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'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
Media Advisory: Speaker, Gospel Choir to Highlight PCC's MLK Celebration
PORTLAND - Debbie Whooten, a motivational speaker who has overcome great adversity in her life, will be the featured entertainment for Portland Community College's celebration of the Martin Luther King Holiday. Posted January 10, 2001
Media Advisory: PCC Physical Education Class Takes Fitness Indoors
SYLVANIA - Fitness programs are always high on the list of New Year's resolutions, but the Oregon winters don't make it easy to stick with an exercise program. Posted January 5, 2001
Exhibit to Show Transparent Side of Photography
SYLVANIA - Portland Community College will host a photographic exhibition titled, "Transparencies,"by PCC visual arts instructor Matthew Kidder in the Northview Gallery on the Sylvania Campus. Posted January 5, 2001
PCC to Stage Second Annual Winter Powwow Jan. 20
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College will host the second annual Native American Winter Powwow between noon and midnight on Saturday, Jan. 20 in the HT Building's gymnasium on the Sylvania Campus. Posted January 5, 2001
Life Lessons: Bill Bruno – 'We're all here to learn, even the teacher'
Bill Bruno is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to teaching. The PCC instructor of Computer Information Systems (CIS), has no computers in his Rock Creek classroom and favors textbooks only on a limited basis. Both methods, he says, get in the way of student learning. Posted January 4, 2001
Enrollment Continues to Grow at PCC
PORTLAND - Portland Community College, Oregon's largest post-secondary institution, experienced enrollment growth for the 16th consecutive term. Posted December 15, 2000
PCC Selected to List for Serving Hispanic Students
PORTLAND - The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine has selected Portland Community College as one the best institutions in providing education to Hispanic students. Posted December 15, 2000
PCC Workshop to Help Students Find Next College
SYLVANIA CAMPUS - Portland Community College will have an informative workshop for anyone who is thinking of heading to college in the near future. The non-credit course College Bound will include topics such as college researching, admissions information, financial aid guidelines, scholarships and application processes. Posted December 15, 2000
PCC to Help Book Your Spot in the Travel Industry
TIGARD - Have you ever wondered if you were getting the best deal on your holiday travel package? Did you ever want the skills to become a travel agent? Portland Community College offers an 11-week program designed to give you the basic skills to become just that in the non-credit class Travel Reservation Computer Training. Posted December 15, 2000
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