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Liz Hill’s bright trajectory into the realm of government and politics all started in her Coos Bay high school. With the encouragement of then-high school principal Arnie Roblan, Hill took her first trip to Salem as part of Marshfield High...  Read More

The Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) at Umpqua Community College was a lifeline for first-generation college student Sierra Miller. TOP advisers directed her to scholarship opportunities, assisted her with class registration and helped...  Read More

December 21, 2016: Undocumented residents who meet certain qualifications are now eligible to apply for scholarships from The Ford Family Foundation beginning with the current 2017-18 scholarship application.Applicants in Oregon must meet...  Read More

Going to college can be a dream come true, but for an increasing number of students, the dream is turning into a nightmare as they struggle to cope with the expectations that higher education brings. suicide rates increasingThe New...  Read More

When Jeff Strickland started college at Southern Oregon University in 2000, he wasn’t a typical student. Forty-three years old, he was parenting two daughters and working full time.90% of cost of attendance coveredAfter receiving a ReStart...  Read More

Catherine and Wes Caudle knew it wouldn’t be easy starting their own Bend-based business in the middle of a recession, with the region’s unemployment rate hovering above 14 percent. But their dream had always been to open a bakery, and...  Read More

Twenty-five years ago, Richard Kitumba was a child living in the midst of a violent civil war. The Springfield resident, now 36, grew up in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a war-torn region of eastern Africa.“The Democratic Republic of...  Read More

Amid all the damage reports from Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake, Yvette Blanchette heard one thing loud and clear: 39,000 pregnant women were homeless.My heart was in my hands.“My heart was in my hands. That was the deciding moment for me...  Read More