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Lifelong Friends Explore UCC Curriculum

Lifelong Friends Explore UCC Curriculum

While extracting DNA from plant specimens in biology class, Tyla Elam and Ceci Potter, best friends since 3rd grade in Yoncalla, explore ideas about their future.

Ceci would like to pursue a career in international studies, which would allow her to travel and see the world. “The atmosphere here is comfortable, and I am encouraged to learn, as I feel motivated. UCC has so much to offer students, and there are people that are ready to support you and welcome you.”

Tyla mentions that she would like to become a radiologist, which she describes as a doctor with a technical side that gets to work with machinery. “The teachers are amazing and will work with you if you go to them and are very flexible if you show that you are working hard and care about your education. UCC is an amazing college, and it has many events and opportunities to get plugged into the UCC community.”

This is their last year at UCC. The two are excited about graduation and plan to continue along their path together and transfer to Whitworth University in Washington in the fall.

Success Stories from Umpqua Community College

Sydney Miele standing and smiling in front of a Foley & Lardner LLP office sign, where she works as a legal assistant after graduating from UCC's Paralegal program.
Success Stories

From Uncertain to Unstoppable — How Sydney Miele Built Her Paralegal Career with UCC

From uncertain to unstoppable – this is how Sydney Miele built her legal career with UCC . . .
When Sydney Miele entered the Paralegal program at UCC, she didn’t know which direction she wanted to take. “Going into the program, I wasn’t completely set on what I wanted to do exactly in the legal field. I was leaning toward being a paralegal or maybe even like a law clerk… maybe doing a couple years of law school.”

Three family members in green graduation caps and gowns hold hands outside the Ford Nursing Science Center, celebrating their UCC nursing graduation together.
Success Stories

From Patients to Providers, One Family Finds Their Path to Nursing at UCC

When you’re a patient in the hospital, there are days when your strength fades and it feels easier to give up. Often, it’s a nurse who helps you find hope again. The Newell and Robbins family knows this experience well. All four siblings spent extended time in hospitals and saw firsthand the difference a compassionate nurse can make. “We had a front-row seat to the impact of good nursing.

Success Stories

Welding for My Son: Resilience Through Education

When Gabriella Spencer moved to Roseburg, she never dreamed she would have her GED, let alone be in a two-year welding program. “I left a bad situation in Ohio, and I came here with nothing. I was in a homeless shelter with my son, who was just entering first grade. He was still in that place where he didn’t want to go to school. He wanted to stay at home with mommy all day and play, and I’m trying to explain the importance of education. While I’m doing this, I’m thinking, I’ve never even gotten my GED.”