Most of the Associated Student board have never stepped foot on the Rosemead campus of PCC, but that hasn’t’ stopped them from assuring students there that their needs and comments will be heard.
Homecoming court chosen by lottery
Share: In deciding who would become Homecoming King and Queen this year, gender was no longer a consideratiion and voting was done away with too. Follow:
PCC offers classes at John Muir High School
Share: Starting this spring semester, PCC will offer dual enrollment courses at John Muir High School to allow students to complete college courses while still attending high school. This comes as a result of Gov. Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 288 (AB288), establishing the College and Career Access Pathways Act. The dual enrollment program allows high school students and the public to take the college courses offered. This will give people in the area who have no means of traveling to PCC’s main campus the …
New Board of Trustees member(s) elected
Share: Both district board candidates that the PCC Faculty Association have endorsed for the two open Board of Trustees seats are leading in the polls, with one district confirmed and the other too close to call in Tuesday’s election. Author Hoyt Hilsman has usurped the two-term incumbent trustee Bill Thomson for the district four seat, nearly doubling his total votes, 1,414 to 778, marking the first time an incumbent has lost in this district since 1983. “I think the community began to realize what PCC …
PCC club to host last forum for Board of Trustees candidates
Share: The Young Americans For Liberty’s PCC chapter will host a forum for candidates running for Board of Trustees in R108 this Friday. The forum, which the club dubs the “Mini-Candidate Forum”, will provide candidates a platform to interact with students and members of the community prior to the Nov. 3 elections. Martin Enriques, James Osterling and Tom Selinske are running for District 2 and Hoyt Hilsman, Marshall Lewis and William Thomson are running for District 4. Follow:
New PR director looks to revamp school image
Share: Working with the backdrop of PCC trying to get out of accreditation probation, under the direction of a new president and new academic senate leadership, Alex Boekelheide, PCC’s newly hired executive director of the recently rebranded Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing, is setting the stage to cast the school in a more positive light. Follow:
Local leaders back board candidates
Share: The PCC Faculty Association has endorsed Tom Selinkse for the district two seat and Hoyt Hilsman for the district four seat on the PCC Board of Trustees. Follow:
Foster youth grant may bring over a million to PCC
Share: Pasadena City College was notified they are intended to receive part of a grant that divides $15 million among ten schools to help foster youth pay for their educational needs. Follow:
35 years of encouraging science and exploration brings new future space
Share: A full day culminated in the celebration of 35 years for the Planetary Society last week with a combined dedication of their new facility in Pasadena, now open to the public, and a star-studded evening variety event complete with entertainment and the love of all things science. Follow:
PCC provides flu shots for the community
Share: Every fall semester, Student Health Services (SHS) and the nursing department team up and give free flu shots to the community and students took advantage on Monday in the quad. Follow: