The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education is planning to implement new strategies to improve its overall goal of improving board communication systems with the public. Among the plans discussed by the board on Thursday, May 12, is development of ... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District board on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution that allows the board to continue holding meetings virtually through June 10. PUSD has been meeting remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, pursuant to the... More »
The Campaign for College Opportunity singled out Pasadena City College today as one of 40 institutions around the state that have increased access to college-level courses in English and math. At the inaugural Excellence in Placement award ceremony in downtown... More »
Women who serve California’s community colleges honored PCC Trustee Linda Wah today, recognizing her with a Legacy Award from the California Community Colleges Women’s Caucus. Wah has served as a trustee of PCC’s Area 5 – which includes the cities of South Pas... More »
After more than two years away, Pasadena City College’s Robinson Stadium was hopping again this week. Graduates gathered with their families for PCC’s 97th Commencement Ceremony on Friday evening, that rite of passage by which the college grants associate degr... More »
Full-time faculty at Pasadena City College directly supported a vote of no confidence in PCC Superintendent/President Dr. Erika Endrijonas, a college committee announced Wednesday. PCC’s Academic Senate Elections and Nominations Committee said the majority of ... More »
California Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday sang the praises of Caltech and the state of California while Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo went further and asserted his oft-repeated refrain that “Pasadena is the center of the universe,” as both helped break ground f... More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to join Mayor Victor Gordo and Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum Wednesday at the groundbreaking of Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute, which will bring together scientists and engineers to pursue research in solar sci... More »
Marking not only Eid-ul-Fitr, the end of the Ramadan fasting period, but the return of students to campus following the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 400 guests, friends, families and supporters of Pasadena’s New Horizon School joined together Monday for a camp... More »
At 93, Professor Robert “Bob” Schureman still exudes infectious enthusiasm as he shares his fascination for design and plastic fabrication. Schureman, who pioneered the plastics program at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, retired after a 51-year career... More »
The Music Center in Los Angeles has selected a 17-year-old Altadena student as one of 14 Grand Prize finalists in its 34th annual Spotlight program, a nationally acclaimed performing arts competition, scholarship and artistic development program for teens. Osc... More »
Pasadena City College administration members along with elected officials and student leaders broke ground on the PCC campus Friday for the construction of the new Armen Sarafian Building, which will replace a previous facility deemed seismically unsafe in 201... More »
