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Three new Career Launch programs

students working on a welding project

Programs help students “earn as they learn” cuisine management, cybersecurity, and welding technologies      Clark College recently received certification of three new Career Launch programs at the college.  The programs join six other Career Launch at the college. Career Launch is a Washington state program that provides students with opportunities to “earn as they learn” through partnerships between public educational institutions and local employers that provide meaningful, high-quality, and…

Celebrating Juneteenth

Dr. Edwards and Professor Frederick preparing food outdoors

College hosts drive-through cookout honoring the emancipation of Black enslaved people      Clark College celebrated the emancipation of Black enslaved people with its inaugural Juneteenth Drive-Through Cookout on Friday, June 11. The event was organized by the college’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and culinary programs. Clark College’s McClaskey Culinary Institute and ODEI provided 100 boxed lunches for students.  In…

Penguins feeding Penguins

culinary faculty and student holding up food to be distributed curbside

Since the global pandemic began, Penguin Pantry—the college’s on-campus food bank for students—has doubled the amount of food it distributes monthly. It typically has distributed one box of shelf-stable food and a loaf of bread donated by community partners. Now Clark College is partnering with its own instructional programs to increase the food support it…

When your internship is in the middle of a pandemic

When COVID-19 closed bakeries, Clark College found a way for students to continue learning       When Sofiya Saakyan, a student in Clark College’s Professional Baking and Pastry Arts program, called Baron Patisserie in early April to check on her planned spring quarter internship there, the bakery was closed indefinitely due to COVID-19. The owner told her he wasn’t sure…

A whole new menu

front facade of McClaskey Culinary Insitute

McClaskey Culinary Institute opens its doors to the public on Nov. 28       On Tuesday, November 28, Clark College will launch a new era in the region’s culinary scene as it hosts the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute. The modern, 20,615-square-foot facility provides a variety of fast, fresh,…

Clark College relaunches Culinary programs

McClaskey Institute architectural rendering

Information sessions for prospective students to be held Feb. 23 and March 6       Clark College is excited to announce the launch of the new Cuisine Management and Professional Bakery and Pastry Arts programs. After four years of developing an updated curriculum and modernizing the existing kitchens and dining spaces, the new Tod…

New culinary center gets name

McClaskey Institute architectural rendering

A donation from the McClaskey Family Foundation helps make new teaching and dining facility possible       Clark College President Robert K. Knight announced that the Tod and Maxine McClaskey Family Foundation made a $4 million gift to the college’s culinary program that will transform the learning process for students, as well as the…

Welcome, Penguins!

Fall 2015 campus

Clark College greets new academic year      The parking lots were filled. The Bookstore was bustling. And the sunshine poured down as if to comfort those who were still mourning the end of their summers as they started the 2015 fall quarter at Clark College on Monday, September 21. Returning students got to see…

New for Fall

Clark College starts the new academic year with expanded programs, locations, hours, and visionOn Monday, September 23, Clark College opened the doors for its 2013-2014 academic year. The college welcomed 13,373 students on opening day, down slightly from fall 2012, when the college welcomed 13,927 students. The start of fall quarter is always a time…

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