Medical Assisting Students Explain What Makes the Program Special What makes Peninsula College Medical Assisting Program graduates so special? According to Rachel Pairsh, the program’s director, there are many factors, the most vital being the students...
Our ESL classroom for immigrants at Peninsula College is a one-room schoolhouse. This is the K-12 equivalent of having kindergarten through eighth grade together in the same room with one teacher. Remember, kindergarteners often don’t know...
We’re told that the world is becoming smaller, that we need to understand other cultures better, we need to travel, become more tolerant, respect differences, celebrate diversity, etc. So, shouldn’t we all feel closer and be nicer to each other? You’d...
New Year’s is my favorite holiday. You might assume that’s because of the revelry, fireworks, get-togethers, and counting down the new year. All that is fine. And fun. What appeals to me most about the turning of the calendar, however, is reflection....
Trying to figure out how to access education benefits from the Veterans Administration can be intimidating. Or so we veterans like to think. PC has an amazing Veterans Services team and it’s growing. I am the newest member of this team, coming in as the Veteran...
Making the rounds at PC’s main campus means patrolling 72 acres of property and covering a parking area that encompasses approximately 500 parking spaces, with as many as 1,200 students, faculty, and staff during peak times. Daunting? Not at all! Peninsula...
As a sign language interpreter for Peninsula College I believe that creating an environment of awareness, with regard to Deaf culture, on the PC campus, increases the value of students’ college experience. With this in mind, I recently developed...
An empty wooden pallet and a pile of junk metal might not be the stuff of inspiration to most people, but in the hands of welding students at Peninsula College, that junk is transformed into works of art that offer multiple learning opportunities along...
Last summer, I moved to the Peninsula to become a Greenhorn Farmer. I’d been visiting the Pacific Northwest for years and fell in love with what attracts most people to our area – the trees, the beaches, and the mountains. Another thing about Clallam...
You may have heard the terms sustainable gardening or sustainable landscaping being talked about lately. So…. what are sustainable landscapes? It is the idea and implementation of building a landscaped environment which is in harmony with the local...
