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PCC to Open New Center in Downtown Hillsboro
HILLSBORO, Ore. - In January 2002, Portland Community College will bring expanded education and training opportunities to Hillsboro with its new Hillsboro Center, set to open in downtown Hillsboro at First Avenue and Washington Street for winter term. Posted November 16, 2001
Laid Off Metro Workers Turn to PCC for Help
PORTLAND, Ore. ? The jump in the unemployment rate to 6.5 percent has moved Oregon into a recession. In Portland Community College's district, which covers all or parts of five counties metro-wide, companies who use the services of the college's Dislocated Worker Program laid off 6,000 workers between May and October. Posted November 16, 2001
MEDIA ADVISORY: ?If I Had A Hammer' Project at PCC for Grade Schoolers Builds Real-World Education
ROCK CREEK CAMPUS - Thanks to Portland Community College and The Home Depot, local fifth-grade students will have hammers, and much more. Posted November 16, 2001
Ophthalmic Medical Technology Program Earns Accreditation Through 2008
CASCADE CAMPUS - The Ophthalmic Medical Technology program at Portland Community College was awarded continuing accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Posted November 13, 2001
New Directions Focuses on Displaced Homemakers
ST. HELENS, Ore. - Portland Community College's New Directions program will be extending services to St. Helens just in time for winter term. Posted November 13, 2001
Their Fruitful Adventure
John and Lynn Albin take their adventure to the next level, making their own wine from the grapes they've grown and supplied to wineries for the past 15 years. Posted November 1, 2001
PCC Presents Moliere's ?Schemes of Scapino' at Sylvania
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College's Theater Arts department presents the fall term production, "The Schemes of Scapino,"Moliere's brilliant farce about the tricks, masquerades and antics of Scapino and zany characters. Posted October 31, 2001
PCC Enrollment Eclipses 40,000-Mark for Fall Term
PORTLAND, Ore. - Enrollment at Portland Community College is not just up, it's way up. The latest figures are in and PCC is attracting more students than ever before. Posted October 31, 2001
PCC to Host Two Exhibits Dedicated to Portland Culture
In celebration of Portland's 150th birthday, art galleries at the Rock Creek and Sylvania campuses of Portland Community College will exhibit the Regional Arts and Culture Council's Visual Chronicle of Portland collection in a city-wide series entitled the Rose City Zeitgeist. Posted October 25, 2001
PCC Foundation Hosts Scholarship Reception at Oregon Zoo
The PCC Foundation will honor 230 scholarship recipients and their guests, along with approximately 100 donors, at a reception at the Oregon Zoo on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001, from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. in the Vista Banquet Room. Posted October 19, 2001
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