Share: In Pasadena see the Courier / LAist coverage of PCC’s Board of Trustees, Pasadena’s City Council and the Pasadena Mayor’s race. This was republished with permission from LAist as a part of our joint collaboration. Here’s everything you need to know about how to register to vote for the general election, guided by your questions. We’ll be updating this FAQ as we answer more, so check back often. If you have a question that’s not being addressed, ask us! You can submit your question …
What’s on the ballot: Pasadena City College Board of Trustees
Share: This voter guide covers both the Pasadena area and Pasadena City College Board of Trustee elections in partnership with The PCC Courier and LAist. For coverage of L.A. County, California, and federal races that might be on your ballot, head to LAist’s Voter Game Plan. To find out what will be on your ballot, head to the L.A. County interactive sample ballot website. In the March 2024 primaries several local leaders and new candidates are campaigning and spreading the word about what they bring …
What’s on the ballot: Pasadena City Council
Share: This voter guide covers both the Pasadena area and Pasadena City College Board of Trustee elections in partnership with The PCC Courier and LAist. For coverage of L.A. County, California, and federal races that might be on your ballot, head to LAist’s Voter Game Plan. To find out what will be on your ballot, head to the L.A. County interactive sample ballot website. In the March 2024 primaries several local leaders and new candidates are campaigning and spreading the word about what they bring …
What’s on the ballot: Pasadena Mayor
Share: This voter guide covers both the Pasadena area and Pasadena City College Board of Trustee elections in partnership with The PCC Courier and LAist. For coverage of L.A. County, California, and federal races that might be on your ballot, head to LAist’s Voter Game Plan. To find out what will be on your ballot, head to the L.A. County interactive sample ballot website. In the March 2024 primaries several local leaders and new candidates are campaigning and spreading the word about what they bring …
BLOTTER: Police remove disruptive commenter from Academic Senate meeting
Share: Monday, December 04, 2023 12:39 a.m.: Person reported their tablet was stolen from the quad. 9:35 a.m.: Person reported a transient possibly using drugs In parking lot 5 level 3. Officer responded and found no evidence of drugs before advising them to leave. 10:35 a.m.: Staff reports a student fainting of CEC-126. Paramedics responded to the scene but the student refused transportation to the hospital and was instead picked up by a family member. 3:17 p.m.: Staff reported seeing a suspicious man huffing something …
FAFSA Simplification Act aims to make financial aid more accessible
Share: As one of the nation’s premiere transfer schools-Pasadena City College and its students are majorly impacted by changes to the FAFSA applications in the 2024-25 FAFSA cycle-such as increases in federal grants and a streamline of the application process. The FAFSA Simplification Act was originally passed by Congress in 2020 with the goal of overhauling and simplifying the student financial aid process. This act changes the method of measuring a family’s ability to pay for college; the previous Expected Family Contribution (EFC) method has …
PCC’s Anti-War Club takes to the streets, demands ceasefire
Share: As conflict continues between Israel and Palestine, causing PCC students, led by the Anti-War Club, to take action to the streets of Pasadena City Hall. On Saturday, December 9th, PCC’s Anti-War Club worked in conjunction with Tempest Collective, an organization aimed to educate those unaware of global issues. Members from Tempest Collective began their teach-in by remarking that their objective is to aid this movement, not perceiving opinions. PCC Geography professor Hector Agredano commented on the significance of speaking out and hosting the teach-in. …
SUPER BLOTTER: Person found unconscious in classroom after huffing laughing gas
Share: Monday, November 20, 2023 2:37p.m.: School staff reported a male that was lying on the ground unresponsive near the tennis courts. The person left the when officer arrived. 10:39p.m.: Pasadena Police requested assistance from PCC to check the main campus for a missing person who was last seen on campus at approximately 1:30p.m. that day. Tuesday, November 21, 2023 12:25p.m.: School staff reported an individual fainted inside of C-345, possibly due to huffing. Paramedics were contacted, and the subject refused transport to the hospital. …
4-year universities and community colleges swap degree programs
Share: Amid transfer season, higher education alternatives are beginning to materialize for students who struggle with paying high tuition. While community colleges typically offer associate’s degrees and four-year universities with bachelor’s degrees, the opposite may soon be true. In other states, four-year universities such as Butler University in Indianapolis and the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis have either implemented or are preparing to implement new, two-year colleges after Chicago’s Loyola University started the model in 2015. The effort comes in response to rising college …
Dual enrollment soars, but can PCC keep up high numbers?
Share: Amid changing demographics for community colleges, PCC presented new enrollment strategies to the Board of Trustees at the Nov. 15 Board meeting. This comes at a time as California community colleges are experiencing enrollment returning back to pre-pandemic levels, but now with a different demographic. As of this academic year, the under-20 demographic has become the majority of students attending community college, surpassing the 20 to 29 age group for the first time. This is in part to high school students who are taking …