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Clothing Closet

The annual Career Clothing Closet is seeking donations       Clark College Career Services is seeking clothing and cash donations for its 11th Annual Career Clothing Closet, which provides professional and/or interview clothing to Clark College students at no cost. The Closet will be held April 23 and 24 in advance of Clark College…

Iris Award Nominations Now Open

Iris logo

College celebrates 30 years of honoring women in Southwest Washington      Nominations are now open for the 2015 Iris Awards. The winners will be announced in January, and the recipients will be honored at a reception and ceremony on Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 5 p.m. to  7 p.m. in Clark College’s Gaiser Student…

A Decade of Service

Sherry Parker

Longtime trustee Sherry Parker ends her term      Ever since she first became a member of the Clark College Board of Trustees in 2003, Sherry Parker has been vital presence at the college, where she has faithfully attended not just board meetings but also Opening Days, State of the College addresses, cultural events, Commencement…

Small World Could Bring Big Rewards

Small World Initiative classroom

Clark joins Yale University’s innovative new program to hunt for new antibiotics and ignite interest in STEM       When antibiotics were first introduced in the 1930s, they seemed almost magical in their ability to save people from previously fatal infections. But recently, the medical community has warned that bacteria are evolving to resist…

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.…

Rockets, Eggs, and Safety Goggles

Science Olympiad

Clark hosts its largest Elementary Science Olympiad ever      Normally, you wouldn’t encourage kids to drop eggs on your floor. But this Saturday, all the rules got bent (or possibly refracted) at Clark College’s seventh annual Elementary Science Olympiad, where third-through-fifth graders tested the limits of physics with egg drops and challenged their engineering…

Applause for the Maestro

Don Appert

Music professor celebrates 25 years at Clark with three new awards      This fall marks music professor Don Appert’s 25th year teaching at Clark College, and as befits the director of the college’s orchestra, he’s celebrating the occasion with plenty of fanfare–winning three prestigious music awards in less than a month. Last month, Appert…

Student Club Prepares for Veterans Day

Steve Mitchell

Organizes Honor Tree and holiday cards to honor military service      Members of the Clark College Veterans Club and Associated Students are staffing a table outside of Gaiser Student Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. all week in advance of the college’s Veterans Day celebration on November 10. Members of the college community…

Clark Theatre Crosses the Border

Night of the Iguana poster

Boundary-breaking season opens with the Tennessee Williams classic “Night of the Iguana” Nov. 7 – 22      In its 2014-15 season, Clark College Theatre takes its audience on a wild trip across the border—whether that’s the border between two countries, between propriety and hedonism, or between reality and art. With the announcement of its…

Educating for the Seventh Generation

powwow dancer

Clark College celebrates indigenous cultures on Nov. 7      On Friday, November 7, Clark College will welcome the community as it hosts “Educating for the Seventh Generation,” a celebration of indigenous cultures. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Gaiser Student Center on Clark College’s main…

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