The West Valley College Umoja Community is a community of educators and learners committed to the academic success, personal growth, and self-actualization of African Americans and other underrepresented students on the road to higher education. The Umoja Community is open to all students, yet it gains meaning through its connection to the African Diaspora, African and African American intellectual, cultural, and spiritual gifts inform the Umoja Community values and practices. WVC Umoja has actively contributed to the transfer of hundreds of West Valley students to the University of California and California State University systems, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and other renowned public and private universities.
Umoja Community Benefits and Services
- Dedicated counseling support for educational planning, career exploration, and personal counseling
- Priority Registration and enrollment at West Valley College
- University tours with the opportunity to meet university students and representatives
- Opportunity to participate in local, regional, and national student and leadership conferences
Contact Us
Philip Severe
Counseling
Counselor and Department Chair
(408) 741-2493
[email protected]
Student Services Center
Check us out on Instagram: @westvalleyumoja
Courses
Umoja Community program courses emphasizes African American culture, experience, history, and community in the curriculum of the courses offered; as well as priority access to off campus events sponsored by the program.
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
- COUN 050: Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Study of Ethnicity and Race
- ENGL C1002: Introduction to Literature
Additional Umoja Supported Courses
Resources
The Umoja Community features information on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Scholarship binder, Study Space for Program Students, Embedded Writing Tutor for English classes and more.
The Umoja Community features information on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Scholarship binder, Study Space for Program Students, Embedded Writing Tutor for English classes and more.
Receive special assistance with Scholarship applications. Find out about grants and scholarships at Financial Aid.
We take our students to visit campuses such as:
- UC Santa Cruz
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- CSU East Bay
- San Jose State University
- Santa Clara University
- San Francisco State University
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the US
We’ll match you with a mentor from one of the top corporations in the Bay Area as well as West Valley College staff and faculty.
The Transfer Center works hard to place African American students at UC, CSU, and private universities throughout the country.
The Black Student Union is a student organization that encourages fellowship and academic achievement, social activities and entertainment.