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08/07/2026
This weekend at the Vancouver USA Arts & Music Festival, check out the Clark College Student Expedition! 🖼️
It’s in the Esther Short Building, right across from the park.
These are just a few of the wonderful pieces on display.
Thank you to Chef Jin from James Beard Award-Winning JinJu Patisserie | PDX for teaching a chocolate class to McClaskey Culinary Institute students! It was an awesome (and delicious) day.
Taking a walk on campus? Follow the penguin feet 🐧🚶
[Video description: shots of painted penguin feet on the sidewalk with text. “Do you know what these penguin feet are for? They are walking paths! Each color is a different distance. Blue=.5 miles. Orange=1.3 miles. White=2 miles.]
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Campus is so colorful in the summer.
New building, new artwork on display. 🖼️
Check out the wonderful art throughout the halls of our Advanced Manufacturing Center.
RYAN! Feddersen, curator for the collection, said “Artwork selection was also inspired by the surrounding environment and architectural interactions with the outdoors...In addition to purchasing new artworks, we had the opportunity to expand the collection by including historic works from Washington’s State Art Collection."
07/30/2026
Finishing college was a long time coming for Holly Spring. She started her postsecondary education more than once but never found a program that fit. When her oldest child enrolled in Clark’s Running Start program, the college piqued her interest, and she decided to take a chance on her dream of becoming a chef. 👩🍳
It started with her grandmother, who ran a restaurant for 30 years without any formal training. Seeing the sense of community she created inspired Holly to one day do the same. “She really showed that you can be skilled at what you’re doing and be successful, as long as you have your whole heart in it,” she said.
At Clark, Holly found a support system in her instructors, who guided her, created opportunities, and helped her gain confidence in her skills. During her first year in the program, she competed in SkillsUSA and placed second in the state.
Her ultimate goal grew out of the themed events she planned with her sister-in-law. While working on her restaurant management project at Clark, Holly tapped into some of those food experiences and discovered how much she enjoyed creating immersive dining concepts. The excitement she found in the project sparked even more ideas, and she now hopes to launch a business that pairs fine dining with entertainment happening in the surrounding community.
Clark College Alert:
Due to a power outage, Clark College is entering suspended operations on 7/29/26, from 11am to 5pm. All classes and activities are canceled during this time.
This affects all college campuses.
Employees who are not identified as essential employees should not report to work. Supervisors will notify impacted employees directly who must work.
Students should not come to campus and should check for further instructions from their instructor.
This decision is made in accordance with Clark College policy 515.000 Class/Event Cancellation or Suspended Operations and related Collective Bargaining Agreements (see WPEA Article 17 and CCAHE Article III-V).
We found these big glasses, colorful sweaters, whiteboards, newspapers, and chunky computers deep in the photo archives.
Did anyone you know go to Clark in the late 90s/early 2000s?
07/27/2026
🐧 Penguin Nation Spotlight: Michelle Vazquez
Michelle Vazquez enrolled at Clark College -- Vancouver, Washington with a simple goal: earn her associate degree. What she found was so much more.
"What I found there was more than coursework - I found encouragement, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose," she shared. Her education deepened her understanding of how systems impact families, and how advocacy can create meaningful, community-level change.
Michelle graduated from Clark in 2018 with her General AA, carrying that renewed purpose forward into her career.
Today, she serves as Executive Director of Latinos Unidos Y Floreciendo, a community-based nonprofit focused on culturally specific food access, local agriculture, and food sovereignty in rural Southwest Washington.
From a Clark College classroom to leading community change, Michelle's story is a reminder of how education can shape not just a career, but a lifelong commitment to advocacy. 💙🐧
07/24/2026
84 middle and high schoolers stepped into the roles of emergency responders, nurses, dental hygienists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals during Clark’s annual Healthcare Pathways Camp. 🩺 ❤️🩹 🏥
Over three days, students explored healthcare careers through hands-on workshops led by Clark’s instructors and other experts in the field.
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