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Connecting Our Communities
By JILLIAN DALEY
Pamplin Media Group
Higher education in-
stitutions serve as
not only places to
learn but also cultur-
al keystones of a community.
The area features many
schools with Portland Com-
munity College alone offering
three campuses residents can
tap for activities and academ-
ics.
The PCC-Sylvania Campus
is known for its annual pow-
wow, and that location also
houses a popular performing
arts center.
Lewis & Clark College is
highly regarded for its aca-
demics as well as its connec-
tion to the arts.
It was there renowned poet
William Stafford taught for 30
years, and the college is hold-
ing a host of events in his hon-
or this school year.
Stafford was named the
consultant in poetry to the Li-
brary of Congress in 1970, a
position now known as poet
laureate. Stafford would have
turned 100 on Jan. 17.
Marylhurst University can
boast several historic build-
ings, including the BP
John Administration Building,
which was finished in 1930.
Clackamas Community Col-
lege features an arts gallery
and a thriving theater.
Pacific Northwest College of
Art and the Oregon College of
Art and Crafts serve as a cul-
tural hubs.
Area institutions of higher
education:
n Anthem College-Beaverton
— 4145 S.W. Watson Ave., suite
300, Beaverton 97005 (888-
852-7272 / anthem.edu/beaver-
ton-oregon)
n Clackamas Community
College — 19600 Molalla Ave.,
Oregon City 97045(503-657-
6958 / clackamas.cc.or.us)
n DeVry University — 9755
S.W. Barnes Road, suite 150,
Portland 97225 (855-445-5890
/ devry.edu)
n Everest Institute -Tigard
— 9600 S.W. Oak St., fourth floor,
Tigard 97223 (1-866-297-8891
/ tigard.everestinstitute.edu)
n George Fox University —
414 N. Meridian St., Newberg
97132 (503-538-8383 /
georgefox.edu)
n Lewis & Clark College —
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road,
Portland 97219 (503-768-7000
/ lclark.edu)
n Marylhurst University —
17600 Pacific Highway,
Marylhurst 97036 (503-636-
8141 / marylhurst.edu)
n Oregon College of Art and
Craft — 8245 S.W. Barnes
Road, Portland 97225 (503-297-
5544 / ocac.edu)
n Pacific Northwest College
of Art — 1241 N.W. Johnson St.,
Portland 97006(503-226-4391
/ pnca.edu)
n Pacific University —
(pacificu.edu) 2043 College Way,
Forest Grove (971-205-7765)
and 222 S.E. Eighth Ave.,
Hillsboro 97123 (971-205-
7765)
n Portland Community
College — (pcc.edu): Rock Creek
Campus, 17705 N.W. Springville
Road, Portland 97229 (971-722-
6111); Sylvania Campus, 12000
S.W. 49th Ave., Portland 97219
(971-722-6111); Willow Creek
Center, 241 S.W. Edgeway Drive,
Beaverton 97006 (971-722-
2700)
n Portland State University
— 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland
97201 (503-725-3000 /
pdx.edu)
n Warner Pacific College —
Tigard campus, 8200 S.W. Pfaffle
St., Tigard (503-517-1550 /
warnerpacific.edu)
Local colleges, universities keep
community connected to culture
Left: There’s an
annual powwow
at Portland
Community
College-
Sylvania.
FILE PHOTO
Schools offer more than lessons in academics