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| Motto: | "Laney leads" |
| Established: | 1953 |
| Type: | Community college |
| Chancellor: | Elihu M. Harris |
| President: | Frank Chong |
| Students: | 12,000+ |
| Location: | Oakland, California, USA |
| Campus: | Urban: 60 acres (0. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. Elihu Mason Harris is a former US Democratic Party Politician and college administrator University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 24 km²) |
| Colors: | Forest Green and Silver |
| Nickname: | Eagles |
| Mascot: | Eddie the Eagle |
| Affiliations: | California Community Colleges and Peralta Community College District |
| Website: | http://laney.peralta.edu/ |
Laney College is a community college located in Oakland, California, next to the Lake Merritt BART station and the Kaiser Convention Center. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common The California Community Colleges System (CCCS consists of 110 Community colleges in 72 community college districts in the U The Peralta Community College District is the Community college district serving northern Alameda County California. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U The Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit station is located on Oak Street near Oakland 's Lake Merritt and Chinatown, next to Laney The Kaiser Convention Center is a 5492-seat multi-purpose Arena in Oakland California that opened in 1914 Laney is the largest of the four colleges of the Peralta Community College District which serves northern Alameda County. The Peralta Community College District is the Community college district serving northern Alameda County California. Alameda County is a county in the US state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Laney College originally opened in 1953 as Oakland City College, at the former University High School campus (which operated from 1923 to 1948). Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It offers both certificates and credits for prerequisites to transfer to four year universities.
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Academics
Laney is divided into four divisions and sixty-one departments.
Instruction Divisions
- Division of Business, Math, and Sciences
- Division of Community Partnerships and Workforce Development
- Division of Fine and Applied Arts, Communications, and Physical Education
- Division of Humanities, Language Arts, and Social Sciences
- Division of Vocational Technology
Campus
Most of the college's academic and administrative buildings are clustered together in a complex in the northern corner of the campus. The buildings are arranged on a rigid grid, with two levels of concrete pathways providing circulation. The square in the center of the complex has been reserved for the quad. In Architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard usually square or rectangular in plan the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building Facing the quad are the student center, theater, library, and gymnasium. For the Sports Complex in Laredo Texas, see The Student Activity Center. This article is about venues for live Theatre performances for information about venues for Film projection see Movie theater. An academic library is a Library which serves an institution of higher learning such as a College or a University — libraries in secondary and primary The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium On one corner is the triangular "Laney Tower", the main administration building; on the opposite is another triangular building housing a lecture hall and dance studio. A lecture hall is a large room used for Instruction, typically at a College or University. Academic buildings form the outer ring of the complex. Each has a similar design, with courtyards in the centers of each square on the second level, ringed by classrooms and offices; and more classrooms and vocational facilities on the first level, accessed from the perimeter of the building. Most of the outer buildings occupy two or three squares on the grid. The entire complex shares a red brick and concrete theme, with sharp corners, square and triangular shapes, and little vegetation.
The newest academic building is the art center, which is adjacent to the main complex but has its own architectural style. The building opened in the 2006-2007 school year. It was designed by Beverly Prior Architects to be built from prefabricated materials, because of the short time frame between the start of construction and planned opening.
The channel that connects Lake Merritt to the Oakland Estuary runs through the center of the campus. The Oakland Estuary is the body of water separating the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The southeastern half of the campus on the other side of the channel is mainly used for athletic and Peralta Community College District facilities. This section was also the former site of the World War II "Auditorium Housing Project" which housed war industry workers from around the United States, many of whom worked in the Kaiser Shipyards. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the U The housing was demolished sometime after the war, and in the early 1960s, a temporary football stadium called Frank Youell Field was constructed on the site for use by the Oakland Raiders. Frank Youell Field was a football stadium that stood in Oakland California. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California.
See also
External links
- Laney College Website
- Peralta Community College District Website
- Laney College is at coordinates Coordinates:
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