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From dropout to a success
Nikki Hurtado enrolled at Portland Community College in 2004 for one reason: she wanted to be the first in her […] Posted July 16, 2007
Admission to college – the quick and easy way
Roberto Suarez knows all about the PCC admissions process. He’s the admissions coordinator for the Cascade Campus, and he wants […] Posted July 2, 2007
Jack Kent Cooke winner thrives from inspiration
When Elizabeth Bair (northeast Portland) heard there was a winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s undergraduate transfer scholarship in […] Posted July 2, 2007
Ready, Set, Write
Cascade Campus Spanish faculty member Jan Underwood wrote her first published novel in just 72 hours and won an international […] Posted June 18, 2007
Finding his niche
You’d probably never guess that a decade ago, Andrew Delaney didn’t have any idea what he wanted to do. Now, […] Posted June 11, 2007
A Green Way of Life
Even as a child Yvonne Norman was environmentally conscious. As a spunky 9-year-old, she organized a massive neighborhood cleanup where […] Posted June 11, 2007
World at his feet
Eric Dexter didn’t want to do a term paper for Linda Fergusson-Kolme’s Biology 101 class. Instead, he created a kind […] Posted June 4, 2007
Dining Service’s melting pot
The diversity of food one can find at any of the campus dining centers around PCC is matched only by […] Posted June 4, 2007
Meet Your Governor’s Scholars
Six scholars from PCC were recognized for academic and personal accomplishment at a recent ceremony at the state Capitol Building […] Posted June 4, 2007
45th graduation has a fresh take
PCC’s graduation ceremony may be steeped in tradition, but this year it will have a few new items to look […] Posted May 28, 2007