In a grove of evergreen trees on the Mt. Sylvania hillside overlooking PCC's Sylvania campus, a thirty-foot totem pole greets students arriving and leaving the campus. 

The Northwest coastal peoples carve totem poles for many reasons, such as to memorialize an event, to mark a burial place, or to proclaim the status of a clan and its members. PCC commissioned Richard Hunt, a renowned Kwaguilth artist, to carve this pole to welcome the community to the campus and celebrate the cultural traditions of indigenous peoples here and  throughout  the world.