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Submitted by Marie Wise "When I started at Lower Columbia College, my two boys and I were homeless." ~ James McBride In June 2011 James became the first in his family to graduate from college and earn a degree. He and his two sons now live in a two bedroom apartment of their own, and the boys continue to thrive thanks to LCC's Head Start program.  James McBride and his two sons. James

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Submitted by JoAnne Booth "I would like to thank you for your interest in me, and my family's future, in my new career,"       Travis Colby, Welding and Machine Shop graduate Travis Colby demonstrates some of the new CNC Machine Equipment in LCC's Machine Shop Travis Colby is grateful, and excited about his new job at The Boeing Company’s Auburn plant. Starting today (Jan. 6), he makes parts

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Submitted By JoAnne Booth “I got very excited about chemistry, especially organic. That’s when I switched my major.” Sarah Vilardi, LCC graduate Sarah Vilardi was training for a career in ballet when an injury sent her looking for a new dream. She found—and followed—it at Lower Columbia College. Sarah had always liked science. Exploring different fields at LCC, she was an excellent student and

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Submitted by Marie Wise Student artwork lights up cover of class schedule and musical concert programs! This beautiful painting featured on the cover of the 2011 Fall Class Schedule was created by Kinzey Wilson, an art major at Lower Columbia College. A lifelong resident of Longview and former R.A. Long student, Kinzey is considering a career working as a museum or gallery curator or teaching

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Submitted by JoAnne Booth “There was more to my degree than a piece of paper…I got the confidence that, yes, I can do this!” -- Carrie White, Accounting Technician graduate Carrie White picked up accounting skills on her own and worked in the field for years, but after being laid off for the second time, she decided it was time to layoff-proof herself a bit. Carrie White got a job with

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Submitted by JoAnne Booth "Honestly, I don't know where I would be right now without Kam (Todd). He really guided me." --David Peckham, Machine Trades graduate David Peckham started his job at Macro Manufacturing in Portland the week after he finished his Associate in Applied Science degree in Machine Trades at LCC. David Peckham checks out new Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) equipment

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Submitted by JoAnne Booth “I am so blessed and amazed." -- Angela Niday, LCC Nursing Graduate (June, 2011) 2011 Nursing grad Angela Niday loves her job at the Family Health Center. Angela Niday graduated from LCC’s Nursing Program in June, 2011. Today, she is a family planning nurse at the Family Health Center in Longview. “I wake up every morning, thinking how blessed I am. This job gives me

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Submitted by JoAnne Booth “I tell people thinking about school that it can be easy, when you’re focused,” -- Jason Holland, newly employed Machine Trades graduate.  Jason Holland Jason Holland was still finishing his LCC degree in Machine Shop when he started working at Waite Specialty Machine in Longview. Jason was part of the wave of Manufacturing Occupations students who received

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“When I returned to school in the spring of 2006, I was unsure of myself...". Cami Wood This summer we heard from Cami Wood, a 2009 Lower Columbia College graduate and winner of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship, the largest award given to a community college transfer student nationally. Cami wrote that she'd completed her bachelors degree in sociology at Brigham Young University,

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Traffic Advisory: Due to construction in the Civic Circle, traffic access into the circle will be closed August 28 through September 18. People accessing Lower Columbia College during the closure will need to use alternate routes. Note: Construction is scheduled to be completed before Fall Quarter classes begin on September 19 - see Academic Calendar. Suggested alternate routes to Lower

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Access to the Financial Aid Portal for LCC students continues to be temporarily unavailable. The state is working to correct the problem and anticipates it will be up and running on Monday, July 25. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience. Please check the Portal on Monday, July 25. We will continue to keep you updated. Remember, the Priority Application deadline for students requesting

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Access to the Financial Aid Portal for LCC students is temporarily unavailable while a problem with the state system is corrected. Please check back in 24 hours for updates. The Priority Application deadline for students requesting Financial Aid for Fall quarter 2011 is Monday, August 8. More deadlines are listed at http://lowercolumbia.edu/finaid. Thank you for your patience and we apologize

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Lower Columbia College experienced unexpected problems with the ANGEL server on Tuesday, June 14. We understand the inconvenience that is caused when work is lost. Therefore, to prevent an unexpected loss in service, we have have scheduled maintenance. The ANGEL server will be down: For a 15 minute window (may be less) 10:45 am to 11:00 am Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday June 16 Please do not

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Some online services will not be available during the Memorial Day weekend (May 27-30, 2011), due to a statewide upgrade of servers supporting several important functions for Washington’s community and technical colleges. All services are expected to be back online Tuesday May 31. The following online services will not be available for use from the LCC website starting Friday, May 27 at 5:00 pm

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