Achievements

Awards, promotions, accomplishments

Student Art Show

The opening reception and awards ceremony for the Art Student Annual exhibition of Clark College art students drew students, faculty, staff, family members and the community.

Opening Day 2022

Clark College starts the new academic year with its first in-person Opening Day since 2019.
President Edwards said that although she has been at Clark College for over 2 years, this was the first in-person opening day celebration, and she was loving it!

Celebrating the Class of 2022

Students line up to receive diplomas. Two students look directly at the camera smiling.

Clark College honored its 86th graduating class at the 2022 Clark College Commencement ceremony held Thursday evening, June 16, at the RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater. The college conferred over 1,900 degrees and certificates for the next generation of our community’s workers, leaders, and scholars.  

Phi Theta Kappa earns awards

Anne LeGrave and Jordan Peterson

Clark College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international honor society for community colleges, has been hard at work this year. Two of its members have been nominated to the All-Washington Academic Team, and the chapter took top honors in PTK’s regional Hallmark Awards. “I am so excited that our chapter is being recognized…

Dr. Edwards named a Paragon President

Dr. Karin Edwards

Clark College president earns award from international honor society Phi Theta Kappa      Clark College President Dr. Karin Edwards was recently named a Paragon President by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK). The award recognizes college presidents who have shown support of student success initiatives leading to stronger pathways to completion, transfer, and…

Dr. Edwards named Aspen Presidential Fellow

Dr. Karin Edwards

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today announced that Dr. Karin Edwards, president of Clark College, is one of 25 leaders selected for the 2021-22 class of the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship. This program supports community college presidents in the early years of their tenure as they aim to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success. The…

Three new Career Launch programs

students working on a welding project

Programs help students “earn as they learn” cuisine management, cybersecurity, and welding technologies      Clark College recently received certification of three new Career Launch programs at the college.  The programs join six other Career Launch at the college. Career Launch is a Washington state program that provides students with opportunities to “earn as they learn” through partnerships between public educational institutions and local employers that provide meaningful, high-quality, and…

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