Ventura College Foundation

Income from the Marketplace has paid the operating costs of the Ventura College Foundation for 35 years.

Scholarships were awarded in all academic fields including STEM, art, health and liberal arts.

Ventura College is following the March 19 COVID-19 "Shelter In Place" executive order from California Governor Gavin Newsom so classes and public activities are no longer being held on campus.

The Ventura College Foundation Marketplace, which operates every Saturday and Sunday on the Ventura College campus, will close for the next three weekends.

The Gene Haas Foundation has made a $250,000 grant award to the Ventura College Foundation to support the Advanced Manufacturing program at Ventura College.

The statewide $15 billion education bond measure would enable seismic, safety and maintenance building improvements to California public schools including $2 billion earmarked for community colleges.

The sculpture was created by Ventura artist Michael O'Kelly.

The size of the orchard is a little over an acre and holds an estimated 100, 1-year-old Haas avocado trees. The first crop is expected in 1 1/2 to 2 years.

The Ventura College Foundation Board of Directors has added two new board members: Harald Wulff and Abra Flores.

The Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals named Ventura College Foundation Executive Director Anne Paul King as its 2019 Professional Fundraiser of the Year.