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Arbitrator to decide if former theater director’s termination justified

By Joseph Lohmolder / May 5, 2023

Over the past several months, Clackamas Community College put together a grievance committee consisting of eight full-time faculty members to determine if Jim Eikrem, the former theater director for Clackamas Community College, was terminated justifiably last fall.   Eikrem, who worked at CCC for 11 years before being fired last September, is currently in arbitration with…

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College administrator eager to bring more students back to campus

By Laura Canida / November 15, 2021

When David Plotkin was a student at Oberlin College in Ohio, he thought he was going pre-med. And then he took calculus, and eventually became an English major. The Clackamas Print sat down with the college’s vice president of instruction and student services to talk about his life helping lead the college and when the…

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College administrators say academic programs no longer at risk

By Joseph Lohmolder / April 14, 2021

Several academic programs at Clackamas Community College are no longer under the threat of elimination, according to a Wednesday, March 31, announcement by Tim Cook, president of the college.  Cook credited federal stimulus, anticipated state funding, current year operational savings, and the dedication of everyone at CCC for the expected closing of the budget gap…

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CCC student bookstore partners with Barnes & Noble

By Jeanette Wright / May 22, 2018

Clackamas Community College is bringing changes to the bookstores early this fall term with a partnership from Barnes & Noble. The deal is the first out of any community college in Oregon. Barnes & Noble is on the Oregon City campus on May 23 from 2- 4 p.m. in the McLoughlin Auditorium, room 121, for…

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