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LOST RIVER – To compete at FFA Nationals, you have to be the very best. Only the state champions qualify. An FFA team from Lost River Junior/Senior High School did just that Nov. 18, taking first in state at FFA’s State Food Science competition at Oregon State University and becoming the school’s first-ever national qualifying FFA team.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - COUNTRY Financial representatives Cora Christ and Tom Keller partnered with Henley High School to donate $3,000 to support Build My Future, a 48-hour tiny home building event hosted by the Klamath Basin Home Builders Association, to give students hands-on experience in the construction and other trade industries. The donation helped fund necessary supplies to help make the build possible.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Four students from Oregon Tech’s Biology-Health Sciences program presented research at Neuroscience 2023, a Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11-15.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - In a show of support for first-generation students attending Oregon Tech, the university participated in the nationwide First-Generation College Celebration the week of Nov. 6.
Read MoreNew construction projects at the Henley Complex are providing opportunities for hands-on projects and career-connected learning for junior high and high school students.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its second annual Ready, Set, Innovate event. The Oct. 27 event brought together nearly 120 junior high, high school, and college students, along with mentors and volunteers, to foster innovative and entrepreneurial thinking in the local community.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Gayle Yamasaki, a project manager at Klamath Community College (KCC), was recently appointed by the Oregon State Legislature to serve a four-year term as a commissioner representing Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC).
Read More“Do you know how a carrot grows?” farmer Katie Swanson asked Shasta Elementary School second-graders Thursday (Oct. 26) during Klamath County School District’s sixth-annual Crunch at Once event. The students had just crunched their farm-fresh carrots and had questions for the farmer who grew them.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Four significant grants awarded to Klamath Community College (KCC) during the month of September – totaling nearly $2.4 million – will support students, develop new programming, and complete fundraising for the campus’s newly constructed Apprenticeship Center.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Continuing a tradition in place for several years, and as a showcase of the close partnership between Sky Lakes Medical Center and Klamath Community College (KCC); laptop computers were recently donated to KCC nursing students courtesy of Sky Lakes.
Read MoreWhen Omar Guzman arrived for his first day at Mazama High School, he took a photo of himself in front of the school’s new bilingual entrance signs and sent it to his mother in Mexico.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) has proudly maintained its position as one of the nation's top universities in multiple categories, according to U.S. News and World Report "Best Colleges 2024" rankings. Recognized as the second-best public college in the West, the fifth-best among Western regional colleges, and the 58th-best undergraduate engineering program, Oregon Tech continues to shine. Furthermore, Oregon Tech secured the second spot for the best regional college in the West for veterans.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Cypress Creek Renewables (Cypress Creek) and the Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) are pleased to announce that they have partnered again to support STEM education and strengthen Oregon’s renewable energy workforce. As part of this continued partnership, Cypress Creek has committed to an additional $120,000 investment for Oregon Tech student scholarships and sponsorships over the next four years.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Scale Washington’s 100 highest peaks in 51 days? How about summiting California’s fifteen mountains—towering at 14,000-foot-plus—in less than a week? NBD, says Bonanza P.E. Teacher, Jason Hardrath, the climber who has faced incredible odds to break more than 100 fastest known times around the world—and built a following by making the impossible possible with every single step.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Amidst rapid expansion of facilities and academic programs in recent years, Klamath Community College this fall will begin a new venture – athletics.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Schools across the Klamath County School District opened their doors today (Sept. 5), greeting more than 7,100 students for their first day of the 2023-24 school year.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Community College’s recent 100% graduation and state licensure trend for its Registered Nurse (RN) program has continued with its inaugural Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) cohort also passing the state board exam and graduating in full.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Community College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Small Business Management Program (SBM) is accepting applications for a limited number of participants.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Community College has been a hive of wildland firefighter activity this week as it is serving as the operations staging grounds for fire crews battling the Golden Fire in eastern Klamath County, which started Saturday, July 22.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Institute of Technology has successfully secured $18,160,000 in state bond funding to complete a full renovation of the university’s unique geothermal heating and hot water system at its Klamath Falls campus.
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