Sustainability talks PCC addresses recent events on campus

“All of the other schools are starting to notify students, so, hopefully, we’ll be hearing positive feedback from students,” Salter said. “Of course, there are students who don’t get into their dream schools and we do have support for them, such as the appeal process.”

Salter reported that COVID-19 have negatively affected Pierce students' knowledge on the admission and transfer process.

“When I ask students questions like how many units they need to transfer and when I hear crickets, I get really nervous,” Salter said.

To help the Pierce students with admissions to universities, Salter and the Transfer Center have created a summer camp focused on helping students with the information and questions about the transfer process.

“We do have our transfer summer camp, which will only have 150 spots and will be dual delivery,” Salter said. “It’s three Fridays, and is a really fabulous event, especially for students who are confused on how many units they need.”

Salter continued to illustrate the summer camp’s major asset of helping elevate the student’s full grasp on not only the transfer process, but their careers and financial aid overall.

“Students will go through two full days of transfer bootcamp in which everything about UCs, private universities, CSUs, and out of state universities will be covered,” Salter said. “They will apply for two scholarships and will walk away with an essay, their personal statement, and we’ll have English faculty coming to help them along with their college lists consisting of where they apply to.”

Treasurer Alex Villalta detailed the upcoming Pierce Automotive Department’s connection with the LAPD in their efforts to help limit the recent catalytic converter theft circulating the San Fernando Valley.

“LAPD is going to tag the catalytic converters and we’re going to help them with that,” Villalta said.

Villalta praised the event as something that can truly change the San Fernando Valley for the better.

“We can help with locks, brackets and so on,” Villalta said. “People are trying anything they can to prevent this, and that’s why I think its so important for Pierce to work with the LAPD because I think it's going to help the local community.”

In addition, Performing Arts Director Shaheen Vaaz announced the department’s new play premiering next week.

“‘American Alien’ is coming up and will be opening next week, May 6, and is a devised play about immigration and created by 25 students and myself,” Vaaz said. “It is a great play and is quick without intermission, has music, and the students are really passionate about this piece.”

BY JAYNA KUKLIN

Editor/ Reporter

Sustainability remained a hot topic during the Pierce College Council (PCC) meeting on April 21 on Zoom.

The Council followed up on Action Items 19 and 20, which were gone over at the last PCC meeting on March 24.

Action Items 19 and 20 were based on a motion to create a sustainability evaluation committee as well as $2,000 for a guest speaker, and were passed by the Council at the last meeting with 14 in favor and one abstention.

But some questions were raised about those Action Items, primarily on income.

“Did the President approve an amount of money without a source?”

Budget Committee Chair Eddie Tchertchian asked for clarification.

Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher confirmed that the Action Items have been passed without a source of income.

Schleicher, who filled in for Interim President Ara Aguiar, kicked off the meeting by welcoming new Vice President of

Student Services Jason Cifra to Pierce and the PCC.

“Thank you for being here, Jason. I’m glad to have you on board,” Schleicher said.

Schleicher also thanked ASO Co-Adviser Juan Carlos Astorga for driving a lot of programs to the best of his abilities.

“We actually had a Garden Society event on March 26,” Schleicher said of some events that took place on campus. “We had many members come in from the community, such as Keith Peabody, participate in that.”

Peabody is an Instructional Assistant in the Horticulture department.

Schleicher explained that the Garden Society event gave them a showcase that was not only for chemical gardens but also for the arboretum area, which allowed them to speak toward their new programs and facilities.

“Another highlight was our Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) training event that took place on April 7,” Schleicher said praising the event. “It is part of our mercy training we continue to do and that exercise went well, even though many of you were on spring break.”

Deputy Nicholas Saldivar echoed Schleicher’s statement in a letter that the SWAT event had gone well and that the campus was running smoothly.

ASO President Qais Azizi revised and approved the ASO Senate Resolution Part One: Multicultural Center.

“I reached out to Professor Gendron to be put on our faculty meeting to make a presentation with me along with some of our other senators,” Azizi said.

Azizi also announced that there will be elections coming up for two new senators for ASO.

Co-Chair of the Technology Committee and Representative of the Budget Committee Ron Paquette announced that the committee held conversations about changing the name of the school website from piercecollege.edu to LAPierceCollege.edu or LAPC. edu.

COVID-19 Safety Officer Paul Nieman said in a COVID-19 review while case numbers and hospitalization numbers are low, masks are still required unless you were sitting in your private office with the door closed.