PCC's Groundswell Conference Celebrates Student Creative Work (image) (Photo) -05/23/24

NORTH PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Community College's upcoming Groundswell Conference will feature an array of themes that should captivate audiences. 

More than 40 students will present their original, creative and academic writings on a range of topics, across the disciplines, presenting their submissions at the annual conference of student work’s opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m., Friday, June 7 Room 122, Terrell Hall, at the Cascade Campus.  

Panel topics are cultural identity, gender expectations and feminism, mental health, music, social justice, domestic violence, social media and technology, education, creative writing, and more. Held since 2017, this event is an opportunity to bring students, faculty, and the greater community together from across the district for one day to celebrate students and engage in conversation. 

Free and open to the public, Groundswell panels are from 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The three main sessions, with several topics each, are held for 45-minutes with a small break between with refreshments. In fact, there is a volcanic multimedia student-made composition from PCC’s All-Oregon Academic Team member Yogev Toby, viewable here.

“It’s a truly unique event that honors and showcases our students’ work from any and all disciplines,” said organizer and PCC English instructor Melissa Manolas. 

Times of sessions on June 7 are: Session 1 from 9:45-10:30 a.m.; Session 2 from 10:45-11:30 a.m.; and Session 3 from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

For more information visit https://www.pcc.edu/events/groundswell/.

 

About Portland Community College: Founded in 1961, Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and provides training, degree and certificate completion, and lifelong learning to more than 50,000 full- and part-time students in Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. PCC has four comprehensive campuses, 10 education centers or areas served, and approximately 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area. The PCC district encompasses a 1,500-square-mile area in northwest Oregon and offers two-year degrees, one-year certificate programs, short-term training, alternative education, pre-college courses and life-long learning.

 

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