Tuition is increasing to add more student support to the college, according to Alicia Moore, dean of students and enrollment services at Central Oregon Community College. Tuition will be increasing from $82 to $87 per credit hour. This tuition increase will be effective beginning summer 2013. Out-of-district tuition will also be increasing from $108 to [...] [...more]
A big change is coming to the college in summer 2014. On April 15 James Middleton, the president of Central Oregon Community College, announced that he will be retiring in June 2014. Middleton’s retirement has been announced 14 months in advance in order to allow for a thorough search by the board of directors for [...] [...more]
Political involvement is high on the priority list of Kurt Killinger, the director of legislative affairs of Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College. Killinger is Central Oregon Community College’s representative in the Oregon College Student Association. The goal is to allow student representatives to exercise their right to be involved in pushing legislation of [...] [...more]
For the first time in ten years, school zones will be changing. The zones represented by Central Oregon Community College board members will be changing. The zone boundaries for the COCC district are usually analyzed every few years, with the most recent rezoning in 2003. Molly Svendsen The Broadside “The law basically says we need [...] [...more]
It’s unlikely that a zombie apocalypse will hit Central Oregon, but an earthquake might. An earthquake in Central Oregon is more likely than many might think, according to George Endicott, the mayor of Redmond. Endicott expressed his concerns about the Cascadia quake, or Cascadia event, when he served as a guest speaker for the American [...] [...more]
If Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on a national budget, 28,000 students in Oregon will lose financial aid in 2013. If a decision on the federal budget is not reached by the first of the year to avoid what has been dubbed the “fiscal cliff”, funding for many federal programs, including financial aid, will be [...] [...more]
Cedar Goslin The Broadside Students from out of state pay more than twice as much per credit as Central Oregon residents, bringing in an extra $600,000 to Central Oregon Community College each year. In Oregon, 15 of the 17 community colleges charge a separate out-of-state tuition, but COCC is the only college to also have [...] [...more]
Editor’s Note: We are revisiting this story because of new comments on accused rapist Thomas Bray. Read below By Alyssa Wilder and Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside Bend Police arrested Central Oregon Community College Part-Time Instructor Thomas Bray on Feb. 26, 2011 after receiving an accusation that he raped a 23-year-old woman. Since the incident, COCC [...] [...more]
Alyssa Wilder The Broadside The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors is looking at increasing the in-state tuition rate for the 2012-13 school year, according to Ron Paradis, COCC’s public relations director. “No decision has been made at this time [about a specific amount],” said Paradis. “President Middleton has noted that we are looking [...] [...more]
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