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PCC in the NEWS: KOIN-TV stops by Cascade Job Fair
Photos and story by James Hill
A look at news stories about PCC from around the local area and the nation last month. In total, PCC events and people appeared 57 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio.
May 1, The Beaverton Valley Times, Lake Oswego Review and Tigard-Tualatin Times announced the Tears of Joy Puppet Show during Art Beat.
May 2, The Hillsboro Argus highlighted the Rock Creek Ceramics Sale.
May 2, the Estacada News reported that a former PCC student is running for the Clackamas County Fire Board.
May 4, the Philadelphia Inquirer showcased the Gateway to College program.
May 6, The Asian Reporter spotlighted a presentation by artist Yoshihiro Kitai at the Cascade Campus’ Art Beat festivities.
May 7, KOIN and KGW highlighted the Cascade Job Fair. KOIN’s Ken Boddie stopped by and interviewed Christian Kaylor, Labor Market Economist for the State of Oregon.
May 7, the Portland Observer showcased Art Beat at the Cascade Campus on the cover of its Metro section.
May 8, Harry Widman was profiled in the MetroWest Section of The Oregonian.
May 8, the Washington County Weekly profiled Art Beat and Grupo Condor’s appearance for the festival.
May 8, The Lake Oswego Review reported Norma Jean Germond and her husband winning the Distinguished Patron Award from the college.
May 8, Bloom Magazine showcased the Sylvania Learning Garden.
May 9, Art Beat was showcased along with its featured artist – Harry Widman – in the Hillsboro Argus.
May 9, Portlandart.net showcased Art Beat’s festivities on its Web site.
May 11, The Oregonian highlighted PCC’s involvement with the Portland Workforce Alliance.
May 11, Comcast profiled Preston Pulliams on its “Newsmakers” show that appears on its CNN Headline News channel (Ch. 46) at the end of every hour.
May 11, The Portland Tribune highlighted the e-cycling event at Sylvania.
May 14, KPTV’s Good Day Oregon program spotlighted the 9-1-1 program at Cascade.
May 14, the Salem Statesman-Journal featured careers in sign-language interpreting and mentioned PCC’s program.
May 15, the Beaverton Times profiled a former PCC landscape instructor who is having success in the business world.
May 15, the Beaverton Times reported on the Art Beat kick-off ceremony with local artist Harry Widman.
May 16, Portland Business Journal quoted PCC journalism instructor Rick Seifert on the staff cuts at the Portland Tribune.
May 18, The Oregonian columnist George Rede wrote an inspiring piece on the PCC Foundation, focusing on the great student stories.
May 20, The Hillsboro Argus featured the automotive program in a column about careers for graduating high schoolers.
May 20, a local man, now a major musician, credits PCC for changing his life’s pursuit, according to the McMinnville News-Register.
May 21, Forest Grove News-Times highlighted the basics of the PCC bond measure and the odds of it passing.
May 21, the Seattle Times highlighted the death of one of Seattle’s best known sports vendors, who got his start at PCC.
May 22, The Daily Journal of Commerce reported on PCC’s possible interest in setting up shop at OMSI’s new building.
May 22, The Oregonian highlighted Norma Jean and Henry Germond receiving PCC’s Distinguished Patron Award.
May 24, an editorial appeared in The Oregonian reporting it will be easier for PCC to pass its bond now that Portland Public Schools isn’t going for a bond in November.
May 26, Eugene Register-Guard quoted Preston Pulliams in a story concerning the statewide nursing shortage.
May 28, the Willamette Week profiled a gang of youth, all high school drop outs, who have gone from street crime to environmental causes, now straightening their lives out by taking classes at PCC.
May 30, the Business Journal interviewed Claudia Michel, Nursing program director, on the shortage of nursing instructors.
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 »