Posted in May 2011
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Girls explore stitching pigs feet, nontraditional careers
- The annual Young Women’s Career Conference gave almost 500 area schoolgirls a head start into nontraditional careers through workshops hosted by 30 female professionals Posted May 17, 2011
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Election deadline hits
- The deadline to vote in the May election is 8 p.m. today (Tuesday, May 17), which means it is not too late to cast that ballot. Posted May 17, 2011
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Disasters highlight need for training
- The sheer scale of the overlapping catastrophes in Japan – first earthquake, then tsunami, fire and nuclear meltdown – underscored the need for preparedness and close, organized collaboration between different emergency response agencies Posted May 16, 2011
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Rock Creek honors vets
- The Rock Creek Veteran’s Appreciation Week celebration is slated for Monday through Friday, May 23 to 27 at the campus, 17705 N.W. Springville Road. Posted May 16, 2011
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Rock Creek job fair draws 500
- An estimated 350 people attended the Oregon Job Fair at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Campus this Saturday. Sen. Mark Hass of Beaverton hosted the event. Posted May 16, 2011
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Eight PCC faculty selected for prestigious workshops
- The honor puts PCC faculty alongside university professors through an agreement with the Community College Humanities Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities Posted May 16, 2011
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Vet Tech students host doggie wash fund-raiser May 22
- The May 22 event will not only help raise money for student learning, but gives Oregon’s only veterinary technology program valuable dog handling experience Posted May 16, 2011
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Sylvania students win Russian language experience
- Evan Schott, Darrian Bowen and Jason Junkkarinen are recipients of Critical Language Scholarships through the State Department, which will take them to Vladimir, Russia, this summer Posted May 15, 2011
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PCC helps lure solar jobs
- Today’s news that Portland will draw an estimated 480 new jobs from the high-tech sector came with an assist from Portland Community College. Posted May 13, 2011
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RC student fired up about SkillsUSA
- Last month Marcus Nikitins won the SkillsUSA Diesel Equipment Technology state championship hosted by the college Posted May 13, 2011