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Public Affairs media and Web site report for June 2010
Story by James Hill
Here is a look at some of the news stories about PCC from around the local area and the nation in June. In total, PCC events and people appeared 82 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio. This is an increase of 64 percent from the same time period a year ago.
June 1, the , The Oregonian and the showcased PCC’s purchase of neighboring properties to Southeast Center.
The June 2010 Web site statistics.
June, the Southwest Community Connection highlighted PCC’s burgeoning enrollment and the success of the e-cycle drive.
June 2, history student Caleb Spiegel’s Lehrman Institute scholar award made news on .
June 2, Miral Rezayee Bessed’s dramatic story and her thoughts on speaking at the PCC graduation were showcased in the .
June 3, Adrian Thompson was president of Cascade Campus for a day and was profiled by the .
June 3, highlighted the Village Building Convergence on the Sylvania Campus.
June 7, Freightliner’s truck donation to the PCC Foundation made news on OregonLive, , the and .
June 8, the and the profiled Miral Rezayee Bessed, PCC’s graduation speaker.
June 10, and Lake Oswego Review featured the college’s student speaker on their front pages and the Beaverton Times showcased the student speaker on its page 3.
June 14, Community College Week ranked all of the community colleges in degree offerings and had PCC rated in six of the lists – all associate’s degrees (41st), degrees to non-minorities (32), American Indians (67), Hispanics (67), Asian Americans (67), liberal arts students (27) and parks, recreation, leisure and fitness students (35).
June 15, featured PCC hosting office hours for an employee from the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
June 19, showcased PCC’s Gateway to College Program in a series of articles highlighting alternative education.
Spring edition of Trustee Quarterly highlighted PCC’s Washington D.C., delegation lobbying Congress.
June 29, the , , and spotlighted PCC’s piece of the recent federal money to help train more health care workers.
91¸£Àû James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at 91¸£Àû. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »