College offers family-friendly STEM education at Summer’s Biggest Party In keeping with this year’s Clark County Fair Theme of “Science Fun,” Clark College is offering a host of family-friendly, hands-on activities promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Clark students, staff, and faculty will lead demonstrations every day of the fair, which runs…
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Battling stereotypes, they found success
by herickson •
Clark College’s 2016 All-Washington Academic Team members share a love of science and a drive to overcome obstacles Two outstanding Clark College students were selected to attend the 2016 All-Washington Academic Team Recognition Ceremony, held on March 24 at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. Tammy Senior and Qi Wu are…
Turning students into scientists
by Contributor •
Clark offers budding researchers a way to pursue their careers Clark College is providing an unprecedented opportunity for eligible students to start their research careers while still in community college–getting hands-on research opportunities, paid internships, and special educational support to help them succeed in the exciting career of scientific researcher. This opportunity comes…
Learn as you lunch
by herickson •
Clark College launches new STEM Seminar Series Clark College is inviting the public to come back to school for a series of free seminars that explore the lighter side of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). New this academic year, the Clark College STEM Seminar Series launches on Friday, October 16, at noon…
Exceptional Faculty Award spotlight: The naturalist
by herickson •
Steven Clark’s office is full of animals. There’s the “Cats Against the Bomb” calendar; the poster of the grizzly bear; the woodblock print of a turtle; the vintage Audubon Society birdwatching chart; photos of bees, rodents, spiders, his dogs. The effect is something like walking into a natural history museum that’s been shoved into a…
Small World Could Bring Big Rewards
by herickson •
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…
Rockets, Eggs, and Safety Goggles
by herickson •
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…
STEM groundbreaking draws a happy crowd
by rmorin •
New building slated to open in 2016 A burst of rain accompanied Clark’s Pep Band as they played Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” before a crowd of about 60 people on Tuesday afternoon during Clark College’s official groundbreaking of its science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) building. In speaking about why STEM education is critical…
Icy Adventures in Microbiology
by herickson •
Dr. Roberto Anitori discusses rock-eating microbes in Antarctica at the Faculty Speaker Series From one-celled organisms to imaginary elephants, we have much to learn from the non-human life forms around us. That is the theme of this year’s season of Clark College’s Faculty Speaker Series, “Microbes, Pets, and Puppets: What Animals Can Teach…
Clark College to expand in the Gorge
by herickson •
New aerospace grant will expand opportunities for Gorge residents Less than a year after establishing a location in the Columbia River Gorge, Clark College is expanding its academic and technical offerings and moving into a new, larger facility. The new location in Bingen, Wash., which is still being negotiated, would house both new…