July 2017 Nancy Boyce ’08 is one of five recipients of the 2017 Clark College Outstanding Alumni Award. Jeff Groff ’09 was named member at large for Leadership Clark County’s executive committee. Mitchell Jackson ’93 is one of five recipients of the 2017 Clark College Outstanding Alumni Award. Debra Jenkins ’93 is one of five recipients of the 2017 Clark […]
Cody Messick ’10, currently a doctoral student at Penn State University, was part of a team of scientists who confirmed the existence of gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space-time that resulted from the collision of massive black holes more than 1 billion years ago. He was the featured speaker during a […]
Six notable Clark College individuals have been selected for top Clark College alumni awards. The 2017 Outstanding Alumni awardees are Nancy Boyce ’08, Mitchell Jackson ’93, Debi Jenkins ’93, Rujean “Jeanne” Mack ’67 and Steve Morasch ’87. The Rising Star awardee is Cody Messick ’10. Boyce is a diesel mechanic and heavy machine repair business […]
Betty Benjamin ’58 Cole Burbank Michael Burton Jessica Currier ’97 Betty Dial – Dial was the managing editor of Clark’s student newspaper the “Penguin’s Progress” in the 1950s. She receive a certificate in journalism while at Clark. Clark Easter ’84 Clarence Elliott ’73 Jill Garrow ’77 Sharon Leeper ’73 Lyman Momeny Jack Purdy ’68 Eric Studer ’94 […]
Clark College Foundation welcomes four individuals to its board of directors. They are Petr Burunov, Tom Cook, Tonya Rulli and Brad Skinner. Petr Burunov is president of Ambassador Wealth Management, an independent financial planning firm based in Vancouver, Wash. Before launching his business in 2009, he worked as a client manager for Bank of America […]
Not such a dirty job Few women choose trade jobs. Clark is changing the perception of these jobs Trades network has your back Alumni in the trades Funding the future Growth and stability in our community hinges on balanced state funding Student tackle the cost of textbooks Clark students take action in Olympia Reinventing himself […]
By Lily Raff McCaulou Want to come to campus to speak or mentor women who are training for the trades? Contact Kelsey Hukill, director of alumni relations at 360.992.2767. As a network technician, Shawn Cismar is accustomed to stress. When a computer network is down, everyone shifts into crisis mode. Some people take out their […]
A life of crime or productivity? Guess which one Mitchell Jackson ’93 chose. By Rhonda Morin Mitchell S. Jackson ’93 had an attitude. He had the moves. He was going to be a professional basketball player. Yet, he never made it past the first season of his inaugural year playing for Clark College in […]
Vancouver is not the first city in Washington that comes to mind when one thinks of hip-hop culture. However, the Pacific Northwest has had a thriving underground hip-hop scene for 20 years and cannot be left out of the conversation. Vancouver native and Clark student Thomas Merfeld ’17, known in the hip-hop community as Wizeguy, […]
When a call went out to gather Clark’s Arizona Penguins, 17 of them arrived at the Biltmore’s Adobe Restaurant in Phoenix on March 8, 2017. Together they reminisced about their days at Clark and learned about the many new programs, buildings and student achievements going on in Vancouver, Wash. Of the group, there were […]
