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Governor proclaims July 22, 2003 Mildred W. Ollee day
Photos and story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – Gov. Ted Kulongoski has announced today that July 22, 2003 is Mildred W. Ollee Day around the state of Oregon. Ollee, who has served as the executive dean of Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus since 1995, is being honored for her accomplishments. 
Sen. Margaret Carter will read the proclamation on the Senate floor at 10:45 a.m. today in Salem.“Mildred W. Ollee has been an outstanding citizen in the Oregon community, bringing over 25 years of experience in the community college sector forward to the benefit of the people of Portland and our state; and has conducted such work and enterprise with vision, warmth, extraordinary insight and a special joy,” the Governor’s proclamation stated.Ollee announced several weeks ago that she will be leaving the college to become president of Seattle Central Community College in Washington. While at PCC, she managed a campus that doubled in student enrollment, from 8,400 to 15,500; as well as the Cascade Open Campus, which extends from south of Newberg to Columbia County; nurtured the largest capital expansion project in the history of the Cascade Campus; and has been a tireless promoter of the north-northeast neighborhood.Ollee has received numerous commendations, including the Earl Norman Leadership Award; the Central Alumni Award of Seattle University; the Award for Excellence in Administration from the American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges, the Benefit Guild Outstanding Service Award, and a listing in the “Who’s Who in Black America.”Portland Community College, the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon, serves 105,000 full- and part-time students at three comprehensive campuses, four workforce centers and offers classes at 200 sites in its five-county, 1,500-square-mile district.
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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 »