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FAFSA simplification: Changes, concerns

“Better FAFSA, Better Future” touts itself as a “re-engineering” of the FAFSA process. The interactive article below explores these changes, as well as four major concerns raised by students, parents and spouses.

By Robin Bailey, 1 monthNovember 3, 2023 ago

Phi Theta Kappa elevates community college student’s experience, gives a competitive edge

College can be expensive, lonely, confusing, and full of pressure with so many decisions to make. Phi Theta Kappa helps. PTK is a community college honor society with a chapter at UCC dedicated to helping students get scholarships, leadership experience Read more…

By Laurel Younis, 1 monthOctober 27, 2023 ago

Tricks, treats, and fun galore: ASUCC Hawktober

Frightfully fun, join ASUCC as our host Treats, games, music, and face-painting So run, fly your broom, or float like a ghost It’ll be quite entertaining-Poem by Adrien Vara / The Mainstream ASUCC is hosting food, games and interactive activities for Halloween-lovers of all Read more…

By Adrien Vara, 1 monthOctober 27, 2023 ago

ASUCC helping students create personalized budget plans

Budgeting is an essential tool for navigating everyday life. Knowing how to utilize the proper tools for financial success is key. Managing your money enables you to have a better approach to making payments like bills and student fees. Knowledge of budgeting can Read more…

By Adrien Vara, 2 monthsOctober 26, 2023 ago

On the road to UCC: New HNSC faculty share their stories

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 Read more…

By Jazmin Ode, 2 monthsOctober 14, 2023 ago

Sue Shaffer Library to begin phased re-opening

Remodeled and reopened, the Sue Shaffer Library is back The library staff is excited about their soft reopening on Monday, Oct. 16 and the new offerings the renovations provide, including updated study spaces, a coffee bar and more to come. Read more…

By Laurel Younis, 2 monthsOctober 13, 2023 ago

Solar eclipse viewing at Paul Morgan Observatory on Saturday

UCC is hosting a solar eclipse viewing event on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Paul Morgan Observatory for the last eclipse visible in Douglas County until Nov. 15, 2077. The observatory is right on the centerline of the Ring of Read more…

By Mason Amos, 2 monthsOctober 13, 2023 ago

New ASUCC Leadership hopes to bring in more student engagement this year

ASUCC new student leadership The student body leadership team, Associated Students of Umpqua Community College, started with an entirely new team this year from a new advisor to all new officers. Long-term advisor Marjan Coester left UCC in spring of Read more…

By Amy Latham, 2 monthsOctober 13, 2023 ago

Why your financial aid was “late”: Disbursement deadline pushed to term’s third Monday

Despite summer’s cybersecurity attack — which shut down campus for a week and required a complete restart of all online systems — fall term’s financial aid repayments were doled out on-time, in accordance with the department’s new deadline. Refund checks Read more…

By Robin Bailey, 2 monthsOctober 13, 2023 ago

Dear Graduates:

Savannah Peterson and Rachel Arceo, 2023 AAOT graduates Umpqua Community College is one of those special places where the people, the location, and the activities all come together to create profound, transformative change. As graduating students, we have learned so Read more…

By Savannah Peterson, 6 monthsJune 9, 2023 ago

Tenacious student recognized for talent, leadership

Kyle Smith, AAOT student, shares his experiences and passion for welding. He feels very confident about his experience at UCC because of his teachers, especially coming from a self-taught position in welding. Anthony Gordon – Videographer; Josiah Vincent – Video Read more…

By Anthony Gordon, 6 monthsJune 9, 2023 ago

Student media editor, STEM student perseveres as she pays her own way through college

When graduating transfer student and The Mainstream managing editor Savannah Peterson first began at UCC, she was still heavily considering skipping college and going straight to beauty school. However, as a young swimmer, she had been inspired by her own Read more…

By Rachel Arceo, 6 monthsJune 8, 2023 ago

Mainstream digital editor aspires to help with bioengineering degree

Graduating engineering student and The Mainstream’s digital editor Peyton Manning has a quiet and reserved demeanor that may make it easy for many to underestimate him; do so at your own peril.   Manning doesn’t have to be loud to be Read more…

By Rachel Arceo, 6 monthsJune 8, 2023 ago

Graduating ASUCC president Czernowski develops community and academic partnerships; helps peers

For the past school year, UCC graduate Larisa Czernowski has served as the president of ASUCC. “We help support students in the best way possible. Some of that looks like school supplies, and some of that looks like food, transportation,”Czernowski Read more…

By Jazmin Ode, 6 monthsJune 8, 2023 ago

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