Arthur Gillis, former director of the Program for Accelerated College Education (PACE) at Pierce and an advocate for adult learners pursuing higher education, died from
Month: April 2020
Con: Hamburgers with a side of COVID-19
Whether a person has been practicing social distancing or self-quarantining, the next incoming weeks is the time to sacrifice personal wants for the greater good.
Positive for financial disease
Two more months and the spring semester will be over. For students of Pierce College, these months are painful days of facing unprecedented challenges brought
Financial aid, parking pass refunds and laptop pickup mentioned at faculty meeting
Los Angeles Pierce College faculty held their third meeting via Zoom on April 3 to discuss the novel coronavirus, how the college has been dealing
Concerns about New UC and CSU Requirements amid COVID-19
As COVID-19 brings physical interactions to a halt, the Pierce College Academic Senate met on a Zoom conference call with faculty raising concerns about grading
Stuck at Home? Feeling bored?
Here are fun resources to use to beat the boredom while practicing social distancing. The daily routines of many people in Los Angeles have come
BRIEF: Therapy on Zoom
Mental health counseling appointments have moved online to Zoom while the Student Health Center is closed, according to the center’s postdoctoral therapist Inbar Malevski. Students
Pierce College’s COVID-19 response teams continue to adjust to the new normal
The four COVID-19 response teams discussed campus-wide sanitation and student accessibility toward student services in an online Zoom meeting April 1. Vice President of Administrative
Empowering Students for a Better Humanity
Angela Kirwin could hear nothing but screaming and the sound of crashing leaves as an elephant carrying her 4-year-old daughter charged into the forest. The
BRIEF: Kroger donates to students needing food during pandemic
The Kroger Company, which is made of Ralphs and Food 4 Less, is donating $150,000 to LACCD students needing food during COVID-19. The company followed