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Posted in August 2005

PCC, partners celebrate new era on Killingsworth
PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Aug. 18, Portland Community College, Portland Development Commission, Portland Office of Transportation, Humboldt Neighborhood Association and local residents and businesses kicked off the $5 million construction improvement project on North Killingsworth Street. The three-block project stretches from Michigan to Borthwick avenues. The ceremony celebrated the construction that began Aug. 1 on the first phase of public improvements. Posted August 19, 2005
PCC, partners kick-off Killingsworth project
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College, Portland Development Commission, Portland Office of Transportation, Humboldt Neighborhood Association and local businesses are hosting a kick-off celebration for the $5 million of construction improvements on three-block area of North Killingsworth Street, between Michigan and Borthwick Avenues. Posted August 17, 2005
Training new employees for circuit board companies
PORTLAND, Ore. - It was a day to remember. A dozen graduates of Portland Community College's Entry-Level High Tech Skills Training program performed songs and presented cultural skits to a crowd of family and high-tech industry representatives during a one-hour graduation last month at the Capital Career Center. In return, they got a certificate and a whole new career. Posted August 12, 2005
PCC admissions staff will be at Lloyd Mall Sept. 10
PORTLAND, Ore. - On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Admissions Offices of Portland Community College will staff information booths at the Lloyd Center Mall (2201 Lloyd Center Mall) to answer questions and offer guidance to prospective students for registering for fall term classes. Posted August 10, 2005
Signature building nears completion at PCC-Cascade
PORTLAND, Ore. - The final piece to the Cascade 2000 construction bond puzzle is nearing completion the Daniel F. Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building. The facility is named after former PCC President Dan Moriarty, who retired from the college in 2001 after 15 years at the helm of the states largest institution of higher education. Posted August 10, 2005
PCC-Pay helps students take care of bills quickly and cheaply
PORTLAND, Ore. - Students now have a safer, cheaper and faster way to pay their bills at Portland Community College. Posted August 10, 2005
Sign of the times: PCC, Marylhurst partner up
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College and Marylhurst University have signed an articulation agreement to guarantee admission and junior status at Marylhurst to PCC graduates with an associate of applied science degree in sign language interpreting and deaf studies. Students who transfer from PCC to Marylhurst with a concentration in sign language interpretation will be accepted into the university's human studies program. PCC's sign language interpreting program is based at the Sylvania Campus (12000 S.W. 49th Ave.). Posted August 10, 2005
Small Business Connection: Taking New Heights to New Levels
When business started picking up at New Heights Integrative Therapy, owner Kevin Poe was both excited and worried. Poe and his partners Kellie Barnes and Donna Gramont were spending all of their time with clients and little time thinking about the direction of their growing enterprise. Posted August 10, 2005
Board of directors meeting cancelled
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Community College Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 11 at the Sylvania Campus has been cancelled. The next business meeting is set for Thursday, September 15 in the Conference Room of the CC Building at the Sylvania Campus, 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. Posted August 8, 2005
Students build weather station, future careers
PORTLAND, Ore. - High school students from around the area were not only building a weather station, but building their future. Posted August 2, 2005