With campuses being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been left in the dark about how their education is being affected. When offices
Month: April 2020
BRIEF: Summer, fall semesters and commencement online
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez updated faculty, staff and administrators on the district’s plans in the wake of COVID-19 in an
BRIEF: Financial options for DACA recipients
Students who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are ineligible to receive a stimulus check from the $2.2 trillion CARES Act. Since non-essential
BRIEF: Former Brahma signs with the Bengals
Former Brahma Clay Cordasco may not have been named one of the 255 picks in this year’s NFL Draft, but it won’t stop him from
“Zoombombers”
As face-to-face classes transition to online instruction, disruptions are more common. In the recent weeks of remote learning, Zoom lectures have been interrupted by people
BRIEF: Zoom meetings outside of regular class time
As classes settled into their online format, some professors decided to hold their live meetings on Zoom outside of the originally scheduled time and upload
Lab based classes transition online
The Industrial Technology Department consists of mostly hands-on learning, so the department is trying to use relevant programs online to give students quality education while
Productive during the pandemic
The definition of an essential worker varies across the country, but Pierce College is taking those roles seriously to keep student workers active and receiving
ASO boosts morale through social media
With campus closed to the public due to the Safer at Home order, the Associated Students Organization (ASO) and Pierce students are physically disconnected. To
Classes impacted by withdrawals
Enrollment dropped about 4% this year because students withdrew from at least one class, and data suggested it’s because of COVID-19. This change is between