(Anis Mojgani | Photo courtesy of Central Oregon Community College) Anis Mojgani, a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam and Oregon’s current poet laureate, is headlining Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) National Poetry Month celebration. From 6:30-8pm on Wednesday, April 7, Mojgani will give a virtual reading of…
(Photo | Courtesy of Central Oregon Community College) Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Latinx student program is hosting a series of free virtual events in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. These events will include talks on indigenous languages, a primer for making ceviche and a film discussion of the award-winning Ixcanul. Information and registration for…
(Photo | Courtesy of Central Oregon Community College) Activism from Another Time: Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program Event Examines Early Reform in America Set against a backdrop of social unrest and protest around the nation, the Central Oregon Community College (COCC) Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program is hosting a timely virtual presentation…
(Artwork | Courtesy of Andrew Lorish) The Pence Pinckney Gallery at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is exhibiting a range of works from COCC art faculty members November 7-29, with an opening reception from 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday, November 7. The gallery is open 9am to 3:30pm Monday through Friday. This is part one of a…
“Why are there no more Leonardos?” asks author and Central Oregon Community College (COCC) writing instructor Mike Lankford in his latest book, Becoming Leonardo, a da Vinci biography that recently made the Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Nonfiction Book list of 2017. “I think the truth,” he posits, “is there are potential Leonardos everywhere in…
