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PCC wins national award for finance
Photos and Story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College was awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).Institutions that have high standards of governmental budgeting receive this award. In order to receive the budget award, the recipient had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation, which includes how well it serves as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide and communications device."We have focused on and strived for full disclosure of our budgetary information,"said Wing-Kit Chung, PCC’s associate vice president of finance. "It is great that by meeting the standards set by GFOA for budget presentation, we attained a level of disclosure that is recognized nationally as ?excellent.’ Kudos to the staff at the budget office for their effort in making this happen."The GFOA is a non-profit professional association serving 14,000 government finance professionals throughout North America. The group has awarded 900 Distinguished Budget Awards since 1984. Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon, serving almost 100,000 students at three comprehensive campuses, five workforce training and education centers and more than 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area.
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 »