Success Stories
Lane Honors Program inspires writer |
"So much power was in my hands," Mullins wrote in her paper about her research project. She had "this sense of obligation, not just to do justice to the words of Mr. Pearce, but to the ideas he was trying to convey, to make the reader understand him the way I felt I understood him." >> Read More |
Lane's Energy Management students excited about 90,000-square-feet lab |
The Downtown Campus is regarded as a landmark project for education, business and the community. It allows Lane to offer training and services at an accessible, convenient location while stimulating downtown revitalization and fulfilling sustainability goals. >> Read More |
Hands-on Career Day draws 270 high school students to campus |
Hands On Career Exploration Day held on February 15 drew hundreds of junior and senior high school students to Lane Community College main campus to learn about the career technical programs. >> Read More |
Churchill High pre-engineering students visit Lane |
Churchill High School students learn about opportunities to study engineering at Lane Community College. >> Read More |
Diesel mechanics learn about the latest emission standards |
More than 75 diesel mechanics from throughout the Willamette Valley attended a training in January led by Clint O'Neill of Pacific Power Products on how to comply with the latest diesel emission standards in the industry. >> Read More |
Kaitlyn Worman and Bradley Rockow |
Semifinalists in the 2012 Norman Mailer/National Council of Teachers of English College Writing Awards for Fiction in the two-year college division. >> Read More |
Jason Winkler |
Dedication to family leads to LCC and a career in physical therapy assisting. >> Read More |
Valerie Goodness |
Lane alumna lands National Science Foundation fellowship to study tribal watershed restoration. >> Read More |
Nora Cronin |
Lane grad becomes nation's 1,000th certified SBA. >> Read More |
Denita Tanner |
Twice a winner: Respiratory care grad loves new career. >> Read More |
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Randy Davis and John Jenkins |
Randy Davis (left) graduated from Lane's Exercise and Movement Science program. John Jenkins (right), graduated from Lane's EMT Program. They own and operate ProFitness Personal Training in downtown Eugene. >> Read More |
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Sunny Murray |
As the mother of four young children, Lane Community College student Sunny Murray of Eugene always stressed the value of education. >> Read More |
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Vern Duwell
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Mathew Bostrom |
On a whim, Lane Community College student Mathew Bostrom decided to perform at the Los Angeles International Performing arts contest in January 2012. He won fifth place twice, for singing, and for acting in a scene; second place in the monologue category; first place for acting in a commercial; and finally, first place in overall acting. >> Read More |
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Tess Treinen
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Linda Ackers
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Kevin Alltucker
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Karin Clarke
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James Florendo
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Don Rainer
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Just married and bound for success: Rites of Passage grads look ahead
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Lane "completely turned my life around" says graduate Shyloh West
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Mother of 8 achieves her dream
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Melanie Harvey first came to Lane Community College in 1979
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Nursing student Dave Vizcaino loves the facilities at Lane
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Melisa McDowell is going to be a science teacher
"There aren't enough women teaching science. I'd like to change this. I want to be part of the solution." >> Read More |
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Darrell Wygle welds a second career
"It was hard to hold my head up when my world, as I knew it, came crashing down on me." >> Read More |
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Student veteran pursues new mission: get an education
“Sometimes I still walk like a Marine,” admits the 28-year-old military veteran. “I have a mission-oriented walk.” >> Read More |
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Online classes help athlete juggle multiple balls
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Student veteran sees education as the key to change
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Kevin Barrett maps a new career in GIS systems
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Broadway Apothecary prescription for success: LCC small business program
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John Morris enjoys a new career in health care
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Pepper Smelser finds second career in medical records
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Dale Duvall honored as Employee of the Year
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Energy inspires new career for Matt Heflin
Soon he may appear in your home again, or maybe your business, this time as an energy auditor with a degree from Lane Community College. >> Read More |
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Former construction supervisor designs second career in drafting
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Education helps Teresa Alonso help others
As migrant workers, her parents depended on Teresa to care for four younger siblings and to help manage the family finances. >> read more on this story |
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Distinguished Alumni: Dr. Bill Moshofsky
He enrolled at Lane in 1972 and transferred to the University of Oregon for a bachelor’s degree, and then to what’s now known as Oregon Health & Science University for a doctorate. He interned at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and worked at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to pay back a National Health Service Corp scholarship. He completed his residency in family medicine at the University of California Davis in 1985. >> read more on this story |
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Faculty Spotlight: Jim Garcia Multicultural Center welcomes student
One of the best places to find that support is at the college’s Multicultural Center, Jim says. >> read more on this story |
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Student Activism Empowers April-Kay Williams
“Lane, and Eugene, have had a great impact on my life,” Williams says. As a member of theOregon Students of Color Coalition, she provided firsthand accounts to legislators about how community college budget cuts would impact the lives of students of color. >> read more on this story |
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Distinguished Alumni: Fletcher Little
Fletcher graduated from Lane in 1974 with an associate degree in business management. He then began working at The Register-Guard as an ad services proof advisor. He moved up the ranks after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. In 1987 he was promoted to general manager, and in 2005 he became vice president of business development and Internet publishing. >> read more on this story |
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Faculty Spotlight: Jean Bishop Thrilled to be teaching
Soon after graduating, she discovered the readings of Maria Montessori. She agreed with the early 19th-Century educator’s philosophy that classroom teachers should respect and encourage each child’s expressions of creativity. She wanted to become a teacher and implement that philosophy herself. >> read more on this story |
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Pat Riggs-Henson earns Education Volunteer of the Year award
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Distinguished Alumni: Greg Ausland Designs Success
Ausland took engineering courses at Lane in the 1980s and transferred to Oregon State University to get his bachelor’s degree. After college, he got a job at OBEC Consulting Engineers of Eugene, where he is now a principal. OBEC is recognized as the state’s top engineering firm. >> read more on this story |
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Faculty Spotlight: Allison Cunningham Math fear? Not here!
Part-time at Lane since 2006, she says, “The students are so personally invested in their educations. I feel honored to be able to help them along the way.” >> read more on this story |
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Outstanding faculty win awards at Lane
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Vern Duwell of Walton is on track for a new career in health care thanks in large part to a Ford Family Foundation Restart scholarship awarded in spring 2011. That scholarship will cover up to 90 percent of his unmet college costs up to a maximum of $25,000 per year, through degree completion.
Physical therapy grad earns doctorate. Tess Treinen attended Lane from 2004-06 and has now completed a doctorate of physical therapy from the University of St. Augustine in San Diego, California. 
Kudos and congratulations to Linda Ackers, winner of Lane's November 2011 Classified Employee of the Month Award. Linda maintains the Lane Community College library website ( 
Today, engineer Kevin Alltucker is an advocate for at-risk children and families. His career began at Lane Community College where he enrolled in 1978, transferring two years later to Oregon State University for a degree in construction engineering. Kevin began working in the construction industry on large-scale international projects and later added advocacy for children to his life’s mission.
After earning a bachelor's degree in theatre arts at the University of Oregon, Karin Clarke wasn't ready to stop learning. She decided to enroll in Lane Community College's graphic arts program.
As a member of the Wasco nation, one of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, his deep roots in and knowledge of Native American traditions is a valuable asset in understanding the needs and dreams of the growing number of Native American students choosing Lane to begin their higher education.
Don Rainer was born and raised in Eugene. Lane Community College was the logical next step for Don when he graduated from Marist High School. He knew that he wanted to earn a four-year degree, but did not know what he would focus on.
Carmen and Justin Meyers are newlyweds. Both graduated from the African American Rites of Passage program for middle school and high school youth at Lane Community College, in different years.
"I had many people in my life tell me I was too smart to be selling myself short, that I needed to go back to school and do something better with my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do, except get my education up to par."
Meet college graduate Lorra Jones
"I lived 30 years knowing I had failed at something that meant so much to me. My life has made an abrupt turn in the past year and a half since I stepped back into the halls of LCC with renewed hope, strength, purpose, goals and dreams."
"Last year our classrooms and labs were scattered, overcrowded, and outdated. This new Health and Wellness Center creates a special environment for students and teachers to come together, collaborate, and achieve." 
Once nearly homeless, Melisa McDowell is on her way to a teaching career in science 
In 2008, Darrell Wygle was laid off from his job in a local machine shop. 
When Lane Community College student Matt Ray walks into a room, it’s hard not to notice his erect posture and no-nonsense gait.
If it weren’t for online courses, student
Makenzie Ficek says she might not
have the time to play on the Lane
Community College Titan basketball
team.
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Rande White of Springfield, at age 52 he has begun to search for a future where he can give back to the community. He's getting started at Lane Community College.
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Kevin Barrett was one of hundreds of people laid off from Monaco Coach in Coburg, Oregon in 2009. Monaco was one of Lane County's largest employers but could not resist the economic downturn sweeping the nation.
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As Eugene's first compounding pharmacy, Broadway Apothecary offers custom-made medicines for people and pets. It is the first in the state of Oregon and one of the first in the nation to earn the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board's new seal of accreditation, awarded to pharmacies that have demonstrated the industry's highest quality and safety standards.
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John Morris of Eugene worked as a designer most of his life. Today he's working as a nursing assistant and considering continuing his education to become a physical or occupational therapy aide or even a therapist.
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After Pepper Smelser received her lay off notice in 2008, she knew she needed to return to school to develop new job skills. Although she had refined her planning and organizational skills during 28 years as a "traffic" manager at a Northwest television station - ensuring that programming ran on time and was continuous, whether a TV program, a commercial or a public service announcement - she says the saturated broadcasting market offered few job possibilities.
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Dale Duvall, network server administrator in the Information Technology department at Lane Community College, was honored as the Employee of the Year at college in-service on Sept. 23, 2010.
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You might have a product of Matt Heflin's creativity in your home—he used to develop inkjet printer technology at Hewlett Packard. 
David Wright lost his job as a construction supervisor after 15 years with the same company. Mindful of the downward turn in the economy, he was not surprised. He started looking for options and found them at Lane Community College.
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Teresa Alonso’s parents were dead set against her moving to Eugene to earn a General Equivalency Diploma (GED). A year later, she again had to convince them to let her enroll in transfer classes at Lane Community College.
It’s a long and arduous road to becoming a physician. Dr. Bill Moshofsky started his journey at Lane Community College.
First-time students and those who are the first in their families to attend college generally need a little extra support, says Jim Garcia, Chicano/Latino Student Program Coordinator at Lane Community College.
She says she used to be shy. These days, 23-year-old Lane Community College student April-Kay Williams is comfortable making 15-minute testimonies before Oregon legislators.
Lane Community College alumnus Fletcher Little has created a legacy of volunteerism.
Jean Bishop followed a very determined path to her work as an early childhood education instructor at Lane Community College.
Former Lane Community College Board of Education member Pat Riggs-Henson received the Education and Schools Volunteer of the Year Award at the sixth annual volunteer awards luncheon on April 22, 2010, sponsored by United Way of Lane County and The Register-Guard.
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Ever admire Oregon’s historic covered bridges? Lane Community College alumnus and civil engineer Greg Ausland helped restore 26 of them.
Allison Cunningham loves her job as a math teacher at Thurston High School. So much so that she treasures the chance to spend her summers teaching algebra and math refresher classes at Lane Community College.
Jessica has demonstrated leadership and a commitment to students who are seeking a career in health professions.
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