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Open Enrollment has begun for employee benefits

Notes from HR

PEBB Medical Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) and Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) If you wish to enroll in or continue your Medical FSA and/or DCAP, open enrollment is the time to do it. You must enroll or reenroll no later than November 30 for the January 1, 2016 coverage year. The Medical FSA allows you…

Clark Band Hits a Home Run

Clark College Band on Oakland A's JumboTron

Band performs National Anthem at Oakland A’s game       On June 21, 2015, the Clark College Band demonstrated its excellence to more than 39,000 spectators at the Oakland Athletics Baseball Father’s Day game in O.co Coliseum (formerly Oakland Coliseum) in Oakland, California. “There was nothing more exhilarating than playing that last note and…

Take a Bow, Maestro!

Don Appert

Music chair Donald Appert celebrates 25 years of teaching at Clark      The award-winning Clark College Orchestra concluded its 2014-2015 season with its annual spring concert on June 14—an event that also served to celebrate Clark Orchestra Director and Conductor Donald Appert’s 25th anniversary at the college. The concert was held at the Royal…

Seussing Things Up

Read Across America Day 2015

Bookstore’s annual book drive benefits King Elementary      Smiles dominated the scene at King Elementary School on March 2 as volunteers from the Clark College Bookstore read Dr. Seuss’s classic The Cat in The Hat to four kindergarten classes as part of Read Across America Day. Following the book readings by volunteers Kaina Barba…

Helping little Penguins start the school year right

Eleven years–that is how long Clark employees have been generously donating backpacks and supplies to school-aged children of Clark College students through the Annual Backpack Project. This year, employees sponsored 76 backpacks, adding to a cumulative total of well over 600 backpacks collected so far. Once again, the Office of Planning and Effectiveness oversaw the…

Closures in Green Lot One

Green Lot

College is working to improve its fiber optic system      Sections of Green Lot One will be closed off during the month of July as the college works to improve its fiber optic system. On July 15 and 16, the entire northwest portion of the lot will be closed to cars as workers determine…

Summer Quarter Hours

main campus

A complete list of offices and departments with reduced hours during the summer       Beginning July 11, the College will be closed to the public at noon on Fridays through August 29.  Below please find information about the availability of College services available during this closure period. Note: Even when services are available…

Save the Date: Fall Orientation

fall orientation 2013

Before we say goodbye to spring quarter, make sure to put Clark’s 2014 Fall Orientation on your calendar. Opening Day activities will be on Wednesday, September 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in O’Connell Sports Complex, followed by Fall Orientation through September 19 in various locations. Visit the Fall Orientation home page for the…

Strategic Plan: How Are We Using Your Ideas?

Vision 2020 logo

In the beginning of 2013,  the college asked employees to imagine what Clark would look like in 2020. The college community answered this question with thoughtful responses. That feedback was used to create the Vision 2020 Themes, which in turn were used to focus in on the central theme of the new Strategic Plan: student…

Indy Wins Awards

Clark College students who publish the print and online editions of The Independent captured two national awards at the Associated Collegiate Press 30th annual National College Journalism Convention, held Feb. 27-March 2 in San Diego. In addition to attending more than 72 workshops and training sessions while at the convention, The Independent staff won third…

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