2008 Woodie Awards
Community college students may find it harder to obtain loans because two lenders, CitiBank and J.P. Morgan Chase, have temporarily suspended certification of federal Stafford loans to community college students nationwide, according to the American Chronicle.
California Community Colleges received an unprecedented $70 million commitment from the Bernard Osher Foundation May 6. "The more we looked into the higher education community, the more we've convinced ourselves of the need of the community college system," said Mary Bitterman, president of the Bernard Osher Foundation.
As the spring semester comes to its end, students are left with two options: have a 10-week break, or apply to take classes during summer. Many students already know that Pierce College offers two five-week sessions of classes during the summer. "I think summer school is a great thing," said education major Jamie Quintanilla.
As many students count down the last days of the semester, several deans are counting the last days of their school faculty careers. Shelley Gerstl, dean of Admissions and Records, and Dorothy Rupert, dean of Academic Affairs, are staying until the end of the semester.
CONSTRUCTION The various construction projects scattered around campus will all contribute to what construction director David Tsao calls a "brand new facelift" for Pierce College. It was a busy year for building, since the new projects have completed the design stage and have begun to be physically realized.
The 60th annual Pierce College graduation will take place June 4 at 6 p.m., at Swisher Park, across from the cafeteria. Graduates are scheduled to arrive by 5:15 p.m. in order to register and receive instructions. Thirteen-hundred students submitted a petition for graduation, but only 500 are expected to attend the ceremony.
May 13 2:34 p.m. A contractor in a large construction vehicle ran into a power line on El Rancho Drive, causing the line and a pole to fall. Nobody was injured. b/t 3 and 6 p.m. An unknown person tagged on the Campus Center. 5:45 p.m. Someone cut a lock on a locker in the South Gym and stoile a wallet and a cell phone.