Despite a present hiring freeze, Pierce College President Robert Garber said during an Academic Senate meeting April 21 that he hopes to hire a few more faculty members. Though the number of people hired depends on the number of retirees this year, Garber is optimistic.
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Young baseball team deserves another look
While our campus undergoes a methodical transformation, it’s only fitting that the Brahmas’ baseball team has followed suit. Last year’s team saw four players drafted by Major League ball clubs: Dan Berlind (Minnesota Twins), David Fonseca (Milwaukee Brewers), Dan Heller (Baltimore Orioles) and Travis Turek (Cleveland Indians).
Shelter from the fires
The raging fires that took place in October and November were no match for the Boots and Saddles club, who came riding in on their white horses – which they like to call trailers. Being honored by the city of Los Angeles , Pierce College and members of the Boots and Saddles Club received certificates and pins at the Equestrian Center April 11 for their volunteer work during the fires last fall.
The search for private funding
In the wake of proposed sweeping cuts in state education funding, California community colleges are turning to private sources to supplement their stagnating, sometimes even shrinking, operating budgets. “Like California’s four-year public universities, our community colleges have realized they can no longer solely rely on state funding or bond measures for financial support,” said Dr.
Backing athletics with brownies
FANS in the Stands, organized by Barbara Anderson, professor and chair of speech and communication, is letting faculty at Pierce College know that attending sports events at Pierce can get them a taste of her homemade brownies. Anderson explained the importance of encouraging others to attend the sports events.
Crossing over the ‘Bridge to Success’
While recent research reveals that roughly half of all high school seniors in the 50 largest cities in the U.S. don’t graduate, Pierce College continues to try to persuade students who may have left their education early to return to school. A study released April 1 by America’s Promise Alliance found that in the 2003-04 school year, the graduation rate in Los Angeles was at 43.
Travel to Egypt, gain credits plus knowledge
An educational tour of Egypt will be available both to students of Dr. Lynda Toth’s Humanities 6 course in the fall, and to anybody else interested. The 10-day trip is scheduled for December, according to Toth, professor of humanities and speech. “I’ve set the travel date far in advance to give students time to apply for various scholarships and other funding sources to help pay for the trip,” she added.
Students rally against fee hikes
Rallies organized by the Students for California’s Future against suggested cuts in education funding took place across the state Monday. According to the SFCF, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget plan for the 2008-09 fiscal year would cut $483 million from community college general funds, as well as hundreds of millions from University of California and California State University programs.
Manure smells like shit
The Pierce College Manure team is the only community college team in the country that was selected to compete in the National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on April 20. The team is in Washington, D.C., having left Friday to return on Monday.
Budget mystery causes hiring freeze
With the state withholding information about the budget for the nine community colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District, Pierce College has to hold off on hiring any new teachers. The number of positions is limited based on retirement numbers dropping, according to Pierce College President Robert Garber.