The newspaper was forced to produce its paper off-site at the Contra Costa Times newsroom when a bomb-threat on October 24, 2006, closed the campus and access to the newsroom was restricted.
The Inquirer, the college's student-run newspaper, is produced on campus by the Journalism 126 class. In 2013, DVC won the California Junior College Lacrosse Association (CJCLA) championship. The DVC Viking men's lacrosse program was the first junior college club in California, forming in 2008. That season he led the CCCAA in blocks, averaging 5.2 per game, and was named Bay Valley Conference MVP. Pitcher Doug Davis also played in the majors from 1999 to 2011.ĭemarshay Johnson, a former DVC basketball star who went on to play for the University of Nevada, was named California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) first team All-State after the 2004–05 season. Willie McGee played baseball for DVC in 1977, and would later win a National League MVP award in 1985. It has an active speech and debating team.ĭVC offers sports including men's and women's basketball, cross country, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo, baseball, football, lacrosse, track and field (men) and soccer, softball, and volleyball (women). In 2004, the top four transfer destinations were California State University, East Bay, San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Davis.ĭVC also offers a variety of occupational specialties, including hotel/restaurant management, culinary arts, dental technology and real estate. It ranks among the top five transfer colleges in California. Academics ĭVC is a “feeder” college to the University of California, Berkeley California State University, East Bay and St. Jurors reached that decision after concluding that prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was a definite link between Martinez and grade changes.
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In the first trial resulting from the grade changes, former student employee Erick Martinez was acquitted of all criminal charges on September 5, 2008. A spokesperson for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges said that although the scandal was a negative factor it would be unlikely to lead to the school's loss of accreditation. By November 2007, 49 students had been charged with misdemeanors or felonies over the incident, and at least one had accepted a no contest plea. Many of these students had transferred to universities and in some cases may have already graduated.
In 2007, a six-year grade fixing scheme came to light with allegations that over 70 students used sex or cash as payment to student employees in the admissions and records office in exchange for over 400 grade changes. The college enrolls over 22,000 students on two sites. DVC has more than 22,000 students and 300 full-time and 370 part-time instructors.ĭiablo Valley College was founded in 1949 as East Contra Costa Junior College. DVC is one of three public community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District (along with Contra Costa College and Los Medanos College).
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