I’m going to miss all my fellow students and our advisor Melinda Benton. The Mainstream helped me improve my writing skills and how to come out of my shell. Having recently changed my major I was worried I was too far behind in what I should already know, but afterContinue Reading

Eric AndersonMadison AshcraftAshley BackenGrant BarnesJesika BarnesKatelyn BarryQuentin BinghamMonica BotwinickChalice BrownKacy BuxtonAlyssa CarterTristan CaseAaron CherryConstance ClineLaRae CoilBenjamin CollarPatricia ConlanRamsie CooleyNatalie CordellBrandon DahlmanSteven Dahlman Jessica DuncanMike DurbinMike DurbinSophia GarciaVyla GrindbergKevin HansbergerAlec HillmanMae HoopesDaniel HunterSusan JarvisSarah JaworskiEric KlekasKohlton KuczlerKimberly KuntzAdam LambGarison LeifAlysia LewisAustyn LilesShayla LimatocDevon MartinMax Martin Juan MartinezDerek MeierTraci MelsonCaleb MillerInez OrozcoRossContinue Reading

This year’s UCC faculty of the year award went to Associate Professor Georgann Willis. “I’m incredibly honored” Willis said. Completing her sixth year at UCC, Professor Willis said she had no plans of leaving UCC and will continue teaching the same courses: psychology, human relations, human development and human sexuality.Continue Reading

The UCC 2019-2020 budget was proposed and approved during the month of May. A major concern, in terms of budget shortages, with this new budget was the “increase in revenue sources as the state allocation doesn’t keep up with the cost increases” Natalya Brown, chief financial officer, and Katie Workman,Continue Reading

Accreditors mark accommodation, recommendations UCC was up for its mid-cycle evaluation report in April. This report falls in between the college’s normal seven-year accreditation cycle and acts as a pre-evaluation so that UCC is ready for the next accreditation evaluation in four years. Accreditors spoke to significant UCC individuals andContinue Reading

UCC student Cody Phillips’s car was stolen from the UCC campus Friday, April 26. Phillips left his blue Honda in the UCC parking lot, west of the Whipple center, just before 11 a.m. After he and fellow student Zach Schissler put their backpacks with laptops inside. He returned shortly atContinue Reading

Professor Jillanne Michell is taking her first sabbatical to study Shakespeare in England after 20 years teaching Shakespeare and other literature classes at UCC, including women’s literature, environmental literature, and various other introduction to literature courses. Michell, who will be away from UCC all spring term, will travel with herContinue Reading

UCC’s nursing program is one of eight regionally approved community colleges with Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs in the state of Oregon. Although recent news reports have pointed to its financial decision to forego national accreditation is due to its no longer being needed, the program is wildly recognized for its rigor and student success with over 85 percent of studentsContinue Reading

Community members assembled at Stewart Park for the Martin Luther King’s Day river clean-up on Monday January 21. This volunteer-based event started at 10 a.m. Monday morning underneath the Stewart Park pavilion for a 3-hour long community service act in honor of the King.  Maris Wilson with Umpqua Watersheds andContinue Reading