ROSEBURG, Ore., May 7, 2024 – The Umpqua Community College Performing and Visual Arts present “A World of Folk Songs” performed by the UCC Concert Band, on May 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Jacoby Auditorium on the UCC Campus. A variety of family-friendly music will take the audience on a musical adventure around the world.
Admission is at the door, $15.00 general admission, $10.00 seniors, and students are free. For more information, contact 541-440-4691 or music@umpqua.edu.
About Umpqua Community College
Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community College is the regional center for higher education in Douglas County, Oregon. UCC provides high quality college degree programs, workforce development, and community learning opportunities. For more information, please visit us online at umpqua.edu.
The Umpqua Community College Board of Education will meet on May 8, 2024. At 4:00 pm there will be a joint work session in TAP 16. There will be a budget hearing and regular meeting at 5:00 pm in TAP 14. Instructions for virtual access to the budget hearing and regular meeting as well as other pertinent meeting information can be found at https://umpqua.edu/about/governance-operations/governance/board-of-education/board-meetings/
ROSEBURG, Ore., May 1, 2024 — Umpqua Community College Performing and Visual Arts Department will present a theatre performance, “A Crooked Hand,” a film-noir-era detective comedy featuring the Umpqua Singers. May 29 – June 2, in the Whipple Fine Arts Center.
Whipple Fine Arts Center Stage Theater will be transformed into the 1938 “Peppermint Pad Casino” for an evening of comedy and mystery. Desserts and wine from our Southern Oregon Wine Institute will be available for purchase.
General admission is $15 cash at the door, seniors are $10, and students of all ages are free.
Showtimes:
Wed. 5/29: 7:00 pm
Thurs. 5/30: 7:00 pm
Fri. 5/31: 7:00 pm
Sat. 6/1: 3:00 & 7:00 pm
Sun. 6/2: 3:00 pm
About Umpqua Community College
Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community College is the regional center for higher education in Douglas County, Oregon. UCC provides high quality college degree programs, workforce development, and community learning opportunities. For more information, please visit us online at www.umpqua.edu.
ROSEBURG, Ore., May 1, 2024 — The Art Gallery Umpqua Community College presents the Annual Student Art Exhibition, “On the Rise,” on display from May 13 - June 5, 2024. A reception will take place on Thursday, May 16, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. Visual fine art achievement awards will be presented during the reception.
Each spring, Umpqua Community College presents a juried student art exhibition. The Art Gallery will showcase the work from students enrolled in UCC’s Fine Art classes during the current academic year as the highlight of the exhibition season. This exhibition will feature the best of the best artwork in studio arts, specifically ceramics, basic 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional design, drawing and painting.
“This really is my favorite show of the year, and I am not alone in thinking that. Our UCC visual art students work hard all year, and this is their chance to show the community all of that hard work,” says Gallery Director Tiffany Hokanson. This exhibition is our chance to celebrate the talented UCC students in our community. Please come celebrate with us!”
About The Art Gallery
The UCC Art Gallery is in the Whipple Fine Arts Building at Umpqua Community College at 1140 Umpqua College Road in Roseburg, OR, 97470. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm. The Art Gallery is a 1,100 square-foot exhibition space that features six exhibitions per year, showing a variety of media from emerging to established artists. The primary focus of the Art Gallery is to exhibit high-quality artwork for the education and cultural benefit of the students of UCC and the citizens of Douglas County.
Photo: Felix Coe (left) and Carly Thompson (right) pictured with their ceramic sculpture
ROSEBURG, Ore., Apr. 29, 2024 – The Umpqua Community College Performing and Visual Arts present “CODA - The Umpqua Singers and Big Horn Jazz Band Year-end Concert” on June 11 at 7:00 p.m. in Centerstage Theatre at the Whipple Fine Arts Center on the UCC Campus. The Umpqua Singers, directed by Dr. Jason A. Heald, and the Big Horn Jazz Band, directed by Josh DiStephano, will present a program of high-energy music including jazz standards, and contemporary selections.
Admission is at the door, $15.00 general admission, $10.00 seniors, and students are free. For more information, contact 541-440-4691 or music@umpqua.edu.
About Umpqua Community College
Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community College is the regional center for higher education in Douglas County, Oregon. UCC provides high quality college degree programs, workforce development, and community learning opportunities. For more information, please visit us online at umpqua.edu.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Apr. 29, 2024 – The Umpqua Community College Fine and Performing Arts Department presents the Umpqua Chamber Orchestra and UCC Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jason A. Heald, in concert on June 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whipple Fine Arts Center on the UCC Main Campus. The concert will feature piano virtuoso Andrei Andreev performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto 23 with the Umpqua Chamber Orchestra.
Pianist Andrei Andreev is a Kyrgyzstan-born, acclaimed international award-winning pianist. He has been touring, giving master classes, and lecturing in the USA, Europe, Russia, and China and studied in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, and the USA
Admission is at the door, $15.00 general admission, $10.00 seniors, and students are free. For more information, contact 541-440-4691 or music@umpqua.edu.
About Umpqua Community College
Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community College is the regional center for higher education in Douglas County, Oregon. UCC provides high quality college degree programs, workforce development, and community learning opportunities. For more information, please visit us online at umpqua.edu.
The agenda for the Umpqua Community College Board of Education regular meeting on April 17, 2024, has been revised. There will now be a second work session at 6:00 pm in TAP 14. The revised agenda and other pertinent meeting information can be found at https://umpqua.edu/about/governance-operations/governance/board-of-education/board-meetings/.
Roseburg, Ore., April 15, 2024 – A Science Celebration Night presenting information on a $45k scholarship program supporting industrial science careers, will be held on May 14, at 6:00 p.m. in the Health, Nursing and Science Center (HNSC) at Umpqua Community College.
This free event and dinner will present the benefits of the pathway to students and parents while celebrating brand new scholars and current participants moving on to the university level.
The scholarship program, also known as the “Oregon Pathways to Industrial Research Careers,” is a partnership between UCC and the University of Oregon, with financial support from the National Science Foundation. Interested students and community members can learn about the program and meet with faculty from UCC and UO. Students at several stages of the pathway will speak about their experience.
High school and college students interested in, engineering, chemistry, biology, physics, or computer science, and their families, are encouraged to attend.
Please sign up before May 1 by visiting umpqua.edu/opirc or calling (541) 440-7736 if planning to attend.
About Umpqua Community College
Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community College is the regional center for higher education in Douglas County, Oregon. UCC provides high quality college degree programs, workforce development, and community learning opportunities. For more information, please visit us online at www.umpqua.edu.