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The local Los Angeles County Fire Department station participated in the Active Shooter Training Event at Castaic Highschool on Monday morning. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal

Drill: ‘Run. Hide. Fight.’ 

LASD hosts annual active shooter training at Castaic High  Castaic High School’s campus was empty for the holiday Monday except for first responders, campus officials, student volunteers and site administrators

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COC earns national recognition for community engagement

News release  College of the Canyons is the only California community college to receive the 2024 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement

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College Briefs for Jan. 11

Local student named to Newman University dean’s list  Newman University has released its 2023 fall dean’s list, which includes Danielle Rodriguez, of Santa Clarita.  A total of 413 undergraduate students

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College Briefs for Jan. 4

Local students named to dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester at Washington University

COC alerts employees to third-party data breach 

Unauthorized data breach via the college’s insurance provider affects more than 2,400 current, former employees  College of the Canyons is communicating with more than 2,400 affected personnel after an unauthorized

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COC board names officers for 2024

News release The Santa Clarita Community College District board of trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, named its new officers and confirmed its 2024 meeting schedule at the board’s

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COC awarded $600,000 for OER/ZTC materials

News release  College of the Canyons has been awarded $600,000 from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office in support of Zero Textbook Cost acceleration and Open Educational Resources materials that

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SCV Water Partners with COC for water pro training

News release  The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency recently partnered with the College of the Canyons Employee Training Institute to develop a project management training for local water professionals. The

Teaching humans, not machines 

How Valencia High School’s Casey Cuny became a California Teacher of the Year  Valencia High School teacher Casey Cuny could feel the energy in the room.  After more than two