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Monterey Peninsula College

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School Notes:

• MPC, one of 109 colleges in the California Community College System, is committed to high quality education; support of our students; strong, effective leadership; long-term fiscal stability; a well-maintained, environmentally friendly campus; and equal opportunity for all students and employees.
• The college offers courses to prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions, to prepare for the workplace, to update work skills or prepare for a new career, to gain a general education, and to improve basic skills in mathematics, reading, writing and science.
• The 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 Post-secondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.

In the News:

• Seaside's Work Achievement Program gives clients the confidence to look for work (The Monterey County Herald)
  posted on March 20, 2010 at 08:51:10 am
  Billy Sanchez had cleaned up from his drug addiction and was ready to get a job, but he was apprehensive about talking to potential employers.
• Farmers Market director honored by Ag community (Register Pajaronian)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 07:58:34 pm
  Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets executive director Catherine Barr was honored with the Al Smith Friend of Agriculture Award on Wednesday, sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and Agri-Culture.
• Catherine Barr, farmers market executive, receives agriculture award (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 03:50:50 pm
  WATSONVILLE -- Catherine Barr, the Watsonville woman who runs four farmers markets from Aptos to Carmel, was honored by her farming colleagues with the Al Smith Friend of Agriculture award during a luncheon Wednesday in honor of National Ag Day.
• [music] Recovery Rock : Pacific Grove’s Smoking Mirrors respond musically to classmates’ car wreck. - Monterey County ... (Monterey County Weekly)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 07:38:05 am
  A few days following the release of The Smoking Mirrors’ debut album Be the Hero, tragedy struck close to home. In the early hours of Feb. 21, five Pacific Grove High School seniors collided with a tree on Skyline Drive after a night of drinking. No one in the car walked away unscathed. A few weeks later, one of the five students remains hospitalized after suffering spinal cord trauma in the ...
• Monterey Museum offers free admission (The Salinas Californian)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 12:16:33 pm
  The Monterey Museum of Art plans to offer free admission Saturday to Monterey County residents and visitors at both its exhibition spaces, MMA-La Mirada and MMA-Pacific Street, both in Monterey.

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