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Five women were honored at the house of California Senator Caral Lui as “Women of theYear.”  Two women of PCC, Esther Takei Nishio and Theresa Reed, were given honors.

Architects presented PCC’s Centennial Facilities Master Plan, the FMP100, to students and faculty on March 21. The meeting, held in the Creveling Lounge, was meant to get feedback and ideas from those that the plan would affect most. It was a “kickoff for goal setting on campus,” said Richard Thompson, chief planner on the project.

In another step towards environmental sustainability, the college has entered into an agreement to acquire a fuel cell to cool classrooms and heat the swimming pool, officials said.

PCC alumnus Esther Takei Nishio and Director Theresa Reed, were among five honored “Women of The Year,” by Senator Carol Lui at the Senators residence, for their dedicated efforts and unique story in education.

In another step aimed at environmental sustainability, the college has entered into an agreement to acquire a fuel cell to cool classrooms and heat the swimming pool, officials said.

A female student on campus reported a sexual battery after a male suspect came up behind her on the first floor of the C Building and touched her in a sexual manner. The suspect got away and has yet to be apprehended.

A $2.4 million LED project is near completion said officials to change all the fluorescent tubes to LED tubes on the entire campus.

 

A $2.4 million LED project is  to change all the fluorescent tubes to LED tubes on the entire campus is near completion, officials say.

The project began in November and slowly covered the campus whole. Over 34,000 Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) tubes have been changed out for Light Emitting Diode (LED) tubes.

 

California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott  at PCC on Thursday expressed support for a ballot initiative that would increase taxes, saying that it was a “step in the right direction. “