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Little Penguins get big help with Backpack Project

kids in house with backpacks and school supplies

For many Southwest Washington families, the beginning of this school year was particularly challenging, featuring teacher strikes and last-minute scrambles for child care. But one thing remained unchanged: Dozens of Clark College students could depend on Clark employees to purchase and fill backpacks so that their children could start the school year off prepared. The…

Supporting survivors at Clark

purple ribbon to symbolize domestic violence

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is a good reminder that domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence affect many of our students. In order to better support them, Clark College is developing a training and awareness campaign to help boost the reporting of these crimes and to help connect survivors to resources.   This…

Another Top 10 for the Indy

group photo of Indy staff

Clark College’s student newspaper continues its award-winning tradition at national conference      Clark College’s student-run newspaper, The Independent, again placed in the Top 10 in a national contest of two-year colleges, earning fourth place in the annual Best of Show competition in Long Beach, California. The award from the Associated Collegiate Press honored overall excellence…

A rousing coda

jazz band

This year’s Jazz Festival marks the last where Prof. Inouye calls the tune       Every year during the last weekend of January, the Clark College Jazz Festival fills Gaiser Hall with swinging tunes from middle and high school bands. This year was no exception, with a total of 1,116 students from 55 schools…

Winter STEM Seminars

picture of a monkey eating a mango

Free lunchtime lectures cover everything from sacred monkeys to the messages in mud       Clark College is inviting the public to come back to school for a series of free lunchtime seminars that explore the lighter side of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Begun in 2015, the Clark College STEM Seminar Series launches…

Women’s Soccer wins regionals

Weekend sees many victories for the Penguins      With its 2-0 road victory over Southwestern Oregon this past Saturday, Clark College Women’s Soccer clinched the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) South Region title. Led by Head Coach Sean Jansen–who received a Presidential Coin in September for his service to the college–the team has racked up…

A mindful exploration

John Mitchell

Faculty Speaker Series highlights scholarship of mindfulness in education       On May 3, mathematics professor John Mitchell brought his message of mindfulness–the simple practice of being aware of one’s present-moment experience—to the spring installment of the Faculty Speaker Series. Mitchell said his goal was to inspire the audience “to be part of something…

Young scientists unite

students with test tubes at Science Olympiad

Clark College hosts Southwest Washington Regional Science Olympiad      Burning marshmallows, miniature hovercrafts, robotic arms, and the perennial favorite, bottle rockets, were a just a few of the 48 activities featured at this year’s Southwest Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, which took place at Clark College on Saturday, March 4. More than 350 young scientists…

Congratulations to our Walktober champs!

Haley Tucker

Thirty-Eighty Penguins got up and moving during the month of October for the second Walktober Challenge against the WSU Vancouver Cougars and the Lower Columbia College Red Devils. Collectively, Clark logged in 12,412,963 steps — earning second place in the college challenge. Way to go, Penguins! The top three participants at Clark were: 1st Place: Haley Tucker…

Giving vets a starring role

people in star formation honoring Veterans Day

The Veterans Resource Center would like to thank everyone who participated in our Veterans Day photo on November 10. As you can see from the image, it was a huge success. We hope to grow this annual celebration so veterans in our community know how much we appreciate their service. Thank you for all you do…

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