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Columbia Gorge Community College is postponing a ribbon-cutting originally planned for Saturday, Sept. 11, as Covid cases escalate throughout the region.

"This is a difficult decision, but necessary in the interests of public safety," said Dan Spatz, the college's director of capital projects and community relations.

Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) students interested in pursuing an art and design education have a new opportunity thanks to a recent transfer agreement between CGCC and Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University (PNCA). CGCC students who transfer to PNCA are now able to receive a scholarship of $22,000 per year, guaranteed for up to three-and-a-half years, for a total of $77,000.

The art scholarship is available to all CGCC graduating students who apply and are accepted into PNCA. In addition, the agreement outlines a clear pathway for students to begin their coursework at CGCC and complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at PNCA.

Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) has been selected from a competitive field of community colleges across the country to receive $100,000 to transform the future of students in the Mid-Columbia region. Funded by Metallica’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) foundation and led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the Metallica Scholars Initiative was designed to support students directly while elevating the importance of career and technical education.

2021 Gorge Scholars Application Now Available

The Dalles and Hood River campuses will be closed February 12^th due to severe weather.