Portland Community College
EN-7: Continuing Education

Winter Term 2025

Ecoregions of Oregon

Beauty can be found all around our state of Oregon in mountain, ocean, forest and desert landscapes! Learn about the eight distinct and unique ecoregions of our state including the geology, hydrology, climatology and biology that helped shape them all.

Forests, Wildfire and Climate Change

The forests of the Northwest have adapted to periodic fires over thousands of years. But we have experienced more frequent, larger and hotter wildfires in recent years. Learn basic knowledge about forests and wildfire, their relationship and what we can do as our climates continue to change.

Foundations of Permaculture

Discover how permaculture empowers us to improve human systems (food, shelter, energy, water, etc.) through an ecological approach that benefits both people and the planet. Includes lecture and farm tour.

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Becoming an Inclusive Leader

In this course, participants will reconsider their perspective on leadership and implement essential leadership practices to foster inclusive organizational cultures.

Beekeeping

Covers bees and what they need to be healthy, as well as managing them for either honey production or queen rearing and nuc production. Learn all the tools and equipment available, and how to use them. We will teach mainly with Langstroth 10 frame hives, but will also practice in 8 frame, Warre, and Top Bar hives. FlowHives will be demonstrated, as well as traditional extraction of honey.

Bird Watching: Identification, Ecology and Fun FactsFamiliarize yourself with the beautiful birds of the Pacific NW. Learn to identify them by sight, sound, habitat and behavior.

Cultural Competency

Culturally competent health professionals understand patients' diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors, customizing treatment to meet the patients' social and cultural needs. Gain essential cultural agility healthcare tools.

Cultural Competency & Ethics

Gain essential cultural agility healthcare tools. Culturally competent health professionals understand patients' diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors, customizing treatment to meet the patients' social and cultural needs and increasing compliance.

Diversity

Today's workplace is a diverse collection of individuals proud of who they are: their gender, their sexual orientation, their religion, their ethnic background and all the other components making an individual unique. Failing to embrace diversity creates challenges and possibly serious legal ramifications for organizations. This workshop will give you ways to celebrate diversity in the workplace while bringing individuals together to work as a team.

Differences and Conflicts

Offers a relational-contextual approach to diversity and conflicts as a source for growth based on research and best practices. Introduces ways to navigate differences and conflicts by better understanding invisible cultural and social-psychological barriers.

Foundations of Permaculture

Discover how permaculture empowers us to improve human systems (food, shelter, energy, water, etc.) through an ecological approach that benefits both people and the planet. Includes lecture and farm tour.

Maximize your Yard with Permaculture Design

Want to make improvements to your yard or garden? Learn low-cost solutions for improved aesthetics, functionality and ecological benefit. Bring a Google photograph of your site, leave with a permaculture design draft and clear next steps.

Insects and Diseases

Discover safe ways to control insects in your yard, while protecting beneficial insects.

The Truth: Immigration and US Policy in Latin America

Dive into the history of immigration trends in the US, and the current debate and misconceptions around immigration and immigrants. We will study US foreign policy in Latin America and how it relates to people's need/desire to leave their home countries.

The historical context of immigration trends in the U.S. and the current debates surrounding them reveal a complex interplay of economic, social, and political factors. Misconceptions about immigrants often overshadow the reality of their contributions to society and the economy. Additionally, the impact of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America underscores the need to consider how international relations shape migration patterns. Moving forward, addressing these interconnected issues with informed policies will be crucial in fostering a more equitable and effective immigration system.

Urban Food Forests: Perennial Gardening

Learn the cultural context and benefits of urban food forestry and the practical steps needed to take in order to convert a lawn or garden into an abundant perennial ecosystem. This class is taught by a member of the Portland Food Forest Initiative.

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