Share: Beneath the foothills of the Angeles Crest Forest is the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse, where PCC students and locals come for course suggested literature, art books, readings, a relaxing atmosphere and a “cuppa joe”. Follow:
Swimming primed to bring home another SCC title
Coming off a perfect 8-0 dual conference title in the South Coast Conference, women’s swimming is poised to make a run at the SCC Championship title this weekend at East Los Angeles College.
Lions, dragons and drummers dance to celebrate Chinese culture
Share: Lions danced, dragons soared and drummers pounded to their own ethnic beat in the warm spring air as crowds gathered in a circle to watch on Thursday in Galloway Plaza at Pasadena City College (PCC). PCC and the PCC Global Club hosted Chinese Culture Day on campus and invited the Developing Virtue Boys School’s Lion and Dragon Dance and 24 Seasons Drumming clubs to perform and teach workshops for the fourth year in a row. Follow:
Students learn at lunch with influential LA-based abstract painter
Share: Mary Weatherford remembers her first and most influential experience viewing art as the time she visited UC Santa Cruz at the ripe age of 5 and saw “The Fruit Room”. It was a student art exhibition in a vacant room underneath the dining hall that consisted of supermarket fruit advertisements pasted over every visible surface. “I saw it in 1968 when I was 5 years old and it really stuck with me,” said Weatherford. “As young artists, there may be things you saw when …
PCC Upward Bound program receives grant to award scholarships to college-bound teens
Share: PCC’s TRIO Upward Bound programs recently received a two-year grant in the amount of $330,000 from the Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund. The grant money funds both the Math/Science Upward Bound and classic Upward Bound scholarships for graduating high school seniors from Pasadena-area high schools. Follow:
NBA legend brings the Magic to Pasadena
Share: “I love to win and I hate to lose.” That is Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr.’s attitude on life and all personal, athletic, and business ventures he pursues. Johnson, an NBA legend, a two-time Hall of Famer, part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the world, and philanthropist, explained this outlook to a full house last Wednesday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Follow:
Presidential candidates speak at open forums
The three candidates vying for the vacant president’s seat at PCC addressed the community at open forums held in the Westerbeck Recital Hall this week where the public was able to submit feedback to the Board of Trustees on each candidate.
Softball stays in playoff hunt
PCC women’s softball team dominated their third game in a row by beating the LA Harbor College Seahawks 7-2 at Robinson Park on Tuesday afternoon as they make a late push for a playoff bid.
Whispers of four year degrees resume
Talks of PCC offering bachelor’s degrees by way of state law SB 850—the law passed by the State Senate and signed by Governor Jerry Brown last May that would allow community colleges to offer four year degrees in certain fields—have resumed over the past week, and a proposal for such a degree at PCC was recently sent to the Chancellor’s Office, a school official said.
Health Fair schools students on a healthy lifestyle
The Student Health Services, as well as the Psychological Services, hosted a Health Fair last week for the benefit of students looking to educate themselves about a healthy lifestyle.