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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…

Finding Careers, Finding Hope

Career Days 2014 serves everybody in the community looking for jobs        The numbers are in from this year’s Career Days, and they show what many at the college and in the community already knew: Clark College’s week-long program for job-hunters is growing stronger every year. This year, more than 1000 job-seekers attended…

State Supreme Court to Visit Clark

Washington state seal

The highest court in the state will hear cases, answer questions May 12-13      The Washington State Supreme Court is coming to Clark College for a two-day visit in May to hear oral arguments and make itself available to the public. Chief Justice Barbara Madsen and Justices Charles W. Johnson, Susan Owens, Mary Fairhurst,…

A Spanish Lesson with Strings Attached

Betsy Ubiergo

Professor’s sabbatical project makes literature come alive at Clark’s Latino Festival      In a strange way, Spanish professor Betsy Ubiergo has the cruelty of children to thank for inspiring her sabbatical project, which will be unveiled at Clark College’s Día del Niño/Día del Libro festival, held May 9 in Gaiser Student Center. Ubiergo and…

Celebrating Spring and Friendship

Annual Sakura Festival honors the ties between Vancouver and Japan         As he introduced the opening ceremonies of this year’s Sakura Festival, Clark College President Bob Knight called the 100 shirofugen trees whose blossoming the festival celebrates “a gift rich with symbolism.” As dignitaries from both Japan and Vancouver rose to speak,…

Slideshow: Helping Crestline Turn the Page

Clark College brings books and hope to fire-ravaged Crestline Elementary      Monday, March 3, four Clark College Bookstore employees visited Crestline Elementary School’s temporary location, which was created after the school was destroyed in a fire last year. Their mission: To distribute to the school’s kindergarten and first-grade students the 190 copies of the…

Goal Met

Clark hosts annual College Goal Washington with great success      On January 26, Clark College hosted a College Goal Washington event in Gaiser Student Center, attracting approximately 250 guests–more than any other such event in Southwest Washington. College Goal Washington (also called “College Goal Sunday”) is a state-based volunteer program that provides free information…

Summer Jobs, Lifelong Success

Clark College and Vancouver Housing Authority partner on job and internship fair      Clark College hosts its second annual Summer Job and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, in the Gaiser Student Center. The event is designed to help job-seekers find summer internship and employment opportunities with Portland-…

Choppers, Gunk, Bugs and Barges

Clark College hosts the Southwest Washington Elementary Science Olympiad      On Saturday, November 2, Clark College’s main campus was fizzing like a lab beaker as hundreds of students participated in the Southwest Washington Elementary Science Olympiad. Almost 300 third-through-fifth grade students from 19 local elementary schools participated in the half-day event, which included five…

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