Clark celebrates Arbor Day with 200 new cherry blossom trees and the college’s eighth consecutive Tree Campus USA designation On April 11, Clark College celebrated tree planting and care at the annual Arbor Day celebration. Led by Clark College International Programs director Jane Walster, the ceremony took place on the northeast corner of…
Fundraiser for college’s biology and environmental science students held May 4 and 5 Clark College will host its fourth annual native plant sale on May 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 5 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Natural Plant Center, the college’s greenhouse. Most plants are priced…
Clark College’s new STEM Building has a LEED Silver certification. Here are a few environmentally friendly aspects of the building and its construction: The building is cooled by water pumped from the local wellfield through a campuswide hydronics (water-based heating and cooling) system. This same water is used to heat the building with help from…
Clark College celebrates Arbor Day with its sixth consecutive designation as a Tree Campus USA On April 13, Clark College celebrated nature at its annual Arbor Day event and tree planting. The event, which was free and open to the public, featured the addition of a Black Hills Spruce to the campus’s beautiful…
Prominent Japanese academic addresses Clark on the problems and solutions of the future “I believe we live now in a period of very great transition for human civilization,” said Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama as he began his presentation to a full Gaiser Student Center on October 28. Titled “Beyond the Limits to Growth:…
Attention, Green Penguins! Now there’s a great new way to learn and share information about events and resources at Clark College that support environmental sustainability. The college’s new Green Clark web page was recently launched to help centralize information for everyone–employees, students, and community alike–interested in knowing about options Clark offers to be more environmentally…
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…
