PCC GUIDES STUDENTS TO SUCCESS Five-step Panther Path unveiled Page 74 RULES OFPage 8 Motorcycle safety instructor is voted best in the state THE ROAD Find them inside: Classes startingPages April –9 –June 71 Spring 2014PCC Communities PCC CommunitiesBond Update “The commitment PCC shows in making higher education affordable and accessible to a diversity of students has a direct impact on the region’s future workforce. The Portland General Electric Foundation supports the PCC Foundation because the college leads the way in educating and training students.” Carole Morse President, Portland General Electric Foundation Carole Morse manages PGE’s corporate foundation which awards about $1 million each year in the areas of education, social services and arts and culture in Oregon. Carole is currently chair of the All Hands Raised Board and a member of the Cradle to Career Steering Committee. She was appointed by Gov. John Kitzhaber to the Oregon Cultural Trust board in 2012. 2 PCC CommunitiesSpring 2014 Community CornerPCC Communities Alum News You’re Invited! Amy Cakebread, who attended PCC from Science fiction Table of Contents 1996–2001, teaches math at Clackamas author and legend High School. In addition to her teaching Ursula K. Le Guin 4 Alumni Profile responsibilities, she’s developed new math will visit PCC in curriculum. She volunteers at several local May as part of an 5 PCC Foundation Profile elementary schools and serves as club event spotlighting advisor to the National Honor Society and local authors. 6 Bond Update the Hip Hop Club. In her first-ever 8 Community Ed Devarshai Bajpai, a PCC student from visit to PCC, 73 Kids Saving Lives 1994–1998, is a well-respected drug Photo by Eileen Gunn Le Guin will speak and alcohol counselor in Oregon as he at the Cascade Campus on Tuesday, May 74 Panther Path addresses the issues of addiction. He is 20 from 7 to 8:30 pm. She will visit the now an addiction program manager with Rock Creek Campus on Thursday, May 22 76 Legislative Internship Multnomah County and is an advocate for from 12 to 1:30 pm. Both events are open the addicted and mentally ill community. to the public and admission is free. 78 Faculty Profile For details call 971-922-6339. When Randall Vemer retired from his position as principal violist of the Oregon Le Guin, a Portland resident, writes both Schedule 9–63 Symphony — a position he had held for 20 poetry and prose, and in various modes years — due to a focal dystonia in his left including realistic fiction, science fiction, Arts hand he turned to PCC to train for his next fantasy, young children’s books, books for 12 Dance career. He attended PCC from 1995–1997 young adults, screenplays and essays. She 15 Music and Theater and now creates original classical style has published seven books of poetry, 22 16 Photography oil paintings and established the Patty novels, more than 100 short stories, four 19 Visual Arts Vemer Endowment Fund with the Oregon collections of essays, 12 books for children 23 Writing Symphony. Patty Vemer served as the and four volumes of translation. symphony’s education director for Home and Garden 13 years before she passed away in 1997. For more information email 25 Food and Drink The award is given to individuals who [email protected] 27 Emergency Preparedness have demonstrated exemplary commit- or call 971-922-6339. 28 Yards and Garden ment and service to children through 29 Hobbies and Crafts music education. The New Look 30 Home Improvement Welcome to the Spring 2014 Issue of PCC 32 Pets We’d love to feature you in an Communities magazine. You’ll notice a few 32 Style and Beauty upcoming issue. Tell us your alumni news changes with the magazine as we’ve rede- 32 Do It Yourself (DIY) at www.pcc.edu/alum. signed the pages to make them more read- 33 Woodworking and Metalworking er-friendly and interactive. In every issue Shared on Social Media you’ll find regular features about students, Language and Culture “Thank you! I can truly say that ASPCC at faculty members, the Bond Program, the 35 Languages Sylvania and student leadership has helped PCC Foundation and alumni who got their 39 World View me get where I am today! Was so nice to start at PCC and are now thriving. The chat with PCC Sylvania President Linda magazine is full of stories about the people Recreation and Wellness Gerber about my grades. She is awesome and programs that make PCC a nation- 41 Health and Wellness and genuinely happy when you succeed.” ally-recognized community college. 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Box 19000, Portland, OR 97219 Portland, OR 97280-0990 linkedin.com/portlandcommunitycollege Spring 2014PCC Communities 3 PCC CommunitiesAlumni Profile By Kate Chester Alum Profile: Kate Houlihan ortland native Kate Houlihan first Daughter of Pconsidered a career in nursing at the KGW news age of 15. Some health issues during high school had forced Houlihan to take time off anchor Laural from her studies. She witnessed the dedica- Porter gives a tion of nurses who helped her, and their caring touch commitment and compassion led her to consider the profession. to patients at Providence A few years later Houlihan excitedly headed to Helena, Montana for college, where she Portland majored in nursing. Sickness struck again, Medical forcing Houlihan to return to Portland to heal and re-think her educational path. Center. Her journey to Enter PCC. nursing made Over three terms between 2010 and an unexpected 2011 Houlihan took a variety of prerequi- but worthwhile sites for nursing school, as well as electives, at the Cascade, Rock Creek and Sylvania stop at campuses. Her diligence, along with guid- Portland ance she received from her PCC instructors, paid off handsomely: While at PCC, Houlihan Community was awarded a competitive Providence College. scholarship to attend nursing school at the University of Portland. and they’re motivated. Another plus is Q: WhaT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE the willingness of teachers at PCC to cOLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY? Since graduating with her bachelor’s in help students, inside and outside the A: Never give up. I’ve faced many chal- nursing in 2013, Houlihan has worked at classroom. I remember my statistics lenges, but there are resources to Providence Portland Medical Center teacher would tutor on his days off. tap and people to reach out to when (PPMC), first on the orthopedic floor and you’re struggling. My journey has been now as part of the diabetic/renal unit. She Q: DO YOU KEEP IN TOUch WITH ANY worth every moment — it’s made me works 12-hour shifts, three days a week OF YOUR FORMER PCC CLASSMATES? a better nurse. which enables her to get to know her A: Yes. I went to the University of Portland patients, many of whom are long-term with two other PCC students, and one Q: WOULD YOU RECOMMEND PCC patients with chronic conditions. of them — David Neves — and I were in TO STUDENTS INTERESTED IN the same nursing cohort, then ended up hIGHER EDUcaTION? “I feel so blessed to be a nurse,” says working together at PPMC. A: Absolutely. When I was in high school Houlihan. “I’m so glad I stuck with it — there was a stigma about community the journey has been incredibly worthwhile.” Q: WhaT haS BEEN YOUR GREATEST colleges — they were thought of as accOMPLISHMENT SO FAR? being geared to adult learners, not Q: WhaT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT PCC? A: Learning the art of nursing. In the begin- graduates right out of high school. What A: The learning environment. In univer- ning, you learn about time management, I’ve realized is that community college sity settings, sometimes students don’t medications, and getting comfortable is a great place to learn what you want know what they want to do or study; with the schedule. Now I’m able to focus to do — and then do it. The courses I their parents are paying the tuition, so on the patient — emotionally, mentally took at PCC were as rigorous — if not students aren’t forced to make a deci- and spiritually. Nursing is so much more more rigorous — than any I took at the sion. At PCC, students are there to learn, than task management. college in Montana. Are you a PCC Alum? Join the PCC Alum Network! Share your news and update your contact information at www.pcc.edu/alum. 4 PCC CommunitiesSpring 2014 PCC Foundation ProfilePCC Communities REMEMBERING CHUCK'S ADVICE Longtime Schnitzer Steel employee’s message about education leads to a new PCC Foundation Chuck Ford scholarship huck Ford made a strong impression on He was quick to tell a colleague or a younger “This scholarship through the PCC Foun- Chis bosses when he arrived at Schnitzer employee the benefits of a solid education dation made life a little bit easier for me in Steel Industries, Inc., back in 1967 as a and why students should stay in school.