Tag: Palo Alto College
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Palo Alto College launches Community Garden project
By Thalía Guzmán Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College’s Horticulture program, Student Life, and the S.H.A.R.E Center are launching a new project to increase health and wellness in the community. The Community Garden at Palo Alto College will teach the student body and the surrounding community how to cultivate their own food. The new…
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High school students earn associate degrees
By Samuel Gomez Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College will make history this May when it rewards hard-working high school students with a head start on their academic futures. In May 2018, the inaugural senior class of the Frank L. Madla Early College High School at Palo Alto College will receive both their distinguished…
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The tassel is worth the hassle
By Lauren Cortez Pulse Staff Reporter With spring semester coming to an end, students have a lot to anticipate. One of the biggest things is graduation on May 19 at 1 p.m. at the Freeman Coliseum. For an estimated of 1,396 graduates this spring, Palo Alto College will be the first higher education milestone for…
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PAC Logistics team runs with the big dogs
By Alexander Valdez Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College’s Logistics Team won fourth place at the 37th Annual Operation Stimulus (OpStim) Conference and Case Competition held in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 1 and 2. OpStim is a two-day in-depth supply chain and logistics case study for colleges and universities to showcase their team’s critical thinking…
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PAC builds leaders with entrepreneur program
By Andrew Morin Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto’s the home of many innovative ideas. Through such innovation, a free 6-week Startup (Entrepreneur) Boot Camp for students and faculty was born. The Boot Camp for this quarter is taking place from March 23, 2018, to May 6, 2018. The Learning Company, based out of the Alamo…
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PAC faculty implements learning outcomes for students
By Alyssa Ytuarte Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College professors are improving their curriculum with the help of key assignments. The main goal of Palo Alto’s professors is to better educate their students with knowledge and skills not only in their classes but also for life. Key assignments demonstrate students’ communication, critical thinking, empirical and…
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Students helping to keep PAC safe
By JuanJose Ruelas Pulse Staff Reporter Students are taking precautions with suspicious activity and are being taught to say something if they see something at Palo Alto College. The Alamo Colleges Police Department is getting students involved. Fliers around campus provide contact information if something out of the ordinary occurs. If students report a crime…
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Palo Alto student dazzles audience at Carnegie Hall
One student’s adventure to showcase his love for music.
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Child Labor today, Clothes in America tomorrow
By Lauren Cortez Pulse Staff Reporter 1865 was the year America ratified the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery, but more than 150 years later, Americans still support slavery. Over 200 million children in the world are child laborers, most of whom work in dangerous conditions for little to no pay. Twenty-eight companies that we…
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PAC stands with DREAMers
By Alexander Valdez Pulse Staff Reporter Close to one million young immigrants, including 87 recorded Palo Alto College students, face the threat of deportation as the debate over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals continues. Former President Barack Obama created DACA through Executive Order in 2012 to help people who came into the U.S. illegally…
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Excessive hours penalties to impact students
By Samuel Gomez Pulse Staff Reporter In an effort to keep students on track, Alamo Colleges will increase tuition for students who are taking longer than expected to complete their coursework. The long-standing three-peat tuition policy and the newly-implemented 18-hour rule for developmental courses will add hundreds of dollars to a student’s tuition if they…
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Farmer’s Market brings healthy choices to PAC community
By Molly Crisp Pulse Staff Reporter Farmer’s Markets are full of affordable fresh fruits and vegetables and many other natural products. Now, Palo Alto students, faculty and staff have access to one on campus. Palo Alto’s S.H.A.R.E. Center (Student Health, Advocacy, Resource and Engagement) hosts a Farmer’s Market every fourth Monday from 9 a.m. until…
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Palo Alto College Speech Department offers unique scholarship opportunity
By Delilah Perez Pulse Staff Reporter Most scholarships require a written essay that explains your reasoning for why you deserve someone else’s money to attend college. Palo Alto College’s Speech Department is giving students a chance to apply for scholarships by speaking, not writing. 2018 is the second year that the PAC Speech Competition will…
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PAC wins prestigious National Science Foundation grant
By Ryan Ojeda Pulse Staff Reporter Prestige, pride and inspiration will be the sensations of the students who acquire the National Science Foundation grant that Palo Alto College obtained called the S-STEM. The S-STEM, otherwise known as the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, is a $650,000 program provided by the NSF that aids…
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DACA removal leaves recipients in distress
By Adrianna Alejandro Pulse Staff Reporter With President Donald J. Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, the future of the program’s recipients, known as the Dreamers, remains unclear. “Everything is day by day. It’s very difficult to predict what [Trump] may or may not do. But I’m…
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Campus empty in the afternoons and on Fridays
By Ian Flores Pulse staff reporter With Palo Alto College’s enrollment around 9,500 students, the campus is consistently packed in the early morning to around noon with students heading to class or hanging out with friends and classmates. However, in the afternoons and on Fridays, it’s the total opposite of the usual hustle and bustle.…
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