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PCC students veterans host four-star general, Army band for remembrance event
Photos and story by James Hill
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Southeast Campus Student Veterans Association welcomed Gen. Merrill “Tony” McPeak and the 234th Army Band & Color Guard to the Great Hall in Mt. Tabor Hall for a salute to military veterans. More than 70 people listened to the retired four-star general and Air Force Chief of Staff, who was a Co-Chairman and military advisor during Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. He was also interviewed in and was a consultant on the 10-part Ken Burns film on PBS ‘The Vietnam War.’
Kudos to the students for organizing a great salute to veterans!
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James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »
This is great to see, I am so glad there is a veteran’s resource center in Cascade now as well. We need to respect former service members even if we disagree with foreign policy decisions. Kudos. I hope no disrespectful students were taking a knee at this event.
The PCC veteran community is working hard to get a Veteran Resource Center established at SE Campus. It is commendable that SE is working on recognizing veterans and the veteran community. We just need the SE Campus administration to provide a designated area large enough for a Veteran Resource Center and appoint a VRC staff coordinator position.
In regards to the speaker (Gen. McPeak). He has a wealth of knowledge and a very diverse amount of experience. I hope he had some influence with individuals and had a productive exchange in communication.
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Hello,
Mike Lane here. I was gladdened to read about General McPeak’s visit to PCC. What a wonderful testament for our Veterans and show of support for all students who will know that they can have assistance without judgement. Thank you.
I am a Business/accounting student at PCC Rock Creek, Veteran (U.S.M.C ’69 – ’73) with 40 years business experience (management, product development, sales, marketing, training,). Additionally, I have over 30 years of verifiable Veteran assistance, VPSS, WRAP, #THW00058 OR/AMH/OH. My company is … Please consider for a position at the new facility. Thank you.