PAC Happenings

--Due to popular demand, preparations are underway for “PAC Recruitment Bash II” to be held in the Student Center, Aug. 8, from 2 to 7 p.m. Students will receive one-on-one assistance in the application, testing, advising, financial aid and registration process in a convenient, one-stop location.

--PAC participated in the San Antonio Education Partnership “Rising Stars Scholarship Recognition Program 2007” held at the AT&T Center, July 26. More than 3,700 students were recognized as being eligible to receive a scholarship from SAEP, provided they maintain an 80 grade point average and a 95 percent attendance rate.

--PAC’s Department of Financial Services is finalizing Federal Work Study agreements for hiring students to serve in community centers such as the Rosemont at Palo Alto apartment complexes, as reading tutors.

--PAC’s Children’s Library Summer Program “Matter Matters 2007” completed its second three-week session, July 26. Fifty 3rd and 4th graders from area schools attended the free program that focused on chemistry and related laboratory activities. Classes were taught by student teaching interns who were supervised and mentored by the Lead Librarian of the Children’s Services Division. The program was funded by an ACCD Foundation grant, Palo Alto College, and the City of San Antonio’s Free Lunch Program.

--PAC’s Natatorium hosted the 2007 Speedo Long Course Sectional Championships, July 25-29. The Speedo Sectional featured dramatic races on the final night of the long course meter swimming. Sean Leneave, representing the Woodlands Swim Team, closed out the meet with two titles. He won the 200 fly in 2:05.87 over Wesley Mullins, 17, of Longhorn Aquatics (2:07.75). Leneave then claimed the 200 IM in 2:07.90 to defeat Clint Hallum of the Dallas Mustangs (2:11.20). More than 700 swimmers from throughout Texas and Louisiana are participated in the tournament sanctioned by USA Swimming.