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May 30, 2017
Diverse crowd celebrates third annual Culture Fest

Culture Fest marked its third season May 17-18 at Columbia Gorge Community College’s Hood River – Indian Creek campus, drawing visitors from across the region.

Thursday’s festivities included the art show We Are All One/Sumos Uno, exploring how people’s common experiences foster unity. The show continues at the Indian Creek Campus until June 13.

May 10, 2017
College Board Approves Sanctuary Designation

In a unanimous board decision May 9, Columbia Gorge Community College joined the State of Oregon and a growing list of colleges, universities and municipalities adopting sanctuary status over concerns regarding federal immigration policy.

Sanctuary does not change existing college policy, which already offered its students protection through state and federal laws such as the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). In enacting Resolution 031417, a “Declaration of Open Access and Protection,” the college board affirmed the institution’s compliance with those laws but also stated its intention to “oppose any change in federal law requiring it to aid the federal government in immigration law enforcement, and, if necessary, ... will seek its own legal counsel in this effort.”

Mar 9, 2017
College joins national Hispanic advocacy organization

Columbia Gorge Community College has become the first Hispanic-serving institution of higher education in Oregon to become a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), a national organization centered on improving educational achievement for America’s largest minority group. According to the U.S. Department of Education, CGCC is also Oregon’s only Hispanic-serving institution of higher education as of the end of the 2016 calendar year.

Mar 2, 2017
March brings web course, Wind Challenge and more

Spring is almost here and learning is already in full bloom at Columbia Gorge Community College, where March brings a newly-created certificate course in web development, 2017 Wind Challenge for middle and high school students, Job Fair and myriad other activities.

May 17, 2016
CGCC Board of Education Vacancy

The Columbia Gorge Community College Board of Education seeks interested district electors in Wasco County for consideration to be appointed to fill the remaining portion of the Position 1 vacancy. This appointee is to serve until June 30, 2017, at which time the individual elected in the May 2017 election will begin serving a full four-year term.