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Posted in 2000

PCC's 2000-01 Fiscal Year Budget Approved by Board
The Portland Community College Board of Directors formally adopted the college’s general fund fiscal year budget during its monthly meeting […] Posted July 14, 2000
Students gain from PCC-OSU Alliance
The signatures of Portland Community College President Dan Moriarty and Oregon State University President Paul Risser made it legal. The two schools are now formally joined together in a dual enrollment and admissions program that ultimately gives students more choice, more opportunity and greater success in higher education. A signing ceremony, held in early March, brought representatives from the two institutions to the Sylvania Campus to celebrate the achievement. Posted June 30, 2000
PCC, Mt. Hood one of 10 sites selected to pilot national welfare-to-work program
Portland Community College and its partner Mt. Hood Community College were recently awarded a two-year, $232,000 welfare-to-work grant by the […] Posted June 23, 2000
World-renowned Native American artist to carve totem pole at Sylvania
Towering carved cedar totem poles stand sentry to one's arrival on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. These magnificent cultural artifacts, part of the heritage of the Pacific Northwest Coast Native Americans, are filled with the images and myths from their world. Bear, thunderbird, killer whale, all have a their place in the tribal art. The Sylvania Campus of Portland Community College will soon have one of these artworks with its commission by Richard Hunt, a fourth generation Kwa-Gulth (Kwakiutl) artist, who will carve a 30-foot totem pole. Posted June 16, 2000
Time to Institute Your Summer Creativity through PCC
SYLVANIA ‘ Summer is the time of year when Mother Nature’s creative forces come into full bloom. So, isn’t it […] Posted June 15, 2000
Ubuntu Video Club to Focus on African Films at PCC
The spiritual and cultural flavors of Africa are coming to Portland Community College this summer in the form of the Ubuntu Video Club, sponsored by the Cascade Festival of African Films and California Newsreel. Posted June 15, 2000
PCC Microelectronics Scholarships Ready for the Taking
The jobs are there in Oregon's fast growing semiconductor industry and Portland Community College and Washington County will help you get started. Posted June 8, 2000
PCC President Dan Moriarty Announces Retirement
Dan Moriarty, president of Portland Community College since 1986, announced to the PCC board last week that he will retire effective September 2001 Posted June 8, 2000
PCC Needs Your Help
Voter turnout in the Portland Community College district has inched up to 49.5 percent. It is just one-half of a percent shy of the needed double majority to pass its $144 million bond measure to repair aging buildings, provide more classroom space and upgrade technology for the students of Oregon's largest college. The college obtained a 57.2 percent voter approval, but has fallen short of the double majority needed for passage. Posted June 7, 2000
Non-Native Speakers Build Confidence, Break Down Barriers
When Dina Ozeruga came to the United States from the Ukraine ten years ago, she didn't speak much English. An eager learner, Dina signed up for English classes whenever she could, but finding the time and opportunity to practice her conversational skills was difficult. Posted June 2, 2000
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