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A closer look at West Campus Nursing Center
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A closer look at West Campus Nursing Center

Photo and story  by HANK ROUBICHAUD  Pima Community College’s Nursing Center for development offers premier training to begin a career in the fast-growing fields of nursing and caregiving.  PCC’s Nursing program has partnerships with local universities that allow for the students to have training from nurses’ assistants and eventually earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing.  “The Center for Health professions will focus on stackable credentials, associate degree attainment, concurrent enrollment programs, and transfer programs specifically for health sciences,” said David Dore, Northwest Campus president, by email. “All the programs under the COEHP have yet to be fully identified, but those that have include Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Respiratory Therapy, Surgical Technology, Dental ...
A chat with Pima Men’s Basketball coach
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A chat with Pima Men’s Basketball coach

By HANK ROUBICHAUD  Coach Brian Peabody has been coaching basketball at Pima Community College since 1990.  Peabody started at Saguaro High School under Dick McConnell. This is season No. 18 as Pima’s basketball coach.  Q: What are some things you are looking for from the team this year, coming off of a great year last year?  A: “We just to get better each year. The first year, we won 15 games, then 18, then 21, then 23, then 31 last year, so we just try to get better each year. One thing we haven’t accomplished since I’ve been here is we haven’t won the league outright; so our first and foremost goalwise would be to win the league this year for the first time ever at Pima. That way, you could host every game in the tournament, and then obviously if we could go one game further then we...