Top-10 Stories of 2007
Best of 2007
Each week during the past year, we featured the story of a student, faculty or staff member at Portland Community College. Many of these stories were viewed thousands of times.
To celebrate 2007, we now present the most popular stories:
1) Carmen Martinez: Broken arm, but not spirit - The Rock Creek chemistry instructor finds herself in a life-and-death struggle on Mt. Hood. A friend saves her life. [April 02, 2007 - Archived home page]
2) Power
of the powwow- Nate Salazar is not only coordinating this year's Winter Powwow at the Sylvania Campus, but is getting in touch with his ancestry, too. [January 08, 2007 - Archived home page]
3) Ready,
Set, Write - Faculty member Jan Underwood wrote her first published novel in just 72 short hours. [June 11, 2007 - Archived home page]
4) From
dropout to a success- Nikki Hurtado, who once gave up on her education, returned to PCC and was recently named a national Jack Kent Cooke scholar. [July 16, 2007 - Archived home page]
5) To
the Rescue - PCC's Small Business Development Center guides entrepreneurs through tricky decisions. [July 30, 2007 - Archived home page]
6) Lopez
gets into the right CAMP- Luis Lopez found his calling in life thanks to the direction and support of the CAMP program, which recently scored a five-year, $1.5 million Department of Education grant. [March 19, 2007 - Archived home page]
7) Jack
Kent Cooke winner thrives from inspiration- Elizabeth Bair takes the inspiration from her parents and children to go back to school. [July 02, 2007 - Archived home page]
8) Keeping medical technology healthy- PCC’s new Biomedical Engineering Technology program has been approved by the state and will help fill a critical need in area hospitals and local medical companies. [August 27, 2007 - Archived home page]
9) World
at his feet- Thanks to a creative biology video, Eric Dexter will be going to Africa to film a James Madison University research project. [June 04, 2007 - Archived home page]
10) Finding
his niche- Former multimedia student Andrew Delaney excels at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [June 11, 2007 - Archived home page]