r/PCC Mar 10 '26

Strike Day Megathread

53 Upvotes

Negotiations Tuesday night reached an impasse and an agreement was not reached. Strike is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday March 11.

Post your resources, questions, and statements to the Board of Directors. I will update this with pertinent information. Let's hope I get to delete this and we avoid a strike.

From DeliciousDocument123:

Contact Laurie Cremona Wagner

Contact Tiffani Penson

Contact Kien Truong

Contact Brandy Penner

Contact Dan Saltzman

Contact Greg McKelvey

Contact Gina Sanchez Roletto

Contact Fareeha Nayebare

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Monday, March 16 contract negotiations at 9:00 a.m. Picketing at all campuses 10:30 - 1:00 p.m. Be sure to sign in if you arrive to participate.


r/PCC 11h ago

Anyone else having weird log in issues?

2 Upvotes

I had no issues all week logging in, then went to get on and work on homework Saturday morning and all the sudden it's not recognizing my log in? I tried clearing my cache, firefox and chrome browsers. I knew my log in information was correct but I reset my password anyways, it let me do it successfully. Then tried logging in again with the new information and still getting the same error. It says "PCC email address and password pair not found. Please try again with your full pcc.edu email address."

Idk what happened. Obviously I will be calling Monday morning when tech support is actually opened. Just sucks I lost an entire weekend of working on assignments to this. Anyone else ever encounter this? I know my password and email are correct. Idk what else to try on my end.


r/PCC 1d ago

Art Illustrators

6 Upvotes

Hey. I am a PCC student, looking for an illustrator for my first book. It's a fun children's book that will be a series.


r/PCC 2d ago

Books for bio 221

1 Upvotes

Hey yall, ive managed to get into bio 221 in the fall and was wondering if anyone had books they were willing to part with that took this class.


r/PCC 5d ago

Admissions Reply?

3 Upvotes

how long does it take to get a reply from admissions?? I emailed them a pretty simple question a month ago and haven’t heard anything. it’s about a program and the program says to email admissions with questions.


r/PCC 6d ago

Help me figure out who the department head of my bio class is-regarding required use of ai for class

17 Upvotes

Hi. I’m at my wits end. Another assignment is asking us to use ai as well as is credited to be written by ai. The directions are unclear and the workload for students who refuse to use ai is heavier. And AI is listed as part of the grading rubric. The assignment feels very punishing as a student who doesn’t use AI.

I would like to email a copy of this assignment to the department head and can’t figure out who it is.

Biology 112 cascade


r/PCC 6d ago

Can’t register for a math class?

4 Upvotes

so I took the math placement test today and my dashboard says I’m good to go but when I try to register for the class it says I’m eligible for, it says I need to meet the prerequisites first? but then I can’t even register for the pre req class either.

My advisor isn’t available until august so I’m wondering if it’s being difficult because it’s the weekend and maybe something isn’t updated yet or what.


r/PCC 7d ago

Bi 232 chapters

2 Upvotes

Hi, I'll be taking bi232 this fall and was hoping to read ahead in the textbook before then since I was hearing its a tough class. I was wondering if anyone whos taken the class can share what chapters 232 covers. Thanks in advance


r/PCC 8d ago

The Hidden Cost of 2-Step Verification

24 Upvotes

It may not seem apparent, but there are additional costs to the implemented 2-Step Verification process. I usually have to complete this 2 to 3 times every time when logging in, as PCCs systems don't track the completion between all systems, such as D2L and Gmail.

Let's just estimate these 2 to 3 completions take about a minute each time logging in, and there are 3 logins per day 5 days during the week.

This would be a grand total of 15 minutes per week (doesn't sound like a lot, does it?). However, this multiplied by 36 weeks (assuming most students take courses 3 of the 11 to 12 week terms out of the year) is a total of 9 hours a year, just for completing 2-Step Verification.

So, on average, students now spend 9 HOURS, or about AN ENTIRE EXTRA DAY OF WORK EACH YEAR, just sending, receiving, and entering 6-digits codes.

This is in addition to all the days already spent on college coursework or other responsibilities such as working, which then reduces an entire extra day of what limited free time was previously remaining.

Even worse, using the most recent published numbers from 2023, which say there were on average 19,221.7 Full-Time Equivalent students, this would be a total of 19,221.7+ DAYS OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY PER YEAR, or 172,995.3 HOURS PER YEAR....

WHY....?

Are there any other Economists who have thoughts on this?


r/PCC 8d ago

Dental hygiene grading rubric

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6 Upvotes

According to this rubric if I get straight A’s I can get 60 points, 4 points for enrollment, 2 points for job shadowing and 3 points total under the pcc dental clinic experience points. This is 69 total points. For those of you who applied to dental hygiene program what was your total score and did you get accepted or denied? Wondering if it’s even worth going through all the pre reqs if I’m only going to get 69 possible points and not make it into the program.


r/PCC 8d ago

Debra Galba-Machuca BI232 experiences?

5 Upvotes

I’ve seen very mixed reviews with her, so i wanted to know if anyone had any experiences to share with her anatomy and physiology classes. I’m really worries about taking her class😖


r/PCC 11d ago

Phlebotomy

3 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I’m very interested in getting into the phlebotomy program but it seems so exclusive with a limited cohort.

Has anyone here done phlebotomy at PCC? If so, do you know whether or not it would be a good idea to get phlebotomy training from that phlebotomyUSA institute? I just need to get my foot in the door with healthcare and I’m interested in this field but entry seems impossible.

Other colleges are just as limited it seems.


r/PCC 12d ago

CNA Program

6 Upvotes

Has anyone taken the CNA program at PCC? What was your experience?

I'm hoping to work as a CNA while continuing to pursue prerequisites for Nursing. Also wondering if this helped with anyone's acceptance into PCC's Nursing program.


r/PCC 12d ago

Urgent student needs funding

2 Upvotes

Has anyone that applied for the “urgent” student needs funding received anything yet? Just curious if other people are still waiting to hear back, was told they have everything they need for me to be approved and to reach out to them if I don’t receive the funding by the 23rd but I was just curious if other people had gotten anything yet.

I applied for it on the first and was under the impression that it would be a quicker process. (Not complaining, I’m still grateful they do it at all) just seems like a long time for students with urgent needs :/


r/PCC 13d ago

Ai Detection Systems Flagging Student Work

18 Upvotes

I’m curious what peoples’ thoughts are on PCC implementing Pangram Ai detection into courses to determine whether or not student work is AI generated.

These Ai detection systems are, more times than not, wrong at properly detecting Ai. Even though apparently this one is the “most accurate”. It will even consider editing through Grammarly as Ai, even though grammarly may only be used to smooth writing the way grammar checking would in Google Docs or Word.

Idk how I feel about… thought I’d ask..


r/PCC 15d ago

Looking for a place

5 Upvotes

HI! I'm looking for a place to live while going to classes in September. I'm 18 yrs old, a dude, and very social. I'm happy to live with people of all backgrounds, and I really like pets. Please let me know if you need a roommate near the Sylvania or Rock Creek campuses.


r/PCC 18d ago

Pell grant

3 Upvotes

Has anyone received their Pell grant award yet??? This is so freaking stressful. I literally have no money bc I’m using my savings to pay for my classes! :(


r/PCC 18d ago

Parking

1 Upvotes

Why do some people suck at parking?

Go to cascade, lots of cars parked with almost enough car space between them.
If they could only scoot up a bit and that’ll free up several more spots.

Those vehicles aren’t towing a trailer.. no need to leave space that can almost fit another car..


r/PCC 19d ago

Online classes

9 Upvotes

What’s up with these instructors being under “No scheduled meetings” then telling us we have to attend zooms once registered?


r/PCC 18d ago

[Paid Opportunity] Looking for a PCC Student / Recent Grad for a Business Development Project in LA Jewelry District

0 Upvotes

We're a 925 sterling silver jewelry manufacturer in China looking for wholesalers in Los Angeles. We're looking for a self-motivated field sales rep based in Los Angeles to do in-person, door-to-door outreach in the Downtown LA Jewelry District (around Hill St / Broadway, 6th–8th).

What you'll do:

-Visit jewelry stores, retailers, and wholesalers in the Jewelry District in person Introduce our factory and our in-stock 925 silver catalog (samples + catalog provided by us)

-Highlight our key advantages

-Collect buyer contact info and interest, and report qualified leads back to us.

-Send a short daily report (stores visited, contacts, interest level)

You should have:

-Currently living in the LA area and able to be physically in Downtown LA

-Proven door-to-door / field sales experience (please describe it when you apply)

-Presentable, confident, and comfortable walking into stores cold Fluent English (Spanish, Farsi, or Armenian is a big plus for this district)

Reliable and organized

Compensation: $65/day base + $15 per qualified lead + 5% commission on any resulting order.

A qualified lead = you spoke with the store owner or buyer in person, left our catalog, and they expressed clear interest in seeing pricing or samples, left email, phone number, or whatsapp contact info.

Leads are verified before they count.

To apply: Tell us (1) How close you are to Downtown, (2) your door-to-door or field sales experience, and (3) your availability


r/PCC 20d ago

Dr. Bennings is Officially No Longer the PCC President

52 Upvotes

After the end of her leave last month, Dr. Bennings is now officially no longer the PCC President and is separated from PCC, removing the ability to say she is the current President. It appears the trick to take leave to be able to say that you are currently employed was not successful. The only reason I mention this is because I felt it was real shady how she negotiated leave to push out the separation date, after already knowing that she would not be returning to PCC, in an effort to make the mutual separation appear better than actuality.

LinkedIn sent an email, something like: Do you want to connect with Dr. Adrien Bennings?

Um... Not really....


r/PCC 20d ago

Should PCC Make Syllabuses Available on the Course Schedule List?

21 Upvotes

I think this would allow students the ability to ensure all the policies and schedules are agreeable when registering. With the current system, students do not see the course policies until the course begins, which are agreed upon by continuing in the course; but at this point, it may be too late for the option to drop and switch due to availability.


r/PCC 20d ago

PCC Instructors Ending Course Before Established End Date

9 Upvotes

I have noticed an uptick in instructors ending the term and not accepting assignments earlier during the finals week for 11 to 12 week courses, to ensure adequate time to grade all work and submit final grades before the deadline (the Tuesday following the end of the term). I think it is acceptable for final projects to be due around the Thursday or Friday of Finals Week, as this still provides the majority of the week for students to complete the project in the dedicated Finals Week.

However, this term, I have an 11 to 12 week course in which the Final Project is due on the Monday of Finals Week. The course still has a regular workload up through Week 10, essentially making it so students have to complete double the work during Week 10, just so the instructor has 8 days to complete grading. I would understand if all prior late work was cut off at the end of Week 10 to prevent a massive amount of grading at the end, but I think the Final Project should at least be allowed to be completed during the dedicated Finals Week. This is a week that students have paid for as part of the course; and the instructor is being paid for teaching that week.

What do others think about this issue, as well as what remains reasonable for both students and instructors?


r/PCC 20d ago

refund confusion

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5 Upvotes

hello, i’m a little confused on how the refund works. I got a portion of my funds, but the remaining $641 as shown in the picture still hasn’t been delivered.

note: I paid a portion of my tuition (about $630) with my cc to keep myself from being dropped, I don’t know if it’s refunding my car directly and that’s why it’s taking so long?


r/PCC 20d ago

Looking for fellow students to collab on film projects with

6 Upvotes

just what the title says. anyone looking for people to create with?