BRAHMA ALUMS WILL GET CALL TO BACK PLANS.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - As Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. reaps its first produce in years, administrators plan to revive To renew. For example, revival is the act of renewing the legal force of a contract or debt, either by acknowledging it or by giving a new promise, when the contract or debt is no longer a sufficient foundation for a lawsuit because it is barred by the running of the Statute its alumni association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni to sow support for campus programs. The school plans to organize some of the more than 500,000 Pierce College Brahma alumni into a potent force for fundraising and support. Current alumni haven't met in more than a decade. ``We want to mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. the alumni to know that (Pierce) is an ongoing resource, to know it's for their kids and their kids' kids,'' said Dennis Washburn, director of the Foundation for Pierce College. ``We have a lot of low-hanging fruit - a lot of people want to contribute.'' Washburn said the college seeks ``a real sparkplug'' to head the long-defunct Pierce College Alumni Association, which would allow former students to better network and access campus job placement centers, he said. It would also grant alumni ``special incentives'' to campus concerts and lectures, as well as use of such facilities as the library, tennis courts, pool and gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. . Those interested in the Pierce College Alumni Association can call (818) 710-4206, or e-mail: foundation(at)piercecollege.edu. |
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