Lane Community College’s Cottage Grove campus to be the site of the first federally qualified health center in Lane County area outside Eugene and Springfield. The clinic, which will occupy a portion of campus, will be focused on providing healthcare to underserved populations that may not be able to access services otherwise, including individuals covered…
The higher education relief fund is on its way to eligible students On March 27, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Inside the two trillion dollar package is the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s website this fund “provides funding to institutions to provide emergency…
Students will soon be able to pursue both two- and four-year degrees President Hamilton has solidified a partnership contract between Lane Community College and Pacific University. On April 4, Hamilton and Pacific University President Lesley Halik electronically signed the business agreement. This partnership will bring Pacific University to LCC’s main campus. Their classrooms will be…
Spring term at Lane Community College officially started on April 6 with many students and faculty scrambling to figure out how they will access computers, internet and other resources during the online term. In regard to enrollment impact, LCCEA President Adrienne Mitchell said, “We will know a lot more by April 6 and April 13,…
Spring term at Lane Community College officially begins on Monday, April 6, with many students still wondering how the online transition will impact them. On Friday, April 3, LCC will host an online student town hall from 2-3 p.m. Questions concerning registration, financial aid, tuition and fees, student health clinic services, technology resources and housing…
Funding for LCC student groups is under review As reported earlier, spring term at Lane Community College will now be entirely online in response to COVID-19 restrictions, prompting a re-evaluation of student activity fees. Student groups like the Psychology Club as well as student identity groups like the Black Student Union and the Native American…
LCC blames budget shortfalls The college plans to eliminate hundreds of part-time workers, according to Lane Community College’s administration and leaders of the Lane Community College Employee Federation. President Margaret Hamilton sent an email addressed to all employees on March 24. In it, Hamilton expressed that LCC is not immune to the effects of COVID-19….
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools across the nation to take drastic action. Lane Community College will be following suit starting on finals week March 16-20. For finals week, tests will be given online and classes for the spring term will be held remotely through the first three weeks of the spring term according to…
LCC campaigns for $121.5 million bond Lane Community College’s Board of Education is pursuing the most ambitious bond in the school’s history of $121.5 million in May— nearly a 50 percent increase from the $83 million bond in November 2008. On Feb. 18, many board members present at the Board of Education meeting expressed that…
Six people from student government come forward with serious allegations On Tuesday, Feb. 18, in a recorded on-record interview with Margaret Hamilton, the President of Lane Community College, she declined to comment on the nature of the former Director of Student Engagement Donyel Hill’s sudden and quiet departure from his position between November 2019 and…
