July 02. 2003
(Elje Jìortlauh (Observer
Page A3
Good in the Neighborhood
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PCC Cascade
dean resigns for
college post
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PortlandCom m unity C ollege’s
C ascade C am pus in north Port­
land found itself dow n a leader
when E xecutive Dean M ildred
O llee accepted the position o f
president o f Seattle Central C om ­
m unity College.
O llee’s experience leading an
urban institution and her com ­ PCC C a sca d e C am pus Execu­
m itm ent to diversity w ere cited tive D ean M ildred Ollee
as attributes that landed her the
The expansion w as not w ith­
position.
out its controversy. The A lbina
O llee is actually returning to C hristian Life Center, an A frican
S e a ttle C e n tr a l, w h e re sh e A m erican congregation adjacent
w orked as a counselor and even­ to the cam pus, w as forced to
tually vice president o f student relocate.
services from 1987 to 1995.
O llee w ill begin h er d u tie s as
She becam e dean at the Cas­ S eattle C entral president in S ep­
cade cam pus in 1995 and over­ tem b er, rep lacin g the c o lle g e ’s
saw the planning and execution C h an cello r-E lect and P resident
o f a cam pus expansion project C h arles M itchell, w ho w ill re ­
boosting cam pus enrollm ent to turn to his p o sitio n as c h a n c e l­
18,000 annually.
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Retired Salem
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The group Friends o f th e Children with h ea d q u a rters servin g th e north a n d n o r th e a s t com m unity, enjoy S a tu rd a y 's "Good in the
eighborhood parade on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The R o se F estival celebration o f n o rth a n d n o r th e a s t neighborhoods
w as m o v e d this ye a r to King S ch o o l Park.
Minority Entrepreneurs Expand
New operation
opens at 188th
and Burnside
enue and Burnside Street.
The new facility will host five
small businesses, a Housing Au­
thority o f Portland office, a multi­
use conference room available for
rent and the OAME branch office.
The Oregon Association o f Mi­
A grandopeningw illbeginat 10
nority Entrepreneurs has begun a.m. on Thursday, July 10, with
operations of the OA M E Rock wood brief statements by Sam Brooks,
Business Center, located in the OAME president and chairman o f
Rockwood community at 188,h Av­ the board, and Gresham Mayor
Charles Becker.
Financial support for the center
was made possible by Fred Meyer
Stores, Albina Bank, and theCity o f
Gresham. It offer support for start­
up and active businesses that in­
clude business management assis­
tance, technical assistance, mar­
keting, access to capital, adm inis­
trative support, and networking
activities.
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Community Leader
Leaves for Seattle
The OAME staff is multi-lin­
gual, multi-cultural, and multi-eth­
nic.
Formore information, call 503-
249-7744 or visit the web site at
www.oame.org. OAME is a non­
profit organization with the mis­
sion to promote and develop en­
trepreneurship and economic de­
velopment for ethnic minorities in
the state o f Oregon.
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T he Portland Com m unity C ol­
lege B oard o f D irectors nam ed
Dr. G erard ’’Je rry ’’ B erger in ­
terim president o f Portland C o m ­
m unity C ollege.
B erg er serv ed as presid en t
o fC h e m e k e ta C o m m u n ity C o l­
lege in Salem from 1993 until his
re tire m e n t in 2 001. H e also
serv ed the school in a v ariety o f
p o sitio n s in clu d in g dean o f stu ­
d ents, dean o f co lleg e services,
d irec to r o f co u n selin g and vice
president.
“ Dr. B erg er has m any years
o f ex p erien ce m an ag in g a large
c o m m u n ity co lleg e and is a
h ig h ly resp e cte d ed u c atio n al
le a d e r. T h e B o a rd is v e ry
pleased that so m eo n e o fh is stat­
ure and ex p e rien c e is w illin g to
help guide PC C through the next
Jerry Berger
y ear as w e search for a p erm a­
nent p resident,’’ said PCC Board
C h a ir D oreen M argolin.
B erger is active in state and
local com m unity and civic organi-
zations. Gov. Kulongoski recently
nom inated him to serve on the
State B oard o f Education.
H is w ife V icki B erger isS ta te
R ep resen tativ e from D istrict 20
in Salem .
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