Trail to Wellness

Trails to Wellness is a program brought to Umpqua Community College by the college’s new wellness counselor, Casey Kohl. The program’s purpose is to provide students with 24/7/365 access to a hotline for mental health counselors and local services such as resources for food, housing, and mental health. In order Read more…

Gift book ideas

Books make great Christmas gifts for readers. The New York Times has published their top 10 books of the year, and The Mainstream has added a few additions of our favorite books to guide your shopping. Mainstream Book Suggestions New York Times Books of the Year

UCC welcomes new staff

In the fall term, 2023, UCC welcomed three new teachers: Associate Professor James Mortensen, Associate Professor Blake Norton, and Associate Professor Joseph Richards. While all three have a different story for what brought them to UCC, they all make a great addition to the campus. Mortensen James Mortenson, the new Read more…

Activist, advocate and assistant professor Christina Ballard: “The power of symbolic speech”

Standing outside a capitol building, two strips of duct tape were slapped across communication studies instructor Christina Ballard’s mouth — another two to her chest, holding up a sign: “The power of symbolic speech is that it conveys a special message.” This was in 2012, after Wisconsin — where Ballard Read more…