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  • PCC Foundation’s Big Give Day Aims To Raise Big Money For Students – KXL

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    Students stroll the Portland Community College campus.

    PORTLAND, OR – The Portland Community College Foundation will host its seventh annual Big Give Day on March 4th and 5th, a 36-hour community fundraising effort aimed at supporting students across Portland Community College.

    The online giving event begins at noon Wednesday, March 4, and runs through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 5. Organizers hope to raise $150,000 to fund scholarships and essential programs that help students stay enrolled and on track to complete their education.

    Funds raised during Big Give Day support more than 20 programs and scholarship funds, including resources for students facing food insecurity, immigrant and refugee students, military-affiliated students, and Native and Indigenous students. A full list of participating funds is available on the Big Give Day webpage.

    “Big Give Day shows what happens when people across our community decide to show up for PCC students,” said Christina Kline, executive director of the PCC Foundation. “In just 36 hours, that generosity turns into real support, helping students stay enrolled, focused, and moving toward their goals.”

    Through crowdfunding and shared networks, alumni, faculty, staff and community members can make gifts of any size. Foundation leaders say every contribution helps expand access to education and critical student support services.

    The foundation distributes $2.3 million in scholarships annually to help ensure students throughout the region can pursue higher education regardless of their financial circumstances.

    Big Give Day directly benefits students like foundation scholarship recipient Fareeha Nayebare, an accounting student and the student trustee on the college board.

    Raised in a village in Uganda, Nayebare grew up apart from her parents as the only daughter among four brothers. Scholarship support helped her attend Forest Grove High School and transition to PCC in summer 2024.

    “My family doesn’t have much and they are fully dependent on me,” Nayebare said. “PCC has been transformative. If I were back in Uganda, I would be stuck at home and not sure about my future. Now I have hope. The path is a lot clearer. Dream high and dream big.”

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  • 2026 Chris Bendle Memorial Games Set For Saturday – KXL

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    Credit: Chris Bendle Basketball Scholarship

    Portland Community College will host Lane Community College in a basketball doubleheader on Saturday. The games will have weighted meaning as PCC continues to remember former standout Chris Bendle, a beloved member of the Portland Community College basketball team who died in a car accident more than five years ago.

    “It’s a great opportunity for the community to come together,” PCC athletic director Tony Broadous said. “Scappoose (where Chris was from), St. Helens, Portland.”

    “(It will be in memory of) a young man who worked very hard and was a really giving person,” Broadous continued.

    Broadous says a fundraiser is held every season for a cause near and dear to the local community.

    “The proceeds from the games goes to the Chris Bendle (Basketball Scholarship, which) supports young people,” Broadous said. “It is just a great opportunity for the community to come together.”

    Event details (via PCC)

    • What: Chris Bendle Memorial Games (fundraiser doubleheader)

    • When: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7

    • Where: Cascade Campus Gymnasium (600 N. Killingsworth St.)

    • Who: PCC vs. Lane Community College

    • Extras: Halftime 3-point contests (both games), 50/50 raffle ($1 tickets)

    Learn more, or find additional details at panthers.pcc.edu.

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  • Local Community College Enrollment Rising In Recent Years – KXL

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    Community colleges in the Portland and Southwest Washington area are featuring an uptick in enrollment numbers.

    “Community colleges across the country as well as here in our metro area (have) been seeing enrollment slowly increase,” Ryan Clark, Associate VP of Enrollment Management & Student Success at Portland Community College, said.

    The success lies in a number of factors that these community colleges share, especially post-pandemic.

    “We’ve seen increased numbers of international students and (dual enrollment) students,” Dr. Cecilia Martin, Clark College’s Associate Vice President of Planning and Effectiveness, said.

    “One of the other increases that we’ve seen is recently is in the number of our first-generation students,” Martin continued.

    John Hamblin, Mount Hood Community College’s Vice President of Student Development, says the numbers go beyond the classroom and into the student’s everyday lives.

    “20,000 students utilized our (food) pantry services last year,” Hamblin said. “That’s more students than we have.”

    “We’re getting repeat visits from these students, so we know that we’re actually having an impact on food insecurity,” Hamblin continued.

    Dr. Tim Cook, Clackamas Community College’s president, even ran 50 days to help promote the food insecurity going on at all Oregon community colleges.

    “Several years ago, I got really concerned about the number of students that were struggling with food and housing insecurity,” Cook said.

    Other factors for recent enrollment trends include community colleges offering a flexible schedule, a lower budget in costs, and smaller classes sizes so professors can work more closely with students.

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