Events

Goings on at the Penguin Nation

Penguin Pantry marks a year of service

shelves with food on them

The food pantry will hold an open house on Oct. 25      Clark College’s Penguin Pantry will celebrate is first year of serving students with an open house on Thursday, October 25, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Open House will be a ‘reverse reception’ — an opportunity for students, staff, faculty, and community…

Penguins shine

graduates at 2018 Commencement

More than 700 graduates cross the stage at Clark’s 2018 Commencement       The skies above Sleep Country Amphitheater filled with heavy gray clouds on June 21, but nothing could dampen the bright spirits of the more than 700 students participating in Clark College’s 2018 Commencement ceremony. Members of the college’s 82nd graduating class…

Penguins hiring Penguins

Career Day student with recruiter

For many recruiters, the Clark College Career Fair is a return to their alma mater       It’s become an annual tradition: hundreds of Clark College students showing up to meet potential employers as graduation looms near. But while Clark’s Career Fair has become a familiar part of the academic cycle, not everyone realizes…

Healthy Penguin Walkabout is back for third year

kids and mom with Oswald at Healthy Penguin Walkabout

Family-friendly event focuses on wellness       Clark College welcomes the community to its third annual Healthy Penguin Walkabout on Saturday, June 2, on its main campus. This free, family-friendly event offers a wide range of opportunities for personal health assessments, wellness-related education, and healthy activities. Activities run 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will take…

Commencement coming June 21

John Deeder

Celebration features John Deeder as keynote speaker       On Thursday, June 21, Clark College will honor its 82nd graduating class at the 2018 Clark College Commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater. The keynote speaker is John D. Deeder, recently retired superintendent of Evergreen Public…

Clark College Theatre presents “The Shape of Things”

Art, individuality, and love clash in play running May 18 – 26      Clark College Theatre continues its 2017-2018 season with The Shape of Things by Neil Labute. A dark tale of what people will do for love and art, the story revolves around four college students whose lives are inalterably changed when two…

Subtext runs May 14-17

Subtext poster image

Annual literary festival includes celebrated authors and on-the-go poetry        The Clark College Columbia Writers Series is offering a week of writers, readings, and events on the college’s main campus during its fourth annual Subtext Literary Festival. On May 14-17, the college will host well-known authors, as well as readings and events by…

Promoting native plants

red flowering currant

Clark College hosts native plant sale, lecture May 3-4        Clark College will host two events for lovers of native plants this May. Its fifth annual native plant sale will take place at the college’s greenhouse on May 3, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m, and May 4, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Additionally,…

Marking the path of friendship

Japanese language students with John Kageyama and Yoko Sato

This year’s Sakura Festival honors the man who inspired it      It was if the trees knew how special this day was. For the past week, the 100 shirofugen cherry trees that grace Clark College’s campus had held their blossoms tightly closed against the gray, chilly weather. But the morning of the college’s annual…

The gift of friendship and trees

Clark celebrates Arbor Day with 200 new cherry blossom trees and the college’s eighth consecutive Tree Campus USA designation      On April 11, Clark College celebrated tree planting and care at the annual Arbor Day celebration. Led by Clark College International Programs director Jane Walster, the ceremony took place on the northeast corner of…

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