Southwestern Oregon Community College News
Browse past news stories for Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, OR:
- SOCC student takes top title at the Miss Coos County pageant (The World)
posted on March 13, 2010 at 03:17:20 pm
Bebette Solorzano beat out seven teenage girls vying for the title of Miss Coos County. - Community Sports, Fast Breaks for March 6: Dallas races to swimming title (The World)
posted on March 13, 2010 at 07:17:00 am
Cassie Dallas of the South Coast Aquatic Team won a state title during the Oregon 11-14 championships last weekend in Corvallis. - Youth Sports: Area kids still can sign up for spring sports (The World)
posted on March 13, 2010 at 07:16:20 am
There is still room for more players on the spring soccer teams being formed now at the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon. All boys and girls in grades 1 through 6 are eligible to participate with a current club membership. - Geology lecture focuses on Mount St. Helens (The World)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 02:54:54 am
'Mount St. Helens 1980-2010: A Tale of Two Eruptions and Three Decades" is the topic for Friday's geology lecture at Southwestern Oregon Community College. - Mad for Mozart (The World)
posted on March 12, 2010 at 01:25:08 am
COOS BAY -- Local musicians and Blossom Gulch Elemetary School students are celebrating Mozart this weekend in a program that ranges from chamber music to a children's play. - SOCC offers flagger training (The World)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 08:25:06 am
Southwestern Oregon Community College is hosting Traffic Control Flagger training classes on Saturday, March 13, on the Coos Campus in Coos Bay and Friday, April 9, on the Curry Campus in Brookings. - Youth Summit on March 17 (The World)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 07:10:26 am
Motivational speaker Keith Hawkins is returning to Coos County this month to talk with area teenagers, as part of the Coos County Youth Summit. This year’s summit theme is “iDecide.” - Coos Bay will host ocean conference (The World)
posted on March 9, 2010 at 07:09:50 am
For the first time in its history, the annual Coast Conference, sponsored by the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, is coming to the South Coast in May. - Starting a new chapter (The World)
posted on March 5, 2010 at 01:59:04 am
COOS BAY -- Practically everything in LeAnna Olson's classroom teaches reading skills, although her preschool students may not know it. - Coast League baseball camp set for Saturday (The World)
posted on March 4, 2010 at 06:44:42 am
The Coos Bay Coast League will hold its third Saturday baseball camp this weekend, with both the Marshfield and Southwestern Oregon Community College baseball teams serving as special guests. - McKay boys, McNary girls go unbeaten in CVC play (Salem Statesman Journal)
posted on March 2, 2010 at 11:19:11 am
Until this season, no basketball team from the Central Valley Conference had gone undefeated in the first three years of the league. - Dorm life will cost more (KMTR Eugene)
posted on February 27, 2010 at 12:32:43 am
Students at Southwestern Oregon Community College will have to pay more to live on campus starting this summer. - $25K is latest donation to local college campus fund (Curry Coastal Pilot)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 06:22:54 pm
The Curry County Board of Realtors has presented $25,000 to the New Curry Campus Capital Campaign of the Southwestern Oregon Community College (SOCC), which is set to break ground on its new six-room building in May north of Brookings near Lone Ranch Beach. “The community will benefit from the new campus and the association is proud to support it,” said Evonne Tribble, the president of the Board ... - Coast league plans camps (The World)
posted on February 20, 2010 at 06:38:08 am
Coos Bay Coast League is gearing up for the 2010 baseball season, including camps for the players on every Saturday from Feb. 20 to March 20. - Towns host seafood, music and wine festival (The World)
posted on February 13, 2010 at 09:01:26 am
Residents of Winchester Bay, Reedsport and Gardiner are inviting friends and strangers to get together for a fun weekend of socializing with wine, beer, seafood and music. - U.S. Borax deeds over land to SWOCC: Will build 24,000 square foot Brookings campus (Curry County Reporter)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 09:57:54 pm
After nine years, the day finally arrived, and with a lot of pomp, circumstance, and excitement U.S. Borax deeded over 10 acres of its property to Southwestern Oregon Community College last Thursday so the college could begin construction of its 24,000 square foot Brookings campus north of town. - Police investigate NB teen's death (The World)
posted on February 9, 2010 at 03:23:25 pm
The Coos County Major Crimes Team is investigating the suspicious death Saturday of a 17-year-old North Bend girl. - Deed is a breakthrough for our local college (Curry Coastal Pilot)
posted on February 6, 2010 at 01:26:14 pm
The long dream of a real community college center in Brookings has turned the corner toward reality. The deed for 10 acres at Lone Ranch, donated by U.S. Borax, has been officially signed over and accepted by the Southwestern Oregon Community College Board. - College holds event for aspiring engineers (The World)
posted on February 4, 2010 at 07:46:43 am
Students hoping for jobs in engineering and land surveying can learn more about these career paths during a special dinner on Feb. 10 at Southwestern Oregon Community College. - We’ve got your ticket to ride (Curry Coastal Pilot)
posted on February 2, 2010 at 10:35:52 pm
Let us take you where you need to go - Battling brain drain (The World)
posted on February 1, 2010 at 01:30:12 pm
âI donât know if Iâll be able to move back to the South Coast,â Stephanie Martell, a Coquille High School alumni, said to her husband after graduating from the University of Oregon in 2001. - Lathrop grad is living life to the Ultimate (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
posted on January 28, 2010 at 08:04:57 am
Mixed martial arts has grown into one of the most popular sports on the planet, and Lathrop High School graduate Justin Buchholz is part of that popularity. The 26-year-old Buchholz, who lives and... - Hunting a killer (The World)
posted on January 27, 2010 at 12:57:56 pm
COQUILLE -- Ten years have passed since investigators found Leah Freeman's body discarded in the woods east of Coquille. They never caught her killer. - Pirates, Bulldogs agree: This is our town (The World)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 11:42:49 am
For as long as most people can remember, there have been the Pirates and the Bulldogs. - Future bright for prospective WOU students (Salem Statesman Journal)
posted on January 24, 2010 at 11:18:57 am
MONMOUTH — Timing an event for a sunny day is a prospect of luck during January in Western Oregon. - Baler earns state title for Fresno City (The Pinnacle)
posted on January 22, 2010 at 08:13:40 pm
Former Haybaler Fernando Lucatero compiled a 4-0 record to claim the state title at the California Community College State Wrestling Championships in December. - COLLEGE BEAT: Former Baler earns state wrestling title at Fresno City (Hollister Free Lance)
posted on January 21, 2010 at 08:23:21 pm
Former Haybaler Fernando Lucatero, above competing at the 2008 CIF State Wrestling Championships in Bakersfield, earned the state title at 165 pounds in December while competing for Fresno City College. Photo by: Free Lance file photo HOLLISTER Former Haybaler Fernando Lucatero compiled a 4-0 record to claim the state title at the California Community College State Wrestling Championships in ... - Friendly suggestion leads Lathrop grad to D-I coaching job (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
posted on January 21, 2010 at 09:13:04 am
Matt Morris didn’t participate in cross country running until his senior year at Lathrop High School. Morris had already been a nordic skier for the Malemutes and his teammate Peter Alden suggested... - Tsunami lecture next week at Southwestern (The World)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 03:25:52 pm
Southwestern Oregon Community College will kick off its 2010 geology lecture series with a talk by George Priest of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries on tsunamis. - Roger McCovey earns wins for North Idaho (The Daily Triplicate)
posted on January 19, 2010 at 03:10:40 pm
Former Del Norte High wrestling standout Roger “Bronc” McCovey continues to earn wins as a true freshman for North Idaho College. Wednesday night, McCovey, the two-time state of California heavyweight champion, earned a 4-2 win over David Lopez of Highline Community College.