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Katherine Miller

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President Mitsui shares his vision for PCC at town hall forums
At Sylvania Campus, an overflow crowd of faculty, staff and students gathered in the Performing Arts Center Lobby to hear – and ask questions – about the president’s plans to address the challenges PCC faces as it strives to ensure opportunity and equitable student success Posted May 23, 2017
Building 5 renovation helps PCC earn construction industry awards
For many months, the Rock Creek Campus has been celebrating its 40th anniversary as well as the completion of the major overhaul of one of its key structures, Building 5 Posted May 22, 2017
John Farnum (right) with Neal Naigus at the college's last Center for Civic Participation event. PCC’s ‘Meaningful Conversations’ tackles fear and xenophobia
This week the Center for Civic Participation at PCC (CCP at PCC) continues its "Meaningful Conversations" series with a forum discussion on "Fear Itself: Is Xenophobia Ever Justified? Posted May 17, 2017
Illumination Project engages actors and audiences on sexism, interpersonal violence
The current season offers three different performances, “Unheard,” “Be Nice” and “One Bad Night,” which all feature short, realistic scenes of interpersonal situations that cause an individual to feel threatened or denigrated Posted May 5, 2017
Faduma Saleh is studying social work and psychology at PCC Rock Creek. She says she comes to the Multicultural Resource Center twice a week and calls it "a house full of different colored people from different places around the world." College’s network of Multicultural Centers work for access and student success
The network of Multicultural Centers play an important role in nurturing these students and helping the college fulfill its mission to provide access in a culture of equity and inclusion Posted May 3, 2017
PCC looks down new pathways to improve completion rate
Lagging completion rates for students have been an ongoing challenge for many community colleges nationwide, including PCC. At most schools, […] Posted April 17, 2017
Cool wayfinding initiatives make PCC a leader in accessibility 8
College staff have worked hard to make PCC's wayfinding easier Posted March 27, 2017
Portland Community College has been honored by APPA: Leadership in Education Facilities with the 2016 national Sustainability Award for community colleges. PCC tackles climate change head-on by purchasing green, reaps huge dividends 3
PCC tackles climate change head-on by purchasing green, reaps huge dividends Posted March 10, 2017
College remembers fateful Executive Order 9066 that started Japanese-American internment 8
President Roosevelt signed an executive order that forced more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans from their homes Posted March 3, 2017
Rock Creek’s new childcare center takes shape, completion set for late 2017 1
The new childcare center is one step closer to opening late next year, making the campus the college's fourth campus to provide on-site care for young children Posted December 28, 2016
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