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Long-Distance Residents Can Now Connect to PCC Toll-Free
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College has two new toll-free telephone numbers to help better serve residents. Posted February 2, 2001
V-Day 2001 College Initiative Comes to PCC-Sylvania
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College's Sylvania Campus will be one of 200 campuses around the nation to honor V-Day 2001 College Initiative, which highlights the problem of violence against women. Posted February 2, 2001
Public Invited to Community Forum on Cascade Campus
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College is inviting the public to join in a discussion of the future growth of the Cascade Campus, located at 705 N. Killingsworth St. Posted February 2, 2001
Media Advisory: PCC's Senior Studies Institute to Celebrate Black History
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College's Senior Studies Institute is planning to celebrate Black History Month with a three-part educational series at the Central Portland Workforce Training Center, located at 1626 S.E. Water Ave. Posted January 25, 2001
?Central Soul' Musical Set to Open at PCC-Sylvania
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Community College Multicultural Center and Filipino American National Historical Society of Oregon are presenting two shows of the musical play Central Soul at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 and Saturday, Feb. 3 in the performing arts center on the Sylvania Campus, located at 12000 S.W. 49th Ave. Posted January 25, 2001
PCC, PSU Announce New Engineering and Computer Science Scholarship Program
PORTLAND - Portland Community College's Engineering Technology and Math Division and Portland State University's College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to provide 40 low-income engineering and computer science students with two-year scholarships. Posted January 25, 2001
Curtain to Open on PCC's 11th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films on Feb. 1
PORTLAND, Ore. - The 11th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films will show more than 20 films in February 2001. Festival organizers are bringing in Safi Faye of Senegal, one of Africa's foremost women film directors, to open the festival with her film Mossane. Posted January 19, 2001
PCC, State's Community Colleges Take Case to State Capitol
SALEM - Students, board members, faculty and presidents from Oregon's 17 community colleges will converge in Salem for Community College Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Posted January 19, 2001
New concepts transform biology learning
The PCC Sylvania Campus Biology department is slowly transforming its lab space and its curriculum to fit the changing needs of its students. Thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Sylvania Campus is phasing out the current teaching model to one that will engage the student more than ever before. Posted January 18, 2001
'Reading in the Workplace' energizes Tektronix employees
Paul Wild, a manager for Portland Community College's Customized Workforce Training Center, estimates that $60 billion worth of productivity in the United States is lost every year due to a lack of reading skills. PCC and Tektronix are tackling this issue head on. Posted January 12, 2001
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