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Public Affairs media and website report for November 2011

Story by James Hill

Here is a look at some of the news stories about Ģ����ý from around the local area and the nation in November. In total, Ģ����ý events and people appeared 53 times in the local community or national online media, newspapers or TV/radio.

Nov. 1: : Local artist Evertt Beidler has been awarded an Ox-Bow Residency Award for an installation artwork that can be ridden called a “walking machine.” The work won Beidler, based in Portland and a teacher at Ģ����ý’s Sylvania campus, an award from the nonprofit.

Nov. 5: (Springfield, Ill.): Rebecca Skloot, aged 16 and sitting in a classroom at Ģ����ý, has no idea she’s about to have one of the pivotal moments in her life.

Nov. 7: : Deputy Chief Fred Charlton has been selected as the next fire chief of Clackamas Fire District 1. Charlton earned an associate’s degree in fire science technology from Ģ����ý.

Nov. 7: : Mother Dell Taylor comforts son as Ģ����ý nurses Evan Ahrendt and Robyn Hossler administer several vaccines.

Nov 7: Asian Reporter: International Education Week starts Nov. 14.

Nov. 8: : New Ģ����ý building to seek LEED Platinum and debuts twin fuel cell project.

Nov. 8: : “What I think Ģ����ý has done and what I perceive we’re doing at community college level and making that connection- an affordable connection- from high school to four-year to people who are not going to go to a four-year school, that a two-year education is going to get them what they need, I think has been excellent.”-Kyle Curtis.

Nov. 9: : Ģ����ý plans to spend $2.2 million on a new classroom center in Columbia County that could serve as a stepping-stone to considerably more development east of Scappoose Industrial Airpark, school officials said.

Nov. 10: : A promise of free tuition, books and fees is a big deal in the college world. But that’s not what gives the city’s “Future Connect” scholarship its drawing power, says Josh Laurie, who manages the scholarship program at Ģ����ý.

Nov. 10: Portland Tribune: Local ClearEdge fuel cell buyers included Ģ����ý, with many of the company’s technicians trained at Ģ����ý.

Nov. 11: : For 20 years, members of the Senior Studies Institute have been organizing classes, presenting lectures and otherwise trying to better their senior selves by keeping their brains engaged.

Nov. 14: : Ģ����ý is celebrating its fifty years of serving the community and few people better exemplify that spirit than Ģ����ý board of director Jim Harper, who was honored recently with national and statewide accolades.

Nov. 14: : A Ģ����ý community service event aims to make this coming holiday season a pleasant one for homebound seniors and residents of community centers.

Nov. 15: Hillsboro Argus: This fall, total headcount and full-time equivalent students have grown by 8.7 percent.

Nov. 16: : Jane Comerford’s favorite pastime is digging up the past. The 68-year-old Northwest Portland resident and former Ģ����ý administrator spent most of her life writing budgets and crafting proposals.

Nov. 16: : Julia Brim-Edwards of NIKE, Jill Eiland of Intel, Preston Pulliams of Ģ����ý (Ģ����ý) and Sue Levin of Stand for Children all spoke passionately about the goals of new legislation.

Nov. 16: The Portland Observer: Ģ����ý’s Theater Arts Program send their comedic skills into a frenzy with the play, “Footlight Frenzy.”

Nov. 21: Portland Business Alliance Newsletter: In 50 years, Ģ����ý (Ģ����ý) has educated more than 1.3 million people. In October, the college celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a kick-off celebration featuring remarks from Senator Jeff Merkley.

Nov. 23: : As Ģ����ý begins $60 million worth of construction and improvements to the Rock Creek campus on Springville Road, three mayors of Washington County cities and numerous business leaders applauded the college’s other building work: partnerships.

Nov. 23: : Darren Cooper, now a member of the Maine Red Claws, got his start in education as a part-time student at Ģ����ý while working full-time at night at UPS, taking his mother to chemotherapy and helping run a household that included a sister 10 years younger.

Nov. 23: : At a recent 50th anniversary event honoring the college’s longstanding business and government partners, Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle, Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey and Forest Grove Mayor Pete Truax encouraged Ģ����ý to continue building on its partnerships with industry in Washington County.

Nov. 25: Hillsboro Argus: The mayors of three Washington County cities were on hand at a recent partnership breakfast applauding Ģ����ý’s bond plans for the Rock Creek Campus and honoring longstanding partnerships with business and governments.

Nov. 26: : Motivated by a class assignment at Rock Creek Ģ����ý, Isaac Sunday procured a $3,450 grant to finance 50 benches, six-month salaries for four teachers, and a table for a school back home in his village of Awing in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

Nov. 28: : The Portland Plan proposes a special funding strategy to create an education center, based on a partnership between several local school districts, Ģ����ý, Portland State University and the city.

Nov. 28: (Eugene): The Oregon State Board of Higher Education has been in the spotlight lately regarding UO President Richard Lariviere’s contract. The Board is made up of 12 men and women, including Ģ����ý District President Preston Pulliams, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.

Nov. 30: : 19 year old Isabella Estrada has overcome a rough childhood in the Portland area with the help of a caring, court appointed mentor. She now looks forward to the rest of her life, which includes college classes at the Cascade Campus of Ģ����ý. “Yah. It’s a good school,” she said.