The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to authorize Superintendent-President Mark Rocha to invite Dustin Lance Black to deliver the address at Commencement on May 9. In a press release, PCC’s Interim Public Relations Director Dr. Valerie... More »
Three Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) schools have been named 2014 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. Roosevelt Elementary, San Rafael Elementary and Webster Elementary were selected to receive the prestigious a... More »
College Access Plan (CAP), a Pasadena non-profit organization that provides comprehensive college readiness programs for Pasadena high schools and one Pasadena middle school, has teamed up with the Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF) to lead comprehensive su... More »
Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Dr. Eric Walsh will be unable to serve as Commencement speaker on May 9th. In accordance with its standing policy and procedure on Commencement Speakers (Policy #4900), the Board of Trustees will approve a replacement ... More »
[Editor’s Note: This story originally described the financial support funding the development program as a $352,000 grant. However, Thea M. Page, Director of Marketing Communications, wrote to clarify that The Huntington is not a grant-making agency. “We wil... More »
Heba Griffiths, 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 fo... More »
Pasadena City College (PCC) in conjunction with the producers of the award winning documentary, “GO PUBLIC: A Day in the Life of an American School Districtâ€, is hosting a national webcast on April 30th from 6:00 PM Pacific Time, focusing on the challenges... More »
In commemoration of Earth Day, the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced Tuesday that the district has achieved more than $2.5 million in savings through a 19% reduction in energy use over three years. The reduction in energy consumption by 77,600 ... More »
Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design graduated 192 new graduates Saturday, April 19 in the sculpture garden at the art school’s hillside campus. The ceremony included the very first graduating class for the Graduate Environmental Design and Graduate Tra... More »
Pasadena City College issued the followed statement Monday afternoon in connection with its 2014 Commencement ceremony: Dr. Anthony R. Fellow, President of the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena City College District, confirmed the invitation extended by the Bo... More »
The controversy surrounding the “disinvitation†of Oscar-winning writer/producer and Pasadena City College alumnus Dustin Lance Black as the college’s commencement speaker took on another level of intrigue as student trustee Simon Fraser sent a heated e-ma... More »
Former Assemblymember Anthony Portantino visited John Muir High School recently to exchange ideas with 30 male students involved with Mentoring & Partnership for Youth Development (MPYD), a non-profit mentoring, character development and academic support progr... More »
