News and Events

Founders’ Week recap: Past presidents make the rounds, share memories: Sunday, May 20th, 2012; All five living past presidents mingled with staff, faculty and students at the Presidents' Picnic at the Rock Creek Campus Event Centerhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-recap/
Create a ‘worm villa’ at PCC Sylvania, May 25-June 3: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012; If you’re interested in learning – and participating – in natural building techniques, consider volunteering in this year’s Village Building Convergence project to create a 10-foot-by-20-foot home for Sylvania’s worm binshttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/create-a-worm-villa-at-pcc-sylvania-may-25-june-3/
Free Alumni Transfer Panel Luncheon at Rock Creek slated: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012; The Rock Creek Career Resource Center is hosting the first annual PCC Alumni Transfer Panel Luncheon noon to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, in the Event Center, Rock Creekhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/free-alumni-transfer-panel-luncheon-at-rock-creek-slated/
PCC participates in cultural exchange with Japan school: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012; Portland Community College’s Office of International Education hosted two groups of science majors from Osaka Jikei College in Japan during the week of May 7, at the Rock Creek Campushttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/pcc-participates-in-cultural-exchange-with-japan-school/
‘Cuba: The Next Revolution,’ to be screened at Sylvania May 24: Monday, May 21st, 2012; Over the course of this academic year, students, staff and faculty at Portland Community College have had the opportunity to screen a four-part PBS documentary series, “Black in Latin America,” at several campuseshttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/cuba-the-next-revolution-to-be-screened-at-sylvania-may-24/
Students needed for PCC music video: Monday, May 21st, 2012; Though Friday, May 25, a PCC video crew will be visiting all our campuses creating a 50th Anniversary music video, starring "Rose Bent," a group of three PCC alumnihttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/students-needed-for-pcc-music-video/
PCC a beacon in hybrid, electric car repair research: Monday, May 21st, 2012; The college’s Automotive Service Technology Program is taking its work on battery maintenance and developing training for technicianshttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/hybrid-repair-research/
Sylvania hosts bond open house for College Center Building: Saturday, May 19th, 2012; Interested in learning about bond-funded improvements slated for the College Center Building at the Sylvania Campus? If so, consider stopping by an informal open house this month for a meet-and-greet with bond team membershttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/sylvania-hosts-bond-open-house-for-college-center-building/
Deborah Evind celebrated at Sylvania with tree planting: Saturday, May 19th, 2012; A group of administrators, faculty and staff from Sylvania Campus joined friends and family members of Deborah Evind, the former coordinator of the campus Women’s Resource Center, to plant a tree in her memory a year after her death from breast cancerhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/deborah-evinds-memory-celebrated-at-sylvania/
State’s largest college grows for 19th straight term: Friday, May 18th, 2012; PCC’s credit enrollment increases by 3.9 percent for spring termhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/states-largest-college-grows/