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Learning Resource Center Grand Opening

Our new Learning Resources Center is now open and ready to serve our community. A well-attended grand opening celebration featuring an inspiring speech and a book signing opportunity by authors Ray Bradbury and Eva Brown highlighted the event.

The Eva Brown Peace and Tolerance Collection was also unveiled at the event, with Mrs. Brown available to sign copies of her book, “If You Save One Life.” Mrs. Brown, a survivor of the Holocaust and a distinguished speaker and author, presented a $10,000 check for the Eva Brown fund, to be used for Holocaust and tolerance educational materials including books, videos as well as for guest speakers.

The new $13 million Learning Resources Center was funded with monies from measure E - $5 million and state funds - $8 million. It includes a basic skills lab, campus archives, the Ella Rose Madden Nursing Collection, and a digital processing center. In addition, it houses the Distance Education/Incubator Conference Center, designed to foster innovative approaches to the educational process by enabling faculty to experiment with flexible learning environments and technologies.

Humanities Building Opens

We are proud to present - the new Humanities Building.

Our brand new Humanities Building opened just in time for the Spring 2008 semester with a grand opening celebration complete with an open house, reception and tours.

The $30.9 million project is the first completely new instructional building on the El Camino College campus in nearly 40 years. The building replaces the last of the original “barracks-type” structures on campus, trucked up more than 60 years ago from the old Santa Ana Army Air Base in Orange County.

The three-story building is constructed of brick, concrete and glass, with energy-efficient features and utilizing recycled and eco-friendly materials wherever possible. All classrooms have podiums and projectors and are designed to let in plenty of natural light. An energy-saving computerized heating system will eventually be controlled by our Central Plant. Hallway floors are covered in thick vinyl, eliminating noise from passing students.

Surrounded by the Natural Sciences Complex, the Schauerman Library and the Administration Building, the Humanities Building is designed to serve as the “front door” to the campus from Crenshaw Boulevard. All are invited to tour the new building!

Thank to all who supported Measure E, which made the Humanities Building and numerous other facilities improvements on campus possible.

Humanities Building Facts

Building Size

83,900 square feet of Landscaping
35,000 square feet of drought-tolerant landscaping

State-of-the-art services

Internet
Computer labs
Energy efficient – designed to provide abundant natural lighting

Building features

Classrooms
13 computer labs
49 offices
560 computers
More than 47 miles of fiber optic and other cable

16007 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90506
Phone: 1.310.532.3670 Toll Free:1.866.ELCAMINO (1.866.352.2646)

Last Updated On: 12/5/08