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By Chuck Slothower For Knife River Corp., exposing students to construction means an experiential visit to the training center. Every year, dozens of students visit the construction giant’s 23-acre training center east of Albany, getting up close and personal with ...

Last fall, Portland Community College, the PCC Foundation and Union Pacific cut the chain on a new future for the college’s welding training. The mobile center was made possible due to an initial investment of $375,000 over three years by ...

Education Northwest conducted an evaluation for Clackamas Community College about the impacts of its Career Pathways certificates and programs and the Future Ready Oregon grant funding it received.

Dionne Kelly graduated from Portland Community College’s Building Construction Technology (BCT) Program in June and already is seeing the rewards as she builds a customer base for her business, which is focused on remodeling homes and making spaces safer and more functional.

‘Discovery’ class empowers students  to dream big “The beauty of welding is that you can travel the world,” said Juanita Lopez-Escobar. “You can work anywhere if you’re a welder.” Lopez-Escobar, who lives in Forest Grove, found her true passion for ...

Giovanni Beccaria had served nearly three decades in prison and was taking transition classes in finance, renter’s law and tenant’s rights when he met Marcus Ball, job developer for Constructing Hope.

With a growing number of apprentices seeking to work in outside line construction and powerline clearance tree trimming, the Northwest Line Joint Apprenticeship Training Center (NW Line JATC) needed to expand its capacity to provide that education and training.

Construction is expected to begin this December on substantial upgrades to a workforce development center that serves teens and young adults in Central Oregon.

Women account for more than half of the population in the United States, but they account for only 10 percent of jobs in the construction industry.

Oregon Tradeswomen held its signature Career Fair again for the first time since 2019, and Girls Build has enrolled the most summer campers in its history as the two organizations ramp up efforts to introduce girls and young women to careers in the construction industry.