The Lane Community College Weekly Student Newsletter
Fall 2023, Week 0 (Pre-Fall 2023 Edition)
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Important!:
Main and Downtown Campuses are open on Monday, September 25,
but no classes held in observance of Yom Kippur.
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Welcome to Lane Community College!
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LCC staff and faculty would like to welcome you back to
Main Campus
on Tuesday, September 26, and Wednesday September 27, 7:30 am-2 pm on both days. Whether you've been attending LCC for years or this is your first term, please stop at one of our two welcome tents near the bus station and the Center Building. Have a free beverage and a treat on your first day of school. We will also have LCC employees near Buildings 7 and 16 as well as Building 1 to help you find offices and classes.
Downtown Campus
would like to greet you 8:30-11 am and 5:30-6:30 pm on both September 26 and 27. Downtown will also have treats for you.
Welcome Week isn't just for in-person students! If you're taking classes
online
, check out our online scavenger hunt on Moodle. You'll enter for a chance to win a back-to-school gift basket and learn all about the free virtual resources LCC has to offer.
Finally, learn more about resources for college students at the
2023 Resource Fair
on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 10 am-2 pm, at the Center Building Atrium (2nd Floor). All welcome activities are sponsored by Northwest Community Credit Union.
For more information about our student welcome, please click
here
.
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Eligible students need to get a new bus pass every term
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Students who are enrolled for campus-based credit courses and pay the $27/term student transportation fee are eligible to apply for a bus pass at any time for that term. Approved students will receive a code to input into a smartphone app called Umo. This pass is valid from September 18-December 31. For more information and to apply, please click
here
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Being hungry is not a normal part of going to college
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Skipping meals to save money is one form of food insecurity. All LCC students can come to the Student Food Pantry to supplement their own and their household's food at no cost. The Student Food Pantry at Center 153 (the "back" part of Center Building facing Building 12), for Fall 2023, Monday-Wednesday, 10 am-2 pm, starting Tuesday, September 26.
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Private lactation room available at GEC in Building 1
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Parents nursing children have access to a lactation room located at the Gender Equity Center, Building 1, Suite 202. The GEC is open Monday-Thursday, 9 am-4 pm, and Fridays 9 am-2 pm. The
GEC
exists for students, staff, and faculty and focuses on supporting an inclusive campus environment where all genders and sexual identities are valued and supported.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at MCC and Library
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Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) with the LCC community. Here are two upcoming events (more to come!):
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Watch “A Million Miles Away”
, starring Michael Peña, about the first Mexican-American astronaut and former migrant farmworker, José M. Hernández. The movie will be followed by a brief group discussion. Please join us on Thursday, October 12, 12:30 pm, at Building 1, Suite 206 (the Multicultural Center).
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Come see the book display in the Library!
The Library at the Center Building has many new fiction and nonfiction books for Hispanic Heritage Month, including a copy of
Illyanna Maisonet's "Diasporican: a Puerto Rican cookbook."
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The Titan Times is Lane Community College's weekly Tuesday e-newsletter sent to registered students' e-mails for every term except Summer. Click
here
to submit an article for the Titan Times. Questions?, e-mail
titantimes@lanecc.edu
. Articles will be edited for length and clarity, and photo/graphic may not be used.
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