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...
Peninsula College’s Alison Crumb was named Northwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year. Crumb, a Port Angeles native, guided her Pirates to an NWAC championship in March, the first in the history of women’s basketball at Peninsula...
Imagine running the computing infrastructure for the Pacific Northwest Centers for Disease Control during a major viral outbreak, which results in a full blown zombie apocalypse. Now imagine trying to keep information systems functioning during the ordeal,...
On the heels of a Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) win by Peninsula College’s women’s basketball team, the college was honored as the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month. “This award is a testament to the career development...
