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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The Dirt on Antibiotics
by Rhonda Morin When you reach into your garden and scoop up a handful of soil, what do you find? A lot of antibiotics. In fact, more than 30,000 species of bacteria live in one cubic foot of soil and buried deep in the guts of those bacteria is some terrific stuff, such as antibiotics… Read More
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Focusing on the Future
As Clark celebrates its 80th birthday, President Knight aims spotlight on what’s to come By Chato Hazelbaker A few rows back at this year’s State of the College address, Che’yna Shotwell sat with her mother listening to all that Clark College has accomplished in the past year, and more importantly what lies ahead. She… Read More
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The Real Stuff
Clark STEM students up against prestigious universities in their quest for glory By Rhonda Morin Imagine spending thousands of hours designing, painstakingly documenting and building a nine-foot rocket. You load everything into an SUV and drive 650 miles to Mule Flats about 20 minutes east of Carson City, Nev., to test if the thing will… Read More
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From the Ensuring a Bright Future Campaign Leadership Co-chairs
Dear Friends, Six years ago we embarked on a challenge never before undertaken at Clark College—a comprehensive $20 million fundraising campaign. We dared to “dream the impossible dream,” as said by Robert Oliver, the founding dean of Clark College. “Never stop working to ensure that whether the lifespan of the college should be one year… Read More
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Partners Magazine Winter Edition 2013
This is for the Students I’m Different from You Ensuring a Bright Future: Now’s the Time to Act Mission: Strong Reentry Thinking Globally, Acting Locally Passage from Victim to Victory Read More
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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
Inspired by her parents’ Vietnam ordeal, Clark student directs her giving-back passion By Lindsey Ponder ’13 Eighteen-year-old Van Huynh was stranded on an island—by choice. The island was Malaysian-owned Pulau Bidong, a bleak and brutal rock barely able to sustain vegetation, let alone his life and the lives of the 40,000 other people attempting… Read More
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Mission: Strong Reentry
Clark pledges to remove the barricades between veteran and civilian life By Rhonda Morin Touching down onto American soil was a relief, having spent the last 12 months in the tangled and soaked jungles of Vietnam humping 110 pounds of radio equipment, ammunition and supplies in a tattered rucksack. Paul Ruggerio entered the 173rd Army… Read More
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Ensuring a Bright Future: Now’s the Time to Act
by Jan Oliva Your support can make all the difference in the success of the Ensuring a Bright Future Campaign for Clark College. We have less than $2 million to go to reach our $20 million goal of funding scholarships, equipping new facilities, providing program enhancements and supporting professional development for faculty and staff. We… Read More
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I’m Different from You
Clark student pens book, inspires children to be themselves By Rhonda Morin Casey Harrison often takes the back roads from his home in Battle Ground, Wash., to get to class at Clark College’s central campus. He doesn’t like the highway; too many cars. He prefers taking life a little slower and quieter—the reflective manner… Read More
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Passage from Victim to Victory
By Edee Lemonier ’11 For many, enrolling at Clark College means a greater career trajectory and a brighter future. For Rhonda Bartley, an education moves her far beyond academics and into healing and personal growth. Bartley, 43, grew up in a loving, hard-working family in Vancouver, Wash. After three tours of duty in Vietnam, her… Read More