If youâve ever slipped on the compass at campus center, you may be glad to hear renovation of the roughly 15-year-old structure was finished Aug. 1. Unveiled in the new design is an updated look â without slippery, rusted iron â finally fitted with accurate cardinal directions. The compass first Read more…
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 Faculty Art Show of 2024 The faculty art show opens successfully again as it has for the past 22 years, with only a few exceptions due to COVID-19 hardships. Four faculty artists and their unique collections of art, Susan Rochester, Noelle Herceg, Tiffany Hokanson and Greg Price are the Read more…
For UCCâs baseball team, playing on the field is only a fraction of the game. Community service, team bonding, and academic achievements are all sacrosanct traditions the program endorses. âWeâve cleaned up the parks, done some stuff downtown and we help at the elementary schools. Weâre always looking to see Read more…
Though natural resources students are often required to identify species of flora on campus grounds, few students overall could likely identify the master groundskeeper in charge of maintaining UCCâs significant tree inventory. For 19 years, Jim Paris has been the head groundskeeper and mechanic, keeping the campusâs trees, flower beds 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 â featuring concerts, markets, parties and more â 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 Ballardâs mouth â another two to her chest, holding up a sign: âThe power of symbolic speech is that it conveys a special message.â This was in 2012, after Wisconsin â where Ballard 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…
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 2023, increasing opportunities and challenges for the new staff. David Read more…
Despite summerâs cybersecurity attack â which shut down campus for a week and required a complete restart of all online systems â fall termâs financial aid repayments were doled out on-time, in accordance with the departmentâs new deadline. Refund checks were successfully mailed out early to students on Friday, October Read more…
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 observations of the impact of good nutrition. She dreamed of Read more…
Graduating engineering student and The Mainstreamâs 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 doesnât have to be loud to be a recognized force on campus. Manning makes plans âThe movie Read more…
I take photos of nature on campus because I want to share the beauty I see with other people, and I enjoy the joy of seeing others light up when they see the photos I share with them. Photos have a really interesting effect on people. Some people feel instantly Read more…