Events

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Making financial aid easier to navigate

Main Campus at night

Students and parents can get free guidance at Clark College’s Financial Aid Night and Funding Fair on March 1       On Thursday, March 1, specialists from Clark College’s Financial Aid Office, as well as representatives from local nonprofits, will be on hand to answer questions from prospective students and parents about navigating the…

A rousing coda

jazz band

This year’s Jazz Festival marks the last where Prof. Inouye calls the tune       Every year during the last weekend of January, the Clark College Jazz Festival fills Gaiser Hall with swinging tunes from middle and high school bands. This year was no exception, with a total of 1,116 students from 55 schools…

Iris Awards announced

Photo of all four 2018 Iris Award recipients

Four outstanding women to be honored at March 8 ceremony      Four women representing exceptional leadership, philanthropy and community service are the winners of the 2018 Iris Awards, honoring women of achievement in Southwest Washington. They will be honored at an awards reception on Thursday, March 8. Awards will be presented to Julie Bocanegra,…

Clark College Columbia Writers Series hosts Cheston Knapp

Cheston Knapp

Tin House editor reads from his new collection of essays on Feb. 15      The Clark College Columbia Writers Series continues its 2017-2018 season with Cheston Knapp, managing editor of the award-winning literary magazine Tin House. He will discuss his work and read from his new collection of essays, Up Up, Down Down. This…

Free dental health day for kids

Young girl in dentist chair

Dental Hygiene students give community a great reason to smile      The Clark College Dental Hygiene Program will hold a free children’s dental clinic on Saturday, February 3, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the main campus of Clark College. The event will take place in the Firstenburg Dental Hygiene Education and Care…

State of the College

President Knight at podium

At his annual State of the College address on January 18, Clark College President Bob Knight highlighted both the college’s accomplishments and its challenges. When it came to the former, Knight didn’t have far to look—just outside the doors of Gaiser Student Center, students were learning and eating at the McClaskey Culinary Institute, which opened…

A Running Start for high schoolers

Running Start grad whose cap reads "17 with my AST"

College hosts three free information nights for the popular program       High school sophomores and juniors can learn how to take the next step in their education by attending one of three optional Running Start Information Night sessions at Clark College. The identical sessions will be held 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24;…

Swing into Jazz Fest

musicians playing jazz

Annual musical showcase runs Jan. 25-27       The 56th Annual Clark College Jazz Festival presents three full days of exhilarating big band jazz on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, January 25-27, 2018 in Gaiser Student Center on Clark College’s main campus. Admission is $5 per day. Clark College students and children under 12 accompanied…

Winter STEM Seminars

picture of a monkey eating a mango

Free lunchtime lectures cover everything from sacred monkeys to the messages in mud       Clark College is inviting the public to come back to school for a series of free lunchtime seminars that explore the lighter side of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Begun in 2015, the Clark College STEM Seminar Series launches…

Worth the wait

culinary students

McClaskey Culinary Institute is open, providing great food and state-of-the-art learning      If there was one theme to the mood at the ribbon-cutting of the Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute this November, it might have been best summed up in the opening remarks of Clark College President Bob Knight: “This has been a…

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