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Apply Now for a Community Excellence Grant!
Faculty, Staff, and Adminstrators of Pasadena City College are invited to apply for the 2025-2026 CEG cycle through the PCC Foundation! Through the generous gift from MacKenzie Scott in 2021, Community Excellence Grants provide seed-funding for creative, innovative, and "outside-the-box" initiatives in support of Pasadena City College.
Applications are open now through April 4, 2025. Please visit the Pasadena City College Foundation webpage for more information. CLICK HERE to access the application in Blackbaud Award Management.
PCC Foundation Welcomes Dr. Amy Carnes to the Staff!
Amy M. Carnes, Ph.D. currently serves as Director, Operations and Development at Pasadena
City College. Prior to joining PCC, Dr. Carnes worked at Human Rights Watch and the
University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation.
During her 15-year tenure at USC Shoah Foundation, Dr. Carnes designed and delivered educational programs around the world, codified a visitor experience program for the organization’s new global headquarters, built a monitoring and evaluation system to demonstrate the Shoah Foundation’s impact, partnered with the advancement team to support fundraising efforts and the work of the board of councilors, and ultimately served as Chief of Staff to multiple leaders.
Dr. Carnes’ academic expertise is related to the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and her content knowledge of testimony-based education and genocide studies has had her presenting around the world at conferences, colloquia and other forums.
She earned her Master’s and Doctorate degrees from UCLA in French and Francophone Studies, following a B.A. at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in French. A budding ceramic artist and dog lover, she lives in Claremont with her spouse, Joel, and their two children.