Valley College will open a $175,000 computer lab Thursday, with 45 personal computers and five Apple I-Macs.
The Lab for Academic and Instructional Resources was funded by CalWORKs, California Work Responsibility to Kids, a state welfare-to-work program.
CalWORKs students will have first priority, but the lab will be open to all students and faculty on a space-available basis, Richard Holdredge, director of the computer lab, said.
