News @ De Anza

De Anza has received its first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, providing $150,000 for an ambitious, three-year effort to create and expand oral history programs focused on historically marginalized communities.

De Anza will host the Jan. 31 kickoff for the 2024 Silicon Valley Reads campaign, along with a related art exhibit at the Euphrat Museum and a separate campus event next Wednesday, Jan. 24, with artist and climate activist Favianna Rodriguez.

De Anza has again been named one of the nation's top 150 community colleges by the prestigious Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, which has invited De Anza to enter a $1 million prize competition for colleges with outstanding performance in teaching, learning, equity and other factors.

De Anza has been awarded $1.55 million in state funding over the next five years for a new cohort program to support historically underrepresented students who want to transfer in STEM majors.

Bestselling author Reyna Grande will discuss her work and her experiences as an immigrant and first-generation college student during a special Feb. 17 appearance, hosted online by De Anza College as part of this year's Silicon Valley Reads campaign.

De Anza has won a $2.25 million grant to help coordinate delivery of many student services through the new Guided Pathways Villages, expand the current Learning Communities and create a new Ethnic and Pride Inclusion Center for historically underserved students, including LGBTQ+ students.

De Anza College representatives took a stand against anti-Asian racism during a rally in Saratoga on March 27, joining a host of area residents and community leaders in condemning discrimination and hate crimes.

Please join the college community in celebrating Black History Month by attending one or more of these upcoming events, presented by the Black Faculty, Staff and Administrators Network and Black Student Union.

CAN/DID is a new multimedia series that will explore equity and social justice issues by drawing on the knowledge and experiences of our own community members - including students, faculty and classified professionals.

De Anza is celebrating the power of art to illuminate and inspire important forces for change, through a series of screenings, talks and events this month.