Several Academic Senate (AS) representatives were nominated for the 2016-2017 executive board this past week and the nominees said they plan to pursue the executive board positions together due to their shared values of solidarity and student and faculty success.
Poets speak truth to power for Black History Month
Share: In honor of Black History Month, PCC’s Cross Cultural Center hosted a Poetry Night in the Wi-Fi Lounge last week. Three experienced spoken word poets performed personal pieces about the emotional subjects of being black, police brutality, and being an ally. Follow:
Football players suffer biggest defeat yet
Share: Despite pleas from PCC football players to retain their coach during the Board of Trustees meeting yesterday, the board unanimously decided to name Fullerton quarterbacks coach Tom Maher the new head coach of the Lancers football team. Follow:
50 new faculty main focus in president’s forum
Share: Thought-provoking questions challenging all of those involved were being asked during Superintendent-President Dr. Rajen Vurdien’s forum held in the Creveling Lounge Tuesday afternoon. Follow:
Lancers softball throws it home in nail-biting win
Share: PCC softball pulled off an intense game winning play in the last inning as Orange Coast College (OCC) tried to rally back, ending the game with a final score of 4-3 Saturday at OCC. Follow:
Seeing a better future for visually impaired students
Share: Students have been putting up with antiquated and inaccurate braille signs throughout the older buildings on campus for years and now campus clubs and the administration are finally coming together to build a stronger, more accessible campus for current and incoming disabled students. Follow:
Psychological services gives students relationship advice
Share: You constantly fight about the smallest things. You feel suffocated and controlled, but you can’t get out. You are blamed for everything. You feel like you can never get a word in. These are just a few examples of the warning signs of an unhealthy relationship that PCC’s Psychological Services is here to help students with. Follow:
Biotech program receives $3 million grant
Share: The PCC biotechnology department has just been awarded a whopping $3 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for their CIRM Bridges internship program. The program is an internship within the biotechnology department for students who are specifically interested in stem cell career paths. Follow:
Measure your body fat with PCC’s new BOD POD
Share: The kinesiology department recently hired a student worker and two college assistants to train to use the BOD POD body composition tracking system in the Human Performance Lab (HPL). Follow:
PCC student makes Ivy League, commended by Obama
Share: When he walked across campus at Pasadena City College for the first time, Ryan Liu never imagined that only two years later he would attend an Ivy League college and receive a personal letter from the President of the United States. Follow: