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Career Days is Big

Career Days

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…

Sakura is Coming

dancers at Sakura Festival

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…

Seussing Things Up

Read Across America Day 2015

Bookstore’s annual book drive benefits King Elementary      Smiles dominated the scene at King Elementary School on March 2 as volunteers from the Clark College Bookstore read Dr. Seuss’s classic The Cat in The Hat to four kindergarten classes as part of Read Across America Day. Following the book readings by volunteers Kaina Barba…

Keeping Kids Healthy

Dental Hygiene

Clark College Dental Hygiene hosts Free Children’s Dental Health Day on Feb. 7      The Clark College Dental Hygiene Program will hold a free children’s dental clinic on Saturday, February 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the main campus of Clark College. The event will take place in the newly remodeled Firstenburg…

Help Clark students dress for success

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…

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…

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…

Helping Our Community

food bank award

Clark College earns recognition from Clark County Food Bank      Clark College was recognized for volunteering more than 400 hours at the Clark County Food Bank on Monday, June 9, during the food bank’s Volunteer Appreciation Night. Clark has a long relationship with the food bank, which provides bulk food to 29 different food…

Photo Album: Fun for the Whole Familia

Puppet show

Clark College’s Latino Festival celebrates culture and literacy      Not even an accidental fire alarm could stop the festivities at this year’s Día del Niño/Día del Libro celebration, held in Gaiser Student Center on May 9. Approximately 225 guests enjoyed the evening-long celebration of Latino culture and literature, which included a bilingual puppet show…

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