Pasadena City College

We are excited to share that last month the Micro-Nanotechnology Education Center, a consortium of two- and four-year institutions led by PCC, received another $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)! The grant supports undergraduate research and employment opportunities for 120 students at 19 institutions around the country, elevating possibilities and enhancing equity in STEM fields. You can learn more about the Micro-Nanotechnology Education Center here: https://pasadena.edu//n/nanotechnology-education-grant.php

Do you have questions about applying to PCC? Which classes you should take? Is financial aid available? What's CTE? Something else? Tomorrow's Lancer AnswerFest has your answers! Attend and you might even win a Nintendo Switch! Register now at: pasadena.edu/lanceranswerfest

Do you want to earn money while improving your english skills? We're excited to partner with the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) to offer ESL classes to students who want job training and better English language proficiency! Summer ESL classes start on June 21st (6-week online class). For more information visit pacela.org/pcc.

Lancer AnswerFest is only 3 days away and there’s virtually no better way to get your questions answered! If you know of a student who is interested in attending PCC in the fall, please encourage them to join PCC’s Lancer AnswerFest on Saturday, June 5th! Learn more and RSVP now: https://pasadena.edu/news-and-even//lancer-answer-fest.php

The Association of Latino Employees (ALE) is happy to help make your holidays even better by providing you an opportunity for you to give those closest to you something to unwrap: TAMALES!!! Pre-order your TAMALES now! You can submit orders online via the link provided on the attached flyer, or by clicking here: https://bit.ly/2FUB9wF. Orders are due by Monday, 11/16/2020. Pick-Up will be on Monday, 11/23/2020 through curbside contactless pick up at PCC. Timeframe to pick is to be announced. ALE fundraising efforts are to fundraise money for ALE's yearly Student Scholarships. For more information email our Social and Fundraising Events Chair Tanith Quintanilla at [email protected].

We'd like to invite our #PCCLancer community to celebrate our architecture students who are exhibiting in and competing in the AIA|LA '2x8: Domum', the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles chapter student exhibition + scholarship program, next week on Thursday, November 5! To RSVP for this event which offers an immersive experience in a virtual gallery please visit: https://www.aialosangeles.org//2x8-domum-student-exhibtio/

To our #PCCLancer community, we would like to officially announce that both the 2021 Winter Intersession and Spring semester will be mostly online, with limited face-to-face instruction. Making the decision to remain online in Spring 2021 in mid-September may seem a bit premature, but we are actually about a week or so behind some of our sister colleges who announced their decision once state Chancellor Eloy Oakley reached out to the CEOs to suggest making the decision and a...nnouncement soon so that students and faculty could prepare. He cited the CSU decision to remain online in Spring 2021 and the likely decision of the UC system to remain online as well. While there is nothing we would love more than seeing all of our students on campus, it still is not safe, and we do not have any indication that a vaccine will be available or widespread enough by the start of Spring to make a different decision at this point in time. We understand this announcement could come as a surprise to some, but we hope it helps provide clarity about PCC’s plans for the remainder of this academic year. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact your professor, academic dean, or counselor. Please stay safe and healthy Lancers!

Early voting is now open at PCC! Stop by Creveling Lounge now through Election Day to cast your ballot. Polls are open every day 10am - 7pm until Election Day, and from 7am - 8pm on Election Day. For more information on voting times and locations please visit locator.lavote.net. Happy voting #PCCLancers!

Yet again, we can see that we are one of the best colleges in California for access and success for Latinx students. Everyone at PCC has worked hard to achieve this honor, and I’m so proud of their work. We're #PCCProud to announce that PCC has ranked as the #1 college in California for granting associate degrees to Latina/o/x students! Read more about this exciting announcement here: https://pasadena.edu//top-two-year-college-for-latinx-stud

At first, I was lost but I’m getting used to the culture of USC and helping others to do the same. I’m part of the Emerging Leaders Program, a mentorship that includes career guidance from transfer alumni. We get to know each other and focus on our individual interests. - Rianna Rios Happy National Transfer Student Week! We love seeing how transferring is going for all of our #PCCAlum, including Rianna Rios who transferred to University of Southern California from PCC! To t...he rest of our #PCCAlum, how is transferring going for you? Share with us in the comments below! You make us all so #PCCProud :) https://news.usc.edu//usc-transfer-students-community-sup/

#PCCLancers, did you know that it is Undocumented Student Week of Action? The QUEST Center is excited to host the following virtual events in support! Join us for a fun week of engagement, advocacy, and support! Register now: https://pasadena.edu/campus-l/quest-center/single-post.php

Did you hear? The keynote speaker for the PCC EWD Future of Work 2020 Virtual Conference has been announced! Read more about keynote speaker Josh Davies below RSVP now: https://www.facebook.com/events/2703012963295496/

Hey #PCCLancers, all are invited to join us for our Latina/o/x Student Resource Guide Launch Party TOMORROW, Thursday, October 15th from 5 pm - 6 pm! Join us as we celebrate the closing of Latina/o/x Heritage Month by building community and committing to a celebration of our heritage, culture, diversity, and unity all year round. Learn about different programs on campus, meet other students at PCC, and get a copy of the first-ever Latina/o/x Student Resource Guide. DJ to foll...ow! We hope to see you there Lancers :) Zoom Link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/93861325170 Meeting ID: 938 6132 5170

To me, driving while Black is, at its core, driving while afraid. Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America is a new PBS documentary that premieres tonight. We're incredibly #PCCProud of #PCCProfessor Dr. Christopher West for his contributions to this eye-opening documentary that dissects how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today. Watch the trailer now: https://www.pbs.org/show/driving-while-black/

Just a reminder that the next Pasadena City College Cross Cultural Center Mixer will be taking place at noon today! We hope you'll join us for the Virtual Black Faculty, Staff, & Student Mixer on Zoom: Meeting ID 732979269. All are welcome, so we hope to see you there #PCCLancers!

Did you know that the sites that make up Pasadena City College exist on the Indigenous homelands of the Tongva people? Rather than celebrate the mistold legacy of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, many cities across America are swapping Columbus Day for Indigenous People’s Day instead. This is the 3rd year that Los Angeles is observing the holiday after a measure was passed in 2017. As inhabitants of Tongva lands, we respect and recognize that we are all guests on ...these lands. We encourage everyone to use this holiday as a way to learn more about Indigenous American histories. Happy Indigenous People’s Day #PCCLancers! Photo by Caitlin Hernandez for the PCC Courier. (Photo of last years Living Culture: Intertribal Student Collective’s ‘Native American Day’ event)

Heads up #PCCLancers, starting tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 12th, the PCC Bookstore hours will be updated to: Mondays through Thursdays: 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Fridays: 8 a.m. 2 p.m.... The bookstore is currently open in-person for academic supplies, art supplies, fresh new Fall apparel, and online order pick-up. Order online for pick-up (or ship out) through our website at pasadena.edu/bookstore.

Want to learn more about PCC's office of Economic & Workforce Development (EWD)? As the annual PCC EWD Future of Work Conference is approaching next month, we wanted to take a moment to announce that the office of Economic & Workforce Development is now on social media! Follow along across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date on all of the EWD's unique educational and workforce initiatives.... https://www.facebook.com/pccewd/ https://www.instagram.com/pccewd/ https://twitter.com/pccewd https://www.linkedin.com/company/pcc-ewd/

Other students would make fun of us, calling us musical prostitutes because we were not, in their mind, being true to whatever it meant to be a musician according to their principles. We were just trying to make a living and PCC helped in a lot of aspects, such as learning from [our music teacher] Truman Fisher and, at the same time, the social part of having met Dave. - Eddie Van Halen As we mourn the passing of one of our most esteemed #PCCAlum, Eddie Van Halen, we wanted to share a look back at Van Halen's beginnings here in Pasadena and at PCC. Read more below: https://pasadena.edu/news-and-events/eddie-van-halen.php

Just a friendly reminder that our PCC Fall 2020 Writer in Residence, Nabilia Lovelace, will be joining us 'virtually' TOMORROW on the PCC English Department's Facebook page! We hope you'll join us at 4pm PDT for a conversation and reading with Nabila Lovelace as she reads from her book 'Sons of Achilles'. See you there, #PCCLancers :)

We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of one of PCC’s most famous #PCCAlum, Eddie Van Halen. Eddie and his brother Alex met singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony while all four were students here at PCC. As students they performed under the named Mammoth at many Associated Students of Pasadena City College events. In 1972, you could see them take the stage in Sexson Auditorium for only a suggested donation of $2! We hope Eddie's legacy inspires the next generation of backyard student musicians. Eddie, you will truly be missed. Rest In Peace.