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Apr 8, 2020

No Cost Online Workshops

Possibilities ECE, LLC offers online learning workshops that explore thoughtful topics and inspire deeper thinking about the ECE profession.

Apr 2, 2020

Public Service Announcement - English & Spanish

Employee and small business resources in Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties for COVID-19 relief. Please check them out!

Mar 26, 2020

Call to Action from the Early Learning Division

The ELD is recruiting substitutes and staff to work in Emergency Child Care Facilities. Thousands of families will need emergency care in the coming weeks. Many of our child care programs that are providing care may need additional staff on a temporary basis to meet the need. Want more info? Please click here.

Mar 24, 2020

211 Info Offers Child Care Referrals

211Info provides child care referrals for Oregonians. You can call 211 or 1-866-698-6155, text "children" or "ninos" to 898211 (TXT211), or email children@211info.org. They're open Monday-Friday 7am to 11pm, and Saturday & Sunday 8am to 8pm.

Mar 20, 2020

College responds to governor’s COVID-19 directives

As Oregon Gov. Kate Brown directs the statewide COVID-19 response, Columbia Gorge Community College today announced its own measures to comply with the governor’s executive order to higher education. Gov. Brown is prohibiting colleges from conducting in-person instruction beginning this Saturday through April 28. Only critical functions may continue.

Columbia Gorge Community College had already extended spring break in response to the epidemic. Spring break starts this Monday, March 21, and continues through April 3. Following the governor’s directive, CGCC will deliver all instruction solely on-line beginning with spring term April 6. All campus buildings are closed to public access as of this Saturday, March 21.

Mar 18, 2020

Web-based Training Available April 8th!

Even though our face-to-face classes have been canceled until April 24th, we still have amazing web-based trainings available for you! Our next training is on April 8th...

Mar 13, 2020

College prepares COVID-19 precautionary measures

Mar 6, 2020

Columbia Gorge Community College is hosting two OSHA classes in March

Columbia Gorge Community College is hosting two OSHA classes in March.

OSHA Hazard Communication Aligned with GHS
OSHA Worker Protection Standard Workshop

Feb 26, 2020

OHA Guidance on the Coronavirus

The following information has been release by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) about the novel Coronavirus.

Jan 29, 2020

Video storytelling workshop offers filmmaking basics and beyond

If you’d like your video to be one of them, Columbia Gorge Community College is offering “Video Storytelling with SLR and Mirrorless Camera Systems” – a two-day workshop to help take your filmmaking to the next level of professionalism and unlock the secrets of cameras, audio, media management, and editing. You will learn from Sean O’Connor – award-winning visual storyteller, passionate media educator, internationally published photographer, and honored contributor to a Northwest Regional Emmy Award. Study the art of visual storytelling along with camera systems, basics of stabilization, field audio, interview techniques, and special techniques such as drone and underwater filming.

Jan 29, 2020

Stay on track, overcome blocks, and achieve your goals

Columbia Gorge Community College is offering a Leadership class with Dana Meyer Consulting to help you stay on track, overcome blocks, and achieve your goals. Goal setting is an ongoing activity, not just a means to an end. Learn how to build in reminders and rewards to keep you and your team members on track and engaged. Overcome common blocks and barriers that get in the way of achieving your big goals. The non-credit class “Stay on Track, Overcome Blocks, and Achieve Your Goals” will be offered Thursday, Feb. 6 from 1:30 to 4:30pm at the CGCC Indian Creek Campus in Hood River. Cost is $99.

Jan 29, 2020

Local instructors to teach course on basic pistol safety

Columbia Gorge Community College is offering the non-credit “NRA Basic Pistol Safety Course” for beginning and intermediate students. In this course, you will learn the basics from qualified local instructors. Each class consists of four training sessions held at the Indoor Range of The Dalles Rifle & Pistol Club. Students will be required to certify to their legal eligibility and sign a Firearm Release Form. No live ammunition can be brought into the class room, but you may bring your personal firearm.

Jan 29, 2020

Explore the intersection of art and gratitude

Join Jenny Loughmiller, artist and gratitude advocate, as she leads you through the exploration of gratitude through art. Jenny will help you fire up the “gratitude center” of your brain, as well as teach the intuitive and creative process she uses to express gratitude through color, shape and texture. You will leave with 1-2 complete pieces of art ready to give to someone for whom YOU are grateful. Columbia Gorge Community College is offering the “Art & Gratitude” two-hour workshop on Saturday,

Jan 29, 2020

Beginner friendly yoga for all types

Columbia Gorge Community College is now offering the non-credit class “Yoga for Healthy Aging.” In this beginner friendly class, you will explore gentle, aging-informed yoga movements suitable for all ages and body types, while learning about the mechanics of your body and injury prevention. Weekly classes will open with a 15 minute discussion around a topic such as Yoga for Arthritis, Yoga for Spine Health, and Yoga for Diabetes. This will be followed by 55 minutes of gentle mat and chair-friendly yoga practice. All supplies, including mats and props are provided.

Jan 16, 2020

College to close for winter conditions (1/16/2020)

Hood River and The Dalles are closed due to winter weather.

Jan 15, 2020

Both campuses will close at 5 pm (1/15/2020)

The Dalles and Hood RIver campuses will close at 5 pm (1/15/2020).

Jan 14, 2020

College to open at 10 am due to winter weather (1/14/2020)

Hood River will be closed today. The Dalles is on a 2 hour delay due to winter weather.

Dec 5, 2019

Distance learning project links college, high schools

High school students throughout the Mid-Columbia region will participate in real-time instruction with Columbia Gorge Community College faculty thanks to a $498,623 distance learning grant awarded by US Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

“Many rural students have to travel long distances to attend school,” said John Huffman, Oregon Director for USDA Rural Development. “This investment will give students the ability to access classes remotely, helping to improve their quality of life and starting them on the path toward a college degree.”

Dec 3, 2019