April 18, 2018
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CAREERS special
Key employers who help Portland Community College educate and
train a skilled workforce are honored during a recent Employer
Partnership Awards celebration. Pictured, (from left) are Mark
Goldberg, associate vice president of PCC Workforce Development
and Continuing Education; Kali Thorne Ladd, PCC board chair;
Jesse Brough, owner of Blessing Landscape; and PCC President
Mark Mitsui.
Helping PCC
Build Workforce
Employers
educate and train
for future jobs
Portland area employers help-
ing Portland Community College
educate and train a skilled work-
force for future jobs and careers
were honored at the college’s first
Employer Partnership Awards.
The April 11 ceremony at the
Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry was a chance for PCC
to shine a spotlight on the efforts
of three organizations, Blessing
Landscapes, Intel Corporation
and Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.,
which were named partners-of-
the-year in the categories of small
business, large business and gov-
ernment/non-profit.
“For PCC to effectively pre-
pare its students for employment
opportunities and careers in an
ever-changing work environ-
ment, we need strong partner-
ships with local employers,” said
Marc Goldberg, associate vice
president of Workforce Develop-
ment and Continuing Education
at PCC.
Employer partnerships at the
college include employers who
hire PCC graduates; offer work-
based learning opportunities for
students such as internships, co-
ops, clinical rotations, or appren-
ticeships; serve on career techni-
cal education advisory committees
at the college; and participate in
PCC’s many job fairs, among oth-
er methods and models.
Collectively, such partnerships,
“Expand the pipeline of trained
workers, ready to enter the work-
force,” said PCC President Mark
Mitsui. “This helps to bolster the
‘middle class’ -- education is the
bridge to opportunity for our stu-
dents.”
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