President’s Corner of PCC Pulse – with Dr. Mark Rocha

A Personal Letter to the Faculty

I hope you enjoyed a well-deserved respite last week, despite losing an hour’s sleep to Daylight Savings. Even administrators and staff who were on duty last week were able to catch their breath—and catch up on work. I hope you return renewed and refreshed in the service of our students as we begin the second… Read More »

I surely do not possess the temperament to sit through four hours of Oscars, not counting the red carpet interviews, just to find out who won the big awards that come in the final ten minutes. But it was worth sitting for all the hype and commercials, for the one best and sweetest moment of… Read More »

“I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.” – Robert Frost If you love Pasadena City College – and who among us can resist? – you know both the maddening lows and the truly sublime highs. Yes, as with any human institution comprised of 37,000 students and 2,000 employees, PCC is actually a small sized city that… Read More »

For the first time in over ten years the college is in full session for Black History Month. Last Tuesday’s kickoff event at Creveling was pure jubilation. Creveling was full of students, faculty, staff, community leaders and trustees who all participated joyously in celebrating our true wealth: PCC’s vibrant African-American community that calls us every… Read More »