The Students for Progress slate has cleared the Associated Student Board election hurdle while the proposed amendments included on the ballot remain in limbo.
Academic Senate adjusts realignment plan again
Major modifications were made to a key committee’s realignment plan after a heated
debate at an Academic Senate meeting on Monday.
Transfer Rates Rising
The PCC transfer rate jumped almost 25 percent last year, officials reported.
Ballot proposal crucial to college funding
California community colleges will face dire consequences if the governor’s tax initiative is rejected by voters in November, Community College Chancellor Jack Scott said Tuesday.
24/7 Tutoring coming to campus
24 hour tutoring is being implemented via website through a company called Smart Thinking, beginning in June, officials say.
AS voting underway
Voting in the Associated Students 2012-2013 Executive Board general elections is under way, with results expected on Friday.
Librarian ready to start a new chapter.
After working at the Shatford Library for 32 years, Mary Ann Laun has decided to retire and pursue other goals. “I would like for people to remember me as a passionate person and always saying yes to students,” said recently.
Fall classes to be cut by almost 8 percent
The number of class sections being offered this fall has been cut by almost 8 percent from the previous year. The number of sections will drop from 2,361 last year, to 2,180, officials said this week.
QR codes making the physical world clickable
Almost everyone has seen one: the little square images that look like digitized ink blots appearing on ads outside store windows and in newspapers. They’re called “Quick Response” codes, QR for short, and they allow access to information in the physical world as if from a link on the internet, by pressing a button.
Shatford Library shifts to new research database
The Shatford Library is shifting its current database to a new catalog database, according to library Dean Mary Ann Laun.