Written by PFA President Mark James Miller A group of people are gathered around a mud puddle on the path that leads to the shore of Soda Lake. What could be so interesting? A moment later the answer reveals itself. This mud puddle is teeming with life. Within are hundreds of tiny creatures, so small […]

Written by PFA President Mark James Miller Read by PFA Executive Board Member Monique Segura “The Part-Time Faculty Association of Allan Hancock College is looking forward to the new semester, Spring 2025, which is already off to a good start.  We are pleased to share that PFA President Mark James Miller’s presentation “Preventing the Holocaust” […]

Featuring speakers and presenters from as far away as Berkeley and as close as Santa Maria, and presenting workshops on subjects as diverse as the Nazi Holocaust and Grading for Equity, Allan Hancock College’s DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) Summit on Feb. 7 provided its 200–plus attendees with the widest variety of issues and […]

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October 26, 2018 An angry voice demanded, “Is this the correct number for Mark Miller?” “Who is this?” “Is this the correct number for Mark Miller?” Louder and angrier this time. I repeated my request to know who was calling, but to no avail. And this was only the beginning. Soon I was getting six […]