Share: Pasadena City College joined the 10.4 million Californians who participated in the Shake Out earthquake drill event on Thursday that simulates the proper response to a devastating quake. Follow:
PCC talks slut walks
Share: Mary “Unique” Spears had just left a relative’s funeral and arrived at the Joe Louis Post rental hall on Detroit’s east side to continue celebrating his life with other family members. Follow:
Campus safety revealed in Clery report
Share: With weekly mass shootings becoming the norm and sexual assault on campuses consistently in the news, students can take comfort knowing that there is at least some relative safety in attending Pasadena City College. Late last month PCC released its annual Clery Crime Report, which compiles statistics for specific crimes and arrests that happened on and around campus over the last three years. The report, which has been federally mandated since 1990 by the Jeanne Clery Act, includes offenses such burglary, assault, arson, and …
College campus shootings: How prepared are we at PCC?
Share: The ongoing wave of gun violence at college campuses raises the question of how well prepared students and staff really are locally in regards to this nation-wide issue. Follow:
Women entrepreneur panel compass for successful start-ups
Share: Julia Akman said that her parents, small business owners, instilled in her a good work ethic and she used her job as a corporate buyer to learn every facet of the business, from accounting to quality control. One day, while ironing, she was distracted by her cat and burned straight through her husband’s pants. She was so frustrated, that she purchased a steamer and fell in love with it. But she knew she could do better. She created SALAV, which now produces a number …
English professor discusses literature in the Anthropocene
Share: For hundreds of years, our perception of nature as a momentous, constant force was exemplified in literature by cascading waterfalls, snow-tipped mountains and dependability of the seasons. But as the planet warms and the climate changes, professor Robert Oventile told PCC students Tuesday that the way we interpret literature from the past and write new literature is also changing. Follow:
Police Blotter: Lot D at CEC should be avoided
Share: Monday Oct. 5: A student reported that his vehicle was hit on Friday while it was parked in Lot 4, Level 1. Campus police reported that the incident is under investigation. A female student reported that she was walking on Foothill Blvd. and was hit by a female driver that was coming out of the CEC parking lot. The student said that she had some knee pain and didn’t take down any information from the driver. Tuesday Oct. 6: A student reported that his …
School placed on enhanced monitoring
Share: In early September, PCC received a letter from the Accrediting Commission of Community Junior Colleges (ACCJC) stating that the college had been placed on enhanced monitoring because of it’s poor record of documenting student learning success. Student learning outcomes (SLO) are statements made by each faculty member that identifies what students will learn and be able to demonstrate after they complete their course. The outcomes of those should be expressed through their knowledge and/or skills of what they learned in that specific class. ACCJC …
Veteran suicide: a small window to the actual problem
Share: According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 22 veterans commit suicide every day, rounding out to 8,000 a year. USA today reported that suicide among veterans has now surpassed the number of soldiers who died in action serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq. These numbers do not include veterans who are not enrolled in Veteran Affairs’ health care and thus are expected to be higher. Follow:
Candidates wage battle at the forum
Share: Questions about the direction and leadership of the college dominated the conversation inside the Westerbeck Recital Hall during an open forum Wednesday night. Follow: