News

All classes and events scheduled to start at 4 pm or later at both The Dalles and Hood River campuses are canceled for December 1^st due to weather concerns.

Student Government is looking for winter clothing donations for their 2015 Winter Clothing Drive. Drop boxes are located throughout both campuses near entrances at multiple buildings.

Phi Theta Kappa is getting ready for the holiday season. It will be here before we know it. The chapter has had a lot of success with the Holiday Wreath Fundraiser and has chosen to do it once again. These wreaths are beautiful, long lasting, handmade in Troutdale and friendly to the environment. You may visit their website at granstromevergreens.com. They are a family owned business and are a lot of fun to work with.

As you may be aware, a shooting took place yesterday at Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Roseburg Oregon. Our hearts go out to our colleagues at UCC - we are deeply saddened to hear about this tragic event. Please keep Umpqua Community College students, faculty, and staff, as well as all the individuals and families who were affected, in your thoughts.

In light of this event we also want to include the link for our Behavioral Assessment Team (BAT), it contains information and resources on how to report troubling persons or situations. This is an extremely important link as many of you are the eyes and the ears of the community here at the college and this tool can be very effective for raising awareness of escalating situations which in turn can be a preventative measure.

Jim Pytel has recently finished a project with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) and put all his EET 111 lectures online.

The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Fellowship program recognizes talented early careerists who can develop their skills and leadership potential in a dynamic and unique environment. The fellowship program is structured to maximize the learning opportunities for fellows as well as to support the operational needs of the organization.

The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence is a project-based award given annually to an individual or group whose project or initiative has significantly improved Oregon academic libraries or librarianship.

We are proud to announce this year’s award winner, John Schoppert, Director of Library Services at Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC), for leading the Gorge Open (GO) Open Educational Resources (OER) project.

Help Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest inspire girls to be strong, smart and bold by becoming a Girls Guide.

Student Life is accepting applications until July 15^th for Student Government positions for the 2015-16 school year.