Linn-Benton Community College

An agreement between Lebanon High School and Linn-Benton Community College, in partnership with Oregon State University to provide a better path and support from high school through college graduation, will be signed at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 at the LBCC Lebanon Center. The Lebanon High School Early College memorandum of understanding establishes an accelerated program that will allow Lebanon High School students to simultaneously complete their high school diploma and earn an associate degree – which will make them eligible to attend OSU and apply for a $3,000 scholarship. The program has been developed as a stepping-stone for the LBCC/OSU Degree Partnership program. “This is another effort designed to help our students finish what they start in their college educations,” said LBCC President Greg Hamann. “Working in partnership with Lebanon High School and Oregon State University, this will help students reach their goals by removing geographic and finan...

OSU President Ed Ray, left, and LBCC President Greg Hamann sign a Memorandom of Understanding to implement the Reverse Transfer agreement, the first of its kind in the state. LBCC and Oregon State University took the first steps today to implement a program to award transfer students with a “reverse transfer” associate’s degree. The program, known as the Reverse Transfer Degree program , will allow students who are dually-enrolled through the LBCC/OSU Degree Partnership program to be awarded an associate’s degree from LBCC, even though they did not finish their degree here. Here’s how it works: Say you’re an LBCC student taking classes at both institutions, and you decide that you have enough LBCC credits to fully attend OSU. You accomplished what you set out to do at LBCC, but you did not actually “finish” your two-year degree. Academic advisors at OSU and LBCC will carefully track your progress, and when you have met the requirements for an LBCC associate degree...

Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon Institute of Technology will sign a dual enrollment agreement at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 in LBCC’s Calapooia Center Board Room. The dual enrollment agreement will allow students to become concurrently enrolled at each institution. Students who intend on obtaining a bachelor’s degree at OIT can maximize credit transfer and gain access to resources including financial aid, advising and student services at both institutions. LBCC and Oregon Tech have standing partnerships aligning curriculum in diagnostic imaging , apprenticeship and machine tool technology. The dual enrollment agreement will encourage future alignment of additional academic programs. Founded in Klamath Falls in 1947, Oregon Institute of Technology is one of seven institutions in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. Oregon Tech provides degree programs in engineering and health technologies, management, communicatio...