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
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Partners Magazine Winter 2014
Features All in the Vegan Rat Race Other stories Reclaiming patient trust Steps to identify privilege, power and inequity New Culinary Arts facility promises fresh and healthy Partners Magazine (pdf) Read More
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Steps to identify privilege, power and inequity
by Rhonda Morin A woman with stylish hair, chiseled cheekbones, wide eyes and a smooth, creamy face adjusts her gray-fitted blazer as she eases her small frame into the chair before the search committee. A second candidate, larger framed, hair hurriedly pulled back in a messy clip, heavy facial powder trying to obscure rubbed-red… Read More
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All in the Vegan
If it’s hard enough to get your kids to eat broccoli once a week, imagine feeding them green, red, yellow and other colored vegetables every day. Now throw in quinoa, barley and wheat berries. Is there any hope or would they starve? Clark College alumnus, chef and longtime vegan Brian McCarthy has spent his career… Read More
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Rat Race
David Hubbard has worked on cars since he was 15 years old. So when the 29-year-old spotted a link on Facebook about a race in which he’d have to build the car first, he thought, “Why not?” The Rat Hard Race challenges participants to build their vehicles in 30 days for $3,000 or less. The… Read More
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Need for new Culinary Institute at Clark promises fresh and healthy food
Cuisine and Professional Baking and Pastry Arts Programs Clark College’s Culinary Arts, Food program opened on campus in 1958. A kitchen and dining facility was built in 1980 and at that time considered state of the art. Over the years there have been minor upgrades, but there have been no structural or service improvements to… Read More
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Reclaiming patient trust
The face of dentistry has changed in Dr. Gary Gilbert’s lifetime. When he opened his first Vancouver business in 1973 with three staff members, he intended to expand and become a practice that catered to everyone. What occurred instead was that he established the trust of locals, got to know their families on a first-name… Read More
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Partners Magazine Summer 2014 Edition
Balance of hard and soft Race identity and paternal struggles torment Ryan Cunningham, but lessons in self-love revivify. The Journey of a Rose Refugee camp and domestic abuse survivor’s strength blossoms with gratitude for America. Campaign success From the president Clark College at Boschma Farms Engineering hope in Niger Practice makes perfect NASA launch Read More
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Practice Makes Perfect
Once paralyzed by public speaking, Roxane Sutherland ’87 now practices what she preaches Written by Rhonda Morin Roxane Sutherland ’87 was in the eighth grade when she got the crazy idea to run for a seat in a student club. She’d have to give a speech before the student body at McLoughlin Junior High School,… Read More
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Engineering hope, promoting self-reliance in Niger
Clark alumnus designs irrigation pumps to help African farmers feed their families, jump-start local economy by Hannah Erickson It’s hard not to think about water when you’re in Niger. The landlocked sub-Saharan country, perennially near the bottom of the United Nations’ Human Development Index, has experienced three droughts in the past decade. According to the… Read More
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The Journey of a Rose
Refugee camp and domestic abuse survivor’s strength blossoms with gratitude Written by Rhonda Morin The delicate and creamy petals of roses coupled with the sweet aroma that softens her mood and momentarily transports her to a lovely memory, is Sima Gazm’s lasting memory of her Turkish birthplace and her current home in Vancouver, Wash. Roses… Read More