$2.5 Million Gift from Howard and Kimberly Gore to Expand Student Success and Career Opportunities at West Valley College
March 18, 2026 Press ReleaseStrategy and Equity
West Valley College proudly announces a transformational $2.5 million philanthropic commitment from Silicon Valley leaders Howard Gore and Kimberly Hawkins-Gore to support student success and expand career-connected learning opportunities at West...
West Valley College Awarded $3.9 Million Federal FIPSE Grant
January 16, 2026 GrantPress Release
West Valley College has been awarded a $3.9 million grant for development of a new semiconductor certificate program through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). The four-year grant funding...
WVC Students Win National 2024 Math Research Championship
November 13, 2024 FacultyNational ChampionshipSchool of Science and MathStudent Success
For the second time in three years, West Valley College students coached by Math Instructor SerKuang Chen have captured first place in the national Student Research League competition. Read More
A Tactical Approach | Accounting Faculty Advances Students' Career Opportunities
October 16, 2024 Faculty
Alumna, now faculty, Teresa Thompson counts herself fortunate that fate—and a clumsy dance partner—altered her life path, forever entwining it with West Valley College. Read More
Faces of West Valley | Cruz Turns Field of Dreams into Reality for Park Management Students
April 14, 2022 Che School of Professional StudiesFaculty
As the faculty lead for West Valley College’s Park Management program, Chris Cruz brings with him over 40 years of lived experience, hands-on knowledge, grassroots guidance, and a vast network people in the field to connect students to as they...Read More
West Valley College Student Tomas Velazco and Instructor Michelle Geary Awarded a Save the Redwoods Starter Grant
July 12, 2021 FacultyGrantSchool of Science and Math
Valley College student, Tomas Velazco, and biology instructor, Michelle Geary, have been awarded a $2,000 Save the Redwoods Starter Grant to assess re-sprouting of coast redwoods damaged by the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Read More
Randy Fujishin’s 38 Year Legacy Still Ripples Across West Valley
April 21, 2021 Faculty
With his books in wide use, his former students appointed in high places across the Bay Area academic landscape and his son recently promoted to full-time faculty, the teachings of Randy Fujishin can still be found everywhere on campus.Read More
From First-Generation Student to a World Tour, Dulce Gray Has Travelled an Amazing Path
March 30, 2021 Faculty
Dulce Maria Gray has come a long way since immigrating to the U.S. as a child. She grew up in the Bronx with little money, but overcame all obstacles and today she has her Ph.D. She has traveled the world, and is an inspiration to...Read More