News

Posted in January 2003

PCC African Festival to Showcase 19 Films
NORTH PORTLAND - Four thousand film enthusiasts can't be wrong. Portland Community College will host the popular and diverse 13th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films, in honor of Black History Month, through the month of February at the Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth. Posted January 31, 2003
MEDIA ADVISORY: PCC-Sylvania Celebrates Japanese New Year
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - The Japanese New Year is coming to Portland Community College. On Sunday, Feb. 2, the Sylvania Campus Multicultural Center is co-sponsoring Mochitsuki 2003. Posted January 30, 2003
PCC to Conduct Disaster Preparedness Drill
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College students, faculty and staff will participate in the QuakEx 2003 drill and exercise. Posted January 30, 2003
Best-Selling Author to Read at PCC-Sylvania
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Lauck will appear at Portland Community College in February. Posted January 30, 2003
Massive semiconductor project draws alum to Shanghai
Scott Best, who studied Mechanical Engineering Technology, is now a project manager for the largest silicon wafer cleanroom project in the world. Posted January 30, 2003
PCC's Service Learning Selected as Exemplary Model
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College is a model of exemplary practices in service learning, according to Campus Compact and the American Association of Community Colleges. Posted January 28, 2003
PCC Hosts Workshops for Parents of Special Needs Children
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - The Portland Community College Sylvania Women's Resource Center will host a series of workshops to address ways parents with special needs child can advocate in the public schools. Posted January 17, 2003
Gospel Extravaganza Set for Feb. 15
NORTH PORTLAND - Portland Community College will celebrate Black History Month by sponsoring the 19th Annual Gospel Music Extravaganza on Saturday, Feb. 15. Posted January 17, 2003
Cascade construction boosts minority businesses
Through the 2000 bond, PCC is reaching out to Minority, Women and Emerging Small Business to help spread contract money to underrpresented workers and companies. Posted January 17, 2003
Citizens to discuss America's place in the world at National Issues Convention in Philadelphia
Convention to culminate in Jan. 12 PBS special anchored by Jim Lehrer. Posted January 9, 2003