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Faculty Speaker Series covers an unusual way to teach world languages On Tuesday, May 12, at 4:00 p.m. in the Ellis Dunn Community Room (Gaiser Hall room 213), the Teaching and Learning Center hosts “Bilingual Puppetry: A project-based learning exploration,” the 2014 spring quarter installment of Clark College’s Faculty Speaker Series. Professor Elizabeth…
Visa issues delay monks’ arrival The construction of a Sand Mandala at Clark College’s Cannell Library, scheduled for May 4 – May 8, has been postponed until further notice. The monks of Drepung Loseling Phukhang Monastery are experiencing an extended delay in obtaining the travel documents required to leave India and come to…
On May 1, Clark College celebrates literacy, Latino culture with an evening of family-friendly activities On Friday, May 1, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Clark College invites the community to participate in an evening of free, family-friendly activities that celebrate both Latino culture and the value of literacy. “Celebración de Mi Gente:…
Clark College Theatre presents “bobrauschenbergamerica” May 8-23 Art, America, rubber chickens—you never know what will show up next in the postmodern play bobrauschenbergamerica, the final work in Clark College Theatre’s 2014-2015 season. The play, written by Charles Mee, celebrates the work and spirit of influential American artist Robert Rauschenberg, known for incorporating…
Annual event hosts most employers yet Clark College’s Career Days is entering its fifth year with its largest-ever number of employers participating in two separate job fairs, as well as many new events designed to help today’s job-seekers. The three-day event will be held April 27-29 at the college’s main campus. The annual…
Clark College hosts its 10th annual Sakura celebration On an unseasonably warm April day, John Kageyama, president of America Kotobuki Electronics, stood on Clark College’s main campus below one of the 100 shirofugen cherry trees he had donated to the City of Vancouver 25 years earlier. After a quarter-century, those trees had…
Clark College joins global conversation on a “watershed” moment in economics It’s not often that a 700-page treatise on economic theory sells out on Amazon and hits No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. But Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, termed “one of the watershed books in economic thinking”…
Clark College hosts 10th annual celebration of international friendship on April 16 On Thursday, April 16, Clark College’s 2015 Sakura Festival will honor the historic ties of friendship between the cities of Vancouver, Washington, and Joyo, Japan. This year’s celebration holds particular significance, as it recognizes several important milestones: the 25th anniversary…
Clark College’s All-Washington Academic Team members show the power of persistence Two students whose stories began on almost opposite sides of the earth have found success in the face of adversity at Clark College. Martin Parrao and Lidiya Nikolayev represented Clark College at the 2015 All-Washington Academic Team Recognition Ceremony, held on March…
Clark College receives major grant to help low-income students Clark College has received a major grant toward the college’s efforts to help low-income students complete their education. Work is already underway on the three-year Working Families Success Network (WFSN) grant, which provides $100,000 per year to hire staff and equip them to…
