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Former SBDC student in charge of casting 'Twilight' movie in Oregon

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

Lana Veenker, who helped cast the movie "Twilight" and the TNT series "Leverage" in Oregon, was a 2005 graduate of the Small Business Development Center at PCC. Veenker is the owner and operator of Oregon’s busiest casting company, Lana Veenker Casting. Her team is behind hundreds of film, video, print and voice-over projects. In addition, she has provided local talent for “Feast of Love,” a major Hollywood film shot in Oregon in 2006. It stars Morgan Freem... more »

Bird sculpture was a team effort at Rock Creek

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

The Manuel Izquierdo sculpture, “Flight of the Dove,” came to Rock Creek in poor condition, but was restored by three departments there. The PCC aviation department provided initial transportation to the campus; the welding department repaired significant damage from exposure and rust; and the auto collision department primed, painted, baked and clear-coated the piece. The campus recently dedicated the art acquisition, which is a four-foot steel sculpture by the late former PNCA fac... more »

Auto service technology students disable cars in PIR endurance race

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

Last month, Automotive Service Technology program students, faculty and friends took part in the ChumpCar World Series race at Portland International Raceway. The event, a new kind of road racing endurance series, featured a team of students who filled 20 seven-hour shifts as the wrecking crew. They temporarily disabled cars – none of them having values of more than $500 – of drivers that had been penalized for an on-track driving offense. After PCC students removed various parts, t... more »

Rock Creek Campus gets 17 new high-tech pianos to help music students

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

This fall, a system of 17 digital electronic pianos arrived at the Rock Creek Campus , the largest updating of the campus music program since its inception in 1976. The pianos, Roland RP-101 models, are unique in that they have two Middle C keys and a split keyboard, meaning two students can play at once. Each piano has two sets of headphones, so the students can hear their own playing without the distraction of others. Each piano will be connected to an instructor console, or switchboard, a Ro... more »

PHOTO: International flare takes over PCC-Cascade

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

On Nov. 18, international students from Japan show off their table of cultural items, and delicious food to fellow students and the public at the Cascade Campus dining hall. Their table was part of the International Extravaganza, which celebrates the international community of PCC and their unique culture through food, dance, and cultural tables. There's still time to experience International Education Week. Check out its schedule and experience some international flare right at home. One parti... more »

PHOTO: Parents expand their fun at CAMP Parent Day

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

HI-RES Photo Here On Nov. 14, local parents of prospective and current College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) students blow up balloons as part of an interactive activity to build teamwork at the Rock Creek Campus, 17705 N.W. Springville Road. They then raced with their balloons to see who could burst theirs first, pitting one side of parents against another. CAMP staff organized this fun Parent College Day to help the parents understand what is expected from their children while participati... more »

Rock Creek's Terri Barnes takes her students back to the past

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

If history instructor Terri Barnes could go anywhere in time, she said she’d “go back to Tudor England, meet Henry VIII, slap him, and ask what he was thinking.” Before such a fateful meeting of course she’d make sure that her ride back to 2009 was viable. The time travel question is one she throws out to her western civilization class at the Rock Creek Campus every term. But in the absence of a real time machine, Barnes immerses her students in the tastes, smells and so... more »

OPB Radio features Net Zero's $1 million grant, surging enrollment

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

The link above features a radio story by OPB about PCC's green initiatives as well as enrollment. Authored by Rob Manning, the story features comments by Sylvania Campus President Linda Gerber, Cascade Math Chairperson Holli Adams, Sylvania's Dean of Student Development Diane Mulligan and PCC President Preston Pulliams. ... more »

Sneak Preview: Ghosts of 'Judevine' come out to play

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

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Ceramic instructors create gift for sister city Sapporo, Japan

jghill@pcc.edu (James Hill) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST

Hi-RES PHOTO (Donna Cole and Jim Johnstone in studio) Hi-RES PHOTO (The Sapporo Art) ROCK CREEK CAMPUS - Two Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus (17705 N.W. Springville Road) ceramics staff members, Donna Cole and Jim Johnstone, were chosen by the Hokkaido Japan Potters’ Society to present a ceramics project at a prestigious international pottery show at Sapporo Museum of Contemporary Arts. The September 11-26 show, “Art Fest of Clay and Fire,” coincided with the 50th... more »