Allied Health Department Set for Fall
By Dave Moore
Assistant News Editor
A new department, rising out of
the Life Sciences Department, has
been born at PCC.
Allied health classes, formerly
under the jurisdiction of the Life
Sciences Department, will go under
the heading of Allied Health
Department beginning in the fall
semester. The department will be
headed by Pauline C. Anderson,
who formerly worked in the Oc¬
cupational Education program at
PCC.
Dr. John Babel, chairman of the
Life Sciences Department, saw a
need to create the new department.
“The allied health courses are
specialized, and have been ex¬
panding rapidly,” he said. “Classes
are held in two or three buildings on
campus, plus numerous off-campus
locations. Since the other life
science courses are now housed in
the new Paramedical-Sciences
Building, it was difficult to main¬
tain close contact with the in¬
structors.
“It was also difficult to keep up-
to-date with new developments in
that area,” he continued. “There is
a great deal of paperwork and
preparation connected' with the
allied health program to maintain
accreditation and develop new
courses. It was impossible for one
person to manage these courses and
the entire Life Sciences Depart¬
ment. I think this new department,
and department chairman, will
benefit the classes greatly.”
There are now 94 courses that fall
under the new department, with
additional supportive classes for
each program. Approximately 600
students are presently enrolled in
the classes but, according to Mrs.
Anderson, new programs which will
be developed may increase that
number.
Classes which formerly belonged
to the Life Sciences Department but
are now housed in the Allied Health
High-Paying Jobs
Classes Available
Now for Welders
PCC students preparing for a
career in welding have classes in
gas, metallic, and production
welding available to them in the
first summer session.
Welding students are urged to
complete the two-year program,
yet many are hired before com¬
pletion.
“Several of my students are now
starting summer jobs at $26,000,”
said Vincent Uhl, a PCC welding
instructor. “They have completed a
two-year curriculum at PCC and
will begin working 40 hours a week
on a nuclear reactor. Needless to
say, they are pleased with their
career choice.”
According to Uhl, the fate of
welders was, at one time, un¬
certain.
“After World War II,” he said,
“people thought that welders would
be a 'dime a dozen.’ But that just
never happened. In fact, as our
technology increases, so do the
welding jobs.
“You’ll find welders working in
every phase of industry,” he said.
“All of my students who wanted to
work have jobs for the summer—
and many could have full-time
employment.”
Uhl says that there are almost as
many different kinds of jobs as
there are people to fill them. For
instance, one state is looking for
competent welders— starting
salary $75,000.
“I know that sounds fantastic,”
said Uhl. “But the state doing the
hiring is Alaska. The hours will be
long, and, needless to say, very
cold.”
In addition to teaching the more
practical welding classes, Uhl also
teaches a welding art course at the
college. "I enjoy all aspects of
welding, and I like to see my
students do the same thing,” he
said.
Uhl has developed a technique of
working with metal that he refers to
as a “metal sculpture” of “metal
pictures.” Actually, it is a method
of creating a three-dimensional
effect on a flat surface through the
use of various colors and welding
techniques. Many of his works have
been exhibited throughout the area.
“The most exciting thing about
this technique is that it has never
been done before,”’ said Uhl. “This
is an absolutely new field— nothing
can match that kind of ex¬
citement.”
One of his most recent works, a
three-dimensional fish which
measures 35 feet from head to tail,
will soon be on display in Hawaii.
“I was asked to construct the
scales, using my color and
dimensional techniques,” Uhl
explained. “It’s been a real
challenge.”
Practical or artistic — for work or
hobby— PCC offers a wide range of
welding classes.
Trustees Approve Salary
Increase for All Employees
The PCC Board of Trustees ap¬
proved June 20 a seven per cent
salary boost for both certificated
and classified personnel.
The offer to the faculty is an in¬
crease of .4 per cent over a previous
offer made by the board of 6.6 per
cent. The offer fell short of an ap¬
proximated 10 per cent increase
asked for by the Certificated
Employees Council, which was
requested on the basis of the in¬
creasing cost of living.
The salary measure passed by a
vote of 4-3, with trustees J. Ray
Risser, Robert Considine and Dr.
Richard Green in opposition.
In opposing the salary increase,
the dissenting trustees cited a pay
schedule in which, they felt, the
upper brackets of pay are in the top
10 per cent of California's com¬
munity college salaries while the
lower and entering classifications
are in the lowest percentage of the
same group.
The offer to classified employees
was fundamentally the same, with
the exception of a plan to modify the
vacation says schedule. The vote
was 5-2 on the classified package.
The salary boosts went into effect
July 1.
Department include dental
assisting, dental hygiene, dental
laboratory technology, medical
assisting, cosmetology, dietary
classes and the new radiological
technology courses.
The department trains students
so that after two years they will be
able to work in their chosen field,
but does not discourage any
students wishing to transfer to a
four-year institution.
According to Mrs. Anderson, the
program gives students a chance
for job opportunities but has no
“hard-fast rules" about going to
work.
SUMMER EDITION
PCC CouSii&i
Vol. 1, No. 1
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
July 10, 1974
LOOK, MA, NO SWIM SUIT-Future swim star
receives individual instruction during summer
public recreation program sponsored by
Pasadena Department of Recreation. The .pool
will be open to the public during the summer
from 1 :30 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,
and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and
holidays.
Student-Constructed Model Home
Sells at Profit for the First Time
By Mary Hayes
Staff Writer
Inflation may be hurting most
budgets, but PCC will at least have
some money added to its operating
costs next year as a result of rising
prices.
For the first time, PCC’s model
home will be sold at a profit.
Designed by architectural students
and built by the PCC building
construction classes, the 1850-
square-foot house was sold for
$20,985. Robert Gomperz, PCC
information officer, said that the
cost of building the house was
approximately $18,500. The winning
bid was also the highest ever made
for any of the 21 model homes,
which are built every two years at
PCC.
A total of 10 bids was submitted,
ranging from $10,100 to the winning
bid submitted by Robert Parma,
director of National Technical
Schools in Los Angeles.
After official acceptance of the
bid by the PCC Board of Trustees,
Parma will have to find a lot to put
his house on and make
arrangements to have the house
moved there. According to Gom¬
perz, the cost of the lot, foundation,
utility hookup, moving the house,
and other installation costs could
result in a net total of about $50,000.
Model Home No. 20, built two
years ago, required two rounds of
bidding before an acceptable offer
of $16,500 was made. This year
three of the bids were over $20,000.
Students have already started
working on Model Home No. 22, to
be sold two years from now—
hopefully at a profit.
THE FIRST TIME
Summer editions of The Courier
are a first in the history of PCC.
Two more issues will be available
to students on July 24 and August
7. The summer Courier is
distributed on Wednesdays rather
than the normal Friday
publication dates.
BOOKSTORE HOURS
The PCC Bookstore will be open
this summer from 7:45 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, and G to 8:30 p.m. Mon¬
day and Tuesday.
Vets Representative
Assigned to Campus
Beginning in August, campus
veterans will be well represented.
Two veterans representatives,
supplied by the Veterans
Association, will be at PCC full time
to counsel ex-servicemen with VA
oriented problems.
Late last semester, campus
veteran leader Steve Cardwell
echoed his group's need for full
time representation. He took his
problem to the school ad¬
ministration, and before it had time
to even mull the problem over, the
VA announced the appointments. It
solved Cardwell’s, and the rest of
the campus veterans’ problems, in
duplicate.
Tentative plans call for the
veterans representatives, who will
also be responsible for orienting
veterans to benefits available to
them, to be housed somewhere in C
Building.
Summer Enrollment Up;
Variety of Classes Offered
THE NEW WALL— PCC’s new parking lot
retaining wall along Del Mar is now under
construction. This is the college's
decorating program now underway.
new
A total of 6017 students are
enrolled in the first session of
summer school at PCC. This
number tops last year’s count by
about 100.
Students are enrolled in 251
classes, everything from
astronomy to zoology. Some of the
unusual course offerings include
“Women in American Society,”
“TV Production and Directing,”
and “Fundamental Motorcycle
Repair.”
The physical education program
has been expanded this summer
with courses in fitness for women
and bowling being added for the
first time. Other new courses in¬
clude a diet class in the life sciences
and a math lab for prospective
nurses.
Now is also the time to apply for
the second session of summer
school in order to get a priority
number, according to Bill Norris,
dean of extended day. There will be
a broad offering of classes again,
including a new geology field trip
experience. Students should sign up
now. The most popular classes
close early.
Alumni Meet
The first meeting of PCC’s
Alumni Association was held July 9
in the Forum lecture hall in the
Paramedical Sciences building.
The meeting was organizational
in theme, and participants were
given the opportunity to develop
and adopt guidelines for the newly
emerging association.
Further information regarding
the alumni group may be obtained
from Ms. Lillian Castagna, PCC
alumni secretary, at 578-7384.
