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 »
On April 15, 2014, students from the City of Pasadena gathered with their families at Pacific Oaks College to celebrate the completion of a 12-unit certificate program in early childhood development. This program was initiated two years ago by Ms. Mercy Santor... More »
College Access Plan, a Pasadena nonprofit that provides free programs in college preparedness and success, has had the honor of supporting hundreds of underserved students who attend Pasadena’s public schools as they reach for their college dreams.... More »
Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter/producer Dustin Lance Black blasted Pasadena City College, his alma mater, after he says it disinvited him from being the 2014 Commencement speaker over fears that sexually explicit photos of him with his ex-boyfriend ma... More »
The Pasadena City College Foundation held its 2014 Grants Reception on Friday, April 11. The event, which was held at the University Club in Pasadena, celebrated the awarding of $59,683 in grant awards for innovation and academic excellence. “The Grants prog... More »
Those budding young geniuses at Caltech have struck again. A team of thirteen Caltech undergrads traveled to MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend last Thursday to mug the rival institute’s annual “pre-frosh†gathering of hundreds of students and parents touring ... More »
