Linn-Benton Community College

The college’s year-seven accreditation evaluation is complete, and the accreditation team shared their commendations and recommendations from their site visit (the full report should be out by end of January): Commendations 1. The faculty and staff's commitment to student success! 2. MAC's work on course level outcomes 3. The progress with OERs 4. LBCC Board of Education's active engagement in using data to make decisions 5. The creation and use of our Strategic Initiate Funds 6. Our strong engagement with external partners   Recommendations (what we need to work on) 1. Learning outcome at the program level that tie to our core themes and mission 2. Review and update the report cards that track our progress on our core themes 3. Create an integrated, systematic planning effort that is clear for our campus to understand The Family Resource and Education Center was one of two Oregon programs chosen to present at Left to right: Jerri Wolfe, Kris Wessel an...

Linn-Benton Community College Family Resource and Education Center was one of two Oregon programs chosen to present at the national Early Childhood Funders Collaborative meeting held in Portland last week. LBCC along with the Gladstone Center for Children and Families were chosen to showcase their work on early childhood and family education projects. Recommended by the Oregon Early Learning Department of the Oregon Department of Education, LBCC showcased its regional work to bring the Parenting Education Hub, Early Learning Hub and Coordinated Care Organization in Linn, Benton and Lincoln Counties together to improve outcomes for young children. The national meeting, hosted by the Oregon Community Foundation, included representatives from 21 foundations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  LBCC Family Resource and Education Center staff that presented at the conference included ...