Posted in 2011

Commuters: Bridges rise, delays expected
Commuting students and faculty: Between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and Thursday, the Broadway, Burnside, Morrison and Steel bridges will be lifted to allow passage of the Rose Festival Fleet Posted June 8, 2011
Mayor, police, bar owners meet at PCC
Portland Mayor Sam Adams and members of the Portland Police Department met Monday, June 6, at PCC’s CLIMB Center, along with owners and workers of bars and taverns throughout the city. Posted June 7, 2011
PCC heroes honored by Portland Fire
Officers Jeff Grider and Kevin Loberger were awarded Portland Fire & Rescue’s Fire Chief’s Certificate of Merit for helping to resuscitate a person on campus Posted June 6, 2011
Blog: Dembrow, Dingfelder host coffee
Rep. Michael Dembrow has set his final constituent coffee of the 2011 legislative session from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at Mt. Hood Community College’s Maywood Park campus. Posted June 3, 2011
James Dawson selected faculty grad speaker
Dawson’s success as an instructor, tutor, and motivator is all the more remarkable considering that he has lived with disability his whole life – he has cerebral palsy, and gets around Cascade Campus on a motorized wheelchair. Posted June 3, 2011
Blog: The chaos of the closing days
We are on the “one-hour notice” rule in Salem. Which means that the minimum notice that any committee needs to give, before hearing a bill or a budget, is 60 minutes. Posted June 3, 2011
Community college budgets' set
The budget for the 2011-13 biennium would be $410 million. PCC’s portion of that would come to approximately $102.5 million for the academic years of 2011-12 and 2012-13. Posted June 3, 2011
Media report: Dog days for Vet Tech
Rev. Billy Kyles' visit to PCC brought KOIN TV to the Cascade Campus to interview Tony Greiner and Vet Tech's doggie wash generated some canine media buzz Posted June 3, 2011
Wu hosts small-business talk
U.S. Congressman David Wu will conduct a panel discussion on small business lending at the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College, 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 7. Posted June 1, 2011
Harvard Review publishes prose by PCC faculty
Writing instructor Jessica Johnson earns the high honor with her creative nonfiction story titled, ‘The Education of the Peppered Moth’ Posted June 1, 2011