After 34 years at the University of La Verne, Gerard Lavatori, professor of French and associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, is retiring in May.
University of La Verne administrators have reevaluated their plan to move January interterm to May, and will no longer be moving forward with the change that had been set for the 2025-26 academic year.
News of the University administration’s intention to eliminate January term and replace it with a similar May term starting in the 2025-26 academic year was an unpleasant surprise to 23 of 25 La Verne students who responded to an informal survey last week on campus.
Starting in the 2025-26 school year, the University’s January Term will move to the new May Term. This change – approved by the Board of Trustees in May – which students and faculty members have protested in the past, has not been formally announced to students and faculty.