Long Beach City College hosted an informational workshop for prospective students and family at its annual College Family Night on Mar. 28.
The LBCC event took place at the LAC campus from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., alongside many campus staff and students.
This College Family Night was one of multiple College Family Night events that took place throughout the semester for incoming students between both the LBCC LAC and PCC campuses.
“The event was pretty well attended and there was plenty of student and parent engagement,” says Director of High School Outreach and Educational Partnerships Lupe Pasillas
The College Family Night event was geared toward enhancing educational outreach for LBCC and promoting student involvement.
“The goal of today’s event was to inform all students and families about the Long Beach College Promise Award and about Viking Advantage and walk them through the financial aid process, letting them know about deadlines and our important events. Specifically highlighting our learning communities. And we were able to hit the mark on all of that.” said Male Success Initiative Outreach and Recruitment Specialist, James Ceja.
This year, LBCC also included both a financial aid representative and a campus club representative to speak on behalf of the services offered to students on campus.
“Today we helped the Financial Aid representative present for us answering any questions that students and parents had about their students’ next steps and registering, completing the financial aid and also about making counseling appointments,” said High School Matriculation Office – Outreach and Recruitment Specialist, Pre Williams.
The College Family Night event also had catered food and informational flyers dedicated towards incoming students and their families regarding both future LBCC events and LBCC support services.
“The hope is that through these events students can find community,” said Lupe Pasillas
“We want students and family to associate that LBCC is a place of student community, a place where they can make friends and feel that they belong and just another place in higher education where they can explore different career goals and education goals where they can feel safe and heard,” said Williams.
The Long Beach Community College Outreach Program looks forward to hosting many more events for incoming students in the future.