WINCHESTER — A fictional plane crash stranded children on Skull Island with only one way to escape, in this week's Roseburg Summer Fun summer camp organized by Umpqua Community College.
OAKLAND — A group of campers has been learning wilderness survival skills this week at Mildred Kanipe Memorial Park.
Applications for UCC Foundation scholarships are due by 11:59 p.m. Aug. 18.
WINCHESTER — Steve Loosley was reelected as board chair for the third consecutive time Wednesday at Umpqua Community College.
Skyler Harrington was awarded the ATRIO First Responders Endowment scholarship this year through the Umpqua Community College Foundation.
WINCHESTER — Teachers, staff and family members of current students welcomed the community to the new site of Maple Corner Montessori on Tuesday.
Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation awarded $556,850 to 83 nonprofits serving Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lane counties.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College president Debra Thatcher said she “joyfully recognizes” the Class of 2019 as they “position themselves for a promising and rewarding future” during Friday’s commencement ceremony.
An amendment that would protect Civilian Conservation Centers like the Wolf Creek Job Corps in Glide passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday on a bipartisan 313-109 vote.
WINCHESTER — When she was 30 years old Monica Botwinick decided it was time to go back to school.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College’s board of directors unanimously voted to restructure president Debra Thatcher’s contract, which includes a nearly 18% raise, during the May 8 board meeting.
A student-run branch of Rogue Credit Union will open on the Umpqua Community College campus in fall 2019 as part of the credit union’s Campus Branch program.
WINCHESTER — Catering services by Umpqua Community College were cut during the UCC board meeting on Wednesday, while a decision on the fate of the campus cafeteria is under discussion.
TRI CITY — The gymnasium at Tri City Elementary School was transformed into a campground for Friday’s literacy event Camp Learn-a-Lot.
Umpqua Community College’s board of education has two contested races in the May election.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College students assisted Dr. Alexis Atchinson as she conducted free oral cancer screenings at the school.
Firetrucks, semi trucks and ambulances were lined up outside the Bonnie J. Ford Health, Nursing and Science Center at Umpqua Community College to show some of the programs the school has to offer to the community.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College’s Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to transition the operation of the Ford Childhood Enrichment Center to a community partner, with the stipulation that the board would get to approve or decline the agreement with the outside source.
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Umpqua Community College’s Board of Education’s emergency meeting was canceled at 2 p.m. Wednesday, an hour and a half before its start time.
Multiple entities have shown interest in taking over the Ford Childhood Enrichment Center, but officials at Umpqua Community College say any talk of potential partnerships is premature.
Umpqua Community College will receive a pair of new semitrucks for its truck driving program.
WINCHESTER — Umpqua Community College’s Board of Education unanimously approved tuition and fee increases during Wednesday’s meeting that will take effect Summer 2019.
Umpqua Community College is offering an introduction to mass communications course during spring term.
Umpqua Community College is participating in the first National Career and Technical Education Letter Signing Day.
In a statement put out Wednesday, Umpqua Community College said student representatives from the college’s nursing program were notified “immediately” after the program decided to end its national accreditation.
WINCHESTER — It was an emotional evening for many at the Umpqua Community College Board of Education meeting Wednesday.
After being home-schooled her whole life, Roseburg resident Whitney Meacham took a job working nights at a residential care facility for people with Alzheimer’s disease when she was 18. She also started working at Macy’s during the day.
"Every Life has a Story," a six week Umpqua Community College class demonstrating various ways of telling personal stories, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. every Tuesday from Jan. 29 to March 6. The class will be held at the Wayne Crooch Hall on the UCC campus.
Umpqua Community College physics professor Mick Davis attended Pacific University as an undergraduate mostly because the university recruited him to wrestle, he says.
UCC is expected to receive $8 million from the state for an Industrial Arts and Technology building, according to a proposed budget published by Gov. Kate Brown’s office.
What could poster art, ceramics, aged wood and mixed media have in common? At Umpqua Community College, they are all mediums used in the 2018 Visual Arts Faculty Show.
A delegation of five Ukrainian educators and their translators met with members of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians for lunch in the tribal council boardroom in Roseburg on Tuesday.
Umpqua Community College's annual Early Childhood Care and Education Conference will be held Oct. 26 and 27 at the Danny Lang Teaching, Learning, and Event Center on the main UCC campus.
What began as a conversation around a table has led to the first makeover for Centerstage Theatre at Umpqua Community College in four decades — a feat that didn’t happen without some creative minds, some muscle and a donor from the UCC Foundation.
WINCHESTER — A low-key ceremony Monday morning marked the third anniversary of the shootings at Umpqua Community College, which took nine lives on Oct. 1, 2015.
Community events honoring the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting will be held this Saturday and Monday.
This year’s Umpqua Strong 9K and 5K Run/Walk will have a different process for dispersing funds, with the families of the victims being more involved.
