Posted in 2005
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Jewelry workshop makes wearable memories
- PORTLAND, Ore. - Symbolic images and words from your past can be used to create wearable works of art. This July, Portland Community College will show you how with a one-day workshop where you can make personalized jewelry. Posted May 23, 2005
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Start your event planning biz with PCC class
- PORTLAND, Ore. - Do friends drool for an invitation to one of your dinner parties? Do you find yourself being asked to plan the "dream" wedding? Spend an evening learning how to turn your knack for staging memorable events into a profitable business with a new non-credit class offered by Portland Community College. Posted May 23, 2005
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PCC board welcomes two new members
- PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College's Board of Directors have two new members following the Tuesday, May 17 election. Posted May 20, 2005
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Career Summit focuses on north Portland employment and skill issues
- CASCADE CAMPUS - On Monday, May 9, the Portland Community College Skill Center and Trades and Industry departments hosted the North/Northeast Jobs and Career Summit. Posted May 17, 2005
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From dropout to dean, Gondara takes the right path
- PORTLAND, ORE. - Brooke Gondara was a high school drop out. She is now the dean of the Social Sciences Division at the Sylvania Campus and she is the first woman from the Northern Cheyenne Nation to earn an academic doctorate. Her tribe has a population of 5,000 and is situated in southeastern Montana. Posted May 17, 2005
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PCC hires men's basketball coach
- CASCADE CAMPUS - Wayne Mendezona has coached in Austria, Bahrain and Kuwait. Now hes going to coach at Portland Community College. Posted May 17, 2005
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Ceramics sale at Rock Creek Campus
- The Ceramics Guild of the Rock Creek Campus is hosting a pottery sale Monday, May 23 through Friday, May 27 at the campus art gallery and atrium of Building 3. The sale, of both students and instructors work, is a large showing of pottery with a portion of the proceeds used to support the work of the student Ceramics Guild. Posted May 16, 2005
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Students stage postcard campaign at Sylvania
- SYLVANIA CAMPUS - The student government at the Sylvania Campus of Portland Community College is in the midst of a four-day postcard campaign to alert state legislators of the impact on their lives from tuition increases and the lack of accessibility to community colleges in the state. Posted May 9, 2005
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Student writes her own ticket to success in Russian essay competition
- SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Olga Kiser, a first-year Russian language student at Portland Community College, competed against the country's elite and won. Posted May 5, 2005
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PCC students adapt Greek play to reflect modern times
- PORTLAND, Ore. - The Theater Arts program at Portland Community College presents the provocative Greek comedy, "Lysistrata," adapted by PCC students. The student cast took the play, written in 411 B.C. by Aristophanes, and updated it to reflect today's fast-paced social realities. The play is directed by Mark Collmer, part-time theater arts technician at PCC. Posted May 5, 2005