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NOVEMBER NEWS: Bond measure, International Week all the buzz
Photos and Story by James Hill
A look at news stories about PCC from around the local area and the nation in November. In total, PCC events and people appeared 94 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio.
Nov. 4,The Portland Tribune and The Oregonian announced PCC was winning the vote count.
Nov. 4, The Asian Reporter highlighted PCC’s surging enrollment.
Nov. 5, Northwest Cable News was the first to project PCC a winner with its bond measure.
Nov. 6, The Oregonian highlighted the effect of Obama’s win on young students at PCC.
Nov. 6, OPB showcased the big PCC win.
Nov. 6, the Daily Journal of Commerce featured PCC’s winning bond measure and what would be next for construction plans.
Nov. 6, PCC’s International Education Week was mentioned in The Oregonian and The Lake Oswego Review.
Nov. 6, Willamette Week compared and contrasted PCC’s bond with that of the Oregon Zoo’s where Zoo supporters outspent PCC 2-to-1.
Nov. 6, for the third time The Oregonian endorsed PCC and the beneficial effect the bond will have on the community.
Nov. 7, Eugene Register Guard and the Salem Statesman Journal reported on PCC’s bond passing.
Nov. 12, The Portland Observer ran a photo package of students in the Diesel Service Technician program showing off how a fuel injection system works at Rock Creek’s Career and Technical Opportunities Day.
Nov. 13, The Lake Oswego Review profiled the PCC theater production of “War of the Worlds.”
Nov. 14, The Oregonian featured Intel’s chief economist, who presented at a speaking series at Rock Creek.
Nov. 14, the Business Journal showcased the passage of the PCC measure and the favorable market to sell bonds.
Nov. 14, The Oregonian placed listings for exhibits at the Northview and Cascade art galleries.
Nov. 14, Portland Mayor Tom Potter has been discussing PCC’s possible role with a new police training center – The Oregonian.
Nov. 16, Preston Pulliams’ opinion piece ran in The Oregonian thanking the community for approving PCC’s bond.
Nov. 17, the Newberg Graphic published an editorial echoing support for the bond and having a PCC location within Newberg.
Nov. 18, the Hillsboro Argus highlighted Students4Giving online auction.
Nov. 19, The Skanner featured the foreclosure summit that occurred Nov. 22 at the Cascade Campus.
Nov. 19, the Portland Observer mentioned PCC’s mulling of banning smoking on all campuses.
Nov. 21, the University Business Magazine’s blog (UB Buzz) featured the photo of Preston Pulliams and OIT’s Chris Maples for their dual enrollment signing.
Nov. 24, The Hillsboro Argus spotlighted the dual enrollment agreement between PCC and OIT.
Nov. 26, the Portland Observer showcased International Education Week with a large photo package on the cover of its Arts and Entertainment page.
Nov. 26, the Portland Observer also featured the college’s dual enrollment agreement with OIT and ran a front-page story on Coca-Cola scholar Amber Parke.
Nov. 27, the Lake Oswego Review highlighted the OIT dual enrollment agreement and International Education Week.
Nov. 27, the Lake Oswego Review profiled the Students4Giving online auction.
Nov. 26, the Business Journal spotlighted John Saito in its Executive Profile section.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »