Employee News

Images from PCC's first week 1
On Monday, Sept. 22, the 53rd academic year for Portland Community College got underway Posted September 25, 2014
Swan Island Center opens for biz 3
The new Swan Island Trades Center gives businesses and students access to needed training Posted September 23, 2014
Part 2: Wearing What You Learn 3
An instructor mother’s life was saved by a shirt that reported vital signs back to a company in Pennsylvania Posted September 22, 2014
Jeremy Brown chats with visitors to the Swan Island Trades Center. Brown confirmed to O-Tech board
Brown is one of 15 members confirmed by the Senate this week to oversee the university Posted September 19, 2014
Students show off at Maker Faire
PCC's +STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) student club had 56 volunteers for its participation in the Portland Mini Maker Faire last Sept. 13-14 at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Posted September 18, 2014
Part 1: Wearing what you learn 3
High school girls get a crash course in the world of wearable technology Posted September 15, 2014
College christens new engine
Instructor Ed Lindsey and his Fire Protection Technology Program students turned on the hoses and had President's Cabinet members along with faculty, staff and students, blast the new learning vehicle with water to officially christen it into the program's fleet Posted September 12, 2014
PCC honors 9/11 victims
On Thursday, Sept. 11, faculty, administrators and students gathered at the Borthwick Mall on the Cascade Campus to pay respects […] Posted September 11, 2014
The 2011 graduate of the Medical Assisting Program at Portland Community College is one of countless number of PCC alumni who have gone on to work in the health care field. Alum is a patient's man 1
Stephen Date uses skills he learned at PCC to serve his clinic’s patients Posted September 8, 2014
In addition to his life as a teacher, Sears is a major player in the state’s literary community and founder of the Oregon Literary Coalition. Oregon's Poet Laureate works at PCC 1
For those of us who don’t use the word “villanelle” in our daily lives, writing a poem might seem like […] Posted September 1, 2014