Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Posted in December 2004

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PORTLAND, Ore. - All those hours you've logged at the gym could be earning your more than a fit physique. Why not turn your knowledge and experience into a career as a personal trainer? A new class offered by Portland Community College can help you become nationally certified. Posted December 22, 2004

PCC's free winter lectures offer lunch-hour lift

PORTLAND, Ore. - Downtown workers: don't spend another lunch hour in the company of your computer. Instead, use it to get a mental tune-up with Portland Community College's free lunch-and-learn series held at the library. Posted December 22, 2004

Watch, discuss independent films with PCC non-credit class

PORTLAND, Ore. - It's a lesson you learn at the box office again and again: high-tech explosions and multi-million dollar budgets do not always amount to a great movie. In fact, for many moviegoers, it's those films that are not backed by large production companies that best showcase the human spirit and touch us most. This winter, Portland Community College will present an opportunity for movie lovers to further enjoy the independent film in a new non-credit class. Posted December 22, 2004

Art on Alberta Street focus of PCC classes

PORTLAND, Ore. - Celebrate the emerging art scene on Alberta Street with a hands-on creative experience. Portland Community College will feature five non-credit art classes taking place in Alberta Street artists' working studios and galleries where new ideas and new artists are emerging every day. Posted December 22, 2004

Colors, patterns collide in abstract mosaics class

PORTLAND, Ore. - Sometimes art is not found in complete pictures, but rather in the detailed beauty of materials of which they are comprised. Portland Community College will explore this notion with a hands-on, non-credit class in abstract mosaics. Posted December 22, 2004

Knitters get pointers with PCC non-credit class

PORTLAND, Ore. - Love to knit but struggle with certain techniques? Portland Community College will offer a non-credit class this January to help you perfect your projects while you take your knitting craft to the next level. Posted December 22, 2004

Turn glass shards into artwork with PCC stained glass class

TIGARD, Ore. - If sunlight through cathedral windows leaves you awed, Portland Community College might have just the class to tap your inner artist. An upcoming non-credit class in stained glass can inspire you to make glorious multi-colored creations of your own. Posted December 22, 2004

Snowshoeing class lets you visit the mountain on foot

PORTLAND, Ore. - Tour Mount Hood the Eskimo way: Portland Community College will present a snowshoe lesson and tour this winter. Posted December 22, 2004

Tour Oregon winter wonderland on cross-country skis

PORTLAND, Ore. - Glide through snowy evergreens in some of Oregon's most beautiful mountain scenery this winter. Portland Community College will present an opportunity to experience cross-country skiing beginning this January. Posted December 22, 2004

Put your bilingual skills to work with legal interpreting class

PORTLAND, Ore. - If you can speak a second language, you have more than an enhanced ability to communicate you also have the ability to interpret for others. Portland Community College can show you how to leverage your language skills into a rewarding career with a non-credit class in legal interpreting. Posted December 22, 2004