Year: 2010

PCC counselor and professor of 22 years, Ward died due to a pulmonary infection while vacationing in London on Aug. 21.

A brand new program at PCC plans to help international students adapt to their new life in the U.S. and encourage American students to learn foreign customs.

Similar to the indecisiveness that most students experience their freshman year in college, PCC Professor Andrea P. Murray began her college education not knowing what career she wanted to pursue. Yet it took one required course to captivate her interest in a rewarding career that has taken her to many locations around the world.

In the 1950s most people wrote letters, knew the postal worker, took the time to bake their new neighbors cookies and socialized on a more personal level. Now, in the days of e-mail, texting and the Internet, socializing has become “social networking.

The Child Development Center on campus will be using the Child and Adult Care Food Program again in 2010.

Students of all backgrounds fill the classrooms of PCC today, but 40 years ago such diversity was not widespread.

Like the frozen yogurt fad that preceded it, food truck frenzy has taken over the streets of LA. Criss-crossing all over Los Angeles, these trucks serve a variety of traditional and gourmet fare in a setting quite different from a restaurant experience.

The name Tagore may not sound as grand as Da Vinci or Picasso, but in his book “The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore,” Asian Art History Professor Debashish Banerji emphasizes the essential role played by the father of the national movement in Indian art.

Student-run Lancer Radio plans to provide more broadcast coverage of PCC sporting events, according to station manager Valentino Rivera.

The Division of State Architect has finally approved plans for the proposed Center for the Arts building, concluding over a year-and-a-half of delay. With the final go-ahead, PCC can initiate construction.