PCC hires Hinerman to lead business services
PORTLAND, Ore. - For Cher Hinerman, this is her dream job. Portland Community College tapped Hinerman to become the college's first director of its Center for Business and Industry. Posted September 22, 2005
PCC Bookstore offers digital alternative to students
PORTLAND, Ore. - This fall the Portland Community College Bookstore will participate in the Universal Digital Textbooks program, providing a cost-saving alternative to printed textbooks. Posted September 19, 2005
Behind the Partnerships: Phil Griffin, NW Natural
A contingent of local organizations, including Portland Community College, would like to help retirees, or those planning on retiring, get the most out of this next phase of their life. Too often, it is a rush to the finish line of their careers with many left thinking afterward, What now? Posted September 9, 2005
PCC ready to respond to Hurricane Katrina evacuees
PORTLAND, Ore. - The presidents of Portland, Mt. Hood and Clackamas community colleges, as well as the Oregon Community College Association have met to discuss the possibility of providing for the needs of any Hurricane Katrina evacuees who might arrive in the metropolitan area. Posted September 8, 2005
PCC: Open for Business
PCC is open for business. Cher Hinerman, a former Fortune 500 strategist and veteran leader of industry-education partnerships at state […] Posted September 8, 2005
Nicole Howie, Transfer Student, Johns Hopkins University
Nicole Howie attends Johns Hopkins University and is working on her master’s degree in computer technology, specializing in helping end-users. […] Posted September 8, 2005
Monica Garcia, transfer student, Portland State University
Monica Adriana Garcia is working on her master’s degree at Portland State University in early childhood education. When Garcia came […] Posted September 8, 2005
Matthew Gorby, transfer student, University of Massachusetts
Matthew Gorby is a physics student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a 2004 graduate of PCC. Before […] Posted September 8, 2005
Like puzzles? Love to solve problems? Try Computer Information Systems
Careers in computer information systems are coming back, thanks to Oregon’s economic recovery. So there’s no better time to get […] Posted September 8, 2005
Layoff leads to training for a new career
When America’s dot.com boom went bust, it sent a lot of skilled technicians to the unemployment line. Many of the […] Posted September 8, 2005