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Partners is Clark College Foundation’s biannual magazine that’s a celebration of Clark College, its events and programs, history, future, alumni, and the greater Vancouver community at large. Published in the spring and fall terms, Partners features in-depth articles on a variety of topics.

You can browse recent articles from Partners below or scroll to the bottom of the page for links to downloadable PDFs of full issues.

Recent Articles in Partners

  • Clark’s Crystal Ball

    Clark’s Crystal Ball

    Clark sharpens its focus to assist students in succeeding in a fast-changing world 6-minute read In its 90th year, Clark College is looking to the future. Like other colleges and universities, Clark faces unprecedented challenges including an economy that discourages college enrollment, shifting student demographics and the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. But each challenge… Read More

  • Clark Partners magazine spring 2023

    Clark Partners magazine spring 2023

    Clark’s Crystal Ball Clark is drafting a strategic plan to guide the college in the face of economic and demographic uncertainty. Story coming April 26. Campus treasures Clark’s campus has been the backdrop of college memories for 90 years and counting. Revisit some of Clark’s most beloved campus treasures. Read the story. Live from New… Read More

  • History is rooted in Clark

    History is rooted in Clark

    Clark’s campus is a 90-acre arboretum 4-minute read Clark College is not just a place of higher education, it’s also a 90-acre arboretum. Some trees on campus have identifying plaques or tags around their trunks. Every tree has a story. John Kageyama, president of America Kotobuki Electronics, Inc., presented 100 Shirofugen cherry trees to the… Read More

  • The dramatic effect of 90 years

    The dramatic effect of 90 years

    6-minute read The history of Clark College is not one tale but countless stories of thousands of people whose paths have crossed here. Clark’s theatre department has long been a home for creative people, each with their own backstories, to make—and perform—new stories together. The department has weathered highs and lows, from churning out an… Read More

  • Campus treasures

    Campus treasures

    3-minute read For 90 years, Clark College has been a place of learning, networking, exploring and transforming. Below are a few snapshots in time of the people and places that have made this place special. Timing is everything For Clark’s 50th anniversary, physics instructor Mike Pick suggested Clark build a sundial and circular plaza surrounding… Read More

  • Live from New York, it’s Riley Donahue

    Live from New York, it’s Riley Donahue

    5-minute read Riley Andrew Donahue ’14 creates motion and graphic design for “Saturday Night Live” and projects including a short film featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry When he was in fourth grade, Riley Andrew Donahue ’14 spent so much time drawing in class that his teacher told him to pay attention, or… Read More

  • Clark Partners Winter 2022

    Clark Partners Winter 2022

    Headwaters of leadership Sam Robinson ’83 has served as vice chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation for more than two decades. His years at Clark College helped prepare him for tribal leadership. Making of a leader An original method for scientific research Clark professors and students are conducting original scientific research and contributing to our… Read More

  • Where in the universe is Penguin Nation?

    Where in the universe is Penguin Nation?

    Oswald, Clark’s beloved penguin mascot, loves to travel. Luckily for Oswald, Clark College alumni and friends do amazing things in some very interesting places. And they rock their Penguin pride wherever they go. In remote corners of the globe, members of Penguin Nation don Clark T-shirts or pose with flat Oswald—a highly portable, jet-setting version… Read More

  • An original method

    An original method

    Scientific research is taking place at Clark College, in an unusual way 4-minute read Shortly after Ridge Bynum ’18 started at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., he sent an email to a psychology professor who was conducting interesting research, asking to join the research team. For most undergraduate students, such an email would languish… Read More

  • Headwaters of leadership

    Headwaters of leadership

    Sam Robinson ’83 learned lessons at Clark that help him lead the Chinook Indian Nation today Clark does more than launch new careers. In Sam Robinson’s case, Clark helped prepare him for a different kind of purpose.   4-minute read Robinson ’83 was elected in June 2022 to his eighth term on tribal council as vice… Read More

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