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Jul 23, 2021
Survey gauges need for public child care center

As more people are vaccinated to reduce the risk from COVID-19, many parents in the Mid-Columbia region are returning to the workforce. But the high cost and scarcity of affordable child care is a challenge, both for the general public and students attending Columbia Gorge Community College.

Jul 23, 2021
Metallica awards $100,000 for Gorge scholars

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.

Aug 20, 2020
Columbia Gorge Community College joins national training consortium for unmanned aerial systems

The Columbia Gorge region, already known as a technology leader in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), reached another milestone this summer, as Columbia Gorge Community College joined a nation- wide collegiate training initiative organized through the Federal Aviation Administration.

Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2018 required the agency to establish a UAS training initiative through agreements with institutions of higher education that prepare students for careers involving autonomous systems. Two-year institutions so designated become members of a “Consortium for Small Unmanned Aircraft System Technology Training.”

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 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
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,