Health and human performance professor Rod Snook retires this summer from the full-time position he’s held for 37 years. Snook’s office walls are plastered with three decades’ worth of photographs, articles and other physical commemorations of the innumerable student and personal accomplishments he’s brought about throughout his career. Assistant to Read more…
Being a college student is so much more than getting a degree. Being a student means that, for the next several years of your life, you are consumed with not only receiving an education but learning how to cope with life. Something that many people who are no longer in Read more…
Roseburg Summer Fun is a summer camp with events being held for grades first through sixth, and seventh through high school. The program starts in June and ends in August. Roseburg Summer Fun has been holding events for children in the community for 20-plus years and continues to keep students Read more…
Summer term can help reduce the stress of carrying extensive credit loads during the regular school year. Students can also catch up with their educational journey if they are prepared for the more compact summer sessions. “The two things that students need to be aware of is the difference in Read more…
Zainab Ibrahim is an up-and-coming woman’s wrestling athlete, high-achieving transfer student and devout Muslim. She has managed to juggle all three well, until recently when she was shut out from competing in World Trials, hosted by USA Wrestling, because of modesty alterations to her uniform in alignment with her Muslim Read more…
The Spanish Club, as well as other interested students, is traveling abroad in June of 2024 to Spain and Morocco for 10 to 11 days guided by EF Tours, an educational tour company. The group will travel to four locations in Spain and four in Morocco, Africa. Students will sign Read more…
The deadline for transfer student applications is now. The process can be scary, nerve-racking, and thrill-seeking all at the same time. UCC Advisor Dan Ruch and Associate Director of Oregon State University Rick DeBellis want to help make transferring easier for students. “The best place to look for transfer (events) Read more…
When doesn’t the education system feel like a steep mountain that students and faculty have to hike up? A good team helps, though. A good leader helps even more. Rachel Pokrandt, UCC’s president, shares what her educational hike has looked like. Pokrandt doesn’t want students to confuse easy with success. Read more…
Suitable housing is one of the biggest challenges students face as part of their college journey. UCC has recently purchased three new buildings in Downtown Roseburg. In the UCC Invests in Students and Downtown Roseburg press release, students can find where they can reside: “The college has been renting the Read more…
Starting September 2023, UCC plans to offer an educator-focused bachelor’s degree program in partnership with George Fox University, a private nonprofit institution based in Newburg, Oregon. Scot Headley, dean of instruction for transfer and general education, states the program’s necessity: “There’s a severe teacher shortage in Douglas County.” “There is Read more…
The Northwest Athletic Conference’s recent penalties targeting the UCC men’s basketball program have been described as heavy-handed, but they don’t impact students as strongly as some have feared. On Dec. 14, 2023, NWAC threatened punishment for breaking several of the league’s policies found in the NWAC Handbook despite UCC’s cooperation Read more…
UCC has several new clubs to help students build friendships and establish connections. These extra-curricular activities, according to Active Learning in Higher Education, also help students get better grades due to the “social benefits of participation.” Multicultural Club Multicultural Club is new at UCC, just starting in January. At a Read more…
The expanding focus on free digital textbooks and online learning as well as out-of-state students, has caused the campus bookstore known as the Hawk Shop to expand its services and mission. “Even if all textbooks were made free, students still need a place to go,” says Annie Patterson, Hawk Shop Read more…
Much of UCC’s staff has spent years, if not decades, working directly with students, often more for the desire to help than the paycheck. Since many students rely on staff and faculty’s help and care, retirements and job changes make strong impressions when the inevitable times of change come. Some Read more…