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Raider baseball takes regional title
The Raider Baseball team swept the Tacoma Community College Titans to earn the 2012 Western Region Title.
The Raiders back-to-back titles are also the only two regional titles in the program’s 40 year history. The team is currently ranked second in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges’ Coaches Poll, and 11th on the West Coast in the ABCA Coaches Poll.
The Raiders ended their season with a league record of 22-2.
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Pierce College selected into the Achieving the Dream Network
Signifying a strong commitment to student success and completion, Pierce College is one of 25 institutions selected this year into the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network, the nation’s most comprehensive non-governmental reform network for student success in higher education. Pierce College will begin immediately identifying strategies to close achievement gaps and increase student retention, persistence, and completion rates.
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Fort Steilacoom
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Student Elections: Voting. Vote for your favorite candidates for student government.
Noon – Outdoor Lecture Series: Memories of a Mountain Climber with Lou Whittaker. HEC 302. Free.
Puyallup
All day – Dinosaurs take on humans in this campus-wide competition. Sign up in C210.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Colossal Car Wash. Free car wash. Loading dock behind the College Center.
Noon and 5 p.m. – T-Rex Pizza Feed. C210. Free.
Look ahead…Sign up in C210 (Pierce Puyallup) to show off your talents at the Open Mic Night from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the College Center. Free!
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Pierce Fort Steilacoom included on the prestigious Aspen list
For the second time in as many years, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has named Pierce College Fort Steilacoom to its list of the nation’s 120 best community colleges for its high standards for learning, college completion without delay, and service as a training ground for jobs that pay competitive wages.
Pierce is one of only six colleges in Washington to be named to the 2012 list.
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Stay safe on campus this spring
Anyone can be a target for crime. Most criminals are opportunists, however, and rely on the fact that victims are not paying attention to their surroundings, or may not know what to do if they are victimized. Check out some important tips from Campus Safety on how to reduce the odds of being victimized, and how to handle yourself if you are.
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Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet set for April 28
Join us as we celebrate the induction of the second class of the Raider Athletics Hall of Fame on April 28 in the Health Education Center at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom. This year’s banquet will recognize and honor the very best of Pierce College and Fort Steilacoom Community College. Event details and tickets will be available from the Raider Athletics office at (253) 964-6613.
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SLAM receptions celebrate student creativity
The 2012 release of SLAM, the annual student literary arts magazine, will be marked by receptions celebrating the work of student writers, photographers, artists, and performance artists.
At Fort Steilacoom, the SLAM release reception will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, in the theatre (Cascade 320). At Pierce Puyallup, the reception will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, in the Connection Cafe (second level College Center).
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Foundation gets a boost from Steilacoom Chamber
Cindy McKitrick, president of the Steilacoom Chamber of Commerce and a Pierce College alumnus, presented Pierce College Foundation Board Treasurer Linda Evanson with a $2,000 check to support student scholarships at the March 16 Breakfast with the President at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom.
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