Mid-county Memo Blog

We recently received a note from  from Brenda Brady, Interim Director of College Advancement at Mt. Hood Community College in east Multnomah County.  It follows:

With Oregon’s unemployment rate the second highest in the country, Mt. Hood Community College has increased its efforts to assist the unemployed with a wide variety of retraining opportunities, job search strategies and skill development.

The MHCC Career Planning and Counseling Center offers workshops for unemployed individuals to learn about new “green” careers, search strategies, how to write a resume and techniques to cope with stress. The MHCC Small Business Development Center offers a new free seminar, “Navigating Your Business Through an Economic Downturn,” designed for small businesses suffering from the recession.

A note from our friends at Mt. Hood Community College’s Office of College Advancement:

A savory German-themed dinner will be the highlight of the Mt. Hood Community College Hospitality and Tourism program’s 18th annual Gala Dinner and Silent Wine Auction. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the Town and Gown Room on the Gresham Campus.

Robin Flower, corporate executive chef for the Gala Dinner, is a third-generation chef who trained at the University of Cornwall. Flower is currently the corporate chef of Horst Mager’s Rheinlander and Gustav’s restaurants.