Posted in 2012

Diesel Day for local high schools
Approximately 300 students from 15 high schools throughout Oregon participated in the 13th annual Diesel Day competition at PCC Rock Creek Campus earlier this month Posted May 11, 2012
Rock Creek hosts health fair on May 17 1
Rock Creek is hosting its first annual Health and Wellness Fair next Thursday, May 17 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. There will be 24 local vendors attending ready to talk with students and staff about what they offer. Posted May 11, 2012
Sylvania time capsule christened 2
Sylvania Campus President Linda Gerber anointed and sealed the Sylvania Campus Dragon Boat Time Capsule Posted May 10, 2012
E-cycling event at Sylvania May 19 1
Unwanted computer equipment – computer towers, laptops, monitors, printers, keyboards, scanners and disks – will be accepted on site by Total Reclaim and Sylvania faculty, staff and students, then evaluated as to whether it can be used again Posted May 10, 2012
PCC Reads features Rebecca Skloot 5
Skloot will talk about her New York Times best seller “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” a book whose idea was born in a PCC classroom Posted May 10, 2012
Veterans Appreciation Week
Veterans Appreciation Week kicks off at Rock Creek and Cascade campuses. The following is a schedule of events and activities associated with this week Posted May 8, 2012
PCC in 82nd Ave. of Roses Parade 1
More than 80 faculty, students and staff from the Southeast Center volunteered to support or march in Southeast Portland's biggest event of the year – the sixth annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade on April 28 Posted May 8, 2012
Chalk mural grows at Cascade 1
A chalk mural and Ural Thomas headline a stellar day of Art Beat at Cascade on Monday. Posted May 8, 2012
Portland Community College is hosting two groups of science majors from Osaka Jikei College in Japan during the week of May 7, 2012. These 54 students are on a study tour to learn about their field as it is studied and practiced in the United States. They will listen to lectures by PCC faculty and invited guests, visit various sites in Portland related to their field and to do labs and cultural exchange with PCC students. Students from Japan visit PCC
Portland Community College is hosting two groups of science majors from Osaka Jikei College in Japan during the week of May 7 Posted May 7, 2012
Free tickets for last science lecture
Free student tickets for the last lecture in this year’s Linus Pauling Science, Technology and Society Lecture Series are available at each of the PCC libraries, and the information desks of the Southeast and Hillsboro centers. Posted May 7, 2012