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      PCC Foundation Announces Advancing Science Campaign

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      A rendering design of the new building (Photo – pasadena.edu)

      The Pasadena City College Foundation announces the launch of the Advancing Science campaign. With a $4 million goal, the campaign’s raised funds will accompany the replacement Sarafian Building on PCC’s campus, which was deemed seismically unsafe in 2012 and will undergo complete reconstruction and refinishing for the College’s Health Sciences and Natural Sciences divisions by Fall 2023.

      By News Desk

      The $1 million Keck Grant (announced Sept. 8) will be the lead gift in the Advancing Science campaign, starting it out at a quarter of its goal met.

      Chaired by Foundation board member Rob Floe, and co-chaired by Foundation board member Charmayne Mills Ealy, the Advancing Science campaign will raise needed funds for the new facility’s fixtures and furniture, along with equipment, programming and scholarships for the

      The PCC Foundation recently concluded the IMPACT campaign—its first comprehensive major gifts campaign which raised a total of $16,134,962.84—in April 2020. The Advancing Science campaign is designed specifically to meet the requirements of the Sarafian Building which houses the Health & Natural Science divisions.

      The Pasadena City College Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable, public-benefit corporation that develops funding and community support for the enhancement of teaching and learning at Pasadena City College.

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      Sarafian Building demolition (Photo – pasadena.edu)

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