The menâs basketball season ended Feb. 28 with a loss against Chemeketa Community College. The team never exceeded a one-loss streak throughout the season until the Chemeketa game ended with a score of 77 to 75 in Chemeketaâs favor. Many of the seasonâs games were nail biters with close scores, Read more…
The UCC welding program is filled with innovative and modern ways of teaching students how to build skills and increase employability. To help students enter this competitive, high-wage field, the program gives students opportunities to work with welders in the community and get hands-on experience. Ian Fisher, welding instructor and Read more…
Editorâs Note: Part one of this story, âWomenâs wrestling grabs the NJCAA National Duals by the ankles in Poteau, Oklahoma,â has more information about the duals and NJCAA. A handful of UCC womenâs wrestlers showed their grit by taking first place at the National Junior College Athletic Association who held Read more…
UCC womenâs wrestling took first place as a team in the National Junior College Athletic Associationâs first national duals the weekend of Jan. 27, that athletes department announced. Coaches and athletes left Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the dual in Poteau, Oklahoma at the Carl Albert State College. The UCCâs women Read more…
Editor’s Note: The following story has been updated to correctly differentiate between the PACE grant and the Rural Male Project. UCC has launched two new programs to obtain and retain enrollment. One of these programs is a Rural Male Project led by Jacob Whisler, the Umpqua work based learning coordinator Read more…
Many staff and students are still having trouble connecting to the internet even though campus just finished putting in additional and more powerful wifi access point devices and upgraded to higher speeds with increased power. These Access Point devices, also known as AP devices, act as a communication hub between Read more…
Campus has new staff on campus in the Health, Nursing and Science Center, HNSC. Lace-Ann Rowe, assistant professor and forestry program director, Lisa Edens, anatomy and physiology professor and Andrea Thompson, full time nursing faculty are our new staff. Lance-Ann Rowe Rowe comes from a long line of people who Read more…
For the past school year, UCC graduate Larisa Czernowski has served as the president of ASUCC. âWe help support students in the best way possible. Some of that looks like school supplies, and some of that looks like food, transportation,âCzernowski says. âWe really try hard to make it an equitable Read more…
One of the UCC graduates walking across the stage on June 16 is Jessica Donohue, winner of the National Adult Education Honor Society Award. She is graduating with her GED and is excited to start her college learning career soon at UCC. The journey to get her GED was strenuous. Read more…
Summer term can help reduce the stress of carrying extensive credit loads during the regular school year. Students can also catch up with their educational journey if they are prepared for the more compact summer sessions. âThe two things that students need to be aware of is the difference in Read more…
When doesnât the education system feel like a steep mountain that students and faculty have to hike up? A good team helps, though. A good leader helps even more. Rachel Pokrandt, UCCâs president, shares what her educational hike has looked like. Pokrandt doesnât want students to confuse easy with success. Read more…
The Northwest Athletic Conferenceâs recent penalties targeting the UCC menâs basketball program have been described as heavy-handed, but they donât impact students as strongly as some have feared. On Dec. 14, 2023, NWAC threatened punishment for breaking several of the leagueâs policies found in the NWAC Handbook despite UCCâs cooperation Read more…
Low-income students interested in high-wage science and engineering careers can now apply for the Oregon Pathways to Industrial Research Careers grant for up to $45,000 of tuition assistance on a bachelorâs or masterâs degree path. Over a four-year school journey, âstudents may qualify for up to $45,000 in scholarshipsâ out Read more…
ASUCC wants to help bring light to students through the good and bad times of college. Larisa Czernowski, ASUCC president, says, âOur goal is little changes. It doesnât always have to be something overarching and huge. I think it starts with little changes.â ASUCC mission and plans for campus A mission ASUCC has is creating more campus spaces that feel Read more…