Student Engagement Coordinator Lara Conrady Wong, with the Brahma Bodega, helps direct a student outside of the library at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. during Brahma Welcome Week on Aug 26, 2024. The Brahma Bodega and Basic Needs Program provides students with access to food, ongoing motivational support and referrals to educational resources. Photo by Moses Murga.
As the 2024-25 school year kicked off on Aug. 26, the Pierce College campus bustled with new and returning students, staff and faculty.
The first week of the fall semester featured resource booths set up along the Mall, daily streams of morning traffic in each parking lot and a petting zoo full of goats and chickens ready to welcome the Pierce community. The petting zoo, hosted by the Pierce College Veterinary Sciences Club, was set up at Rocky Young Park on the first two days of class.
Peer mentors and representatives of the Associated Student Organization (ASO) sat near the Library and Learning Crossroads area throughout the week, answering questions and serving free breakfast provided by the Brahma Bodega.
(L to R) Pre-vet medicine student Luis Torres Hernandez and art and animation student Madisen West discuss the vet club during the petting zoo event for students at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2024. Photo by Karla Delgado.
First-year students Carlos Tuazon, Kaitlynn Sutakajana and Sherin Ballutay sit with second-year student Angela Figueroa at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on August 26, 2024. Photo by Melanie Jurado.
Students study in the library at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills Calif., on Aug. 26, 2024. Photo by Kenneth Chan.
Vice President of Student Services Jason Cifra helps an incoming student in front of the Student Services building at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2024. Photo by Karla Delgado.
Traffic on Brahma Drive in the morning at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2024. Photo by Abraham Elizalde.
The petting zoo booth welcomes students on the first day of the fall semester in Rocky Young Park at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Aug. 26, 2024. Photo by Moses Murga.
Student Engagement Coordinator Lara Conrady Wong, with the Brahma Bodega, helps direct a student outside of the library at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. during Brahma Welcome Week on Aug 26, 2024. The Brahma Bodega and Basic Needs Program provides students with access to food, ongoing motivational support and referrals to educational resources. Photo by Moses Murga.
Students walk around campus on the first day of school along The Mall at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2024. Photo by Abraham Elizalde.
(L to R) First year Chemistry student Albin Lee receives help from UPI Graduate Assistant Hugo Lopez in front of the Student Services building at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2024. Photo by Karla Delgado.
