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PCC Promotes Solano to Dean of Business & Technology Division
 Laura Solano has been
selected the new Dean of the Business & Technology Division at Pueblo Community
College following a national search.
The Pueblo native came to PCC in 1995 as a part-time accounting instructor and
became a full-time faculty member in August 2000. She was named the chair of the
Accounting & Business Management department in August 2002 and had served as
interim Dean of Business & Technology since June of this year following the
retirement of Peg Novotny.
Last December, Solano was named PCC’s Faculty of the Year award recipient for
the 2004-2005 academic year.
At PCC, she also has been faculty advisor to Phi Beta Lambda, a student business
honors club; was on the planning committee for the Soy Unica/Soy Latina program
that focuses on the personal and educational development of girls 9-14 years of
age; and has been on several internal PCC committees. She also has developed a
fully on-line accounting course and prepared Carl Perkins grant proposals.
In the community, each year Solano and her PBI, students have conducted the
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, which helps the elderly complete their
income tax returns. She also has served as a PCC representative to the Latino
Chamber of Commerce and as the advisor to the Pueblo Girl Scout Cookie Campaign.
Before coming to PCC, Solano was both a successful Internal Revenue Service
auditor and the controller for the Colorado State Fair. She has both a
bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the
University of Southern Colorado ( now Colorado State University- Pueblo).
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