His presidency was controversial with some constituents, including the faculty who twice voted "no confidence" in him, and he resigned in the summer of 2014. ![]() Rocha, former West Los Angeles College president, assumed the role of president/superintendent on July 1, 2010, when he was chosen to replace Lisa Sugimoto. Seven members are elected (each of whom represents a geographical section of the Pasadena Area Community College District, which includes Pasadena, Altadena, La Caňada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, Temple City, the western portion of El Monte, the northern portion of Rosemead and the East Pasadena/East San Gabriel unincorporated area) one is a student trustee who is elected by the student body and one is the sitting college president, who is also the district superintendent. The college is governed by a nine-member board of trustees. The school is one of the few community colleges with its own observatory, planetarium, and seismograph. The Campus Center and Bookstore opened in August 2009. A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Industrial and Technology building, Campus Center and Bookstore took place in October 2007. These included the college bookstore, Student Affairs, Associated Students, the student business services, the campus police and the offices of the school newspaper The Courier. In 2007, many services at the school had to relocate pending demolition of their previous facilities. A new fourth floor parking structure (Lot 5) and a new bus parking area were completed in 2005. The Alumni Commons, the Aquatic Center, the Boone Sculpture Garden, and the Galloway Plaza have all replaced what were once campus parking lots. A significant portion of these funds were earmarked for the construction of a new building to house the college's art and music departments. ![]() In 2003, voters approved a bond measure for about $150 million that improved campus facilities. He was also active in the Civil Rights Movement. Shatford II, is the attorney for whom the library was named in recognition of his four decades of service on the school's board and his donations. The $16.5-million Shatford Library opened September 7, 1993, and holds 133,024 volumes in the general book collection, over 300 periodical subscriptions (plus over 2,000 titles in electronic databases) 7,338 audio cassettes, 1,019 paperbacks, 661 CDs and software, 404 volumes in the Special Services collection, and 1,186 videocassettes. The Shatford Library is a direct descendant of the original Pasadena High School library that originally occupied the campus. Pasadena City College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. The name was subsequently changed to the Pasadena Area Community College District. In 1966, voters approved the creation of the Pasadena Area Junior College District. In 1954, Pasadena Junior College merged with another junior college, John Muir College, to become Pasadena City College. From 1928 to 1953, it operated as a four-year junior college, combining the last two years of high school with the first two years of college. ![]() Pasadena City College was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College.
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