A funeral service for Pasadena City College women’s basketball player Angeline Jefferson, 21, will take place Sunday, April 13 at the Spirit Food Christian Center, 20550 Roscoe Blvd in Winnetka. The memorial service begins at 2 p.m. Jefferson passed away due t... More »
Pasadena City College will host a technical assistance visit on Monday, April 14. Â The Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges and the Community College League of California have joined forces to provide technical assistance to districts and coll... More »
The School of Cultural and Family Psychology at Pacific Oaks College announces a new Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy specialization in Trauma Studies, launching Fall 2014. Students in this specialization will develop skills to work in mental health s... More »
Pulitzer Prize-winning energy expert Dr. Daniel Yergin will be the speaker at Caltech’s 120th annual commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2014, on the Caltech campus. The ceremony will also be live streamed online ... More »
The U.S. Senate has approved astrophysicist and Caltech alumna France A. Córdova (PhD ’79) as the new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Currently the chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents—the Smithsonian Institution’s governing board—... More »
On Friday morning at the Arclight Theater in Pasadena, the Cross Cultural Center, PCC Flea Market and the Office of Student Life sponsored a special premier screening of the new movie, César Chávez, for PCC faculty, staff and students. I thank these orga... More »
The Pasadena Police Department’s Traffic Section staged a very powerful program called “Every Fifteen Minutes,†a teen drinking and driving awareness program, for the benefit of La Salle High School student body on Thursday morning. Participants in the m... More »
Heba Griffith, Interim Associate Dean of Student Life received a service award from the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP) at their March 2014 regional conference in San Diego. Â The service award recognizes length of service for... More »
The parties held their initial bargaining session on March 7, 2014. The meeting began at 10:00 a.m. with introductions and a discussion regarding the process for the negotiations. Thereafter, Pasadena City College Faculty Association (PCCFA) presented a propos... More »
The amount of money being paid to Pasadena City College faculty for duties done outside the classroom, also know as “release time,” has jumped to $3 million, according to the Pasadena City College Budget Resource and Allocation Committee. There had been 48.9 p... More »
Barbara McConnell Barrett, chairman of the Aerospace Corporation and former U.S. ambassador to Finland, was recently elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees. Barrett’s career has focused on aviation, aerospace, and technology. In addition to her leadership ro... More »
Pasadena, Calif., – Spring has sprung and Happy Nowruz! Nowruz, the Persian New Year, symbolizes the coming of Spring and celebrates renewal and rebirth. A cultural holiday that coincides with the vernal equinox, the celebration lasts 12 days and is celebrat... More »
