I am very happy to announce that starting Fall 2014, part-time academic employees will no longer have to pay for parking at Allan Hancock College. From now on, parking on both campuses is free for all members of our bargaining unit when they are employed by Hancock College. Beginning Monday, August 4, you can go […]
Read More →Published in the July 24, 2014 Santa Maria Times. The minimum wage in California increased from $8 to $9 per hour on July 1, and will go to $10 on Jan. 1, 2016. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 per hour. A bill to increase it to $10.10 was defeated in April due to […]
Read More →By Mark James Miller, PFA President Dave Yundt always wanted to teach, because for him teaching is a way into something else he has always wanted to do, and that is helping people. Teaching at Hancock, which he has done since 1990, enables him to help many different people in many different ways. Dave loves […]
Read More →Published in the May 29, 2014 Santa Maria Times. Benjamin Franklin said, “He that hath a trade hath an estate.” And one of the oldest trades is welding. The process of fusing metal together dates back to the Bronze Age and is even mentioned by Herodotus in the 5th century B.C. While this venerable craft […]
Read More →Published in the April 25, 2014 Santa Maria Times. “Education is the transmission of civilization,” observed historian Will Durant. But beyond this broad definition, the purpose of education is a topic of continuing debate. Students have their own ideas about what an education should be. I recently polled my classes to find out what they […]
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