Pictured left to right: Shelly Parini, Assoc. VP of Marketing & Communications; Robert "Smokey" Vrilakas, author of Look, Mom - I Can Fly! Memoirs of a World War II P-38 Fighter Pilot; Vicki Smith, Interim Executive Director for the CCC Foundation; and Jack Hammond, Foundation Board Member.

Clackamas Community College was well represented at the Seventh annual Northwest Military Employer Summit hosted by the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition at Camp Withycombe on June 3.  The event honors those who support our veterans through job placement.  CCC Assoc. VP Shelly Parini received special recognition for her work on behalf of veterans.

The CCC Foundation will host an event Oct. 28 at Camp Withycombe to raise funds for the Military Families Scholarship Endowment, which provides scholarships for military personnel and their family members.

Gold Rush... The Rush is On  is a dinner program.  Jack Hoffman and Jim Thurber from the acclaimed "Gold Rush" series will be our special guests as they share behind-the-scenes antics and stories. Table sponsors (8 seats) are $1,500.  Individuals tickets are $125. Click here to purchase now.

The CCC Invitational will take place Monday, July 18 at Arrowhead Golf Club in Molalla. This tournament has teams of five and includes lunch, on-course beverages, dinner and awards. Of course, we will be selling tickets for a chance to win one of the 10 fabulous baskets that will be on display. Click here for more information.

Saturday, May 21, CCC's Oregon City campus was alive with activity celebrating the first 50 years of Clackamas Community College.

 

The day started with a ceremony celebrating the restoration of the Newell Creek Headwaters. Other activities included a geocache challenge, outdoor sculpture invitational campus walk, time capsule opening and a college and alumni showcase.

 

Carinda Ingebretsen graduated from the first nursing class at CCC - the class of 1968. She brought her diploma and other mementos to share. Darren Fort is a long-time art student. He says he's been taking classes off and on for the past 20 years. He was overjoyed when he got the call that he had won a free class at CCC in the alumni drawing. Chuck Saul was a member of CCC's first championship baseball team. He was thrilled to win a dining certificate to the Wild Hare. Maryanna Moore, a graduate of the first graduating class at CCC, won season tickets to Clackamas Repertory Theatre.

 

It was a great day for classmates to reminisce, rekindle friendships and remember the important role CCC played in each of their lives.