Mini Profile: Corinne St. Claire
Professor Corinne St. Claire outside the Business Building on Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on October 10, 2024. Photo by Veronica Rosas.
Corinne St. Claire was working IT and saving up for a skydiving certification when the Covid shut down happened.
While in lockdown, her yoga instructor encouraged...
Computer science, let’s talk about IT
Eyes fixed to a monitor, mind in total focus, Alex Chen works attentively tapping away with all 10 fingers on a keyboard.
Chen, an instructional assistant for Information Technology (IA-IT), has worked at Pierce College since 2001. He has about six-to-eight different duties in his current position which he says he enjoys.
Chen has converted old Novell network technology within the...
A Hero’s Journey
Story and photos by Ava Weintraub
Brain surgery couldn’t keep this dedicated teacher away
The diagnosis was dire. The doctors said he had about a week to live and to get his affairs in order.
It was a type of brain tumor called a “schwannoma,” a benign tumor that grows around the sheath of the cranial nerves. But this was a big...