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Posted in 2001

PCC, PSU Announce New Engineering and Computer Science Scholarship Program
PORTLAND - Portland Community College's Engineering Technology and Math Division and Portland State University's College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to provide 40 low-income engineering and computer science students with two-year scholarships. Posted January 25, 2001
Curtain to Open on PCC's 11th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films on Feb. 1
PORTLAND, Ore. - The 11th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films will show more than 20 films in February 2001. Festival organizers are bringing in Safi Faye of Senegal, one of Africa's foremost women film directors, to open the festival with her film Mossane. Posted January 19, 2001
PCC, State's Community Colleges Take Case to State Capitol
SALEM - Students, board members, faculty and presidents from Oregon's 17 community colleges will converge in Salem for Community College Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Posted January 19, 2001
New concepts transform biology learning
The PCC Sylvania Campus Biology department is slowly transforming its lab space and its curriculum to fit the changing needs of its students. Thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Sylvania Campus is phasing out the current teaching model to one that will engage the student more than ever before. Posted January 18, 2001
'Reading in the Workplace' energizes Tektronix employees
Paul Wild, a manager for Portland Community College's Customized Workforce Training Center, estimates that $60 billion worth of productivity in the United States is lost every year due to a lack of reading skills. PCC and Tektronix are tackling this issue head on. Posted January 12, 2001
Media Advisory: Speaker, Gospel Choir to Highlight PCC's MLK Celebration
PORTLAND - Debbie Whooten, a motivational speaker who has overcome great adversity in her life, will be the featured entertainment for Portland Community College's celebration of the Martin Luther King Holiday. Posted January 10, 2001
Media Advisory: PCC Physical Education Class Takes Fitness Indoors
SYLVANIA - Fitness programs are always high on the list of New Year's resolutions, but the Oregon winters don't make it easy to stick with an exercise program. Posted January 5, 2001
Exhibit to Show Transparent Side of Photography
SYLVANIA - Portland Community College will host a photographic exhibition titled, "Transparencies,"by PCC visual arts instructor Matthew Kidder in the Northview Gallery on the Sylvania Campus. Posted January 5, 2001
PCC to Stage Second Annual Winter Powwow Jan. 20
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College will host the second annual Native American Winter Powwow between noon and midnight on Saturday, Jan. 20 in the HT Building's gymnasium on the Sylvania Campus. Posted January 5, 2001
Life Lessons: Bill Bruno – 'We're all here to learn, even the teacher'
Bill Bruno is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to teaching. The PCC instructor of Computer Information Systems (CIS), has no computers in his Rock Creek classroom and favors textbooks only on a limited basis. Both methods, he says, get in the way of student learning. Posted January 4, 2001
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