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PAC-CAST: PAC Student Media has a podcast! Our PAC-CAST explores topics across campus with exclusive interviews with the movers and the shakers at Palo Alto College.

AFTER HOURS: The newest edition to the PAC-Cast Lineup is the show, AFTER HOURS. Students share their thoughts, struggles, triumphs and burning questions with life that happens outside the classroom.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

The PAC-Cast helped me learn about Hope Gen and the services offered to first generation students on our campus. What a great listen!

Sam

Rating: 5 out of 5.

After hours went there. I loved tuning in.

Robert

Check out Episode 2 of our PACcast where we interview special guest, Sandra Coronado, Founder of HOPE GEN.

PAC PULSE – NEWS Across Campus

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  • PAC’s library offers more than books

    By LeAnne Noguess Pulse Staff Reporter When most people think of a library, they only think about books, but the Palo Alto College Library has more to offer than that. Tosca Gonsalves, Database and Electronic Services librarian, gave some insight on what services are given. “We have the Children’s Library for families, and they have Read more

  • Cellphone distraction negatively impacts student learning

      By Sabrina Mitchell Pulse Staff Reporter Smartphones are not being used smartly by students in their classrooms. Many professors say with the temptation of texting and social media in their students’ hands, students tend to focus on their cell phones instead of the course content. David Lopez, an Education professor at Palo Alto College said, Read more

  • New PAC president values his South Texas roots

    By Sabrina Mitchell Pulse Staff Reporter Dr. Robert Garza is humbled to be the newest president of Palo Alto College in the Alamo Colleges District. He is the seventh person to lead Palo Alto College since it opened in 1985. Garza worked at Palo Alto College from 1999 to 2015 as dean of Student Success, Read more

  • Voter turnout remains questionable for midterm election

    By Thalía Guzmán Pulse Staff Reporter Voter registration rates in Texas have grown to a record-setting 15.6 million citizens in this midterm election, but it remains to be seen how many will actually cast their ballot on November 6. For young voters, it is important for them to be able to connect with the candidates before Read more

  • PAC launches Allied Health Program

    By Yesica Peña Pulse Staff Reporter In response to a high demand for professionals in the health care industry, Palo Alto College launched its first Allied Health Program this fall with a cohort of 22 students. Palo Alto is offering a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree for an entry-level position. “To me, it was like Read more

  • Palo Alto College host its first-ever TEDx

    By LeAnne Noguess Pulse Staff Reporter Everyone in attendance at Palo Alto’s first TEDx event on Sep. 15, 2018, had to battle unfriendly weather to hear the lively music that welcomed them in as if they were coming home.  A mariachi band playing and singing music was the first sound a person heard as soon as Read more

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