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PCC and community partners win national award
Photos and Story by James Hill
On June 3, the National Conference of Service and Volunteerism awarded Oregon Campus Compact, Portland State University and 112 partners statewide, including PCC and the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, the first ever National Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for campus-community collaboration. The honor was presented by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn at the World Congress Center in Atlanta.
“Please join me in congratulating PSU, the City of Portland, PCC, and everyone involved with the Community Watershed Stewardship Program,” said
Emily Gilliland, the executive director of Oregon Campus Compact.
The honor recognized the group’s effort for partnering of the Watershed Stewardship Program. This program has led to more than 27,000 community volunteers donating a quarter million hours to install 80,000 plants and restore 50 acres of watershed along two miles of river. Individual projects have been led and supported by 700 students working as part of class projects, resulting in two master’s theses and three research articles.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »