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Foundation celebrates success

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Ice cream social for FoundationDieterich Steinmetz, dean of the PCC Science and Engineering Division, serves up ice cream sundaes in the Sylvania Campus cafeteria,Thursday, April 14.

The festivities were held to celebrate the PCC Foundation, which successfully met the Miller Match challenge to raise record amounts for scholarships. The Foundation met the match each year for the past three years.

The college’s Traditions, Rituals and Fun Committee played host to the April 14 ice cream social.

The challenge from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, provided an additional $320,000 in matching scholarship funds for the college this year.

About Dana Haynes

Dana Haynes, joined PCC in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »