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…
Jobs are available on campus for students needing extra income, with no financial aid eligibility requirement. Finding these jobs on campus won’t be an intuitive process for most students as campus job listings are a bit difficult to find, and most students don’t know about them. These are job listings Read more…
FAFSA faces another last-minute delay to early March, five months past usual deadline Though the FAFSA’s “soft launch” has already had a explosive beginning, the turbulence is not yet over: the Department of Education has again delayed FAFSA applicant data, this time until “the first half of March.” This continues Read more…
Students entering the TOP building with its bright and inviting atmosphere can now meet the new director DeLane Overton with his student-forward personality. UCC’s Transfer Opportunity Program is part of the federal TRIO program that includes Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search, and Student Support Services. While Upward Bound and E.T.S. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Part one of this story, “Women’s wrestling grabs the NJCAA National Duals by the ankles in Poteau, Oklahoma,” has more information about the duals and NJCAA. A handful of UCC women’s wrestlers showed their grit by taking first place at the National Junior College Athletic Association who held Read more…
Umpqua Community College’s updated math program will soon allow some students to graduate faster. This new program would still allow students to take math classes below 100 level, but they would have to take a 100 level math class at the same time. Originally, the classes below 100-level were offered Read more…
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…
For Rozilyn Miller, the new dean of arts and letters, moving to Oregon was always part of her five year plan. “I had lived in so many places, and I was like ‘this is not where I want to permanently settle’ – and again, Oregon kept calling my name.” When Read more…
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…
Wanting to celebrate locally this holiday season? Check out this list of events — featuring concerts, markets, parties and more — all located within Douglas County. Shows, concerts and recitals Shopping, workshops and markets Festivals, parties and Christmases Meet and greets: Santa, The Grinch
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…
If you thought UCC’s Humanities Building was pronounced “Tapʰòytʰaʼ,” think again. The building’s name, Tapʰòytʰaʼ Hall, pronounced duh-POY-tuh, emerged in the aftermath of the 2015 shooting tragedy at Umpqua Community College. Replacing the original Snyder Hall, the new building’s name symbolizes a commitment to safety, security, and well-being. The building’s Read more…
