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Unlock Your Potential
Bridging
Classroom Theory
with Hands-On
Teaching Across
Oregon
EOU’s Master of Arts in
Teaching (MAT) program is ten
months (4 terms), beginning in
the Summer term and extending
through the following Spring
term. The program is a hybrid
format. Candidates will attend a
residency week in late July-ear-
ly August, hosted on EOU’s La
Grande campus. Throughout the
remainder of the program, can-
didates will participate in hybrid
classes, which have regularly
scheduled synchronous meetings
using a remote platform. The
hybrid format of the program
allows candidates to come from
across the Pacific Northwest.
The field experience/student
teaching aspect of the program
begins in August and continues
throughout the entire year. This
allows students to get extensive
classroom experience.
While the program is designed
to be completed in 10 months,
there is an option to complete
the program over two academic
years (July 2024 through June
2026). This is a great alternative
for candidates who are teaching
Arts &
Public Art for the
North Portland Library
ENTERTAINMENT
The EOU College of
Education’s full-time, intensive
Master of Arts in Teaching
program (MAT) blends full-
time in-classroom professional
experience with academic
preparation. EOU graduate
Taylor Tibbets partnered with
La Grande Middle School
Teacher Kindi Irvin.
on a restricted license or would
like to slow down the pace for
other reasons. You can find the
application process outlined, at:
https://www.eou.edu/mat/
The MAT program results in
a master’s degree and a teaching
license. It is a very efficient way
to earn both an advanced degree,
as well as a teaching license. If
you have additional questions
about the program, please reach
out to Kristin Johnson, MAT
program adviser, at kristin.john-
son@eou.edu, or 541-962-3529.
Artists and
community
working in
tandem
Multnomah County Library
(MCL) and Regional Arts &
Culture Council (RACC) are
continuing their efforts to bring
community-centered artwork to
libraries throughout Multnomah
County. This work is part of the
voter-approved 2020 Library
building bond which will build,
rebuild or expand nine library
buildings. Smaller upgrades to
11 libraries are also underway
as part of the Refresh projects.
Since the bond passed, Mult-
nomah County Library has un-
dergone major updates, with
North Portland Library as one of
the first projects.
North Portland Library will be
renovated and expanded, adding
1,500 square feet to make the
library 10,200 square feet. The
renovated building will high-
light the diversity and history of
the community. The design by
LEVER Architecture preserves
the historic Carnegie building on
Killingsworth Street while pro-
viding greater space for commu-
nity gatherings in the new Black
Cultural Center.
North Portland Library has
long been the library home to the
Black community in Portland.
That's why insights from the
Black community have guided
the vision and purpose for the
new Black Cultural Center. Ex-
Portrait of Sadé DuBoise. Photography by Olivia Renee (2020)
citing updates at North Portland land can offer vibrant new artwork
include a Black Cultural Center that represents the community in a
for connection and a celebration beautiful, inspiring space.”
of Blackness, outdoor space for
At North Portland Library,
community members to relax Sadé DuBoise has been selected
and be together, updated tech- to create a site-specific, artist-de-
nology, and art that represents signed glass wall which will cre-
the neighborhood’s diversity.
ate a backdrop for the west side
As part of these updates, local of the new Black Cultural Cen-
artists are creating unique instal- ter. This permanent glass art-
lations that represent the North work, measuring 12 ft. high and
Portland community’s history, 16 ft. wide, will be based on an
culture and diversity.
original painting DuBoise will
“The historic North Portland create, grounded in her North
Library has long been a corner- Portland upbringing and influ-
stone of the community, and spe- enced by North Portland Library
cifically the Black community,” community engagement events.
said Vailey Oehlke, Director of Her work is currently featured in
Libraries. “Through the library’s the Black Artists of Oregon Ex-
partnership with the Regional Arts hibition at the Portland Art Mu-
and Culture Council, North Port- seum, curated by Intisar Abioto.
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