Several Veterans’ Day events, offering learning opportunities for student veterans and others, were held throughout the campus on the days leading up to the Veteran’s Day national holiday.
Alumnus and producer offers tips on radio industry
Alumni working their dream jobs can inspire and motivate students to make steps towards success. For example, Nicky Geezy graduated from the TVR program and is now a producer and on-air talent at Power 106 FM for Big Boy’s Neighborhood.
Geezy gave The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) tips on how to survive in the industry on Tuesday in C155.
Veterans Day celebrated with memorial service
Veterans of the past and present at PCC were honored with a memorial service in front of the Veterans Memorial Wall on Nov. 10.
President Mark Rocha, Veterans Club President Cameron White and special guest speaker Lt. Colonel Richard Bianchino, USMC (retired) spoke in honor of veterans.
Boxing champ Ray Mancini supports the troops
World Boxing Association lightweight champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini showed support for PCC’s veteran students last week when he visited the Veterans Resource Center.
Collegiality under attack, faculty say
The process of realigning teaching divisions is a thinly veiled effort by PCC’s administration to destroy shared governance, faculty members and staff claimed at a Board of Trustees meeting last week.
All three Board of Trustees incumbents re-elected
All three incumbents were re-elected by a substantial majority in the election on Oct. 9 for Pasadena Area Community College Board of Trustees.
‘Kitty litter’ murder trial under way
Opening arguments in the case against Isaac Campbell, who has been in jail since 2007 for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Liya “Jessie” Lu, and sealing her body in a trashcan in a plastic bag filled with cat litter, began on Oct. 7. The trial had been continued and postponed for four years.
Vets give food, clothing to homeless
A group of veterans from PCC sought out and distributed donations from a clothing and food drive to help homeless vets in Los Angeles County on Nov. 5.
Veterans teamed up with The National Veterans Foundation, a Los Angeles-based organization centered on helping veterans any way they can.
Trial date set in fatal accident
A trial date has been requested for PCC student Bowen Du, 19, who has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after a fatal accident, according to his attorney.