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Public Affairs media and website report for February 2012

Photos and 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 February. In total, PCC events and people appeared 59 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio:

Feb. 1: , , & Portland Observer: Docking in Portland as the opening-night selection of the 22nd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films, “Scheherazade” from Egypt contains a number of images presaging Tahrir Square.

Feb. 1: Portland Observer, Portland Tribune, & Lake Oswego Review: The new dual enrollment agreement with PSU and PCC establishes application deadlines, allows students to apply online and opens PSU housing to co-admitted students on a space available basis.

Feb. 3: , & : ˿����Ƶ will be bringing in Mississippi Civil Rights veteran Hollis Watkins to speak the week of Feb. 6-11.

Feb. 3: & Hillsboro Argus: The jarring juxtaposition of sheep grazing quietly beneath hundreds of new solar panels will soon take shape on ˿����Ƶ’s Rock Creek campus.

Feb. 8: . & : Jefferson High School’s Middle College for Advanced Studies has three new partners.

Feb. 9: : Former PCC instructor and musician Thara Memory can add “Portland Jazz Master” to his lengthy resume.

Feb. 9: : Guitarists David Franzen and PCC music department head John Mery are veteran members of the Oregon Guitar Quartet and helped to start the ensemble about six years ago.

Feb. 14: K103 FM, Lake Oswego Review & Lake Oswego Review: ˿����Ƶ grew by 6.5 percent in total headcount, according to fourth week reports – the traditional reporting week for PCC.

Feb 14. Newberg Graphic: ˿����Ƶ’s newest location – the Newberg Center – served as the site for a legislative town hall on Saturday, Feb. 4, hosted by United States Senator Ron Wyden.

Feb. 20: : Starting April 4, students can once again learn about the anatomy of longboards and ride with control from instructor Robin McGuirk at Mt. Tabor Park in Longboarding 101.

Feb. 21: : Students from Mt. Hood Community College and four ˿����Ƶ campuses joined students on the PSU campus Tuesday afternoon to rally for better state funding of higher education.

Feb. 21: & Oregon Live: Linda Degman will be the Beaverton School Board’s newest member.

Feb. 21: : Professor James S. Harrison will present a program entitled, “Black Inventors: America’s Best Kept Secret” at Clatsop Community College.

Feb. 22: : Preston Pulliams said that institution has seen a 40 percent enrollment increase since 2008 but has had to make cuts to course offerings, faculty and staff.

Feb. 23: : A student group at ˿����Ƶ’s Cascade campus in North Portland has launched a bike rental program.

Feb. 23: : Construction crews are expected to begin work this fall on a massive expansion Southeast Center, creating a new landscape that college officials hope will be more welcoming to the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses.

Feb. 24: : Florence Wood’s wages from a part-time job at Fabric Depot just cover her rent. She walks or takes the bus to work or classes at ˿����Ƶ, where she’s studying to be a social worker.

Feb. 27: : March is National Women’s History Month and ˿����Ƶ will be hosting a poetry reading and book signing by 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney.

Feb. 29: : A half-century’s worth of artifacts from life at ˿����Ƶ will be on display this winter and spring at the Oregon Historical Society.