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Founders’ Week recap: Past presidents make the rounds, share memories 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 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 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 ‘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 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 Campus will undergo a "facelift" thanks to several bond-funded improvements, including 75,000 sq. ft. of renovations to the College Center (CC) Building. 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/
Sylvania Campus President Linda Gerber speaks at the tree-planting ceremony to celebrate the life of Deborah Evind. 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/
Student outreach Coordinator Teresa Salinas answers a question by a student on the first day of classes at the Sylvania Campus in Southwest Portland. 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/