Join Us Under the Autumn Moon
In China, Japan and Southeast Asia, as well as Asian communities around the world, friends and relatives gather in September to celebrate mid-autumn and a successful harvest with offerings of melons and round "moon cakes" in honor of the moon. The offerings turn in to a celebration of the autumn season and local cultures.
This year's Under the Autumn Moon Festival will be celebrated on Saturday, September 10 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Old Town Chinatown at NW Flanders and 3rd Avenue. The 2011 Festival is a coming together of East Portland's annual Mid Autumn Fest (organized by Portland Arts & Cultural Center and Portland Chinese Times) with the Old Town Chinatown Business Association's third annual Autumn Festival.
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Welcome, Teres Smith!
Teres Smith joined the OCOM staff as Admissions Coordinator this past July. He comes to the college with experience as both an Admissions Assistant and Admissions Representative at the Le Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Arts. "I was drawn to OCOM," said Teres, "for the established excellence in service and healing in the community, and a chance to build on my admissions skills in the nonprofit sector. The sense of community here is palpable and the education opportunity in Oriental medicine is the best of its kind in the Northwest." READ MORE |
OCOM in the Scholar's Hall
At the end of July, OCOM students, faculty and guests of Lan Su Chinese Garden enjoyed the final installment of this year's 12-week series of Chinese medicine presentations in the garden's Scholar's Hall.
This year, 108 guests joined OCOM scholars for events ranging from a walking tour of Chinese herbs in bloom with our Herbal Dispensary Director, Mary-Ellen Katz, LAc, to a lecture on Chinese medicine within the context of global trade and expansion presented by renowned local scholar, Jeffrey Barlow, PhD.
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