Congratulations to Sally Demos, recipient of the 2014 Spring Quarter Classified Staff Excellence Award! Sally Demos has provided excellent service to the Clark College Community for the past 29 years. She currently holds the position of Acquisitions Specialist for the Clark College Library. A current member in the Shared Integrated Library, she has also served…
In 2012, the Clark College Law Club took a field trip to Olympia, where they visited both the State Legislature and the State Supreme Court. While there, paralegal student Richard Thomas got the chance to chat with then-Justice James Johnson, who retired from the court last month. “Justice Johnson and I were talking, and I…
Clark College’s Latino Festival celebrates culture and literacy Not even an accidental fire alarm could stop the festivities at this year’s Día del Niño/Día del Libro celebration, held in Gaiser Student Center on May 9. Approximately 225 guests enjoyed the evening-long celebration of Latino culture and literature, which included a bilingual puppet show…
The college moves forward on serving the North County community with a new Ridgefield location Clark College announced today the purchase of land that will become the location of a new campus serving the northern portion of the college’s service district. The purchase was made possible with the strong partnership of the…
Clark’s FYE mentoring program helps students and staff alike When Princeton McBride started classes at Clark College in fall 2013, he knew he could use some help getting adjusted. Not only was he new to college, but he was new to the area, having moved to Vancouver from his native South Carolina shortly…
The first Clark College Student Video Festival to be held at Kiggins Theatre on May 29 Clark College will hold its first public screening of student videos at the historic Kiggins Theatre on Thursday, May 29, at 6 p.m. in an event that will be free and open to the public. The 90-minute…
Career Days 2014 serves everybody in the community looking for jobs The numbers are in from this year’s Career Days, and they show what many at the college and in the community already knew: Clark College’s week-long program for job-hunters is growing stronger every year. This year, more than 1000 job-seekers attended…
McArthur Genius Grant recipient and Swamplandia! author to participate in Clark’s literary festival During the spring installment of its renowned Columbia Writers Series, Clark College will welcome writer Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, and St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. This event is part of “Subtext,”…
Award-winning ABC journalist to share his inspiring story of triumph over adversity on June 19 Byron Pitts, who overcame a childhood marked by illiteracy and poverty to become an award-winning television journalist and book author, will be sharing his story with the Clark College Class of 2014 as the college’s Commencement keynote speaker…
Ten faculty members receive tenure in 2014 Ten outstanding educators are the newest members of the tenured faculty at Clark College. Lisa Aepfelbacher (nursing), Gene Biby (theatre), Steven Clark (biology), Adam Coleman (computer technology), Amanda Crochet (chemistry), Elizabeth Donley (English), Kathryn Donovan (nursing), Robert Schubert (anthropology), Suzanne Southerland (communication studies), and Erin Staples…
