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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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  • Single parents juggle school and work

    By Marcie Arriola Pulse Staff Reporter As any full-time college student knows, keeping up with assignment deadlines is tough. Add raising a child and working into the mix, and the demands get overwhelming quickly. The problem lies in being a single parent with no outside help. This is often what forces mothers or fathers raising Read more

  • Laptop checkouts now available at library

    By Aide Barrientos Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College’s library began a new laptop service that will offer eight laptops for checkout to current Palo Alto students. Tina Mesa, dean of Learning Resources, is on the forefront of this new service that opened on February 17 this Spring 2014 semester. “The laptop checkouts are more Read more

  • Waiting for the dust to settle

    By Leslie Diaz Pulse staff reporter Construction on the Palo Alto campus and on surrounding streets may cause inconvenience for many people, but the benefits will bring energy efficiency and better roadways. A Chilled Water Tower is being built to help Palo Alto College be more energy efficient. According to Sergio Rivera, Facilities superintendent, the Read more

  • Early College High Schools heading to PAC

    By Clayton Hendry Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College is partnering with Harlandale, Southside, Somerset, Lytle, Poteet and Southwest independent school districts as well as New Frontiers Charter School to offer early college high school program for future students by Fall 2014. This is not a dual-credit program.  With dual credit, high school students start Read more

  • Scholarships benefit students at Palo Alto College

    By Carla Salazar Pulse staff reporter Palo Alto College has approximately 8,000 students. Of these, 300 received scholarships for Spring 2014. Palo Alto College has a scholarship program that is available for any college student to apply. Going online onto the website, you will find an application to fill out, which offers more than 30 different Read more

  • South Side high school students lag behind

    By Alyssa De La O Pulse staff reporter Palo Alto College enrolls a lot of high school students who come from the South Side of San Antonio, and many struggle when transitioning to college. The reasons why vary. Some were not given encouragement at home or in school. Some had weak teachers. Some had low Read more

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