahead of us.'' Larios said he has been impressed by the campus' beautification project and construction of a new technical building and perimeter walk. ``It's an inviting campus, and we want people to feel comfortable here,'' he said. ``I think students are very fortunate to have this campus.'' Larios also said he is looking into the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of building a satellite campus in Palmdale, but he refused to comment further until he is more familiar with the issue. The Antelope Valley College District board hired Larios on May 14 after interviewing him and four other candidates. He succeeds Linda Spink, who resigned to become president of Los Angeles Harbor College Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) is one of two community colleges serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles. LAHC serves mainly students from Harbor City, Carson, San Pedro, Gardena, Lomita, Wilmington and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. . Patricia Sandoval served as interim president before Larios took over. A public reception for Larios will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Hunter Dodge Chrysler showroom, 1130 Auto Mall Drive, Lancaster. Before coming to the Antelope Valley, Larios served four years as president of Fresno City College Fresno City College (or FCC) is a city college in Fresno, California. Established in 1910, it was the first community college in California and the second in the nation. . He was president of Irvine Valley College in Mission Viejo from 1994 to 1997. Larios earned his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. He has a bachelor's degree from California State University, Fresno The campus sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the San Joaquin Valley. Fresno County is the sixth largest metropolitan area in California. The university is within an hour's drive of many mountain and lake resorts and within a three- or four-hour drive of both Los , and a master's from California State University, Bakersfield As of fall 2002, some 7,700 undergraduate and graduate students attended CSUB, at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the satellite campus, Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster, California of Los Angeles County. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) AVC President Dan Larios, center, jokes with Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts, left, and Marauder MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t. Club rep Tom Fuller. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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