PAC Weekly Report

I was compiling the President's Weekly Report to the Chancellor and came across several items that I wanted to share with you regarding PAC faculty, staff and students that have occured over the past week:

--Approximately 35 students enrolled in the Upward Bound Program at PAC participated in the 11th Annual Cesar Chavez March that drew more than 20,000 participants in downtown San Antonio March 31. Dr. Federico Zaragoza, ACCD’s Vice Chancellor Professional, Technical and Workforce Education joined the students for the march and spoke with them individually and collectively afterward.

--PAC’s Dean of Learning Resources and two librarians attended a Texas Library Association (TLA) program committee meeting to coordinate final arrangements for the 2007 State-wide TLA Conference being held in San Antonio April 11-14. The conference will feature 230 programs and events, along with 450 vendors, as well as librarians from throughout Texas.

--PAC’s PACfest Committee, along with a San Antonio Health Department representative, met with 20 community food vendors to discuss sanitation, rules and regulations regarding food handling, preparation and service during the College’s upcoming Official Fiesta San Antonio event.

--Yolanda Reyes, a PAC recruiter; Sirena Abrego, a PAC student playing the role of the Palomino mascot; and PAC cheerleaders were highlighted at the San Antonio Rampage game Saturday night. A season-record 7,500 fans attended the hockey game, and hopefully took home information on all ACCD colleges.

--Ellen Shull, Michael Seiferth, and Dr. Mary-Ellen Jacobs of the PAC English Department acted as essay graders for the UIL Ready Writing Contest for District 26AAA, which includes high schools from Marion, La Vernia and Luling.

--Rich Bonnell attended the San Antonio Chapter meeting of the national Defense Transportation Association on March 27. Dean Gary Shelman and Frank Quijano attended a workshop in Austin regarding the development of a state-wide 1st year career foundation certificate in advanced manufacturing. PAC is anticipating the transfer of these 1st year students into the 2nd year of our Electro-Mechanical Technology program.

--The Ray Ellison Family Center has been asked to be included in a grant proposal spearheaded by the Daughters of Charities. The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications under the "Foundations for Learning Grants Program." The proposal will focus on school readiness through early childhood emotional, behavioral and social development. The concept is to hire a Master-level counselor who would provide services to children exhibiting behavioral issues working with the teachers and families.

There were several other items to report--equally important--but I must move on to other things! Keep up the good work!