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PCC non-credit class helps home buyers get best deal
PORTLAND, Ore. - With interest rates hovering at their lowest point in more than 20 years, now is the time to buy a home and lock in a great rate. But where do you start? A non-credit Portland Community College class can show you the steps to take to not only buy your dream home, but get the best deal. Posted July 1, 2004
TWO ITEMS: Learn German with PCC non-credit lessons
PORTLAND, Ore. - Have you always wanted to be able to speak German? Portland Community College will offer an opportunity to learn the language just for fun and self-enrichment with an upcoming non-credit class. Posted July 1, 2004
PCC offers online class for computer gamers
PORTLAND, Ore. - The hours you spend defending planet earth through computer games can actually lead to a profitable career. An online class offered by Portland Community College reveals the possibilities. Posted July 1, 2004
Jewelry art class decorates personal history
PORTLAND, Ore. - Typically we capture our past in diaries and photographs, yet a new Portland Community College non-credit course adds another dimension to how we explore our history. Join PCC for an unusual opportunity to create jewelry that interprets personal history. Posted July 1, 2004
PCC non-credit class offers inside look at Portland art scene
PORTLAND, Ore. - Take advantage of Portland's growing status as an epicenter of visual art by joining Portland Community College for an insider's look at some of the city's hottest galleries. Posted July 1, 2004
PCC adds championship-winning coach to women's basketball team
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College has announced Rob Pridemore as their new women's basketball head coach. Posted June 25, 2004
Spending the summer in Portland? Get a ?Back Stage Pass' at PCC
PORTLAND, Ore. - Students from other colleges and universities can take accelerated summer Portland Community College courses without having to take placement testing, orientation and advising. Posted June 25, 2004
Governor to visit lifelong learning programs at PCC's new Southeast Center
PORTLAND, Ore. - Governor Ted Kulongoski will visit several innovative "Lifelong Learning"programs at the newly constructed Southeast Center of Portland Community College on Thursday, June 24, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Posted June 24, 2004
Dual enrollment multiplies benefits
The recent reorganization of the state board of higher education by Gov. Kulongoski promises a closer look at, among other things, dual enrollments between Oregon's state universities and community colleges. The governor, with former-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt now chairing the board, wants to give students a better shot at transferring to four-year schools from the community college. Posted June 22, 2004
PCC welcomes 50 high schoolers for special summer school
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - On Monday, June 21 the PCC Upward Bound program will welcome its first group of 50 high school students from the Beaverton and Tigard-Tualatin districts to the Sylvania Campus for an intensive six-week summer session of classes, research projects and career exploration activities. Posted June 22, 2004
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