Timeline

1911	Land on Colorado Blvd. is purchased for construction of Pasadena High School which opened in 1913.
1924	Pasadena Junior College (PJC) is established on the Pasadena High School campus.
1924	A vocational school was established on N. Lincoln which originally was called John Muir Technical High School but served later as the west campus of PJC.
1928	Pasadena Junior College and Pasadena High School merge into a four-year plan; grades 11-14 (lower and upper Bulldogs). The Colorado Blvd. campus changed its name to Pasadena Junior College.
1928	School mascot changed from the Pirate to the Bulldog
1931	Albert Einstein and 8,000 people dedicate the new astronomy observatory.
1933	Earthquake severely damages the three main buildings on the Colorado Blvd. campus. Students attend classes in 50 tents on the campus for three years.
1936-1938	Mack and Jackie Robinson attend Pasadena Junior College
1938	John Muir Technical High School merges with Pasadena Junior College
1938	Aviation students tested its second student designed and built plane led by Max Harlow and Clinton Hoffman
1939	The Bulldog band is officially recognized as the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Band.
1942	The West Campus is used for military training during WWII.
1948	Colorado campus name changes to Pasadena City College
1949	PCC celebrates its Silver Jubilee
1953	PCC launches its Registered Nurses program
1954	The district sunsets the 6-4-4 educational plan replacing it with the 6-3-3-2 plan.
1955	John Muir College is converted to a much needed high school and the college-level students are sent to the now two-year Pasadena City College.
1957	Bulldogs become Lancers
1966	Pasadena Area Community College District forms
1967	Bylaws forming the faculty senate are adopted which was followed up in 1988 when state legislature passed a bill that established an academic senate on each community college campus.
1974	PCC celebrates its 50th anniversary
1979	The PCC Foundation is established
1987	Planning begins for major campus rebuilding for the next decade
1992	Community College Reform Act leads to the establishment of the Classified Senate.
1993	Walter T. Shatford II Library and Media Center open
1994	The first campus parking structure opened adding 2000 additional parking spaces
1996	The Community Education Center, administered by PCC,opens provding basic education, occupational training, high school diploma program, and English as a second language (ESL) courses.
1996	The new Child Development Center (CDC) opens just west of the campus
1999	PCC celebrates its 75th anniversary and the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium opens
2014	The Center for the Arts opens
2014	Interim Superintendent-President Robert Miller
2014	Student Equity positioned as a first priority of the college in the new Educational Master Plan
2015	Superintendent-Presiden Rajen Vurdien
2017	PCC Named as an Aspen Price Top 10 Community College
2018	PCC Named as one of the 10 finalists for 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
2019	Superintendent-President Erika Endrijonas, Ph.D.
2024	Superintendent-President Jose A Gomez, Ph.D.
2024	PCC celebrates its 100th anniversary
2025	Opening of the new Sarafian Building
2025	PCC Launches Summer Construction Career Project. The program is part of Skills to Rebuild, PCC’s initiative to equip young people with skills essential for recovery in a region still healing from the Eaton Fire.

1911	Land on Colorado Blvd. is purchased for construction of Pasadena High School which opened in 1913.
1924	Pasadena Junior College (PJC) is established on the Pasadena High School campus.
1924	A vocational school was established on N. Lincoln which originally was called John Muir Technical High School but served later as the west campus of PJC.
1928	Pasadena Junior College and Pasadena High School merge into a four-year plan; grades 11-14 (lower and upper Bulldogs). The Colorado Blvd. campus changed its name to Pasadena Junior College.
1928	School mascot changed from the Pirate to the Bulldog
1931	Albert Einstein and 8,000 people dedicate the new astronomy observatory.
1933	Earthquake severely damages the three main buildings on the Colorado Blvd. campus. Students attend classes in 50 tents on the campus for three years.
1936-1938	Mack and Jackie Robinson attend Pasadena Junior College
1938	John Muir Technical High School merges with Pasadena Junior College
1938	Aviation students tested its second student designed and built plane led by Max Harlow and Clinton Hoffman
1939	The Bulldog band is officially recognized as the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Band.
1942	The West Campus is used for military training during WWII.
1948	Colorado campus name changes to Pasadena City College
1949	PCC celebrates its Silver Jubilee
1953	PCC launches its Registered Nurses program
1954	The district sunsets the 6-4-4 educational plan replacing it with the 6-3-3-2 plan.
1955	John Muir College is converted to a much needed high school and the college-level students are sent to the now two-year Pasadena City College.
1957	Bulldogs become Lancers
1966	Pasadena Area Community College District forms
1967	Bylaws forming the faculty senate are adopted which was followed up in 1988 when state legislature passed a bill that established an academic senate on each community college campus.
1974	PCC celebrates its 50th anniversary
1979	The PCC Foundation is established
1987	Planning begins for major campus rebuilding for the next decade
1992	Community College Reform Act leads to the establishment of the Classified Senate.
1993	Walter T. Shatford II Library and Media Center open
1994	The first campus parking structure opened adding 2000 additional parking spaces
1996	The Community Education Center, administered by PCC,opens provding basic education, occupational training, high school diploma program, and English as a second language (ESL) courses.
1996	The new Child Development Center (CDC) opens just west of the campus
1999	PCC celebrates its 75th anniversary and the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium opens
2014	The Center for the Arts opens
2014	Interim Superintendent-President Robert Miller
2014	Student Equity positioned as a first priority of the college in the new Educational Master Plan
2015	Superintendent-Presiden Rajen Vurdien
2017	PCC Named as an Aspen Price Top 10 Community College
2018	PCC Named as one of the 10 finalists for 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence
2019	Superintendent-President Erika Endrijonas, Ph.D.
2024	Superintendent-President Jose A Gomez, Ph.D.
2024	PCC celebrates its 100th anniversary
2025	Opening of the new Sarafian Building
2025	PCC Launches Summer Construction Career Project. The program is part of Skills to Rebuild, PCC’s initiative to equip young people with skills essential for recovery in a region still healing from the Eaton Fire.