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PCC’s SBDC guides entrepreneurs through tricky decisions
Last summer Rebecca Pearcy was at a crossroads with her specialty handbag business Queen Bee Creations. The 10-year-old company she […] Posted July 30, 2007
After placement test, get in gear by seeking advice
Carlos Mercado, 24, knew what he wanted when he came to PCC more than a year ago. The Madras native […] Posted July 16, 2007
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