Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Classified workers at Oregon's seven public universities, including Western Oregon University near Salem, reached a tentative four-year contract deal late Sunday, Sept. 27, averting a strike set to begin hours later on the first day of fall term.
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Classified workers at Oregon's seven public universities, including Western Oregon University near Salem, reached a tentative four-year contract deal late Sunday, Sept. 27, averting a strike set to begin hours later on the first day of fall term.
Education
Classified workers at Oregon's seven public universities, including Western Oregon University near Salem, reached a tentative four-year contract deal late Sunday, Sept. 27, averting a strike set to begin hours later on the first day of fall term.
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A team of Willamette University and PNCA students won the Audience Choice Award for Best Oregon Film at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology for their animated short "Next Gourd Neighbor," while other Willamette students spent the summer interning at A24, researching hardware security and studying climate science in Iceland.
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Willamette University launched six new academic programs for the 2026-27 year, including AI minors, an industrial engineering major, a master's in accounting and finance, and a 2D animation minor at PNCA.
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Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission approved a $4.7 billion budget request for 2027-2029, but stagnant state funding, canceled federal grants and declining enrollment threaten public colleges statewide, including Chemeketa Community College in Salem.
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Salem residents ages 15 to 24 can apply for micro-grants of $1,000 to $5,000 through Bloomberg Philanthropies' Youth Climate Action Fund, with applications open through Sept. 30 for projects running November 2026 through April 2027.
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Willamette University announced two new non-competitive scholarships that will cover tuition for Oregon students from families earning $80,000 or less, starting with fall 2027 enrollment at its Salem campus and Portland's Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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Salem-Keizer Public Schools bus drivers ran dry-run routes on Aug. 27 ahead of the first day of school, which begins Sept. 8 for sixth graders and high school freshmen and Sept. 9 for most other students.
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Following Dolly Parton's death on Aug. 25, Willamette University is remembering the country star's $40,000 donation to its athletics program after a 1990 Oregon State Fair concert, a gift that funded the Sparks Center weight room expansion.
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Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Education launched "Friends for Life," the state's first youth-focused overdose prevention campaign, offering Salem-area schools and families free multilingual resources on fentanyl awareness and naloxone as youth overdose deaths decline.
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Willamette University faculty and students partnered with Salem and Marion County over summer 2026 to create the county's first heat map, collecting data that will guide tree planting and cooling resources under the city's Climate Action Plan.
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Salem-Keizer Public Schools is spending $11 million to put a new science-of-reading curriculum in all 42 elementary schools this fall, with 330 teachers trained this week ahead of the Sept. 9 start.
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Chemeketa Community College won a competitive NSF grant to embed authentic scientific research into introductory STEM courses, removing barriers for its largely Pell-eligible, first-generation student body.
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Willamette University will be classified as a National University in U.S. News & World Report's fall 2026 rankings, the only school promoted from the liberal arts college category this cycle, reflecting 15 years of expansion under President Steve Thorsett.
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