28-minute listen Download transcript Clark College alumnus Riley Donahue has made it to the big time. He’s senior designer on the digital team for “Saturday Night Live” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” In his spare time, he produces, designs and writes short films, like “Crossbone Skully: Evil World Machine,” featuring Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, …

25-minute listen Download the transcript What does Ryan Seacrest, Eddie Bauer vests and chocolate have to do with Clark College? Two leaders— President Karin Edwards and CEO Calen Ouellette—share funny moments and serious college priorities marking a path forward for the community college. The two come together in this Penguin Chats podcast to shar…

25-minute listen Download the transcript Sam Robinson’s ’83 paternal great-great- great-grandfather was Thomas Huckswelt, chief of the Willapa, who signed a treaty with the commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1851. In that treaty, the tribes sold land to the U.S. for 3 cents per acre. In turn, a reservation was created for the tribes. But the treaty …

Download the transcript 10-minute listen Clark College Foundation’s new CEO, Calen Ouellette has a vision to expand support for Clark by connecting with people who haven’t historically been involved in philanthropy. Donating money is just one way to support the college. Anyone can advocate, donate time or otherwise get involved. For financial donor…

Download the transcript 30-minute listen Part III of the Legacy of an Auspicious CEO, takes Lisa Gibert to her first-ever fundraising campaign just as the Dow Jones plummeted and led to the Great Recession. Later, a second campaign ran head-on into a global pandemic. During all this, Lisa struggled with a personal tragedy and health issues that req…

Download the transcript Creating multi-lingual learners is not a new thing, but it has evolved and is showing up more and more in classrooms across this country. As the nation’s population becomes more diverse, so do our classrooms and what is being taught and learned. A student reads a textbook at Gaiser Middle School. Photo by Paul Quackenbush Lo…

Download the transcript In this edition of Penguin Chats, Denis Hayes, a Clark alumnus and CEO of the conservation group, the Bullitt Foundation, talks about solutions to combustible plastics, pledges from big business to be net-carbon neutral, the dawn of the energy revolution and his thoughts on building healthy human ecosystems. Hayes was the in…