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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Clark Partners magazine spring 2022
Bravo! Jerry Smith lauded for his contributions to philanthropy Jerry Smith began funding scholarships for nursing students at Clark to honor his late wife, Lou Smith. Now he’s being honored himself for his philanthropy: with Clark College Foundation’s Award for Excellence. Jerry’s dedication to nursing Today’s special: A plate full of giving with a side… Read More
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Clark Partners magazine winter 2021
Training a new generation of crimefighters Clark has big plans to build a cyber range, in which one cybersecurity student tries to hack into a server while another tries to defend. Clark could be the first community college in the U.S. with a high-tech range, which could also be rented to businesses to train… Read More
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Training a new generation of crimefighters
College to build a high-tech network for live practice defending against hackers Every 39 seconds a cyberattack occurs. Only a few of these hacks end up in the news: a ransomware attack shut down Colonial Pipeline earlier this year, disrupting gas supplies along the East Coast until the company paid a $4.4 million ransom in… Read More
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Online learning is the way of the future
In high school, Allie Keranen struggled with face-to-face classes. “I always thought I wasn’t smart enough to go to college,” she said. Almost eight years after high school, Keranen registered for online classes at Clark College and proved to herself that she was smart enough. She simply required a different learning environment than sitting at… Read More
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A lasting legacy for learning
Richard Hovey loves taking pictures of the nearby mountains. For his wife, Sylvia Hovey, it’s morning walks in the clear desert air that she enjoys most about living in Green Valley, Ariz. After 41 years in the Vancouver area, the couple moved in February 2021 to an apartment in a continuing care retirement community—thanks in… Read More
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Cuisine project spoons up new flavors to Clark’s littlest penguins
Last spring, Clark’s Chef Aaron Guerra was in a bind. The Clark professor needed a challenging year-end project for his culinary students. But the campus café, where he usually sent his students to work practicing their kitchen skills, was shuttered because of the pandemic. Other organizations Guerra had partnered with in the past, including a… Read More
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Serving up experience
Clark’s first Career Launch programs have already brought in more than $1.5 million in state funds. With 10 more programs recently certified, the college expects to bring in more next year. The pandemic has been hard on many businesses, especially restaurants and small shops like bakeries. It has all but wiped out their employee pool,… Read More
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Finding success, one journey at a time
Of the funds we’ve raised, 12% are from donors representing non-dominant communities or are supportive of social change and other efforts to eliminate systemic barriers to education. With Clark College Foundation’s Promising Pathways fundraising campaign coming to its exciting conclusion in June 2022, speculating about what happens when one journey ends and another begins is… Read More
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Clark Partners Spring 2021
More entrepreneurs = more living-wage jobs Getting on-the-job training is invaluable. Entrepreneur Mark Zimmerman is eager to show Clark students what can happen when they find meaningful work that they love. He and his wife, Sharon, are committed to matching students with industry internships while being paid a fair hourly wage. Read more Environmental Verve… Read More
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More entrepreneurs = more living-wage jobs
Local business helps Clark students find meaningful work By Lily Raff McCaulou For the first decade or so of his career, Mark Zimmerman stuck to his own rule: never stay in a job for longer than two years. After graduating from Oregon State University, he went to work for a large accounting firm, where… Read More