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Fall registration at Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) is under way now, and students are encouraged to register early so they’re ready for the start of classes Sept. 24.

CGCC offers nearly 40 programs leading to associate degrees and certificates. Students may choose educational options that range from workforce training to two-year degree programs to community education courses.

Can you believe we only have a little over a month until this CGCC Library Bingo Challenge is up? How goes your bingo card? You can check out the CGCC Bookstore & Library Facebook page to share your results or get some inspiration (and check out the competition!). If you'd like more suggestions, check out our library blog. Not caught up on CGCC Library News and New Items in the Library? Don't worry you can catch up!

Here are  3 of our suggestions -- check out the library blog to get all 13 and a blurb for each one!

Are you playing Library Bingo, too? Looking for a title about geography or travel to get that square? Check out the library blog post or click through for a few recommendations from the library!

In Oregon and Washington, groups collaborating as the Columbia Gorge Tourism Alliance are stewarding Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area resources by connecting people to recreation experiences using car-free means.

The Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, like National Parks and other highly visited federally managed public lands, suffers damage and congestion from too many cars. Too many cars similarly degrades visitor experiences when people are stuck in traffic, unable to find parking, and required to navigate unsafe road conditions.

Students considering full-time enrollment at Columbia Gorge Community College now have special incentive in the form of free tuition for selected college credits.

The college’s budget committee this year approved a plan to encourage full-time enrollment through a tuition exemption applied for qualifying credit loads. Under the “15 th Credit and Above Free” incentive, students only pay tuition for the first 14 credit hours per term; no tuition is charged for the 15 th credit, or for any credit hour beyond that up to 20 credits per term. (Students must obtain special permission to take more than 20 credit hours.)

Below are a few of the new titles added to the library collection in the last few weeks.

Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) has announced that the state is accepting applications through Sept. 1, 2018, for the Oregon National Guard State Tuition Assistance (ONG-STA) grant for students planning to attend college in Fall 2018. This new grant program provides funds for tuition at Oregon community colleges and public universities for current eligible service members of the Oregon Army National Guard and the Oregon Air National Guard. Prospective students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to benefit from this grant this fall, and future students should be aware of the upcoming deadlines of November 1 for winter term, and March 1 for spring term.

You may have noticed that there are a number Quality Matters (QM) logos in the schedule of classes at Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC). This indicates that the class has met quality standards after a review by a three person panel of instructors, led by a master reviewer and including an external reviewer (from another college or university) and a subject matter expert.

Quality course design standards are a cornerstone of online learning at CGCC. The college adopted QM standards in 2004, using them to evaluate every new hybrid or online course. By 2009, college faculty began certification as peer reviewers and in 2011, the annual reviews started. During the winter of 2018, these teams worked together:

The 19^th Annual Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament, presented by Columbia State Bank and Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation, will be held at Indian Creek Golf Course in Hood River, Ore., on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. This golf tournament is a fun-filled day that brings together golf, friends, food, and raffle prizes. This year, the tournament will benefit student scholarships.