PAC Student Media

Palo Alto College celebrated the 125th anniversary of Fiesta, San Antonio’s annual 11-day party, in a big way on Thursday, April 21, 2016. This family-friendly South Side event–filled with food, music, a children’s area, a carne asada contest, spectacular fireworks and more–gave Palo Alto students, faculty, staff and community neighbors a chance to kick back and Read more

By Jasmine Treviño Pulse Staff Reporter On March 26, 2016, Sandra Cisneros gave a free public reading at Palo Alto College. Every one of the 450 seats in the auditorium was taken; the writer’s San Antonio homecoming had been anticipated for months. Dr. Alma Perez, a novelist from Zapata, Texas, traveled to San Antonio to Read more

By Krystal Garza Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College opened its doors to Nelson Lemeria Ole Ngotiek, a Maasai Moran (warrior) and youth leader from Ilaramatak, Narok County, Kenya. Nelson is here on a cultural program to educate both PAC and the local community on Maasai culture and heritage. The Maasai are usually associated with Read more

By Jose Valenzuela Pulse Staff Reporter Participatory budgeting is a way to let students, faculty and staff make decisions on what the school should spend its money on. “We are the only community college in the United States doing participatory budgeting (PB),” said Anthony Perez, the college coordinator of high school programs. Palo Alto College Read more

By Jasmine Treviño Pulse Staff Reporter According to recent performance updates, PAC’s graduation rate has increased 5.9 percent over the last three years. This and other topics were covered on Thursday, March 28, 2016, when Dr. Mike Flores, president of Palo Alto College, held a Town Hall meeting in the PAC Performing Arts Center, Room Read more

By Alexandro Luna Pulse Staff Reporter Barbara Jean Ramos, a Mexican-American Studies major and president of the Palo Alto College student organization Somos MAS, accepted the first-ever Premio Estudiante de Atzlan Award for her community service engagement and academic achievements at the National Conference for Chicana and Chicano Studies – Tejas Foco in February. “It Read more