News

Posted in September 2002

Community Service Fair at PCC-Sylvania
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College will host the 18th Annual Community Service Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the CC upper mall on the Sylvania Campus, located at 19000 S.W. 49th Ave. Posted September 27, 2002
PCC Earns Federal Grant to Serve First-Generation Students
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Community College has received a five-year $950,000 "Talent Search"grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help 600 low-income, first-generation college students graduate from high school and go on to college. Posted September 25, 2002
Sylvania Campus Hosts Future Teachers Conference
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College plans to help students who want to get a head start on becoming teachers. Posted September 25, 2002
Stress-Free Method for Learning Piano
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - When piano lessons don't work, don't blame the piano teacher and don't blame yourself. There's a better way to learn and Portland Community College has the class to get students on the right track to piano proficiency. Posted September 24, 2002
Building for the Future
PCC building projects, paid for by the 2000 bond, are moving right along as design planning and bidding processes dominate at the three campuses. Posted September 23, 2002
PCC Earns $400,000 Grant from National Science Foundation
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College has recently learned it is the recipient of a four-year, $399,118 grant from the National Science Foundation to increase diversity and access in engineering and microelectronics programs. Posted September 20, 2002
Taking Demo Work to an Artistic Level
CASCADE CAMPUS - Tearing down a building may look easy but there is an art to demolition.If one asks Mike Martin, owner of Northwest Infrastructure, you get a sense that there is much that doesn't meet the eye. Posted September 13, 2002
College Adds Consortium's First Audiovisual Certificate
PORTLAND, Ore. - Have you watched an MTV show and wondered who designed the set? Portland Community College can help you start your career towards becoming that person. Posted September 12, 2002
PCC's Industrial Occupations Hosts Open House
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND - From fiber optics to facilities maintenance, the world of industrial occupations will be on display. Posted September 5, 2002
PCC Introduces Classes in Video Production and Editing
BEAVERTON, Ore. - The Portland Community College Computer Education Program (CEP) is bringing jam-packed and relevant information from the world of film and video to students fall term with three video production and editing courses. Posted September 5, 2002