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PEOPLE AND PLACES: Montoya appointed interim ROOTS director

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Lynn Montoya has accepted a six-month interim appointment as Sylvania Roots Director while Miriam Friedman is on professional leave. Montoya has worked at the Sylvania Campus as a Student Resource Specialist in the Computer Technologies Division since 2000 and has also taught computer graphics courses in PCC’s grant programs including Roots, Upward Bound and PCC Prep. Congratulations to Lynn!

Title III Office names Burroughs retention coordinator

Stedman Burroughs has been named the new temporary Retention Coordinator for the Title III Office. Burroughs has worked as an academic advisor at Rock Creek, serving on district-wide and campus based committees, and more recently coordinating student mentor interns. In addition, she has worked for the Portland State University Office of Information Technology and as a mentor in its University Studies. Congrats to Stedman!

Christain hired to be new advising specialist at Cascade

Phillip Christain has been picked to be the new academic advising specialist at the Cascade Campus. Christain most recently served in Enrollment Services in the Graduation/Transcript Evaluation department. Prior to that he was the assistant director of the Gear-Up program, a PCC-Cascade program designed to assist Jefferson High School Students prepare for college. Kudos to Phil!

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