Timeline

Inaugural Season of Men and Women's Cross-Country, Men and Women's Tennis, and Men's Golf teams at PVCC.

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U.S. Dept. of Education awards PVCC $150,000 grant to establish 13 new international studies courses and 30 interdisciplinary programs.

Students can register for classes online on the PVCC web page for Spring 1997.

Ground Breaking Ceremony takes place for M Building, September 18, 1997

PVCC Pumas Women's Cross Country Team finish number One at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.

Choices@pvc, PVCC's distance learning program, is created.

PVCC is chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to pilot their Energy Efficient  Training Programs that will assist small and medium sized businesses.

Women's Cross Country team wins the NJCAA National Championships, again!

April 22, 1999 - Open House for new and re-modeled facilities, including M, E and B buildings built with $29.1 million from the 1994 bond.

Dr. Gina Kranitz is appointed interim PVCC president, June 1999.

Men's Soccer team inaugural season.

PVCC assesses then affirms its core value of learning. The Twelve Indicators of a Learning Centered College are published and approved by PVCC's strategic planning team.

Women's Soccer team inaugural season.

Student Leadership and Phi Theta Kappa install a Peace Pole as a symbol of worldwide peace, dedicated on November 29, 2000.

Dr. Gina Kranitz is appointed as PVCC's third President, May 2001.

Time Capsule Opening, November 19, 2001.

The Partners in Art Club sponsored the first Annual Empty Bowls event at PVCC. The Club's handmade ceramic bowls represent the millions of poverty - stricken people in the world who live on only 500 calories per day. The proceeds from the sale go to the Foothills Food Bank.

The North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce awards PVCC for over 15 years of service to the community.

PVCC Dance Company is formed under the leadership of Sonia Valle.

PVCC receives the Dr. Paul M. Pair Innovation of the year Award for the First Year Experience Program. PVCC found that students who participated had a higher retention rate than students not enrolled in the program.