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Superhero campaign is picture perfect
Paul Kiefer, Student “This means hundreds of additional scholarships and the potential to reach our goal of serving every student […] Posted December 8, 2008
Cascade student earns national Coke scholarship
Only a few years ago Amber Parke was trying to turn her life around in Project Independence, a special program […] Posted November 24, 2008
PCC goes international
From Nov. 17-21, people won’t have to spend lots of money or fly lots of hours to experience international culture. […] Posted November 17, 2008
A new twist to oldie ‘War of the Worlds’
On one Sunday night in October 1938, young Broadway wunderkind actor and director Orson Welles took radio listeners on one […] Posted November 10, 2008
New bioscience program comes at the right time
Kelly Payne, 38, worked for a Tel-co company, which fits new houses with fiber optics. It was a good career […] Posted November 3, 2008
PCC Bond would be child-friendly
Child care, especially for low-income students, is as important as signing up for the right classes and completing coursework. Without […] Posted October 27, 2008
First responders need real-world training
There is a critical need for a program that trains a critical workforce. The first responders program, which educates and […] Posted October 20, 2008
Demand grows for well-trained welders
Welding instructor Matt Scott would pull his hair out if he had the time. But he doesn’t. Scott is too […] Posted October 13, 2008
Nursing program saves a career
There were more than 800 students who applied to the Portland Community College nursing program last year. But only 100 […] Posted October 6, 2008
New option for renewable energy industry
With the impending construction of a huge wind farm and big interest in alternative energy, Portland Community College is responding […] Posted September 29, 2008