News @ De Anza

De Anza won first-place awards for its website, campus video tour and a related social media campaign in a statewide competition among community colleges.

The De Anza Library has put together a special exhibit of banned books to highlight the historic conflict between freedom and censorship.

A team of De Anza students showed their smarts by winning a national Quiz Bowl championship tournament over the weekend - becoming the first California team ever to win the community college title.

English instructor Lydia Hearn, longtime EOPS supervisor George Robles and the staff of De Anza’s Office of Communications were honored this week with Excellence Awards from the League for Innovation in the Community College.

De Anza received a donation of more than 3,600 instant ramen bowls for hungry students this week, thanks to a generous gift arranged by Foothill-De Anza Foundation board member Kathleen Santora.

This year's program features three books about the challenges and rewards of exploring family history and self-identity. De Anza will host a signature event with two featured authors on Feb. 27, while the Euphrat Museum of Art will present a related special exhibit, "Ancestral Journeys," from Feb. 4-March 21.

The De Anza College website earned the No. 1 ranking for accessibility, outscoring the nation's leading universities and community colleges, in a comparison by a commercial website evaluator.

Danny Acosta, the new top cop for De Anza and Foothill College, is a veteran officer who has pledged to strengthen relationships between his agency and the diverse communities on both campuses.

De Anza College sports teams turned in a series of outstanding performances this fall, including a championship bowl victory that capped a 10-game winning streak by the football team.

Two De Anza alumni have won MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grants," awarded annually to artists, scientists, activists and others who are singled out for their "exceptional creativity" and the potential for making a significant impact in their fields.