PCC Foundation Awards $59,000 in Grants to Faculty & Staff

Pasadena City College Foundation 2014 Grants Recipients:

Gabriela Rayo, Math/Science Upward Bound Program

$3,000 - To provide field study opportunities for 60 MSUB students

Larisa Villa, Project LEAP:

$3,000 – To provide book vouchers given to students participating in Project LEAP

Peter P. Castro, Math and Sciences:

$3,000 – To produce computer animated videos demonstrating 3D aspects of organic chemistry

Sarah Barker, Visual Arts and Media Studies:

$3,000 – To purchase a Sony PMW-100 XDCAM HD422 camcorder

Tamara Knott-Silva, Math and Sciences

$3,000 – To purchase a microfit fitness program for movement based activity and theory courses

Yolanda McKay, Visual Arts and Media Studies

$3,000 – To purchase Glass Casting Tool and Equipment for student coursework

Erika Catanese, Math and Sciences:

$2,987 – Data Hub Devices and External CO2 Sensors for scientific field investigations

Zachary Matthews, Performing and Communications Arts:

$2,920 – To purchase an Apple MacBook Pro for the equipment room

Thomas Berg, Health Sciences:

$2,880 - To purchase the Vista Basic Infusion Pump for nursing skills laboratory

Henri George Saghians, Health Sciences:

$2,663 – To purchase anatomical models of the head/neck musculature and mandible

Angie Alvarez, TRIO Talent Search Program:

$2,500 – Supporting a college tour to San Diego for students in the Talent Search Summer Program

Jack Yang, First Year Pathways/International Student Activities:

$2,490 – Supporting a series of student programs, including Lunar New Year festivities for International Education Week

Jamal Ashraf, Math and Sciences:

$2,644 – To purchase the Google Glass Technology for student practice in the classroom

Jacqueline Quezada, TRIO Pre-College Program:

$2,400 – To purchase the ACT Plan and Explore assessments for students in the TRIO Pre-College Programs.

Louis K. Fung, Health Sciences:

$2,300 – To purchase Pellican Transport Cases for Dental Technology students doing public outreach activities

Sandra A. Sutton, Health Sciences:

$2,129 – To purchase denture instructing training modules

Juan P. Carreon, TRIO Pre-College Program:

$2,109 – To purchase a translation system for parent presentations

Joseph Futtner, Visual Arts and Media Studies:

$2,000 – To support semester study abroad programs in Florence and Oxford

Linda Stewart, Library:

$1,871 – To purchase equipment for the Digitization Skills Certificate Program

Xiaodan Leng, Math and Sciences:

$1,780 – To purchase Eye Gaze Tracking Devices for real-time classroom monitoring

Niki Dixon, TRIO Pre-College Program:

$1,500 – To purchase web-based digital courses (WASC approved) for incoming students

Mahara Sinclaire, Brian Tucker, & Jim Morphesis, Visual Arts & Media Studies:

$1,450 – To continue the invaluable Guest Lecture Series for VAMS students

Maryrose C. Mendoza, Visual Arts and Media Studies:

$900 – To support a monthly Lunch Hour Talk with working professional artists

Blanca S. Rodriguez, Health Sciences:

$887 – To purchase nylon cuff aneroid blood pressure cuffs for student use

Terry W. Stoddard, Math and Sciences:

$871 – To purchase Lifeguard Training Instructional Equipment

Bakhtawar Bhadha, Humanities:

$778 – To purchase anatomical models and charts for Psychology student use

Heba P. Griffiths, Student Affairs:

$633 – To purchase StrengthsQuest codes and training materials for Project LEAP students

William Ahrens, Visual Arts and Media Studies:

$600 – To create a database/cloud environment of scenes and monologues for theater arts students

Sebrenia A. Law, Health Sciences:

$597 – To purchase teaching stethoscopes for nursing student practice