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Group photo of Future Connect students and leadership First-Year Experience Fueled By Big Gift
Tenfold Senior Living founder Brigid Flanigan pledges $1 million to help create better support for new students Posted June 20, 2024
From left, Oscar Arana (NAYA CEO), Patricia Rojas (regional housing director at Metro), Ivory Mathews (executive director of Home Forward), Dr. Adrien Bennings (PCC president), Helmi Hisserich (director of the Portland Housing Bureau), and Natasha Detweiler-Daby (director of Affordable Rental Housing Division). PCC Leads Affordable Housing Boom
Groundbreaking ceremony for PCC Killingsworth affordable housing community marks new era in Northeast Portland Posted May 20, 2024
Close up of woman Cascade Festival of African Films Returns This February
The annual event is the longest-running, volunteer-run African film festival in the United States Posted January 18, 2024
An Open House That Triumphed
Opportunty Center welcomed neighbors and partners, who are impressed with facility's beautiful design and collaborations Posted December 18, 2023
welding student PCC Earns $2.2 Million Boost to Workforce Training
The Future Ready Oregon funding will strengthen partnerships and bolster economic mobility for historically under-served populations Posted November 20, 2023
Left to right, Kien Truong, PCC Board Member; Sherrelle Jackson, Oregon Dept of Human Services District Manager; Susheela Jayapal, Multnomah County Commissioner; Dr. Adrien Bennings, PCC President (with scissors); Tiffani Penson, PCC Board Chair; and Rob Wagner, State Senator. New Center A Shining Example of Opportunity
Local community leaders hailed the PCC bond-funded redevelopment as a key services hub for Northeast Portland Posted October 31, 2023
Deborah Mustard at work while boss and Mayor Wheeler watch. PCC Graduate Helps City Hit Milestone
Deborah Mustard is the 100th paid worker placed into a struggling small business as part of the City of Portland's 'Here for Portland' initiative. Posted April 30, 2023
CNC Next Gen Manufacturing Project Underway
The project is one of 42 that HECC recently awarded in the first round of $10 million Future Ready Oregon Workforce Ready grants Posted February 21, 2023
Give Input on Public Library Redesign
Public voting on the North Portland Library interior concept running now until Monday, Feb. 13 Posted February 2, 2023
Mass timber PCC to Train Future Workers in Mass Timber
The state’s largest institution of higher education will get $1.3 million to provide training and support for the mass timber industry Posted November 10, 2022