Month: June 2011

Fifty-two students received about $19,000 in scholarships to assist them in becoming teachers at the PCC Teacher Preparation Program scholarship ceremony inside the Piazza on May 20.

Following the announcement on May 3 of the generous donation of $4 million from PCC alumnus Robert Westerbeck and his wife Adrienne has left the campus grateful.According to President Mark Rocha, the Westerbecks were PCC people. The couple met and fell in love on the campus while Robert was a student and Adrienne taught music.

PCC will lose 87 members of its faculty, staff, and administration at the end of this semester due to the early retirement incentive offered by the college in an effort to save money and cut costs. A vice president, deans, managers and teachers who have together spent more than a thousand years with PCC are retiring at the end of June.

PCC police arrested a parolee on May 26 after a cadet saw the suspect attempting to gain access to cars in parking lot 5.PCC police would not release the suspect’s name. “It is currently under investigation,” said Officer Michael Despain. However, the Pasadena Police Department confirmed the suspect as 34-year old Ulises Magallon.

Dean of Mathematics Carl Main is moving onto a new chapter in his life after spending the last 12 years at PCC.After retirement, Main will have the time to do the things he enjoys like traveling, exercising and, most importantly, spending time with his grandson, Joey.

From the action-packed “Pulp Fiction” to the inspirational tale of “Amelie,” films have always interested newly elected Associated Students President Ashley Jackson.”The Assassination of Jesse James pushed my decision to be a film major,”?Jackson said enthusiastically.

The cost of textbooks is one of the biggest expenses for many community college students. Despite the rising costs, there are still options available for those who know where to look for savings.According to the Students Public Interest Group website, the average student spends $900 per year on textbooks, and that number is still rising.

The last major project to be completed under the Measure P Bond is the Center for the Arts Building which is currently under construction and is scheduled to be completed in December 2012, according to Jack Schulman, Director of Measure P Projects.

An elderly man sat between four students, each was calm and focused as they presented their traditional Chinese calligraphy skills in the Quad on May 23. As they dipped their bamboo brushes into dark black ink, and made smooth brushstrokes across parchment paper, not one of them seemed fazed by the crowd that peered upon their works in progress.

With summer break quickly approaching, students have found favorite spots to hike through in and around the city, all within 10 minutes off campus.”You can see perfect views of Glendale all the way out to El Sereno from Lou Debb’s Park in Highland Park,” said Bryan Guevara, 21, neuroscience.