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Tax prep for students
Want to get your taxes done? For free? Business 10, a course that teaches the fundamentals of how to prepare state and federal personal income tax returns, offers tax services at no charge on campus through the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
Local visit stems partnership
The Campus Center filled to capacity with people intently listening to instructors lecture. They took their seats, asked questions and took copious notes. Some snuck in chitchat with their neighbors while the speakers looked away. So began the day for a group of more than 60 visiting counselors from local area high schools.
Bookstore recovers from new Enterprise ventures
After having reared a sudden sequence of fledgling business ventures on campus, the Pierce College Bookstore is finally getting some peace and quiet as it recovers from an exhausting year. The last fiscal year, July 2005 to June 2006, brought with it a slew of expensive new undertakings-the Freudian Sip, CopyTech, the Equestrian Education Center and the Farm Store, to name a few.
Center offers job help
The Job Center and the Cooperative Work Experience Education (CWEE) program have relocated to the new Village 8200 facility since the beginning of the current semester, offering one-stop assistance to members of the community who need employment placement.
Presidential race on MySpace
Rock stars, movie stars, sports figures and now even politicians are joining the party by adding friends to their customized pages on Myspace.com. At least five of the official nine Democratic candidates for the presidency on 2008 have a page on the now world-famous Web site.
Getting to the grass roots
It’s a quiet Friday morning and biology professor Kate Kubach is seen trimming branches off a thick shrub in the botanical garden at Pierce College. Ever since the first phase of the botanical garden was completed in October 2003, Kubach, along with Pat Farris and Dr.
Make me a match
Thornton Wilder’s fast-paced and high-energy classic comedy, “The Matchmaker,” debuts March 23 in the Pierce College Performing Arts Mainstage Theatre. Directed by Gene Putnam, an 18-year Pierce professor of theatre arts, this comedy farce should send its viewers off laughing as 17 cast members take them on a romantic journey.
Cheerleading squad begins season with new members
The Pierce College Cheerleading Team selected its five newest members recently to support the five returning members. It is time for training and time to build up their cheerleading skills with Coach J.Q. Johnson who has been coaching the team since 2001.
Lending a helping hand
When Louisiana was devastated with one of the worst natural disasters in American history, volunteers from the world community created a force stronger than any hurricane to rebuild what hurricanes Rita and Katrina had destroyed in September 2005. During the winter break, Diane Levine, Pierce College anthropology teacher was inspired to help hurricane victims in western Louisiana through an organization she found on the Internet called Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA).