Umpqua Community College

Congratulations Class of 2026!

🎓 to the UCC Class of 2025!

One year later, we're getting ready to celebrate the Class of 2026 at tomorrow's graduation ceremony. Congratulations, graduates—we can't wait to cheer you on! 🎉

Today, Umpqua Community College students put their skills to the test in a large-scale Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) simulation alongside regional emergency response partners.

This was only a training exercise — but the learning was very real.

Theater students helped create realistic patient scenarios, emergency responders and nursing students worked side-by-side to triage and provide care, and REACH Air Medical Services even landed a medical helicopter as part of the simulation. Afterward, students and partners gathered for a debrief and lunch to reflect on lessons learned and celebrate a successful exercise.

Effective management of a mass casualty incident requires rapid clinical judgment, strong communication, adaptability and teamwork. Through this hands-on experience, students practiced triage principles, safe and timely interventions, interprofessional collaboration, and strategies to improve patient outcomes under challenging conditions.

A special thank you to our community partners who helped make this experience possible: Roseburg Towing, Central Douglas Fire & Rescue, Roseburg Fire Department, Sutherlin Fire Department, Umpqua Valley Ambulance, Lookingglass Rural Fire District, North Douglas County Fire & EMS, Glide Rural Fire Protection District, REACH Air Medical Services, and Douglas County Emergency Management. Their expertise, mentorship, and commitment to training the next generation of responders provided an invaluable learning opportunity for our students.

Opportunities like this give students access to exceptional real-world training right here in Douglas County and demonstrate the power of collaboration between education and industry. We are proud to offer hands-on experiences that help prepare future nurses, EMTs, firefighters, law enforcement professionals, and other public safety leaders to serve their communities with confidence and skill.

Go Riverhawks!

Here are the upcoming sports events!
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Baseball, Softball, and Track are competing this week! Make sure to follow along!
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Today marks one year since the tragic loss of Kiley Jones and Jami Strinz – two beloved members of our softball family whose lives were taken far too soon.

We pause to remember Kiley and Jami, and to hold close the teammates and coach who were injured, along with all who continue to feel the impact of that day. Our hearts remain with their families, friends, and every member of our campus community.

Over the past year, we have witnessed extraordinary strength, courage, and resilience from our student-athletes and coaches. Through their perseverance, unity, and love for one another, they have honored Kiley and Jami in ways that words cannot fully capture.

Their spirit continues to live on – in every practice, every game, and every moment this team shows up for one another. It is a legacy that would make Kiley and Jami incredibly proud.

Today and always, we stand together in remembrance, in support, and in love.
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