Category: News

Social networks have turned a 27-year-old into a billionaire and allow celebrities and fans to interact with 140 characters, but some students say they can be beneficial for school when they’re not distracting.

Hidden behind the veil of effortless showmanship put on by PCC’s Theater Department lie the unsung heroes of the stage crew. These are the unacknowledged workers who make the magic of performances seem effortless and real.

A forum for the six candidates running in the Board of Trustees election in November will participate in a forum in the Creveling Lounge on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.

The weekly Courier newspaper and annual Spotlight magazine published by the Journalism Department were both honored with coveted General Excellence awards at the Southern California conference of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges  on Oct 15.

 The Center for the Arts Building is rising above the campus and is 25 percent complete, according to Measure P Director Jack Schulman.

A new state law named in honor of former PCC Professor and open government activist Richard McKee was signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown and will make college records more accessible to the general public.

PCC Instructor Tony Juge was recently granted a Human Rights Education Fellowship funded by Stanford University. After attending a conference at Stanford in early June, called “Teaching Human Rights in a Global Context,” Juge applied for the fellowship.

The 100th anniversary of the election that granted California women the right to vote was celebrated Oct. 10 with Amy Simon’s one-woman show in celebration of the milestone.

PCC officials and employee unions will soon negotiate a second — and possibly third — retirement incentive plan to be offered to eligible PCC employees.