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Adjunct faculty face financial injustice – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Adjunct faculty face financial injustice. Click image to enlarge. If you are a student attending the Alamo Colleges, chances are pretty good that you are being taught by at least one adjunct faculty, if not more. Recently, it’s been especially difficult because I have a dependent, an elderly parent, whose needs are greatly increasing each year. So it’s been a definite financial and time strain. Income gaps over the holidays and su...But t...
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College – Page 2 – Have you checked your Pulse today?
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Graduation rate slipping below national average. Continue reading →. Board of Trustees debate tuition change. Continue reading →. Palo Alto College houses San Antonio’s poetry archive. Continue reading →. PAC wraps up 30 years with festivities. Continue reading →. The jury is out on RateMyProfessors.com. Continue reading →. New advising system helps students graduate. Continue reading →. Presidential election around the corner.
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Internships make for a better future – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Internships make for a better future. Veronica Sandoval, peer adviser, helps a student use PAC Connect in the Career Service Center. Photo by Deven Malone. Summer internships allow students to gain work experience while pursuing their degree. Internships help build student resumes and increase their chances of being hired. A Fortune 500 company. As a bonus, the internship might land you a full-time job in the future. Students should also ...
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Launch your career as an entrepreneur – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Launch your career as an entrepreneur. Fellow Entrepreneur Annamaria Malara at the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network event in New York City. Learning the basics of entrepreneurship can help students take that first step onto a new career path. Passion and willpower are only the first step, though. Knowledge in many different fields, both related to business and to your specific field of interest, is also absolutely necessary. Being ab...
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Few Palo Alto classrooms explore environmental issues – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Few Palo Alto classrooms explore environmental issues. Palo Alto student recycling. Photo by Nia Jaramillo. Many students are unaware of the importance of recycling, energy conservation and sustainable/clean energy, but climate change is an issue that affects everyone. The Alamo Colleges’ Sustainability Policy. Promotes environmental literacy, but only a handful of Palo Alto College professors incorporate it into their curriculum. Profess...
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Small victories for students but battle continues – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Small victories for students but battle continues. Students hold protest signs during the Alamo Colleges District Board Meeting. Photo by Juliet Mendoza. Palo Alto College Student Leadership Coalition and Alamo Colleges faculty spoke loud and clear. At the District Board Meeting on March 24, 2015, resulting in some small wins. Major concerns are still being resolved. Leslie said, I was listening. Dr Mike Flores, PAC’s president, said, If ...
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Save money and eat yummy near PAC – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Save money and eat yummy near PAC. Taqueria San Juan Mexican Restaurant on 410 on 11015 Highway 16 South serving up great Mexican food. By Christopher Vasquez. Replenishing your appetite is important for busy college students, but deciding where to eat can be difficult if you’re new to Palo Alto and the South Side. You can never go wrong with a burrito, said Gamez. The top halves of the walls are painted a Southwestern shade of pink with ...
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Rise in mental health issues among college students – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Rise in mental health issues among college students. Palo Alto College student struggles with the stress of college coursework. With mental health issues on the rise among college students, it may be difficult to tell the difference between stress and something more serious. Five major mental health areas affect college students: depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders and addiction. Depression accounts for 36.4 percent of ment...
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Many PAC students display apathy toward politics – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? Many PAC students display apathy toward politics. Click on image to enlarge. Students of Somos Mas. Photo by BarbaraJean Ramos. Palo Alto College is a microcosm of a representative democracy that depends on students to step up their action on a community and national level. PAC Government Professor Gabriel Ume is accustomed to a range of attitudes in his classroom from those who are apathetic to those who are interested in the key issues.
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PAC Explorers today, San Antonio Police Department tomorrow – The Pulse of Palo Alto College
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The Pulse of Palo Alto College. Have you checked your Pulse today? PAC Explorers today, San Antonio Police Department tomorrow. Pictures are students from the Palo Alto Explorer program as they pose in front of the Alamo Photo contributed by the San Antonio Southside Explorers. Students from the Alamo Colleges are participating in a program that is helping young adults develop character, good citizenship and leadership skills. We’re looking for honest people who really want to be there and are doing it f...