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Founding President Amo DeBernardis (second from left) has lunch with his deans at Sylvania. Founders’ Week: PCC welcomes back its past presidents
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Join District President Preston Pulliams in welcoming back five of PCC’s past presidents at the Presidents’ Picnic today. All students, staff, retirees and alumni are invited to a BBQ lunch outside Rock Creek’s Building 9’s Event Center, for 1961 prices, from noon to 2 p.m.http://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-pcc-welcomes-back-its-past-presidents/
A student in the late 1970s reads in Building 3 at the Rock Creek Campus. Founders’ Week: Author Rebecca Skloot visits Rock Creek, Southeast today
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Today (Thursday, May 17), in conjunction with Founders’ Week, PCC Reads presents national best-selling author and PCC Alum Rebecca Skloot as she returns to PCC to discuss her acclaimed book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"http://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-thursday/
The Portland Community College Mobile Classroom traveled to rural communities in the district to teach sewing, household budget management, healthy diets, foods, cooking and other home economics topics. Founders’ Week: Service Drive Day
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Today (Wednesday, May 16) is a day for PCC's Service Drive. Visit tables at each campus from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to report any volunteering you have contributed throughout the year – it all helps the college exceed its goal of 50,000 hours of community service in honor of the 50th Anniversaryhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-service-drive-day/
A student chills out on a Sylvania Campus lawn in the 1970s. Founders’ Week: It’s PCC Day in Oregon
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
May 15 has been declared PCC Day by the Oregon Governor! Celebrate PCC Day and the signing of the college’s charter by wearing your blue 50th Anniversary t-shirts and other PCC apparelhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-tuesday/
Dr. DeBernardis (far left, first row) and his leaders in the early days of PCC. Founders’ Week starts today with big discounts
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Today, Monday, May 14, Portland Community College Founders’ Week kicks off with some great deals at the PCC Bookstore locationshttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/founders-week-monday/
PCC bought a new location just down the street on 82nd Avenue and Division Street as part of the passage of the $144 bond measure in 2000 to address the enrollment growth at the center. Southeast Campus: 30 years in the making
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The founding president had a vision of a comprehensive campus in Southeast Portland, but successors had their own visionshttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/05/southeast-campus/
Featured artwork titled, “Beet Meets Meat” by Yuji Hiratsuka. Japanese printmaker is featured artist at 25th Art Beat
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
During the week of May 7-11, all of PCC’s main campuses will host presentations, performances, demonstrations and workshops in music, literature, sculpture and paintinghttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/04/25th-art-beat/
PCC’s 50 years of revolution on display at The Oregon Historical Society PCC’s 50 years of revolution on display at The Oregon Historical Society
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
PCC stories and artifacts from the past five decades of its existence is on full display this spring for all to seehttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/04/oregon-historical-society/
Alejandra Dominguez’s work of art underlines Semana’s week Alejandra Dominguez’s work of art underlines Semana’s week
Monday, April 16th, 2012
Alejandra Dominguez's inspiration is the face of the 2012 Semana de la Raza celebration (April 23-27) at the Rock Creek Campushttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/04/semana/
Long lines for class registration were the norm when Sylvania first opened. Despite hurdles, PCC builds first comprehensive campus
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Local newspapers and even the college’s own planning staff said it couldn’t be done, but the Sylvania Campus was built anywayhttp://news.pcc.edu/2012/04/comprehensive-campus/