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www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity February 04. 2004 (DHsewer C SECTION B o m m ti n i t y it I c n cl it I Volunteer Training Train to be a Providence H ospice volunteer to help those facing term inal illness, from 9:30a.m . to noon T uesdays and T hursdays through March. 2. T o register call 503-574-9498. Especially For Lovers A Valentine ’ s Day love poem read ing by Bonny P. Lee is at Reflec tio n s C offee Shop, 4 46 N .E Killingsworth St., at 6 p.m. Friday Feb. 6. Control Rage Learn to control your anger in .p o s itiv e w a y s in K a is e r P erm anente’s D ealing with An ger class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m W ednesdays through M arch 24 at K aiser P erm an e n te's Tow n Hall, 3704 N. Interstate Ave. C ost is $ 140. To register, call 503-286 6816. Work For Change C om m unity A dvocates invites those interested in protecting children from abuse to becom e an event volunteer, event outreach technology expert, graphic artis or office support team m em ber For m ore inform ation, call 503 280-1388. Uptown Readers Barnes and N oble hosts a reading o f “Black Renaissance H arlem Uptow n” at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb 28 at 1317 Lloyd Center. Fish Advisory S tudents o f the M ount H ood C om m unity C ollege F isheries T echnology program are about to release 200 large rainbow trout into the M H CC pond. If you catch a fish that is tagged with a fluorés cent num bered tag, the students w ant you to provide them with inform ation about the length and w eight o f the fish. Tags and infor m ation can be returned to the H orticulture/Fisheries building, Room HF13 o r m ailed to Todd H anna, Fisheries Instructor, Sci ence Division, Mt. Hood C om m u nity C ollege, 26000 SE Stark St.,G resham ,O R 97030 Chinese New Year Growing Bring a part o f the Portland Clas « c a l G arden to your landscape at a C hinese N ew Y ear plant sale through Feb. 7 with special Y ear o f the M onkey celebrations are on w eekends. T he garden is at N o rthw est T hird A venue and E verett Street. F or m ore inform a tion, call 503-228-8131 o r visit w w w.portlandchinesegarden.org. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Portland Community College has opened a new Southeast Center at 82nd Avenue and Division Street, serving 1 1 ,5 0 0 students. PCC Southeast Center Opens New campus adds educational opportunities N ovem ber 2000 for college construction, repairs and and office system s, m anagem ent and supervisory technology upgrades. The new center costs $26.3 developm ent, and industrial occupations. m illion, which includes purchase o f the land, co n struction, perm its, furniture and equipm ent. The new location replaces a college facility that was several blocks to the south, giving students the The center also houses the co lleg e’s alternative high school program and English as a second lan guage, plus a variety o f non-credit courses through Com m unity Education. O ne more option for higher education opened up ability to com pete the first year o f a transfer degree. A special benefit is the addition o f expanded art with Portland C om m unity C ollege’s new Southeast The courses will range from art, history and w rit facilities, with the construction o f dance, painting C enter, at 2305 S.E. 82nd Ave. at D ivision Street. ing to math, business adm inistration, econom ics and and ceram ics studios, and a photography darkroom . PCC transform ed a site that contained a vacant g t.ieral science. Several o f the classroom s hold A fitness center is also located on the cam pus. builders supply store and superm arket to create the brand new Hat-screened com puters. Students will new facility. Funds to build the new site cam e from a also be able to study several professional-technical $144 million bond m easure that voters approved in training program s, such as com puter applications PCC Meets Diversity Goals w hole, according to a report gauging the school’s effectiveness serving the com m unity. W om en now com pose 56.8 percent o f PCC stu dents and 26.6 percent o f the PCC student body are minorities. T he institutional effectiveness report, released in January, sum m arized data on college goals and stu dent outcom es as established by the Board o f D irec tors in 2001. T he study was conducted by the Insti tutional Research D epartm ent at PCC. O ther notable achievem ents o f the college include increased retention am ong degree-seeking students, acontinued strive to keep tuition and fees affordable. College serves more women and minorities W om en and m inorities are represented in Portland C om m unity C o lleg e’s student population propor tionately in greater num bers than the m etro area as a T he headquarters fo r the co lleg e’s E xtended continued on page B6 access to financial aid, and transfer students' ability to perform as well as o r b etter than other state com m unity college students in the O regon U niver sity system . “T hese indicators help the college look at its progress tow ard institutional goals and are part o f our overall assessm ent plan," said Susan Bach, PCC Institutional Research director. “M ost o f the indica tors focus on student outcom es such as w hat hap pens to students as a result o f their educational experiences here. T he results are used for the co n tinuous im provem ent o f college program s and ser vices.” Be Heart Healthy The YW CA o f Clark County hosts a H eart H ealth forum on reducing risk from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. W ednesday, Feb. 4 in the Com m unity Room , 3609 M ain Street. For m ore inform ation, call 503- 6960167. Radial Curious? Radical W om en is holding a gen eral m eeting for those w anting to learn m ore about the organization at 7 p.m. W ednesday, Feb. 11 at the Bread and Roses C enter, 819 N. K illingsworth. For more infor mation, call 503-240-4462. OWLS Hoot for Healthcare The Portland Chapter o f the Older W om en’s League invites inter ested women to a discussion about the future o f health care for seniors firom9:45a.m.tonoonFeb. 14atthe Portland Impact Center, 4707 S.E. Hawthorne. For more information, call503-721-0848. School Report Cards Improve But many local high schools still struggle S om e o f the sam e sch o o ls that re ce iv e d “F s” in federal g o v ern m e n t rep o rt card s are gettin g “A s” in rep o rt card s issued by the S tate D ep artm en t o f E d u ca tio n . W ith the federal e v a lu a tio n , a single lo w -p erfo rm in g group, such as n o n -E n glish speak ers, can bring do w n the ratin g for the en tire sch o o l, w h ereas the state looks at the school o v era ll, ed u catio n lead ers said. In the Portland School District, 16 schools were rated “exceptional,” 34 earned a “strong” rating, and 36 received a “satisfactory" rat ing. Five schools rated “low” were Franklin, continued Fix-It-Fair Puts Focus on Homes Resolutions Northwest volun teer Marcus Branch collects pamphlets from the Naturescaping display at the Fix-lt- Fair at the Blazers Boys and Girls Club on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A rea hom eow ners seeking help w ith im provem ents to their hom es and gardens were draw n to a recent Fix-It-Fair at the Blazers Boys and G irls Club in northeast Portland. Fair visitors learned a variety o f new skills, including m oney-saving w ays to con serve resources, save on energy costs, pre vent lead-poisoning and m anage debt. Fair sponsors included the city o f Port land, public utilities and the Com m unity Energy Project on N ortheast A lberta Street. For inform ation about continuing w ork shops on w eatherization and other hom e resources, call the Energy Project at 503- 284-6827. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver on page B6 i I
