Five outstanding members of the Clark College community receive recognition In 2007, Clark College President Bob Knight introduced a new honor at Clark College: the presidential coin. The coin is given to faculty and staff members who provide exemplary service to Clark students, the college and the community. The honorees are decided by…
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Helping little Penguins start the school year right
by Contributor •
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…
Exceptional Faculty, Exceptional Stories
by herickson •
Learn more about this year’s Exceptional Faculty Award winners A professor who never planned on going to college, A Web-savvy wiz who stays in touch with students on Twitter, an aspiring academic who turned his back on the ivory tower in favor of more hands-on teaching, and an experienced clinician who takes the…
Exceptional Faculty Award spotlight: The technophile with human feeling
by herickson •
Chris Martin has gathered the students from his Web Video Production class in the hallway outside their classroom to demonstrate how to set up an interview shot. One student—a burly guy with a baseball cap and gray beard—has affably agreed to stand in front of the camera as the “interviewee.” “Now let’s think about camera…
Exceptional Faculty Award spotlight: The accidental professor
by herickson •
We’ve all heard the cliché that kids say the darndest things. But people rarely point out its corollary: So do adults. As an Early Childhood Education professor, Sarah Theberge says she is often just as surprised by what her students express in the classroom as she is by what children in the college’s Child &…
Exceptional Faculty Award spotlight: The book-lover gone digital
by herickson •
Exceptional Faculty Award recipient Jim Wilkins-Luton can tell you the exact moment when the course of his career changed. He was in his final year of graduate studies at Gonzaga University, listening to an English professor discuss Milton in pedantic detail. At the time, Wilkins-Luton was well on his way to following that professor’s path.…
Exceptional Faculty Award spotlight: The voice of experience
by herickson •
Psychology professor Kelly Fielding has spent decades demystifying the human brain “I believe in psychology,” says psychology instructor Kelly Fielding. “I believe it has value and purpose, and if I can affect a few students who want to make a dent in all the psychological distress in this world, then that’s a…
Closures in Green Lot One
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Save the Date: Fall Orientation
by Contributor •
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…
Watch Our Penguins Walk
by herickson •
It’s that time of year again: Preparation is underway to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2014 at this year’s Commencement Ceremony, and the college needs volunteers to make the event successful for our graduates. There are a variety of opportunities for the college community to get involved, ranging from assisting with the distribution…