On June 11, Chemeketa employees, industry professionals and partnering firms gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for Chemeketa’s new Ag Complex, to open late 2020. A horse-drawn plow, steam-engine plow and modern machinery all cultivated the site of the future Ag … Continued
On Friday, April 19, Chemeketa held an all-facilities evacuation drill to test the college’s emergency evacuation plans. Those that participated evacuated on average in less than seven minutes and got to their designated assembly areas. The all clear for Salem … Continued
Chemeketa Brooks welcomes staff, students and community members to its Emergency Services Open House on Thursday, May 16. Home to special facilities serving the training needs of regional public safety professionals and students in our Fire Protection, EMT/Paramedic andCriminal Justice … Continued
On Thursday, May 2, Chemeketa employees, community members and local business owners celebrated the success of this year’s Small Business Management (SBM) program participants. The event also recognized the program’s record-breaking year and the work of retiring program director Lori … Continued
Instead of bewaring the ides of March, it is instead time to look forward to them. That’s because at 7pm on March 15 in the Chemeketa Auditorium, the music program will present its annual Winter Concert. The evening will include … Continued
The third concert of the inaugural Acclaimed Artist Series will see brass quintet Boston Brass grace the stage of the Salem Campus Auditorium March 4 at 7:30 pm. For 31 years, Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind … Continued
An astounding 159 hikers participated in the 2019 Pedometer Challenge, walking a total of 11,479 miles and crushing the challenge’s goal of making it to Cabo San Lucas. The hikers with the most steps (and sorest feet)- Brian Keechle: 542,347 … Continued
Legislators invited all 17 of Oregon’s community colleges to exhibit their career and technical education programs on Friday, February 1. Chemeketa students and employees were in abundance at the event, helping celebrate National CTE Day. A number of Chemeketa’s CTE … Continued
With more than 6,800 entries in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Wine Competition, the nation’s largest wine competition, Chemeketa’s wines did well placing both gold and silver for entries. Winning Wines 2009 Chemeketa Cellars Blanc de Noir – Gold 2017 Chemeketa … Continued
The college’s annual celebration breakfast for employees who have reached 5 or 10 years of service happened on Nov. 19 at Chemeketa Winema. In total 59 employees reached the 5-year mark, while 52 reached 10 years. Here is the list … Continued