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Clark College Theatre presents “Bare”

rainbow-colored text: "bare: a pop opera"

Coming-of-age musical runs Feb. 21 – March 7       Clark College Theatre continues its 2019-2020 season with the musical Bare by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo. Bare is a coming-of-age rock musical that features a group of high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school who face issues of sexuality and personal identity.…

Four finalists named in presidential search

composite photo of all four Clark College President finalists

The Clark College Board of Trustees has announced the completion of a major step in selecting the next Clark College President. The trustees selected four finalists Wednesday, December 18, at its monthly public meeting. The board acted on the recommendations made by the search advisory committee that conducted interviews with ten semi-finalists last week. “It’s…

New President Search Moving Forward

Progress continues on Clark’s new president search. In October the Board of Trustees approved the Presidential Profile created by our Search Advisory Committee with input from the college and community. A contracted search firm, Gold Hill Associates, immediately reached out to its national network to cultivate candidates. The position was also posted by Clark’s Human…

VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion announced

Photo of Rashida Willard, smiling, weating blue sweater and necklace

Rashida Willard leads college equity work supporting students, faculty and staff      Clark College announced today November 14, 2019 that Rashida Willard has accepted the position of Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the college effective immediately. “Rashida has earned the respect of her peers, our students and the community as a…

Women’s soccer heads to tournament

For the fourth year in a row, the Penguins are Southern Region champions       The Clark College women’s soccer team concluded their 2019 regular season on Saturday, October 26. With the 3-1 win over Clackamas, the Penguins went undefeated in Southern Region play. This continues a near-historic winning streak for Penguin women’s soccer:…

Clark College takes next step in hiring new president

Members of the Presidential Selection Committee smiling in front of the Clark College sign

Community and college representatives have come together to form a Presidential Search Advisory Committee at Clark College. Their job will be to screen applicants and recommend presidential candidate finalists to the Clark College Board of Trustees. The committee met for the first time on October 11 to review the process, participate in implicit bias training…

Clark College celebrates ten years at Columbia Tech

Clark College at Columbia Tech Center is “open for business” this fall       Business and community leaders joined Clark College on Monday, October 14 for a Vancouver Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting to celebrate a milestone. Clark College first opened Columbia Tech Center in east Clark County in fall 2009. Responding to feedback…

Emergency preparedness training Oct. 17

In the event of a major emergency, it is very possible that we will be our own first responders. Are you prepared? It does not have to be as overwhelming as you may think. Learn what you need, why you need it, and how not to spend a lot of money on it. You may…

Presidential search open houses

Community provides input on qualities needed in next college president Clark College reached out for community and college input on the selection of the next college President this past week. The search firm, Gold Hill Associates, held an open house as one source of input on what the job profile should include. The profile will…

Supporting Social Justice Leadership at Clark

Congratulations to Hanan Al-Zubaidy, Chippi Bello, and Kayla Escott, Clark College’s three representatives at the Social Justice Leadership Institute this year. They have demonstrated a commitment  to making our college a more inclusive and social justice-minded place. This is a yearlong program to foster leadership identity among historically underrepresented groups. It allows leaders to develop…

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