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Top-10 web stories of 2010
Photos and story by James Hill
Each week during the past year, we have featured the story of a student, faculty, staff member or location at Portland Community College. Many of these stories were viewed thousands of times.
Here’s the top-10 stories of 2010:
1) Acclaimed author Sherman Alexie talked at PCC
Published Monday, March 29, 2010 | Viewed 5,238 times
Alexie’s visit was part of Sylvania Reads, which is an initiative to encourage faculty, staff and students to read books that address topics and issues pertaining to diversity
2) Decemberists, Lemony Snickets artist featured at Art Beat
Published Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Viewed 5,181 times
Northwest Portland artist Carson Ellis was selected as the 2010 Art Beat featured artist. She is best known for her illustrations for The Decemberists’ album covers and for children’s books, including Lemony Snicket’s ‘The Composer is Dead’
3) Financial Aid Day designed to help students get money
Published Monday, January 4, 2010 | Viewed 4,990 times
The event was hosted by PCC and is held annually in conjunction with other colleges statewide to assist students in applying for federal financial aid
4) Survivor of war, discrimination, assimilation speaks at graduation
Published Saturday, May 29, 2010 | Viewed 4,912 times
PCC’s student speaker and Ford Scholar winner Miral Rezayee Bessed of Sherwood has survived rocket attacks and violence back home in Pakistan and Afghanistan and culture shock here in the U.S. to excel in education
5) Q & A: Sweden’s Andreas Correa got fit at PCC
Published Monday, May 10, 2010 | Viewed 4,283 times
Correa, a mixed martial arts expert and former Navy Ranger in Sweden, is taking the Fit Tech program by storm
6) Eight students named as Oregon Governor’s Scholars
Published Monday, April 5, 2010 | Viewed 4,205 times
Eight students have been recognized as Oregon’s Outstanding Community College StudentScholars, including Liz McPhee (pictured), who also was named a national Coca-Cola Silver Scholar
7) PCC passed enrollment stress tests as new school year started
Published Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | Viewed 3,899 times
PCC continues to grow in the double digits, which has led to a 22-percent increase in the amount of financial aid applications through the college as it expands facilities
8) Business for PCC’s free shuttle service is boomed
Published Thursday, September 23, 2010 | Viewed 3,705 times
From students to staff and faculty, the shuttle service that connects people to all major campuses and centers is seeing big ridership numbers
9) Willow Creek Earth Fair shows off sustainable design
Published Monday, April 19, 2010 | Viewed 3,535 times
On Saturday, April 24, the college opened its Willow Creek Center – the first LEED Platinum certified building in Washington County
10) Winter Powwow built Native connections
Published Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | Viewed 3,441 times
The 11th annual WACIPI Traditional Winter Powwow at the Sylvania Campus featured Native American drum groups, dancing, food, crafts and a chance for people to reconnect with their heritage
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 »