Achievements

Awards, promotions, accomplishments

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…

A Night of Celebration

Clark College’s 2015 Commencement sees a record-breaking number of graduates crossing the stage       The sun shone, the bagpipes sounded, and the members of Clark College’s 79th graduating class gathered together—more than 730 of them, making the 2015 Commencement ceremony the college’s largest yet. The Clark County Event Center was filled with friends,…

On Her Way

Life’s roadblocks couldn’t stop scholarship recipient from pursuing her dreams      About a month ago, Kathleen Fockler was on the way to a Beaverton testing facility to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), the exam each nursing student must pass before officially becoming a Registered Nurse. She was ready. It had taken…

Great News

Indy staff spring 2015

Student newspaper sweeps regional awards      Clark College student journalists captured all three top awards in a competition for the best in news reporting, editing and production by teams at 13 community colleges in Oregon and Washington, according to results made public Sunday. It was the third year in a row that the news…

Congratulations, Professors!

2015 tenured faculty

Clark College awards tenure to 11 professors in 2015      Eleven outstanding educators are the newest members of the tenured faculty at Clark College. Shayna Collins (counseling), Sunnie Elhart-Johnson (business technology medical office), Helen Martin (business technology), Susan Nieman (nursing), Ethel Reeves (nursing), Bevyn Rowland (counseling), Kristi Taylor (dental hygiene), Ruth Trejo (chemistry), Linda…

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…

Honoring Three Women … and Three Decades

Iris Awards celebrates a 30-year tradition of honoring women’s contributions to Southwest Washington      Three outstanding women working in different fields, but with a similar commitment to improving the lives of others in Southwest Washington, are the winners of the 2015 Iris Awards, honoring women of achievement in Southwest Washington. The awards will be…

Expanding Our Future

President Knight

President Knight sounds hopeful notes during 2015 State of the College Address      “Over the past year, we have seen many successes and we have seen many things that seemed like a dream or a far-off vision come to fruition.” So began President Bob Knight’s 2015 State of the College Address, held January 15…

The Year in Pictures

See some of the images that defined 2014 at Clark      If a picture is worth a thousand words, then consider this slideshow a year’s worth of diary entries, telling the story of Clark College in 2014. It was a year of growth for the college, seeing the introduction of its first bachelor’s degree,…

Clark College Goes Global

international students

College celebrates International Education Week with its largest number of international students yet      On November 17, Clark College hosts its seventh celebration of International Education Week. But in many ways, Clark’s celebration began months earlier, with the launching of its new Intensive English Language Program (IELP) at the beginning of this fall quarter.…

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