Share: For the past few years, Pasadena City College (PCC) faculty have strived to establish an ethnic studies department on campus and their efforts have come to fruition as on Monday, June 1, 2026, the department’s pioneers hosted an ethnic studies mixer to promote the approved department. The mixer was held in order to educate PCC students on the benefits of instituting a new ethnic studies department, while also opening social sciences professors’ ears to feedback. The struggle to establish a concrete ethnic studies department …
Former Courier editor-in-chief named 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Share: On Monday May 4, it was announced that former Pasadena City College (PCC) Courier Editor-in-Chief Victoria Ivie became a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Reporting for their work with Southern California News Group on their coverage of the Eaton Fire in 2025. “I stared at my phone, like, what is happening?…It was a total shock,” Ivie said. “It’s definitely one of those things where…it almost was like a dream I didn’t even have yet…it was just so outside of the realm of …
Despite disapproval of Trump, students are afraid to speak out
Share: Recent polling from BBC, The Economist, and Silver Bulletin, suggests that Donald Trump’s approval rating is at an all time low since his second term, particularly concerning inflation, economy, and immigration. The Courier set out to examine how those frustrations may be reflected at Pasadena City College, speaking with students and staff to gauge the campus climate surrounding politics and political discussion. Among the concerns raised by PCC students were social issues impacting minorities, low-income communities and queer individuals, alongside rising housing and gas …
Students wear red and walk out to honor missing and murdered Indigenous women
Share: Students walked through the Quad on Tuesday afternoon carrying posters filled with painted red handmarks and the words “No more MMIWG2S+” written across them. The group walked across campus in silence and held photos of loved ones close to them, honoring Indigenous women who have gone missing or been killed. On Tuesday, May 5, students met in the Quad for a walk-out honoring MMIWG2S+, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit people, and Indigenous people, who have been taken. The event aimed to raise …
Canvas hacked in nationwide attack
Share: In a nationwide cyberattack on Canvas, the learning management system used by many educational institutions, Pasadena City College (PCC) has also been targeted, with the college alerting users the platform is indefinitely offline as they monitor the situation. At about 1:37 p.m. PCC Alert issued a warning to avoid logging into Canvas. Providing further updates, PCC advised against responding to any messages or authorizing unfamiliar Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requests. For those already logged into the platform or who signed in after the hack, they …
Gov. Gavin Newsom visits PCC for Apprenticeship Week
Share: Today during Apprenticeship Week, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Pasadena City College (PCC) to see the development of its Construction Trades Lab and to learn more about PCC’s career technical programs. As a program funded by the Walter Family Foundation via LA Rises, a recovery initiative addressing the Eaton Fire, the lab is part of this recovery effort. The program not only intends to create a needed workforce to rebuild after the fires, but also to teach trade skills and to increase apprenticeship opportunities. “Most …
Black students in STEM gather to learn and honor late founder
Share: When someone so impactful is wrongfully taken from a community, it can leave a hole no one else can fill. Dr. Carol Brown was that impactful for PCC, so impactful that her legacy still lives on and helps students even after her passing, as seen at the 4th annual Dr. Carol Brown Legacy: Building Connections for Black Students in STEM. The late Dr. Brown was a monumental influence at PCC during her 15 years here. She worked in Financial Aid, Former Foster Youth Services, …
‘A natural fit’: PCC and YMCA join forces to feed students
Share: The YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles has teamed up with Pasadena City College (PCC) to host a series of food distribution events at the Foothill PCC campus, in response to a growing community need for food insecurity relief. “We don’t have a food pantry [on this campus],” said Ashley Mejia, associate dean of Noncredit Student Services who works at PCC’s Foothill campus. At PCC’s Colorado campus, students can utilize the Lancer Pantry, which is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to …
Catering to students makes PCC’s geography program the best in the country
Share: Pasadena City College’s Geography Program was recently recognized as the best community college Geography program both in tstate and in the nation, where it received the 2026 AAG Award for Community College Program Excellence from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). There are 210 community colleges in the United States that offer two year degrees in geography. Currently the program has awarded 160 credentials from 2018 to 2025 and 32 awards from the same period of time, more than any other California Community College. …
It’s Lance O’Lot’s time: PCC celebrates the year of the horse
Share: During the Jade Emperor’s great race to name each zodiac year, the horse placed seventh, experiencing a setback from the scheming snake who wrapped itself around the horse’s leg until the finish line, jumping out and startling the horse. Pasadena City College’s (PCC) annual Lunar New Year event had a similar experience this year–the year of the horse–rescheduling due to forecasted rain from its original date of Tuesday, Feb. 24, to Thursday, March 12, in the campus quad. Overseen by PCC’s International Student Center …