News

Posted in August 2003

PCC won't be open on Labor Day
The Labor Day holiday is Monday, Sept. 1 and Portland Community College will be closed at all campuses and outreach […] Posted August 26, 2003
AV Tech Online open for 2003-04 registration
PORTLAND, Ore. - No higher education institution has offered a program to prepare audiovisual systems technicians. That is until now, as a consortium of colleges that includes Portland Community College plans to offer a complete program for audiovisual specialists. Posted August 25, 2003
Menagerie Works: Small business weathers stormy economy
Doug Cooper, co-owner of Menagerie Works, didn't intend to enter the home and garden accessories business. But thanks to a unique idea and PCC's Small Business Management program his business is flourishing. Posted August 25, 2003
Poppe to serve as Cascade interim executive dean
PORTLAND, Ore. - Nan Poppe, dean of the Extended Learning Campus, will also serve as interim executive dean of the Cascade Campus for 2003-04. Posted August 25, 2003
Emerick wins contract for PCC's Sylvania project
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland-based general contractor, Emerick Construction Co., has been awarded the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) contract for Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus bond improvements and utilities upgrade project. Posted August 15, 2003
New Directions class for Columbia County
ST. HELENS, Ore. Portland Community College is offering a New Directions class for fall term. The free four-credit, 12-week class is designed to help women in transition make positive changes in their lives and to emphasize identifying and removing barriers to success. Posted August 7, 2003
Poppe named dean of Extended Learning Campus
PORTLAND, Ore. Nan Poppe, who has served as PCC's dean of adult and continuing education since 1998, has been named the executive dean of the newly named PCC Extended Learning Campus. The new organizational unit will be based out of the new Southeast Center. Posted August 7, 2003
Alternative high school program goes national with Gates Foundation grant
Portland Community College recently won a $4.85 million, five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to take its successful alternative high school program College Bound to eight other community colleges across the country. Among alternative programs, PCC's College Bound is unique because students are able to earn college credit while working toward a high school diploma. Posted August 1, 2003