Students test-drive potential careers for credit
Co-op connects students with real jobs and fresh skills
Cooperative Education is more than just an elective — it’s a job. Co-op provides students with opportunities to get hands-on job experience in their area of study for college credit. Through co-op, students work and learn in a business or organization that helps them prepare for their projected career, Cooperative Education Coordinator Tamara Pinkas said....
Job hunt begins at Job Fair
32 employers to attend event
The 22nd annual Job Fair hosted by LCC’s Career and Employment Services, will give unemployed students an opportunity to join the local workforce, adviser Tina Hunter said. The Job Fair is on April 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for Meeting and Learning. With 32 different employers attending — including Columbia...
Occupy hits the banks
Occupy LCC President James Nichols and UO student Kate Armstrong join others in protesting at the Bank of America along 11th Avenue on April 6
Leading the band
The Symphonic Band has spent the term preparing for its concert on March 15 at 7:30 p.m. The 50-piece concert band will perform onstage in the Ragozzino Performance Hall. The musicians will perform a variety of scores. The Symphonic Band is hosting a free preview concert in the Ragozzino Performance Hall on March 14 at...
Letting their voices ring
LCC’s choirs prepare for their end-of-term performance
by turner maxwell and kyle webb At LCC, it’s common for a choir instructor to simultaneously listen to the pitch and note of the singers, conduct, play the piano, and teach. Students can showcase and build their pipes in concert, gospel, vocal jazz and chamber choirs at LCC. “It is a gift from God to...
Student pleads not guilty to theft
Suspect faces five felony charges
An LCC student who police said faked a cancer diagnosis to fraudulently earn donations pled not guilty on Feb. 28, a Eugene radio station has reported. KVAL reported that LCC student Charles Embleton, 28, pled not guilty to five felony counts of Theft I. With the assistance of Public Safety, Springfield Police arrested Embleton on...
Celebrating Asian Heritage
Eugene’s 27th annual Asian Celebration gave community members the opportunity to experience various aspects of Asian culture, including dance, food, martial arts demonstrations, music and crafts. The event was held on Feb. 18 and 19, and is the longest running Asian festival in the state of Oregon.
Fly-in Buy-in
Former LCC instructor Pete Peterson attended the one-night Fly-In, Feb. 4, at The Studio inside the Hult Center. The event exhibited more than 100 photo cutouts of flying people created by David Joyce. The cutouts, which used to decorate the passenger terminal at Mahlon Sweet Airport, were sold first to the people used in the...
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