Tag: Blue Mountain Community College
Blue Mountain C.C. Receives Accreditation Reaffirmation
Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) has received their official accreditation re-affirmation letter from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
Since 1968, BMCC has...
BMCC’s Precision Agriculture Lab Set to Go Mobile This Summer
After being awarded the SPECA Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Blue Mountain Community College has started the process of...
BMCC to Host Free Community Resource Fair on Jan. 26
Blue Mountain Community College is hosting a free Community Resource Fair on Jan. 26 in the Student Union in Pioneer Hall on the Pendleton...
Grant Provides Laptops to BMCC’s Low-Income TRIO Students
The Oregon TRIO Association was recently awarded $5,000 of grant funding by The Wildhorse Foundation to support the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) program at Blue...
New Art Exhibit Examines What Happens to the Body in Water
What happens to the body in water? A new exhibit exploring this question opened in the Betty Feves Memorial Gallery at Blue Mountain Community...
BMCC Awards FARM II Contract to Richland Construction Company
The Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) Board gas approved the FARM II design-build contract to Bouten Construction Company from Richland, Wash.
The project is a community...
Blue Mountain Named Among Top 20 Community Colleges in USA
Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) was tabbed as the 19th best community college in the country according to a recently released analysis conducted by WalletHub.com.
The...
Two Rivers Correctional Institution To Hold Hiring Event Today
The Oregon Department of Corrections is holding a meet-and-greet event with recruiters today, Aug. 16 at the Blue Mountain Community College Hermiston campus, 975...
U.S. Rep. Bentz to Hold Town Hall Meeting at BMCC on...
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) is holding a town hall meeting this Wednesday, Aug. 10 at the Blue Mountain Community College Pendleton campus.
The meeting...
‘AWS Think Big Space’ Coming to Hermiston Next School Year
The city of Hermiston has been selected as the latest site for the next Amazon Web Services (AWS) Think Big Space.
The new AWS Think...
BMCC, Other Community Colleges Propose Little to No Tuition Increases
By Alex Baumhardt
Oregon’s 17 community colleges have committed to keeping tuition low next year in the face of rising costs from inflation and declining...
Blue Mountain C.C. Students Named to All-Oregon Academic Team
Two Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) students were selected to the 2022 All-Oregon Academic Team (AOAT).
BMCC students Hunter Weaver of Wallowa and Olivia West...
Free Virtual Forum on Feb. 24 to Cover ‘Staffing in the...
“Staffing in the Digital Economy,” a free virtual forum with local panelists will take place on Feb. 24.
The event is presented by the 7X24...
Feves Gallery Exhibit Featuring Chinese Brush Painter Tien-chu Loh
The Betty Feves Memorial Art Gallery at Blue Mountain Community College will exhibit Chinese Brush Painting: A Progression by artist Tien-chu Loh from Feb. 10-March 10.
Nearly...
Many Schools Closed or on Delay Today Due to Weather
This post has been updated.
The following schools are closed today or are delaying the start of school:
Umatilla School District- closed
Hermiston School District...
BMCC Hires New COO
Blue Mountain Community College has hired Pat Sisneros as the school’s new chief operations officer.
Sisneros is currently the vice president of college services at...
BMCC, Elgin Opera House Presenting ‘A Christmas Carol’ in December
The Blue Mountain Community College Music and Theatre Department and Friends of the Opera House in Elgin are presenting multiple performances of Charles Dickens’...
Morrow County Farmer Appointed to Oregon Board of Agriculture
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has appointed Eric Orem owner/operator of a diversified dryland wheat, hay, and cattle farming operation in Heppner, and Miguel Lopez,...
Former Councilor, Radio Station Owner Harmon Springer Dies at 89
Former Hermiston City Council member and longtime radio station owner Harmon Springer died.
Springer, who owned and operated KOHU, died Nov. 19 at the age...
WSU Tri-Cities Partners with BMCC for College Transfer Program
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities
Washington State University Tri-Cities is partnering with Blue Mountain Community College for a direct student transfer program that will save...