News and Events

PCC community urged to avoid driving for spring term: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010; Portland Community College is committed to being a good steward of the environment and to reducing the campus’ carbon emissions. Now the college is asking for students, staff and faculty to lend a hand. Everyone taking classes or working for PCC is encouraged to begin taking mass transit, biking, walking or joining a car pool [...]http://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/pcc-community-urged-to-avoid-driving-for-spring-term/
PCC Q & A: Cascade alum is a brigadier general in Qatar: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010; Masoud Al Mansoori with an associate’s degree in Fire Science from the Cascade Campus and is now the general manager and member of Board of Director of National Academy for Professional Training in Doha, Qatarhttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/brigadier-general-qatar/
Student speaker applications now being accepted: Monday, March 15th, 2010; If you are a PCC student completing your graduation requirements in one of the following terms (Fall 2009, Winter, Spring, or Summer 2010), you are eligible to be the student speaker at the commencement ceremony on Friday, June 11http://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/student-speaker-applications/
New lab at Rock Creek eases pressure on programs, upgrades technology: Monday, March 15th, 2010; Thanks to the bond, the college purchased 31 Dell Optiplex 760 computers, one of the first official bond projects to be completed on campushttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/rockcreek-bond-labs/
Welding programs works to retrofit Newberg High labs: Monday, March 15th, 2010; When more than 300 students signed up this year to take welding classes at Newberg High School – an interest matched by local manufacturers’ need for trained welders – the high school and PCC forged a partnership to meet the demandhttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/welding-program-newberg/
Pulliams wins CASE Regional Leadership Award: Monday, March 15th, 2010; Preston Pulliams’ drive to pass the largest-ever bond measure, target diversity, go tobacco free and strive to make PCC more green are just some of his initiatives that helped to win him this year’s honorhttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/pulliams-ceo-of-the-year/
Remembrance ceremony honors Dr. De’s legacy: Friday, March 12th, 2010; A look back at the remembrance ceremony to honor the great legacy of founding PCC president Dr. Amo DeBernardishttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/drde-remembrance-ceremony/
Juried student art show looking for submissions: Wednesday, March 10th, 2010; The juried show is an educational opportunity for art students and a mark of prestige for students who are selected to participatehttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/juried-student-art-show/
VIDEO: Lambs and animals bring in spring at Rock Creek: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010; Check out the lambs at the Rock Creek Campus Farm and the variety of other animal characters that wander the countrysidehttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/video-lambs-rock-creek/
PCC program first in state to get American Bar Association approval: Monday, March 8th, 2010; After two years of an intensive process, formal approval was granted by the ABA in February at its annual convention in Floridahttp://news.pcc.edu/2010/03/paralegal-approval/